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Sample People Clusters in sub-Saharan Africa.   Map source:  Future of the Global Church
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People Cluster ▲ Population Peoples
(By Country)		 Unreached
(By Country)		 % Groups
Unreached		 Popl in
Unreached		 % Popl in
Unreached		 Progress
Scale		 Primary
Religion		 % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
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Aceh of Sumatra 4,996,000 9 9 100.0 % 4,996,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 100
Adamawa-Ubangi 14,980,000 162 7 4.3 % 136,000 0.9 % ● Christianity 70.2 % 21.6 % 3
Adi 153,000 9 3 33.3 % 4,200 2.7 % ● Unknown 24.0 % 9.1 % 1
Afar 3,142,000 5 3 60.0 % 2,940,000 93.6 % ● Islam 3.7 % 0.0 % 59
Afro-American, Hispanic 20,280,000 37 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 89.7 % 9.3 % -
Afro-American, Northern 49,239,000 76 1 1.3 % 33,000 0.1 % ● Christianity 85.3 % 34.0 % 1
Afro-Caribbean, Anglophone 435,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.7 % 17.8 % -
Afro-Caribbean, Dutch 864,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.1 % 8.0 % -
Afro-Caribbean, Francophone 19,251,000 22 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.7 % 13.6 % -
Albanian 6,426,000 35 10 28.6 % 1,986,000 30.9 % ● Islam 24.3 % 0.4 % 40
Altaic 972,000 18 18 100.0 % 972,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.1 % 19
Amazon 404,000 134 25 18.7 % 16,000 3.9 % ● Ethnic Religions 34.1 % 6.9 % 1
Anglo-American 201,189,000 114 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 81.0 % 32.9 % -
Anglo-Celt 114,817,000 240 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 67.6 % 10.0 % -
Arab World, general 86,000 9 7 77.8 % 80,000 93.3 % ● Islam 1.1 % 0.2 % 2
Arab, Arabian 44,065,000 104 84 80.8 % 42,984,000 97.5 % ● Islam 1.0 % 0.2 % 860
Arab, Hassaniya 5,927,000 31 31 100.0 % 5,927,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 119
Arab, Levant 88,060,000 164 77 47.0 % 62,544,000 71.0 % ● Islam 5.9 % 0.4 % 1,251
Arab, Libyan 4,404,000 17 17 100.0 % 4,404,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.6 % 0.1 % 88
Arab, Maghreb 82,569,000 60 60 100.0 % 82,569,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 1,651
Arab, Shuwa 6,439,000 18 18 100.0 % 6,439,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.3 % 129
Arab, Sudan 40,663,000 58 56 96.6 % 40,625,000 99.9 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.3 % 812
Arab, Yemeni 39,078,000 25 25 100.0 % 39,078,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 782
Armenian 6,211,000 57 2 3.5 % 153,000 2.5 % ● Christianity 92.3 % 9.0 % 3
Assyrian / Aramaic 1,263,000 53 9 17.0 % 87,000 6.9 % ● Christianity 85.8 % 1.2 % 2
Atlantic 8,605,000 65 24 36.9 % 969,000 11.3 % ● Islam 14.2 % 2.8 % 19
Atlantic-Jola 877,000 20 9 45.0 % 85,000 9.7 % ● Islam 16.9 % 0.9 % 2
Atlantic-Wolof 7,263,000 18 18 100.0 % 7,263,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 145
Australian Aboriginal 628,000 87 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 78.8 % 22.1 % -
Aymara 2,110,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.4 % 20.0 % -
Azerbaijani 31,541,000 40 39 97.5 % 31,540,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.2 % 1.0 % 631
Aztec 3,041,000 50 2 4.0 % 69,000 2.3 % ● Christianity 93.1 % 4.5 % 1
Bali-Sasak 9,259,000 7 7 100.0 % 9,259,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.6 % 0.1 % 185
Baloch 12,961,000 66 66 100.0 % 12,961,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 259
Baltic 4,341,000 47 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 76.1 % 4.4 % -
Banjar of Kalimantan 5,843,000 10 6 60.0 % 5,026,000 86.0 % ● Islam 2.9 % 0.7 % 101
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke 7,479,000 67 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 67.3 % 7.8 % -
Bantu, Central-Congo 37,694,000 160 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 89.2 % 17.4 % -
Bantu, Central-East 5,657,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 70.2 % 14.8 % -
Bantu, Central-Lakes 81,809,000 107 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 89.2 % 31.0 % -
Bantu, Central-Luba 24,257,000 18 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 87.0 % 18.7 % -
Bantu, Central-South 41,885,000 139 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.6 % 22.2 % -
Bantu, Central-Southeast 12,957,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 64.7 % 19.3 % -
