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Criteria

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

7,414

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,343,532,000

% of World Population

42.3 %

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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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Tai Dam Thailand 800 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Canada 68,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Arab, Bahraini Bahrain 924,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.40 % 0.90 % ● 18
Banda, Nafana Côte d'Ivoire 4,700 Nafaanra Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % 1
Bashkir Kazakhstan 24,000 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Buginese Singapore 11,000 Bugis Islam ● 1.50 % 0.90 % 1
Dakka Indonesia 11,000 Dakka Islam ● 4.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Dolgan Russia 8,000 Dolgan Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Jew, Georgian Israel 61,000 Judeo-Georgian Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Khanty, Ostyak Russia 32,000 Khanty Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Lao Song Thailand 36,000 Thai Song Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Loko, Landogo Sierra Leone 218,000 Loko Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % ● 4
Nepali, general China, Hong Kong 17,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Mah Meri, Besisi Malaysia 4,100 Mah Meri Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Moro Hills Sudan 3,000 Tocho Islam ● 2.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Kotoko, Mpade Cameroon 26,000 Mpade Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Persian Cyprus 1,400 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Persian China, Hong Kong 800 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Persian Slovakia 1,200 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Prai Laos 30,000 Prai Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Pomak North Macedonia 2,100 Bulgarian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Wali Sudan 20,000 Wali Islam ● 2.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Miao, Guiyang Northern China 146,000 Miao, Northern Guiyang Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 3
Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe China 1,205,000 Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe Ethnic Religions ● 1.20 % 0.90 % ● 24
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,343,532,000             70,266
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