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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

3,227,165,000

% 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 *
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 32,942,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 659
Hausa Nigeria 34,783,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % ● 696
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,087,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.01 % ● 742
Persian Iran 37,677,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 2.00 % 1.90 % ● 754
Sunda Indonesia 37,942,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.49 % 0.05 % ● 759
Han Chinese, Xiang China 39,520,000 Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions ● 3.00 % 2.00 % ● 790
Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 45,306,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % ● 906
Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 47,438,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 1.22 % ● 949
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 58,320,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 1,166
Brahmin India 58,787,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 1,176
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 1,185
Shaikh India 85,376,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % ● 1,708
Japanese Japan 120,880,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % ● 2,418
Shaikh Bangladesh 135,226,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 2,705
Totals:  7,414 People Groups   3,227,165,000             68,298
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