Bantu, Central-Southwest 14,328,000 20 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.7 % 20.8 % -
Bantu, Central-Tanzania 34,553,000 59 1 1.7 % 318,000 0.9 % ● Christianity 58.2 % 12.4 % 6
Bantu, Chewa-Sena 25,680,000 29 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 84.9 % 21.6 % -
Bantu, East-Coastal 7,113,000 26 9 34.6 % 942,000 13.2 % ● Christianity 43.7 % 17.1 % 19
Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba 24,001,000 19 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.1 % 63.7 % -
Bantu, Kongo 22,121,000 12 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.6 % 23.1 % -
Bantu, Makua-Yao 36,307,000 49 13 26.5 % 7,011,000 19.3 % ● Christianity 36.5 % 13.8 % 140
Bantu, Nguni 34,459,000 25 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.3 % 24.3 % -
Bantu, Northwest 14,151,000 102 1 1.0 % 6,400 0.0 % ● Christianity 90.9 % 18.3 % 1
Bantu, Shona 14,339,000 27 1 3.7 % 22,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 72.6 % 23.4 % 1
Bantu, Sotho-Tswana 21,692,000 44 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.0 % 15.6 % -
Bantu, Southeastern 1,610,000 2 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 40.1 % 16.8 % -
Bantu, Swahili 7,152,000 56 52 92.9 % 7,026,000 98.2 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.6 % 141
Barito of Kalimantan 428,000 9 3 33.3 % 233,000 54.4 % ● Ethnic Religions 9.7 % 2.8 % 5
Basque 2,381,000 12 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 84.0 % 0.8 % -
Batak-Nias of Sumatra 11,857,000 16 4 25.0 % 1,388,000 11.7 % ● Christianity 65.3 % 13.1 % 28
Bedouin, Arabian 4,764,000 9 9 100.0 % 4,764,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 95
Bedouin, Saharan 1,532,000 16 16 100.0 % 1,532,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 31
Beja 3,098,000 7 7 100.0 % 3,098,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 62
Benue 44,619,000 342 13 3.8 % 596,000 1.3 % ● Christianity 76.5 % 28.1 % 12
Berber-Kabyle 7,648,000 6 6 100.0 % 7,648,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.6 % 0.4 % 153
Berber-Rif 2,051,000 6 6 100.0 % 2,051,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 41
Berber-Saharan 1,148,000 28 28 100.0 % 1,148,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 23
Berber-Shawiya 2,798,000 6 6 100.0 % 2,798,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 56
Berber-Shilha 11,009,000 20 19 95.0 % 10,038,000 91.2 % ● Islam 7.6 % 0.2 % 201
Borneo-Kalimantan 5,769,000 159 37 23.3 % 302,000 5.2 % ● Ethnic Religions 49.3 % 9.5 % 6
Bouyei 3,688,000 6 6 100.0 % 3,688,000 100.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.7 % 0.2 % 74
Brahui 3,359,000 10 10 100.0 % 3,359,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 67
Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi 10,796,000 30 24 80.0 % 10,609,000 98.3 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.1 % 212
Bungku-Bajau 640,000 17 14 82.4 % 587,000 91.7 % ● Islam 8.7 % 1.1 % 12
Burmese 34,793,000 29 29 100.0 % 34,793,000 100.0 % ● Buddhism 0.3 % 0.1 % 696
Caucasus 13,272,000 177 124 70.1 % 8,943,000 67.4 % ● Islam 26.4 % 0.5 % 179
Central American Indigenous, other 4,130,000 96 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 85.1 % 10.4 % -
Chadic 17,168,000 224 52 23.2 % 2,374,000 13.8 % ● Christianity 39.0 % 10.1 % 47
Cham 1,693,000 19 10 52.6 % 529,000 31.2 % ● Ethnic Religions 33.2 % 18.5 % 11
Chinese 1,352,144,000 267 40 15.0 % 43,852,000 3.2 % ● Non-Religious 9.8 % 7.9 % 877
Deaf 51,168,000 216 39 18.1 % Unknown Unknown ● Christianity 29.6 % Unknown 187
Domari 2,955,000 16 16 100.0 % 2,955,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 59
Egyptian 107,889,000 38 2 5.3 % 67,195,000 62.3 % ● Islam 10.7 % 2.8 % 1,344
Ethio-Semitic 53,416,000 75 16 21.3 % 10,204,000 19.1 % ● Christianity 76.6 % 1.1 % 204
Fiji 824,000 21 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 77.3 % 32.6 % -
Filipino, Central 106,560,000 102 1 1.0 % 32,000 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.1 % 12.2 % 1
Filipino, Muslim 5,862,000 22 22 100.0 % 5,862,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 117
Filipino, Tribal 8,768,000 139 9 6.5 % 186,000 2.1 % ● Christianity 64.1 % 10.5 % 4
Finno-Ugric 8,315,000 93 6 6.5 % 96,000 1.2 % ● Christianity 71.2 % 7.9 % 2
Finno-Ugric, Saami 134,000 17 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.9 % 9.9 % -
Flores-Sumba-Alor 3,089,000 56 6 10.7 % 17,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 62.0 % 7.2 % 1
French 72,568,000 138 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 67.9 % 1.1 % -
