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Criteria

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

1,167

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

275,991,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo ▲ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Kustarogiyo Sri Lanka 15,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.31 % ●
Labur Nigeria 700 Labir Ethnic Religions ● 12.00 % 2.00 % ●
Lakonde Brazil Unknown Portuguese Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 1.00 % ●
Lamu China 2,100 Lipo Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 % ●
Land Dayak, Bekati Indonesia 6,500 Bakati' Ethnic Religions ● 18.00 % 1.00 % ●
Laru Nigeria 29,000 Laru Islam ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Latunde Brazil Unknown Latunde Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Laura Indonesia 14,000 Laura Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Leya Zambia 18,000 Tonga Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Limba, West Sierra Leone 521,000 Limba, West-Central Islam ● 14.00 % 1.00 % ●
Lisabata-Nuniali Indonesia 3,200 Lisabata-Nuniali Islam ● 35.00 % 2.00 % ●
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) India 126,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 11.29 % ●
Luri Nigeria 100 Hausa Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Luyana, Kwangali Botswana 8,400 Kwangali Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 1.00 %
Madappalli Sri Lanka 800 Tamil Hinduism ● 12.42 % ●
Magu Nigeria 21,000 Mvanip Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 2.00 % ●
Maha Nigeria 19,000 Maaka Islam ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Majera Cameroon 800 Majera Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 1.00 % ●
Maku'a East Timor Unknown Fataluku Ethnic Religions ● 23.00 % 2.00 % ●
Malagasy Canada 1,500 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.00 %
Malai Arayan India 33,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 42.84 % ●
Malayan, caste Sri Lanka 1,500 Malayalam Hinduism ● 12.08 % ●
Malayarayar India 2,900 Malayalam Hinduism ● 18.42 % ●
Malto India 189,000 Santhali Hinduism ● 14.11 % ●
Mamainde Brazil 100 Mamainde Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Totals:  1,167 People Groups   275,991,000            
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