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Criteria

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

7,425

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,259,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

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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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Nepali, general China, Hong Kong 17,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Mah Meri, Besisi Malaysia 4,200 Mah Meri Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Loko, Landogo Sierra Leone 226,000 Loko Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % ● 5
Lao Song Thailand 37,000 Thai Song Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Khanty, Ostyak Russia 31,000 Khanty Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Jew, Georgian Israel 62,000 Judeo-Georgian Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Dolgan Russia 8,000 Dolgan Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Dakka Indonesia 11,000 Dakka Islam ● 4.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Buginese Singapore 11,000 Bugis Islam ● 1.50 % 0.90 % 1
Bashkir Kazakhstan 24,000 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Banda, Nafana Côte d'Ivoire 4,800 Nafaanra Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.90 % 1
Arab, Bahraini Bahrain 763,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.40 % 0.90 % ● 15
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Canada 69,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Tai Dam Thailand 800 Tai Dam Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Fulani, Adamawa Nigeria 1,643,000 Fulfulde, Adamawa Islam ● 3.00 % 0.88 % ● 33
Maan Guinea 112,000 Maan Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.88 % ● 2
Koryak, Nymylan Russia 8,000 Koryak Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.88 % ● 1
Mongol, Khalka Mongolia 2,381,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.86 % ● 48
Wotu Indonesia 600 Wotu Islam ● 0.85 % 0.85 % ● 1
Nguan Laos 21,000 Khmu Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.85 % ● 1
Mandyak, Manjaco Guinea-Bissau 254,000 Mandjak Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.84 % ● 5
Duguri Nigeria 95,000 Duguri Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.83 % ● 2
Mon Myanmar (Burma) 1,138,000 Mon Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 23
Tai Man, Shan Myanmar (Burma) 4,504,000 Shan Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 90
Totals:  7,425 People Groups   3,367,259,000             70,747
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