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Criteria

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

7,413

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,226,866,000

% 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 *
Awan Pakistan 5,554,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 111
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) India 5,586,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 112
Wolof Senegal 5,620,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 112
Mongol China 5,636,000 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ☀ 0.04 % 0.02 % ● 113
Mala (Hindu traditions) India 5,651,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.16 % ● 113
Betawi Indonesia 5,666,000 Betawi Islam ● 2.23 % 0.00 % ● 113
Bugis Indonesia 5,666,000 Bugis Islam ● 0.55 % 0.01 % ● 113
Fula Jalon Guinea 5,759,000 Pular Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 115
Ilavan India 5,792,000 Malayalam Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 116
Amhara, Wollo Ethiopia 5,899,000 Amharic Islam ● 2.90 % 0.20 % ● 118
Kachhi (Hindu traditions) India 5,911,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 118
Bambara Mali 6,026,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % ● 121
Berber, Kabyle Algeria 6,029,000 Kabyle Islam ● 0.25 % 0.24 % ● 121
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,103,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % ● 122
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,301,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 126
Vakkaliga India 6,362,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.22 % ● 127
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,367,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 127
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,497,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 130
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 6,571,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 131
Lodha (Hindu traditions) India 6,608,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 132
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,681,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 134
Nair India 6,698,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % ● 134
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,722,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 134
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % ● 136
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % ● 141
Totals:  7,413 People Groups   3,226,866,000             68,294
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