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Criteria

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

1,170

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

277,047,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo ▼ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Ossetic Belarus 800 Ossetic Christianity ● 40.00 % 1.00 %
Ossetic Kazakhstan 1,600 Ossetic Christianity ● 45.00 % 1.00 %
Oromo, Tulema / Selale Egypt 3,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 25.00 % 0.90 %
Oromo, Borana Kenya 211,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 8.00 % 2.00 %
Oraon, Kurux Bangladesh 113,000 Sylheti Hinduism ● 11.69 % ●
Oraon India 4,446,000 Kurux Hinduism ● 26.44 % ●
Opo South Sudan 3,300 T'apo Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 2.00 %
Omotik, Ndorobo Kenya 46,000 Omotik Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Nyika, Tanzania Tanzania 38,000 Nyika, Tanzania Islam ● 10.00 % 0.20 % ●
Ngizim, Ngizmawa Nigeria 166,000 Ngizim Islam ● 7.00 % 0.63 % ●
Negrito, Ati Philippines 12,000 Ati Ethnic Religions ● 9.00 % 1.50 % ●
Ndau, Shona Mozambique 765,000 Ndau Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.00 % ●
Ndau Zimbabwe 1,026,000 Ndau Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 1.20 % ●
Nawdm Ghana 7,900 Nawdm Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 2.00 %
Navithan Sri Lanka 21,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 13.76 % ●
Nanubae Papua New Guinea 1,300 Nanubae Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Na India Unknown Na Unknown ● 15.79 % ●
Murut, Serudung Malaysia 1,000 Murut, Serudung Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 1.00 % ●
Murut, Pandewan Malaysia 1,800 Murut, Paluan Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 0.60 % ●
Murut, Paluan Malaysia 4,800 Murut, Paluan Islam ● 8.00 % 0.60 % ●
Murut, Kalabakan Malaysia 3,300 Murut, Kalabakan Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Murle South Sudan 123,000 Murle Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.50 % ●
Munda, Horo Nepal 2,100 Maithili Hinduism ● 5.45 % ●
Munda Bangladesh 140,000 Sadri, Oraon Hinduism ● 10.62 % ●
Munda Bhutan 1,900 Mundari Hinduism ● 5.11 %
Totals:  1,170 People Groups   277,047,000            
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