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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
Hinna Sri Lanka 240,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.70 % ●
Komi-Zyrian Russia 233,000 Komi-Zyrian Ethnic Religions ● 37.00 % 1.10 % ●
Malayali Oman 232,000 Malayalam Hinduism ● 35.00 % 1.00 %
Tamang India 232,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 6.13 % ●
Antaifasy Madagascar 227,000 Malagasy, Plateau Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 1.69 % ●
Vietnamese Australia 227,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 22.00 % 2.00 %
Vietnamese Taiwan 225,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 %
Mossi Niger 224,000 Moore Islam ● 20.00 % 2.00 %
Kui Kuvi India 212,000 Odia Hinduism ● 10.75 % ●
Oromo, Borana Kenya 211,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 8.00 % 2.00 %
Deaf Burkina Faso 209,000 Language unknown Islam ● 20.69 % ●
Koviar Sri Lanka 209,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 17.02 % ●
Musgum, Mulwi Cameroon 208,000 Musgu Islam ● 25.00 % 2.00 % ●
Bru India 204,000 Kok Borok Hinduism ● 16.91 % ●
Senoufo, Syenara Mali 204,000 Senoufo, Syenara Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.84 % ●
Miao, Chuan China 202,000 Hmong Daw Ethnic Religions ● 5.50 % 1.50 % ●
Bassar, Ntcham Togo 201,000 Ntcham Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 % ●
Antankarana Madagascar 197,000 Malagasy, Antankarana Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 0.74 % ●
Vellalan Nanchilnattu India 196,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 7.84 % ●
Karaiyar Sri Lanka 193,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.81 % ●
Arab, Syrian Lebanon 192,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.50 % 0.10 %
Mambila, Nigeria Nigeria 190,000 Mambila, Nigeria Ethnic Religions ● 12.50 % 2.00 % ●
Malto India 189,000 Santhali Hinduism ● 14.11 % ●
Sinhalese Sri Lanka 183,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.81 % ●
Arab Egypt 180,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 1.00 %
Totals:  1,170 People Groups   277,341,000            
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