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Criteria

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

1,170

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

277,341,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group ▲ Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Serer Mauritania 4,600 Serer-Sine Islam ● 22.00 % 0.50 %
Serer-Non Senegal 47,000 Noon Islam ● 18.00 % 0.33 % ●
Serer-Safen, Safi Senegal 256,000 Saafi-Saafi Islam ● 20.00 % 0.02 % ●
Serer-Sine Gambia 55,000 Serer-Sine Islam ● 8.00 % 2.00 % ●
Serer-Sine Senegal 1,751,000 Serer-Sine Islam ● 22.00 % 0.81 % ●
Shabar India 529,000 Odia Hinduism ● 9.07 % ●
Shama Nigeria 9,100 Shama-Sambuga Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Shani Nigeria 1,800 Hausa Islam ● 8.00 % 0.40 % ●
Sherpa India 39,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 15.77 % ●
Shuar, Jivaro Ecuador 70,000 Shuar Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Siamou, Seme Burkina Faso 24,000 Siamou Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Siddi (Hindu traditions) India 9,500 Kannada Hinduism ● 31.05 % ●
Sihanaka Madagascar 689,000 Malagasy, Plateau Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.94 % ●
Silpi Sri Lanka 3,300 Tamil Hinduism ● 10.80 % ●
Simba Gabon 200 Simba Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 0.50 % ●
Simong India 2,600 Adi Unknown ● 40.87 % ●
Singpho India 8,400 Singpho Buddhism ● 5.91 % ●
Sinhalese Brunei 1,200 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.00 %
Sinhalese Cyprus 7,600 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Oman 37,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Singapore 17,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Sri Lanka 183,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.81 % ●
Sino-Native Malaysia 30,000 Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 0.50 % ●
Sisaala, Pasaale Ghana 57,000 Paasaal Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.50 % ●
Totals:  1,170 People Groups   277,341,000            
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