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Criteria

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

1,147

% of World's
People Groups

6.6 %

Population

281,726,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Thimilar Sri Lanka 21,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.42 % ●
Vannar Sri Lanka 17,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 14.49 % ●
Vanniyar Sri Lanka 101,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.46 % ●
Vellalar Sri Lanka 1,179,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 14.80 % ●
Vettar Sri Lanka 3,100 Tamil Hinduism ● 8.86 % ●
Wahumpura Sri Lanka 8,249,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.01 % ●
Arab, Syrian St Vincent and Grenadines 500 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.10 %
Gaaliin Sudan 3,590,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 7.00 % 0.60 % ●
Katcha-Kadugli-Miri Sudan 77,000 Katcha-Kadugli-Miri Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.50 % ●
Kelo, Tornasi Sudan 200 Kelo Islam ● 8.00 % 2.00 % ●
Otoro Nuba, Kawama Sudan 16,000 Otoro Islam ● 20.00 % 1.50 % ●
Arab, Sudanese Sudan 14,287,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Arab, Syrian Sudan 106,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 8.00 % 1.00 %
Akuliyo, Wama Suriname Unknown Trio Ethnic Religions ● 18.00 % 2.00 % ●
Arab, Syrian Suriname 1,200 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.10 %
Tiriyo Suriname 2,200 Trio Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.00 % ●
Wayana Suriname 500 Wayana Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Hmong Njua Suriname 2,200 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 %
Deaf Suriname 3,000 Language unknown Christianity ● 49.57 % ●
Saramaccan, Matawari Suriname 1,300 Saramaccan Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 0.50 % ●
Czech Sweden 1,400 Czech Non-Religious ● 26.00 % 0.80 %
Vietnamese Sweden 9,100 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 %
Arab, Lebanese Sweden 23,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 %
Arab, Syrian Sweden 29,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.10 %
Czech Switzerland 11,000 Czech Non-Religious ● 26.00 % 0.70 %
Totals:  1,147 People Groups   281,726,000            
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