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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,165

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

280,227,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▼ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
South Asian, Telugu-speaking Myanmar (Burma) 139,000 Telugu Hinduism ● 8.00 % 1.20 %
Kissi, Southern Sierra Leone 136,000 Kisi, Southern Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Saho, Irob Eritrea 132,000 Saho Islam ● 30.00 % 0.25 % ●
Lahu Shi China 130,000 Lahu Shi Buddhism ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Hmong Njua France 130,000 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.40 %
Yoruba Togo 129,000 Yoruba Islam ● 43.00 % 1.60 %
Boko, Bokonya Benin 128,000 Boko Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 2.00 % ●
Arab, Lebanese Venezuela 127,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 %
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) India 127,000 Bengali Hinduism ● 11.29 % ●
Sedang Vietnam 126,000 Sedang Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 1.55 % ●
Zafisoro Madagascar 126,000 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 15.00 % 0.50 % ●
Rai India 126,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 12.89 % ●
Tipera, Kok Borok Bangladesh 125,000 Kok Borok Hinduism ● 8.00 % ●
Deaf Benin 125,000 American Sign Language Christianity ● 39.89 % ●
Kui Sitha India 125,000 Odia Hinduism ● 10.31 % ●
Vietnamese Laos 124,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 %
Vietnamese Thailand 122,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 %
Arab, Syrian Germany 121,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.10 %
Larteh, Gua Ghana 118,000 Larteh Ethnic Religions ● 25.00 % 2.00 % ●
Sahafatra Madagascar 118,000 Malagasy, Merina Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 2.00 % ●
Gbe, Gbesi Benin 118,000 Gbe, Gbesi Ethnic Religions ● 45.00 % 1.00 % ●
Waama, Yoabou Benin 117,000 Waama Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Ica Benin 115,000 Ede Ica Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 0.30 % ●
Oraon, Kurux Bangladesh 114,000 Sylheti Hinduism ● 11.69 % ●
Hmong Njua United States 113,000 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 %
Totals:  1,165 People Groups   280,227,000            
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