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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,179

% of World's
People Groups

6.8 %

Population

279,209,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Kayan, Padaung Thailand 2,800 Kayan Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.50 %
Puoc Thailand 3,600 Puoc Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.00 %
Karen, Pwo Rachaburi Thailand 6,300 Karen, Phrae Pwo Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Lawa, Western Thailand 8,800 Lawa, Western Buddhism ● 16.00 % 2.00 % ●
Lahu Shi Thailand 16,000 Lahu Shi Buddhism ● 20.00 % 1.80 %
Tamil (Hindu traditions) Thailand 35,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 10.50 % 0.50 %
Mal Thailand 4,900 Mal Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Karen, Pwo Northern Thailand 84,000 Karen, Pwo Northern Ethnic Religions ● 12.00 % 2.00 % ●
Bende Tanzania 54,000 Bende Islam ● 45.00 % 1.40 % ●
Machinga Tanzania 100,000 Machinga Islam ● 13.00 % 2.00 % ●
Ndonde Hamba Tanzania 25,000 Ndonde Hamba Islam ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Rufiji Tanzania 556,000 Rufiji Islam ● 9.00 % 1.50 % ●
Temi Tanzania 55,000 Temi Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.50 % ●
Tongwe Tanzania 60,000 Tongwe Islam ● 20.00 % 1.10 % ●
Vinza Tanzania 28,000 Vinza Islam ● 40.00 % 0.10 % ●
Kabwa Tanzania 20,000 Kabwa Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Nyika, Tanzania Tanzania 38,000 Nyika, Tanzania Islam ● 10.00 % 0.20 % ●
Chinese, general Tajikistan 1,000 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious ● 10.00 % 0.00 %
Vietnamese Taiwan 225,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 %
Deaf Taiwan 48,000 Taiwan Sign Language Ethnic Religions ● 5.82 % ●
Arab, Lebanese Syria 76,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 %
Aramaic, West Syria 19,000 Western Neo-Aramaic Islam ● 40.00 % 0.10 % ●
Ossetic Syria 54,000 Ossetic Islam ● 30.00 % 0.10 %
Arab, Syrian Syria 11,172,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.16 % ●
Deaf Syria 174,000 Language unknown Islam ● 6.34 % ●
Totals:  1,179 People Groups   279,209,000            
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