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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,147

% of World's
People Groups

6.6 %

Population

281,727,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo ▼ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
South Asian, general Cambodia 1,800 Hindi Hinduism ● 9.00 % 2.00 %
South Asian, general Dominica 500 Hindi Hinduism ● 40.00 % 1.00 %
South Asian, general Eswatini 8,400 Hindi Hinduism ● 7.00 % 0.50 %
South Asian, general Grenada 4,100 Hindi Hinduism ● 42.00 % 1.00 %
South Asian, general Lesotho 2,100 Hindi Hinduism ● 8.00 % 0.50 %
South Asian, general United States 352,000 Hindi Hinduism ● 10.00 % 1.00 %
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Australia 56,000 Bengali Islam ● 9.00 % 1.00 %
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Fiji 22,000 Bengali Islam ● 10.00 % 1.00 %
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Greece 11,000 Bengali Islam ● 8.00 % 2.00 %
Sisaala, Western Ghana 48,000 Sisaala, Western Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Sino-Native Malaysia 30,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 0.50 % ●
Sininkere, Silanke Burkina Faso 11,000 Sininkere Islam ● 6.00 % 0.22 % ●
Sinhalese Brunei 1,200 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.00 %
Sinhalese Cyprus 7,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Oman 38,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Singapore 17,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 %
Singpho India 8,600 Singpho Buddhism ● 5.91 % ●
Sihanaka Madagascar 707,000 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.94 % ●
Siddi (Hindu traditions) India 9,600 Kannada Hinduism ● 31.03 % ●
Siamou, Seme Burkina Faso 25,000 Siamou Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Shuar, Jivaro Ecuador 71,000 Shuar Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Sherpa India 39,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 15.81 % ●
Serer-Sine Gambia 57,000 Serer-Sine Islam ● 8.00 % 2.00 % ●
Serer-Sine Senegal 1,798,000 Serer-Sine Islam ● 22.00 % 0.81 % ●
Totals:  1,147 People Groups   281,727,000            
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