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Criteria

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

People Groups

1,802

% of World's
People Groups

10.4 %

Population

542,725,000

% of World Population

6.9 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents ▲		 %
Evangelical 		Indigenous
Purepecha Mexico 73,000 Purepecha Christianity ● 96.00 % 1.00 % ●
Zapoteco, Tejalapan Mexico 7,100 Zapotec, Tejalapan Christianity ● 96.00 % 0.90 % ●
Zapoteco, San Juan Guelavia Mexico 43,000 Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Valley Christianity ● 96.00 % 1.30 % ●
Woleaian Northern Mariana Islands 200 Woleaian Christianity ● 96.00 % 2.00 %
Tigray, Tigrinya Ethiopia 7,241,000 Tigrigna Christianity ● 96.00 % 0.05 % ●
Tigray, Tigrinya Yemen 12,000 Tigrigna Christianity ● 96.00 % 0.30 %
Oodham Mexico 1,900 Tohono O'odham Christianity ● 96.00 % 1.00 %
Walser Liechtenstein 1,600 Walser Christianity ● 96.00 % 0.40 % ●
Valencian Spain 13,000 Catalan Christianity ● 96.00 % 1.50 % ●
Tlapaneco, Tlacoapa Mexico 9,300 Me'phaa, Tlacoapa Christianity ● 96.00 % 1.00 % ●
Nahuatl, Central Huasteca Mexico 263,000 Nahuatl, Central Huasteca Christianity ● 96.00 % 1.00 % ●
Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla United States 2,600 Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla Christianity ● 96.00 % 2.00 %
Deaf Seychelles 500 Language unknown Christianity ● 96.09 % ●
Deaf Guatemala 137,000 Guatemalan Sign Language Christianity ● 96.12 % ●
Deaf Paraguay 54,000 Paraguayan Sign Language Christianity ● 96.30 % ●
Viswerna India 3,700 Naga, Sumi Christianity ● 96.51 % ●
Deaf Greenland 100 Language unknown Christianity ● 96.56 % ●
Deaf Samoa 1,000 Language unknown Christianity ● 96.60 % ●
Deaf Honduras 75,000 Honduran Sign Language Christianity ● 96.64 % ●
Deaf Micronesia, Federated States 900 Language unknown Christianity ● 96.65 % ●
Deaf Guam 900 Language unknown Christianity ● 96.69 % ●
Deaf Malta 900 Maltese Sign Language Christianity ● 96.82 % ●
Deaf Romania 96,000 Romanian Sign Language Christianity ● 96.96 % ●
Tlapaneco, Acatepec Mexico 50,000 Me'phaa, Acatepec Christianity ● 97.00 % 1.00 % ●
Amhara Ethiopia 24,075,000 Amharic Christianity ● 97.00 % 1.13 % ●
Totals:  1,802 People Groups   542,725,000            
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