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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
Progress Level
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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
Kustarogiyo Sri Lanka 15,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.31 % ●
Navandanna Sri Lanka 1,154,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.28 % ●
Oli Sri Lanka 30,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.20 % ●
Pamunu Sri Lanka 30,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.38 % ●
Pannikki Sri Lanka 242,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.62 % ●
Porowakara Sri Lanka 59,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.08 % ●
Radava Sri Lanka 362,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.36 % ●
Rajaka Sri Lanka 149,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.03 % ●
Salagama Sri Lanka 310,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 12.16 % ●
Sinhalese Sri Lanka 183,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.81 % ●
Wahumpura Sri Lanka 8,159,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.01 % ●
Singpho India 8,500 Singpho Buddhism ● 5.91 % ●
Deaf Singapore 12,000 Singapore Sign Language Buddhism ● 16.04 % ●
Chamar (Hindu traditions) Pakistan 9,100 Sindhi Hinduism ● 7.03 % ●
Rajput (Hindu traditions) Pakistan 13,000 Sindhi Hinduism ● 6.83 % ●
Deaf Netherlands 34,000 Sign Language of the Netherlands Non-Religious ● 46.55 % ●
Deaf Sierra Leone 81,000 Sierra Leone Sign Language Islam ● 13.15 % ●
Siamou, Seme Burkina Faso 25,000 Siamou Ethnic Religions ● 6.00 % 1.00 % ●
Shuar, Jivaro Ecuador 71,000 Shuar Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Tatar, Shorian Kazakhstan 300 Shor Ethnic Religions ● 30.00 % 2.00 %
Tatar, Shorian Uzbekistan 500 Shor Ethnic Religions ● 28.00 % 2.00 %
Gubi, Gubawa Nigeria 1,900 Shiki Islam ● 10.00 % 1.00 % ●
Chayahuita Peru 22,000 Shawi Ethnic Religions ● 40.00 % 0.40 % ●
Arara do Acre Brazil 800 Sharanahua Ethnic Religions ● 20.00 % 1.00 % ●
Shama Nigeria 9,300 Shama-Sambuga Ethnic Religions ● 10.00 % 0.50 % ●
Totals:  1,165 People Groups   280,227,000            
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