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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,170

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

277,341,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo ▼ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Mankanya Guinea-Bissau 56,000 Mankanya Ethnic Religions ● 24.00 % 2.00 % ●
Mankanya Senegal 45,000 Mankanya Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 0.40 % ●
Maninka, Western France 65,000 Maninkakan, Western Islam ● 25.00 % 2.00 %
Mandyak, Manjaco France 25,000 Mandjak Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 0.40 %
Mandyak, Manjaco Gambia 40,000 Mandjak Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.30 % ●
Mandyak, Manjaco Senegal 159,000 Mandjak Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 0.07 % ●
Mandaya Philippines 271,000 Mandaya Ethnic Religions ● 9.00 % 2.00 % ●
Malayali United Arab Emirates 326,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 15.00 % 2.00 %
Malayali Bahrain 61,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 40.00 % 1.50 %
Malayali Canada 19,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 6.00 % 2.00 %
Malayali Sri Lanka 700 Malayalam Hinduism ● 11.02 % ●
Malayali Oman 232,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 35.00 % 1.00 %
Malayali Qatar 78,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 6.00 % 2.00 %
Malayali United States 85,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 8.00 % 0.40 %
Mal Thailand 4,900 Mal Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Makua, Makhuwa-Meetto Zimbabwe 17,000 Makhuwa-Meetto Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 0.50 %
Makonde Kenya 3,600 Makonde Islam ● 10.00 % 2.00 %
Makian, West Indonesia 46,000 Makian, West Islam ● 25.00 % 0.00 % ●
Makhuwa-Shirima Mozambique 765,000 Makhuwa-Shirima Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Makhuwa-Moniga Mozambique 461,000 Makhuwa-Moniga Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Makhuwa-Marrevone Mozambique 459,000 Makhuwa-Marrevone Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 0.05 % ●
Mahafaly Madagascar 399,000 Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.09 % ●
Magar India 346,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 5.20 % ●
Mafa Cameroon 312,000 Mafa Islam ● 7.00 % 2.00 % ●
Mafa Nigeria 8,700 Mafa Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 % ●
Totals:  1,170 People Groups   277,341,000            
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