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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
Needed *
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Mongolia 275,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 5
Nyiman, Ama Sudan 186,000 Ama Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 4
Khlor Laos 9,300 Kriang Ethnic Religions ● 0.50 % 0.40 % ● 1
Mru Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Mru Buddhism ● 4.01 % 0.40 % 1
Masakin Sudan 72,000 Dagik Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Wiwa Colombia 19,000 Sanka Ethnic Religions ● 2.10 % 0.40 % ● 1
Ngan Côte d'Ivoire 35,000 Beng Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Kyrgyz Kazakhstan 33,000 Kyrgyz Islam ● 4.00 % 0.40 % 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Netherlands 77,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 2
Kurd, Kurmanji Denmark 21,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Vietnamese Bulgaria 1,600 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 1
Bulang Thailand 1,400 Blang Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Khmer France 71,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Kazakh Korea, South 12,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.80 % 0.40 % 1
Karakalpak, Black Hat Uzbekistan 768,000 Karakalpak Islam ● 0.40 % 0.40 % ● 15
Wakatobi, Kaledupa Indonesia 168,000 Tukang Besi North Islam ● 3.00 % 0.40 % ● 3
Dyula Canada 3,100 Jula Islam ● 0.70 % 0.40 % 1
Arab, Iraqi New Zealand 2,900 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam ● 3.00 % 0.40 % 1
Berber, Imazighen United States 25,000 Tamazight, Central Atlas Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Huichol Mexico 60,000 Huichol Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.40 % ● 1
Hazara United States 31,000 Hazaragi Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
Han Chinese, Cantonese Cambodia 23,000 Chinese, Yue Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Han Chinese, Teochew Cambodia 185,000 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions ● 1.40 % 0.40 % 4
Han Chinese, Hainanese Cambodia 14,000 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions ● 1.00 % 0.40 % 1
Gourma Nigeria 44,000 Gourmanchema Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 1
Totals:  7,280 People Groups   3,397,482,000             71,187
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