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Criteria

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

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.4 %

Population

3,395,949,000

% 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
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Selkup, Ostyak Samoyed Russia 3,500 Selkup Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Asheninka, Pajonal Peru 15,000 Asheninka, Pajonal Ethnic Religions ● 0.74 % 0.70 % ● 1
Persian Australia 62,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.80 % 0.70 % 1
Shaikia, Arabized Sudan 1,128,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.70 % ● 23
Swahili United Kingdom 15,000 Swahili Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % 1
Turkana Ethiopia 59,000 Turkana Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.70 % 1
Ulchi Russia 2,500 Ulch Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Umm Heitan Sudan 31,000 Koalib Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Urdu Fiji 4,700 Urdu Islam ● 3.00 % 0.70 % 1
Aoka China 299,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.70 % ● 6
Han Tai China 57,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.70 % 0.70 % ● 1
Chinese, general Angola 56,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 1.05 % 0.70 % 1
South Asian, general Greece 119,000 Urdu Islam ● 4.00 % 0.70 % 2
South Asian, general Norway 27,000 Urdu Islam ● 3.00 % 0.70 % 1
Uriankhai, Altai Mongolia 31,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Torgud Mongolia 16,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.70 % ● 1
Uzemchin Mongolia 2,400 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Taz Russia 200 Russian Non-Religious ● 5.00 % 0.70 % ● 1
Wolof Mauritania 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 1.00 % 0.71 % ● 1
Khmu China 6,900 Khmu Ethnic Religions ● 0.90 % 0.71 % ● 1
Kryz, Dzhek Azerbaijan 13,000 Kryts Islam ● 0.72 % 0.72 % ● 1
Kikai Japan 12,000 Kikai Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.72 % ● 1
Nisu, Yuanyang China 266,000 Nisu, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 1.50 % 0.72 % ● 5
Akeu Laos 3,300 Akeu Ethnic Religions ● 0.72 % 0.72 % 1
Qiang, Heihu China 27,000 Qiang, Southern Ethnic Religions ● 0.80 % 0.73 % ● 1
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,395,949,000             71,298
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