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Criteria

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

7,419

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,275,303,000

% 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 *
Hazara Afghanistan 3,981,000 Hazaragi Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % ● 80
South Asian, general United Arab Emirates 3,977,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 4.00 % 0.70 % 80
Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 3,958,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 79
Moor Mauritania 3,883,000 Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % ● 78
Naikda India 3,831,000 Kannada Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % ● 77
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) India 3,821,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 76
Oromo, Jima Ethiopia 3,737,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 2.00 % 1.30 % ● 75
Kumhar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 3,708,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 74
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 3,639,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.06 % ● 73
Kapu Reddi India 3,609,000 Telugu Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 72
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 3,538,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % ● 71
Mochi (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 3,515,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 70
Lingayat India 3,489,000 Kannada Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.01 % ● 70
Kurd, Kurmanji Iraq 3,479,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.09 % ● 70
Palembang Indonesia 3,463,000 Musi Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.00 % ● 69
Lao Laos 3,446,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 2.00 % ● 69
Kurd, Central Iran 3,428,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ● 0.20 % 0.11 % ● 69
Berber, Southern Shilha Morocco 3,426,000 Tachelhit Islam ● 0.20 % 0.16 % ● 69
Kurd, Southern Iran 3,407,000 Kurdish, Southern Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % ● 68
Sasak Indonesia 3,383,000 Sasak Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 68
Bouyei China 3,338,000 Bouyei Ethnic Religions ● 0.70 % 0.17 % ● 67
Pinjara India 3,318,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 66
Namassej (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 3,305,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 0.51 % ● 66
Malay Indonesia 3,284,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 66
Mallah (Hindu traditions) India 3,277,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % ● 66
Totals:  7,419 People Groups   3,275,303,000             69,207
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