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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

281,727,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical ▲		 Indigenous
Tanala Madagascar 1,423,000 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 22.00 % 1.04 % ●
Baga Sitemu, Tchitem Guinea 42,000 Baga Sitemu Islam ● 7.00 % 1.07 % ●
Mahafaly Madagascar 410,000 Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.09 % ●
Pygmy, Baka Cameroon 58,000 Baka Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.10 % ●
Bandi Guinea 13,000 Bandi Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.10 % ●
Mende Guinea 2,900 Mende Islam ● 10.00 % 1.10 %
Komi-Zyrian Russia 233,000 Komi-Zyrian Non-Religious ● 32.00 % 1.10 % ●
Tongwe Tanzania 62,000 Tongwe Islam ● 20.00 % 1.10 % ●
Rengao Vietnam 20,000 Rengao Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.12 % ●
Sawai Indonesia 16,000 Sawai Islam ● 12.00 % 1.17 % ●
Japanese Argentina 38,000 Japanese Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 1.20 %
Buwal Cameroon 13,000 Buwal Ethnic Religions ● 35.00 % 1.20 % ●
Vietnamese China, Hong Kong 48,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Cyprus 7,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.00 % 1.20 %
Vietnamese Cyprus 7,400 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.20 %
Chachi Ecuador 11,000 Chachi Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 1.20 % ●
Tsachila Ecuador 3,300 Tsafiki Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 1.20 % ●
Vietnamese Malaysia 103,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 %
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Myanmar (Burma) 139,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 8.00 % 1.20 %
Sinhalese Oman 38,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.00 % 1.20 %
Wamei, Konyagi Senegal 28,000 Wamey Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.20 % ●
Komi-Permyat Russia 96,000 Komi-Permyak Christianity ● 43.00 % 1.20 % ●
Sinhalese Singapore 17,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 %
Ndau Zimbabwe 1,042,000 Ndau Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 1.20 % ●
Totals:  1,147 People Groups   281,727,000            
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