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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
Needed *
Murik Kayan Malaysia 3,100 Murik Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Kotoko, Mpade Chad 5,600 Mpade Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Mandingo, Mandinka Guinea-Bissau 188,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 4
Nepalese, Gurkha Brunei 2,100 Nepali Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Tajikistan 2,200 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
Lak Azerbaijan 1,600 Lak Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % 1
Komo Sudan 9,300 Komo 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
Katu, Western Laos 30,000 Katu, Western Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Jumjum, Berin Sudan 89,000 Jumjum Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % ● 2
Japanese Canada 58,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.80 % 1
Hindi Saudi Arabia 177,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % 4
Gujarati Bahrain 36,000 Gujarati Hinduism ● 2.00 % 0.80 % 1
Fulfulde, Borgu Benin 667,000 Fulfulde, Borgu Islam ● 1.40 % 0.80 % ● 13
Dariganga Mongolia 38,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Manobo, Cotabato Philippines 36,000 Manobo, Cotabato Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Thai New Zealand 7,800 Thai Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.80 % 1
Baggara, Fertit Sudan 14,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % ● 1
Kulango, Bouna Côte d'Ivoire 278,000 Kulango, Bouna Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 0.80 % ● 6
Bauchi Nigeria 38,000 Bauchi Islam ● 5.00 % 0.80 % ● 1
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Canada 79,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 1.90 % 0.80 % 2
Eka China 3,400 Lahu Ethnic Religions ● 0.80 % 0.78 % ● 1
Mulao China 231,000 Mulam Ethnic Religions ● 0.80 % 0.78 % ● 5
Brao Laos 27,000 Brao Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.76 % ● 1
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,343,532,000             70,266
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