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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% 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 *
Yong Thailand 14,000 Yong Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.20 % ● 1
Yonaguni Japan 800 Yonaguni Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Karen, Yintale Myanmar (Burma) 1,000 Yintale Buddhism ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.00 % ● 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking United States 361,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % 7
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Russia 1,700 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Romania 600 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Moldova 1,600 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Lithuania 2,200 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Latvia 1,900 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Israel 191,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 4
Jewish, Estonian Estonia 1,900 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Canada 41,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
Jewish, Eastern Yiddish-speaking Belarus 14,000 Yiddish, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yerong China 400 Yerong Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yazgul Tajikistan 12,000 Yazgulyam Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaroame Brazil 500 Yaroame Ethnic Religions ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Yao Zambia 5,700 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Yao Tanzania 821,000 Yao Islam ● 2.06 % 1.26 % ● 16
Yao Mozambique 322,000 Yao Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % ● 6
Yao Malawi 2,604,000 Yao Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % ● 52
Lohorung Nepal 1,400 Yamphu, Southern Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yamphu Nepal 8,000 Yamphu Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaminahua, Chitonajuas Peru 300 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yaminahua Peru 1,000 Yaminahua Ethnic Religions ● 2.00 % 1.70 % ● 1
Yalunka, Dialonke Senegal 16,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.15 % 0.05 % ● 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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