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Criteria

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

7,419

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,303,000

% 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 *
Yao, Muslim Mozambique 203,000 Yao Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 4
Yao, Muslim Malawi 2,053,000 Yao Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 41
Yanghuang China 16,000 T'en Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yamphu Nepal 6,700 Yamphu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaminahua, Chitonajuas Peru 300 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaminahua Peru 900 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Yamannu Sri Lanka 77,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.68 % ● 2
Yalunka, Dialonke Senegal 15,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.15 % 0.05 % ● 1
Yalunka Mali 17,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 1
Yalunka Guinea 122,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.30 % 0.17 % ● 2
Yakut Russia 487,000 Yakut Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.10 % ● 10
Yakut China 2,900 Yakut Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakthumba, Limbu Nepal 376,000 Limbu Other / Small ● 2.69 % ● 8
Yakthumba, Limbu Bhutan 1,800 Nepali Other / Small ● 3.75 % 1
Yakha Nepal 24,000 Yakkha Other / Small ● 0.72 % ● 1
Yakha Bhutan 200 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yakarawakta Brazil Unknown Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yakan Philippines 192,000 Yakan Islam ● 0.15 % 0.15 % ● 4
Yakan Malaysia 1,200 Yakan Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Yagua Colombia 1,000 Yagua Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Yagnob Tajikistan 30,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaeyama Japan 46,000 Yaeyama Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.38 % ● 1
Yadav Sadgope India 2,618,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % ● 52
Yadav Sadgope Bangladesh 137,000 Bengali Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 3
Yadav Rawat Nepal 9,200 Maithili Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Totals:  7,419 People Groups   3,275,303,000             69,207
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