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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

277,047,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▲ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Ikwere Nigeria 645,000 Ikwere Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Arab, Egyptian Libya 646,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 8.00 % 0.50 %
Mbangala Angola 675,000 Mbangala Ethnic Religions ● 50.00 % 1.50 % ●
Sihanaka Madagascar 689,000 Malagasy, Plateau Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 1.94 % ●
Masikoro Madagascar 695,000 Malagasy, Masikoro Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 0.48 % ●
Durava Sri Lanka 719,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.12 % ●
Deaf Vietnam 730,000 Hanoi Sign Language Buddhism ● 9.43 % ●
Kharia India 753,000 Kharia Hinduism ● 31.47 % ●
Gattara Sri Lanka 754,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.74 % ●
Ndau, Shona Mozambique 765,000 Ndau Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 1.00 % ●
Makhuwa-Shirima Mozambique 765,000 Makhuwa-Shirima Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 2.00 % ●
Deaf Egypt 767,000 Egyptian Sign Language Islam ● 12.83 % ●
Vaniyan India 948,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 11.82 % ●
Saora India 978,000 Odia Hinduism ● 16.71 % ●
Ndau Zimbabwe 1,026,000 Ndau Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 1.20 % ●
Karava Sri Lanka 1,067,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.40 % ●
Navandanna Sri Lanka 1,150,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.28 % ●
Vellalar Sri Lanka 1,161,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 14.80 % ●
Antandroy Madagascar 1,220,000 Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 1.97 % ●
Tanala Madagascar 1,386,000 Malagasy, Plateau Ethnic Religions ● 22.00 % 1.04 % ●
Tamang Nepal 1,462,000 Tamang, Eastern Buddhism ● 6.60 % ●
Chuvash, Bolgar Russia 1,464,000 Chuvash Christianity ● 50.00 % 1.47 % ●
Arab, Syrian Argentina 1,482,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 38.00 % 1.35 %
Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,579,000 Boro Hinduism ● 9.21 % ●
Betsimisaraka, North Madagascar 1,604,000 Malagasy, Northern Betsimisaraka Ethnic Religions ● 35.00 % 1.21 % ●
Totals:  1,170 People Groups   277,047,000            
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