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Criteria

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

7,397

% of World's
People Groups

42.4 %

Population

3,395,989,000

% 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 *
Nepali, general Australia 135,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 3
Manipuri, Ponna Myanmar (Burma) 12,000 Meitei Hinduism ● 1.70 % 1.50 % 1
Hausa, Maouri Niger 980,000 Hausa Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.50 % ● 20
Mao, Northern Ethiopia 4,200 Ma'we's Aas'e' Islam ● 4.80 % 1.50 % ● 1
Sinhalese Canada 21,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.80 % 1.50 % 1
Punan Tubu Indonesia 3,800 Punan Tubu Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Punjabi Canada 290,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 2.50 % 1.50 % 6
Punjabi Mauritius 26,000 Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small ● 2.50 % 1.50 % 1
Mamak, Talang Indonesia 27,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Malaysia 126,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 4.00 % 1.50 % 3
Watchi Benin 69,000 Gbe, Waci Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Javanese Saudi Arabia 33,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 1.50 % 1
Tamil Netherlands 21,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Kyakala China 3,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 2.00 % 1.50 % ● 1
Aringa Uganda 670,000 Aringa Islam ● 1.90 % 1.50 % ● 13
South Asian, general Barbados 3,900 Hindi Islam ● 4.00 % 1.50 % 1
South Asian, general Switzerland 77,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.50 % 2
South Asian, general United Kingdom 3,052,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 3.00 % 1.50 % 61
Yazidi United States 4,200 Kurdish, Northern Ethnic Religions ● 2.40 % 1.50 % 1
Arem Laos 800 Arem Ethnic Religions ● 1.60 % 1.52 % ● 1
Korean Korea, North 25,582,000 Korean Non-Religious ● 1.60 % 1.56 % ● 512
Jinuo, Buyuan China 1,600 Jinuo, Buyuan Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.59 % ● 1
Bambara Canada 3,600 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.60 % 1
Kogi Colombia 20,000 Kogi Ethnic Religions ● 1.60 % 1.60 % ● 1
Hausa Niger 13,598,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % ● 272
Totals:  7,397 People Groups   3,395,989,000             71,299
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