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Criteria

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

7,402

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,278,434,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▲ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,155,000 Lambadi Hinduism ● 0.39 % ● 123
Bambara Mali 6,206,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % ● 124
Berber, Kabyle Algeria 6,329,000 Amazigh Islam ● 0.25 % 0.24 % ● 127
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,354,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 127
Vakkaliga India 6,403,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 0.21 % ● 128
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,411,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 128
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,549,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 131
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 6,608,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 132
Lodha (Hindu traditions) India 6,655,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 133
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,722,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 134
Nair India 6,738,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 0.19 % ● 135
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,872,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 137
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,886,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % ● 138
Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 7,166,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 143
Tajik Tajikistan 7,201,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % ● 144
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,214,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % ● 144
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,370,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 147
Baloch Pakistan 7,380,000 Balochi, Eastern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 148
Somali Ethiopia 7,464,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % 149
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,577,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % ● 152
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,577,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 152
Madura Indonesia 7,649,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % ● 153
Mahratta Kunbi India 7,684,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 154
Viswakarma India 7,694,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 0.12 % ● 154
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 7,772,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 155
Totals:  7,402 People Groups   3,278,434,000             69,041
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