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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,172

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

277,250,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Wawa Cameroon 6,800 Wawa Islam ● 7.00 % 1.00 % ●
Bassar, Ntcham Cameroon 2,800 Ntcham Ethnic Religions ● 18.00 % 1.50 %
Beba Cameroon 5,200 Beba Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 2.00 % ●
Nimbari, Nyamnyam Cameroon 300 Language unknown Islam ● 30.00 % 0.80 % ●
Czech Canada 23,000 Czech Non-Religious ● 28.00 % 0.80 %
Albanian Canada 2,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 32.00 % 0.20 %
Arab, Syrian Canada 18,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 7.00 % 0.20 %
Malayali Canada 19,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 6.00 % 2.00 %
Albanian, general Canada 24,000 Albanian, Tosk Christianity ● 48.00 % 1.30 %
Pana Chad 2,600 Pana Islam ● 42.00 % 2.00 % ●
Deaf Chad 164,000 Chadian Sign Language Islam ● 38.46 % ●
Lama China 1,400 Bai, Lama Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Palyu China 16,000 Bolyu Ethnic Religions ● 6.30 % 0.50 % ●
Lahu Shi China 130,000 Lahu Shi Buddhism ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Miao, Chuan China 202,000 Hmong Daw Ethnic Religions ● 5.50 % 1.50 % ●
Deaf China 7,196,000 Chinese Sign Language Non-Religious ● 7.92 % ●
Lamu China 2,100 Lipo Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 % ●
Vietnamese China, Hong Kong 47,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.20 %
Deaf China, Hong Kong 15,000 Hong Kong Sign Language Ethnic Religions ● 12.41 % ●
Deaf China, Macau 3,200 Hong Kong Sign Language Ethnic Religions ● 5.35 % ●
Chinese, general Christmas Island 800 Language unknown Buddhism ● 14.00 % 2.00 %
Bare Colombia 600 Nhengatu Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 %
Carijona Colombia 500 Spanish Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.80 % ●
Embera-Catio, Katio Colombia 48,000 Embera-Catio Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 1.50 % ●
Embera-Chami Colombia 5,900 Embera-Chami Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 1.50 % ●
Totals:  1,172 People Groups   277,250,000            
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