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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,402

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,278,434,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group ▲ Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
A Che China 43,000 Ache Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
A'ou China 2,800 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Abai Sungai Malaysia 1,500 Abai Sungai Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Abaza Russia 45,000 Abaza Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.02 % ● 1
Abaza Turkey 14,000 Abaza Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % 1
Abaza, Arabized Egypt 15,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.00 % ● 1
Abdul Bangladesh 30,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Abdul India 35,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Abdul Nepal 1,200 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Abkhaz Syria 5,100 Abkhaz Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % 1
Abkhaz Turkey 166,000 Abkhaz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Abu Sharib Chad 85,000 Mararit Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 2
Acehnese Indonesia 4,007,000 Aceh Islam ● 0.12 % 0.00 % ● 80
Acehnese Malaysia 86,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Achang, Husa China 7,600 Achang Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Acheron Sudan 22,000 Acheron Islam ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Ad Dharmi India 1,040,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism ● 0.34 % ● 21
Adi Bhutan 2,800 Adi Unknown ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Adi China 1,300 Adi Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Adi Andhra Sri Lanka 800 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Adi Andhra India 307,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.86 % ● 6
Adi Dravida India 8,598,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % ● 172
Adi Karnataka India 2,974,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.51 % ● 59
Adi Ramo China 200 Adi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Adibasi Janajati Nepal 1,100 Nepali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,278,434,000             69,041
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