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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,250

% of World's
People Groups

41.9 %

Population

3,396,085,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Tai Man, Shan Thailand 102,000 Shan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.93 % ● 2
Tai Man, Shan China 700 Shan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Man, Shan Myanmar (Burma) 4,537,000 Shan Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 91
Tai Lue Vietnam 6,900 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Lue United States 4,600 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.00 % 1
Tai Lue Thailand 94,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % 2
Tai Lue Laos 136,000 Lu Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % ● 3
Tai Lue China 804,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.33 % ● 16
Tai Lue Myanmar (Burma) 62,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.06 % ● 1
Tai Long Laos 2,200 Tai Long Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai Laing Myanmar (Burma) 115,000 Tai Laing Buddhism ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % ● 2
Tai Laan Laos 700 Language unknown Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.74 % ● 1
Tai Khun Thailand 7,200 Khun Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.14 % 1
Tai Khun Laos 800 Khun Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Tai Khun Myanmar (Burma) 131,000 Khun Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Tai Khang Laos 27,000 Kang Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai Khang China 42,000 Kang Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % ● 1
Tai Kao Laos 108,000 Tai Don Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2
Tai Kao China 15,000 Tai Don Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai Kaleun Thailand 9,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai He Laos 4,200 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 1
Tai Gapong Thailand 2,300 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai Gapong Laos 600 Phu Thai Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tai Don, White Tai Vietnam 340,000 Tai Don Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.25 % ● 7
Tai Don, White Tai United States 13,000 Tai Don Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Totals:  7,250 People Groups   3,396,085,000             71,146
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