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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,172

% of World's
People Groups

6.7 %

Population

277,250,000

% of World Population

3.6 %

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Photo People Group Country Population ▼ Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Waama, Yoabou Benin 114,000 Waama Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 2.00 % ●
Ngoni Mozambique 113,000 Ngoni Ethnic Religions ● 26.00 % 2.00 %
Oraon, Kurux Bangladesh 113,000 Sylheti Hinduism ● 11.69 % ●
Badahala Sri Lanka 113,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.52 % ●
Ica Benin 112,000 Ede Ica Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 0.30 % ●
Hmong Njua United States 112,000 Hmong Njua Ethnic Religions ● 7.00 % 1.00 %
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 110,000 Rajbanshi Hinduism ● 5.40 % ●
Albanian, general Switzerland 109,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 30.00 % 0.50 %
Gurung Ghaleg India 108,000 Nepali Hinduism ● 13.22 % ●
Deaf Sri Lanka 107,000 Sri Lankan Sign Language Buddhism ● 8.38 % ●
Gauda, tribe India 106,000 Konkani Hinduism ● 42.89 % ●
Arab, Syrian Sudan 105,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 8.00 % 1.00 %
Arab, Egyptian Lebanon 104,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 13.00 % 0.30 %
Kalenjin, Okiek Kenya 103,000 Okiek Ethnic Religions ● 35.00 % 1.40 % ●
Deaf Korea, South 103,000 Korean Sign Language Non-Religious ● 30.95 % ●
Arab, Lebanese United Kingdom 102,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 %
Vietnamese Malaysia 101,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 %
Machinga Tanzania 100,000 Machinga Islam ● 13.00 % 2.00 % ●
Senoufo, Niangolo Burkina Faso 100,000 Senoufo, Senara Ethnic Religions ● 8.00 % 1.55 % ●
Vanniyar Sri Lanka 100,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 15.46 % ●
Maravan Sri Lanka 99,000 Tamil Hinduism ● 13.51 % ●
Komi-Permyat Russia 96,000 Komi-Permyak Christianity ● 43.00 % 1.20 % ●
Bankalawa Nigeria 95,000 Bankal Islam ● 35.00 % 2.00 % ●
Duya Nigeria 95,000 Duya Ethnic Religions ● 12.00 % 0.50 % ●
Deaf Kazakhstan 94,000 Language unknown Islam ● 12.15 % ●
Totals:  1,172 People Groups   277,250,000            
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