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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

3,226,934,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical ▼		 Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Nosu, Shengzha China 1,341,000 Nuosu Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.40 % ● 27
Mongol, Khalka Germany 1,500 Mongolian, Halh Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.40 % 1
Hongjin Tai China 98,000 Tai Hongjin Ethnic Religions ● 1.50 % 1.40 % ● 2
Vige, Viemo Burkina Faso 15,000 Viemo Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.40 % ● 1
Persian New Zealand 3,400 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.40 % 1
Lobi Côte d'Ivoire 337,000 Lobi Ethnic Religions ● 1.60 % 1.40 % ● 7
Khmer New Zealand 9,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.40 % 1
Khmer Australia 35,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.40 % 1
Han Chinese, Hakka Myanmar (Burma) 22,000 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.40 % 1
Han Chinese, Mandarin Myanmar (Burma) 979,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.40 % 20
Gera, Gerawa Nigeria 399,000 Gera Islam ● 1.60 % 1.40 % ● 8
Alaba Ethiopia 381,000 Alaba-K'abeena Islam ● 2.60 % 1.40 % ● 8
Argobba Ethiopia 206,000 Argobba Islam ● 4.60 % 1.40 % ● 4
Sanda China 1,500 Language unknown Ethnic Religions ● 1.40 % 1.36 % ● 1
Moronene Indonesia 48,000 Moronene Islam ● 1.90 % 1.35 % ● 1
Khmer, Northern Thailand 1,458,000 Khmer, Northern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.33 % ● 29
Fulani, Wodaabe Niger 86,000 Fulfulde, Central-Eastern Niger Islam ● 1.50 % 1.30 % ● 2
Giziga, South Cameroon 136,000 Giziga Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.30 % ● 3
Maninka, Eastern Sierra Leone 164,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ● 3.00 % 1.30 % ● 3
Han Chinese, Cantonese Myanmar (Burma) 74,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.30 % 1
Fulani, Adamawa Cameroon 2,564,000 Fulfulde, Adamawa Islam ● 1.40 % 1.30 % ● 51
Oromo, Jima Ethiopia 3,645,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 2.00 % 1.30 % ● 73
Oromo, Borana Ethiopia 1,394,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.30 % ● 28
Arbore Ethiopia 11,000 Arbore Ethnic Religions ● 1.30 % 1.30 % ● 1
Hamar Ethiopia 76,000 Hamer-Banna Ethnic Religions ● 1.50 % 1.30 % ● 2
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,226,934,000             68,295
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