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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

1,124

% of World's
People Groups

6.4 %

Population

248,482,000

% of World Population

3.1 %

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents ▲		 %
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Wara Burkina Faso 10,000 Wara Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.60 % ●
Bandi Guinea 14,000 Bandi Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.10 % ●
Han Chinese, Min Dong Malaysia 275,000 Chinese, Min Dong Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 2.00 %
Hmong Njua United States 114,000 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 %
Deaf Kosovo 15,000 Albanian Sign Language Islam ● 7.00 % ●
Chinese, general Slovakia 2,700 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 7.00 % 1.00 %
South Asian, general Eswatini 8,500 Hindi Hinduism ● 7.00 % 0.50 %
Buriat, Russian Uzbekistan 1,100 Buriat, Russia Buddhism ● 7.00 % 0.50 %
Dukawa, Western Nigeria 66,000 us-Saare Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 % ●
Dukawa, Eastern Nigeria 55,000 ut-Hun Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 2.00 % ●
Santal (Sawntal) Nepal 58,000 Santhali Hinduism ● 7.00 % ●
Wahumpura Sri Lanka 8,324,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.01 % ●
Rajaka Sri Lanka 152,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.03 % ●
Navandanna Sri Lanka 1,176,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.28 % ●
Radava Sri Lanka 369,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.36 % ●
Karava Sri Lanka 1,092,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.40 % ●
Bangru India 200 Hruso Unknown ● 7.45 % ●
Chakma Bangladesh 518,000 Chakma Buddhism ● 7.47 % ●
Badahala Sri Lanka 115,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.52 % ●
Demala Gattara Sri Lanka 8,200 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.52 % ●
Digaru India 1,500 Digaro-Mishmi Hinduism ● 7.61 % ●
Charumba India 1,100 Zakhring Buddhism ● 7.75 % ●
Palliyar India 6,800 Tamil Hinduism ● 7.76 % ●
Vellalan Nanchilnattu India 223,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 7.85 % ●
Deaf China 7,242,000 Chinese Sign Language Non-Religious ● 7.92 % ●
Totals:  1,124 People Groups   248,482,000            
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