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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,280

% of World's
People Groups

42.0 %

Population

3,397,482,000

% 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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Tuvan, Uriankhai Mongolia 43,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Arab, Syrian Switzerland 24,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 5.00 % 0.80 % 1
Swahili Tanzania 89,000 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 2
Swahili New Zealand 1,700 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Arab, Sudanese United States 1,300 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Arab, Sudanese Qatar 53,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 1.20 % 0.80 % 1
Eskimo, Siberian Russia 1,700 Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Shatt Sudan 35,000 Shatt Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Saramaccan Suriname 32,000 Saramaccan Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Punjabi New Zealand 22,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lao Phuan Laos 155,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 3
Persian Bahrain 192,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 4
Arab, Palestinian Türkiye (Turkey) 28,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Oy Laos 25,000 Oy Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Murik Kayan Malaysia 3,200 Murik (Malaysia) Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Kotoko, Mpade Chad 5,800 Mpade Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Mandinka Guinea-Bissau 196,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 4
Nepalese, Gurkha Brunei 2,200 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Tajikistan 2,300 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Azerbaijan 1,800 Lak Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % 1
Kupa Nigeria 40,000 Kupa Islam ● 3.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Komo Sudan 9,800 Komo (Sudan) Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Bulang Myanmar (Burma) 15,000 Blang Buddhism ● 1.90 % 0.80 % ● 1
Lamet Laos 24,000 Rmeet Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Kawahia, Fezara Sudan 1,115,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ● 4.10 % 0.80 % ● 22
Totals:  7,280 People Groups   3,397,482,000             71,187
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