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Criteria

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

7,415

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,369,819,000

% 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
Needed *
Han Chinese, Mandarin Myanmar (Burma) 975,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.40 % 19
Gera, Gerawa Nigeria 423,000 Gera Islam ● 1.60 % 1.40 % ● 8
Alaba Ethiopia 408,000 Alaba-K'abeena Islam ● 2.60 % 1.40 % ● 8
Argobba Ethiopia 221,000 Argobba Islam ● 4.60 % 1.40 % ● 4
Bit Laos 2,500 Bit Ethnic Religions ● 1.40 % 1.38 % ● 1
Gharti India 25,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 3.90 % 1.36 % ● 1
Khmer, Northern Thailand 1,498,000 Khmer, Northern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.33 % 30
Fulani, Wodaabe Niger 97,000 Fulfulde, Central-Eastern Niger Islam ● 1.50 % 1.30 % ● 2
Giziga, South Cameroon 143,000 Giziga Ethnic Religions ● 5.00 % 1.30 % ● 3
Maninka, Eastern Sierra Leone 176,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ● 3.00 % 1.30 % ● 4
Han Chinese, Cantonese Myanmar (Burma) 74,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.30 % 1
Fulani, Adamawa Cameroon 2,697,000 Fulfulde, Adamawa Islam ● 1.40 % 1.30 % ● 54
Oromo, Borana Ethiopia 1,496,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.30 % ● 30
Oromo, Jima Ethiopia 3,911,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 2.00 % 1.30 % ● 78
Arbore Ethiopia 12,000 Arbore Ethnic Religions ● 1.30 % 1.30 % ● 1
Hamar Ethiopia 81,000 Hamer-Banna Ethnic Religions ● 1.50 % 1.30 % ● 2
Banna Ethiopia 47,000 Hamer-Banna Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 1.30 % ● 1
Geji Nigeria 8,700 Language unknown Islam ● 3.00 % 1.28 % ● 1
Han Chinese, Cantonese China, Macau 546,000 Chinese, Yue Ethnic Religions ● 1.60 % 1.26 % ● 11
Chukchi Russia 16,000 Chukchi Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 1.25 % ● 1
Doupo China 800 Language unknown Ethnic Religions ● 1.30 % 1.24 % ● 1
Kucong Vietnam 8,000 Kucong Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.24 % ● 1
Haruku Indonesia 28,000 Haruku Islam ● 4.00 % 1.21 % ● 1
Mongol, Khalka United States 16,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % 1
Mongol, Khalka Russia 3,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % ● 1
Totals:  7,415 People Groups   3,369,819,000             70,794
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