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Criteria

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

7,398

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,114,000

% 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 *
Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan 4,804,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.09 % ● 96
Jew, Israeli Israel 4,797,000 Hebrew Ethnic Religions ● 0.25 % 0.23 % ● 96
Kurd, Central Iraq 4,763,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.01 % ● 95
Namassej (Hindu traditions) India 4,695,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.48 % ● 94
Meena India 4,655,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 0.14 % ● 93
Turkmen Turkmenistan 4,643,000 Turkmen Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.00 % ● 93
Arab, Palestinian West Bank / Gaza 4,622,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.04 % ● 92
Zarma Niger 4,560,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % ● 91
Tai Man, Shan Myanmar (Burma) 4,556,000 Shan Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 91
Arab, Tihami Yemen 4,547,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 91
Uzbek, Southern Afghanistan 4,460,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 89
Banjar Indonesia 4,397,000 Banjar Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % ● 88
Brahmin Sawaria India 4,328,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 87
Han Chinese, Hakka Taiwan 4,306,000 Chinese, Hakka Ethnic Religions ● 2.10 % 0.42 % ● 86
Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,303,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 86
Arab, Jordanian Jordan 4,273,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.50 % 0.30 % ● 85
Chhetri Nepal 4,269,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 0.14 % ● 85
Dhanuk India 4,215,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 84
Gujar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 4,214,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 84
Balinese Indonesia 4,182,000 Bali Hinduism ● 1.26 % 0.16 % ● 84
Kuruba India 4,174,000 Kannada Hinduism ● 1.04 % ● 83
Arora (Hindu traditions) India 4,085,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 82
Boya India 4,056,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 81
Ansari Pakistan 4,032,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 81
Acehnese Indonesia 4,007,000 Aceh Islam ● 0.12 % 0.00 % ● 80
Totals:  7,398 People Groups   3,275,114,000             68,979
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