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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,119

% of World's
People Groups

6.5 %

Population

256,101,000

% of World Population

3.2 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Chinese, general Christmas Island 600 Language unknown Buddhism ● 14.00 % 2.00 %
Deaf China, Macau 3,600 Hong Kong Sign Language Ethnic Religions ● 5.35 % ●
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 % ●
Bai, Lama China 79,000 Bai, Lama Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Palyu China 16,000 Bolyu Ethnic Religions ● 6.30 % 0.50 % ●
Lahu Shi China 128,000 Lahu Shi Buddhism ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Miao, Chuan China 200,000 Hmong Daw Ethnic Religions ● 5.50 % 1.50 % ●
Deaf China 7,125,000 Chinese Sign Language Non-Religious ● 7.92 % ●
Lamu China 2,100 Lipo Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 % ●
Gula Iro, Goula Chad 13,000 Gula Iro Christianity ● 41.00 % 0.95 % ●
Pana Chad 2,900 Pana (Central African Republic) Islam ● 42.00 % 2.00 % ●
Deaf Chad 188,000 Chadian Sign Language Islam ● 38.46 % ●
Czech Canada 24,000 Czech Non-Religious ● 28.00 % 0.80 %
Albanian Canada 2,100 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 32.00 % 0.20 %
Malagasy Canada 1,600 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.00 %
Malayali Canada 20,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 6.00 % 2.00 %
Albanian, general Canada 24,000 Albanian, Tosk Christianity ● 48.00 % 1.30 %
Bafanji Cameroon 26,000 Chufie' Ethnic Religions ● 27.00 % 1.50 % ●
Pygmy, Baka Cameroon 62,000 Baka (Cameroon) Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.10 % ●
Bangolan Cameroon 21,000 Mendenkye Islam ● 40.00 % 2.00 % ●
Beezen Cameroon 900 Beezen Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 0.30 % ●
Buwal Cameroon 14,000 Buwal Ethnic Religions ● 35.00 % 1.20 % ●
Fali, South Cameroon 65,000 Fali, South Islam ● 12.00 % 1.50 % ●
Daba, Daba Kola Cameroon 39,000 Daba Islam ● 7.00 % 1.50 % ●
Totals:  1,119 People Groups   256,101,000            
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