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Criteria

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

7,397

% of World's
People Groups

42.4 %

Population

3,395,989,000

% 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 *
Ansari India 12,713,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 254
Kazakh Kazakhstan 13,053,000 Kazakh Islam ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 261
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 13,498,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 270
Hausa Niger 13,598,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % ● 272
Vanniyan India 13,734,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 1.37 % ● 275
Hui China 13,738,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 275
Somali Somalia 13,785,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % ● 276
Malay Malaysia 13,951,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % ● 279
Kapu unspecified India 14,045,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 281
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 14,140,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 283
Khmer Cambodia 14,235,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % ● 285
Bhil unspecified India 14,662,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.77 % ● 293
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 14,668,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % ● 293
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 15,004,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 300
Arab, Sudanese Sudan 15,305,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 4.50 % 0.80 % ● 306
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 15,725,000 Gujarati Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % ● 315
Jat (Hindu traditions) India 16,163,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % ● 323
Bania unspecified India 17,064,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 341
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 17,152,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % ● 343
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 17,549,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % ● 351
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 17,726,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ● 0.28 % 0.28 % ● 355
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 18,743,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 375
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,987,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.01 % ● 380
Java Mancanegari Indonesia 21,091,000 Javanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.22 % ● 422
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 22,446,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 449
Totals:  7,397 People Groups   3,395,989,000             71,299
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