Fulani / Fulbe 44,060,000 48 48 100.0 % 44,060,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.2 % 881
Germanic 116,681,000 194 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 66.3 % 3.3 % -
Gorontalo of Sulawesi 1,296,000 6 6 100.0 % 1,296,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.9 % 0.1 % 26
Greek 11,454,000 82 1 1.2 % 5,200 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.2 % 0.4 % 1
Guarani 7,248,000 53 3 5.7 % 3,200 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.8 % 9.2 % 1
Guera-Naba of Chad 687,000 6 6 100.0 % 687,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 14
Guinean 56,617,000 171 7 4.1 % 736,000 1.3 % ● Christianity 67.3 % 25.4 % 15
Gur 44,218,000 187 44 23.5 % 6,125,000 13.9 % ● Islam 23.8 % 9.9 % 122
Hani 2,717,000 43 27 62.8 % 1,393,000 51.3 % ● Ethnic Religions 10.8 % 6.7 % 28
Hausa 60,453,000 17 17 100.0 % 60,453,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.7 % 1.4 % 1,209
Hispanic 369,707,000 147 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.2 % 15.9 % -
Hispanic American, other 17,361,000 29 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.9 % 11.2 % -
Hui, Dungan 14,891,000 19 19 100.0 % 14,891,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 298
Hungarian 11,533,000 30 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.3 % 3.1 % -
Igbo 39,365,000 18 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.7 % 44.8 % -
Ijaw 6,745,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 97.5 % 40.4 % -
Inuit 203,000 14 2 14.3 % 2,200 1.1 % ● Christianity 76.0 % 8.4 % 1
Italian 59,744,000 85 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 84.9 % 1.3 % -
Japanese 122,122,000 64 59 92.2 % 120,618,000 98.8 % ● Buddhism 1.8 % 0.5 % 2,412
Java 121,233,000 22 10 45.5 % 76,763,000 63.3 % ● Islam 8.5 % 3.9 % 1,535
Jewish 16,534,000 147 139 94.6 % 16,105,000 97.4 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.5 % 0.9 % 322
Kadai 122,000 8 7 87.5 % 26,000 21.6 % ● Ethnic Religions 3.3 % 3.3 % 1
Kaili-Tomini of Sulawesi 798,000 25 17 68.0 % 679,000 85.1 % ● Islam 8.9 % 0.5 % 14
Kanuri-Saharan 13,934,000 28 27 96.4 % 13,887,000 99.7 % ● Islam 0.8 % 0.6 % 278
Karen 5,284,000 34 5 14.7 % 904,000 17.1 % ● Christianity 35.8 % 21.2 % 18
Kazakh 18,951,000 33 31 93.9 % 18,948,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.2 % 379
Khoisan 1,001,000 56 4 7.1 % 34,000 3.4 % ● Christianity 52.0 % 7.8 % 1
Korean 80,354,000 51 1 2.0 % 25,983,000 32.3 % ● Non-Religious 22.1 % 12.3 % 520
Kru 5,268,000 55 3 5.5 % 89,000 1.7 % ● Ethnic Religions 49.1 % 9.7 % 2
Kuki-Chin-Mizo (Zo) 1,744,000 46 2 4.3 % 27,000 1.5 % ● Christianity 56.1 % 31.6 % 1
Kurd 32,713,000 66 66 100.0 % 32,713,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 654
Kyrgyz 6,060,000 15 15 100.0 % 6,060,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 121
Lampung of Sumatra 1,899,000 9 9 100.0 % 1,899,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 38
Lao 4,268,000 17 14 82.4 % 534,000 12.5 % ● Buddhism 3.4 % 1.8 % 11
Li 1,924,000 6 5 83.3 % 1,242,000 64.6 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.6 % 1.5 % 25
Lisu 1,161,000 6 1 16.7 % 2,700 0.2 % ● Christianity 79.4 % 45.6 % 1
Luri-Bakhtiari 6,391,000 8 8 100.0 % 6,391,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 128
Madura of Java 8,199,000 5 5 100.0 % 8,199,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 164
Malagasy 31,782,000 35 3 8.6 % 321,000 1.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 49.8 % 6.2 % 6
Malay 36,016,000 97 53 54.6 % 23,426,000 65.0 % ● Islam 7.7 % 3.7 % 469
Maltese 685,000 8 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 97.7 % 1.4 % -
Maluku-Central 952,000 46 10 21.7 % 278,000 29.2 % ● Christianity 40.7 % 18.2 % 6
Maluku-Northern 659,000 25 7 28.0 % 369,000 56.0 % ● Islam 19.4 % 2.6 % 7
Maluku-Southern 559,000 44 2 4.5 % 900 0.2 % ● Christianity 68.0 % 5.9 % 1
Mande 12,254,000 65 19 29.2 % 1,282,000 10.5 % ● Ethnic Religions 21.4 % 8.9 % 26
Manding 28,558,000 77 67 87.0 % 27,572,000 96.5 % ● Islam 2.1 % 0.5 % 551
Maya 7,384,000 71 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.4 % 21.7 % -
Melayu of Sumatra 6,764,000 15 13 86.7 % 6,763,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 135
Miao / Hmong 12,544,000 71 43 60.6 % 8,290,000 66.1 % ● Ethnic Religions 11.5 % 6.2 % 166
Micronesian 567,000 58 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 97.3 % 19.1 % -
Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi 1,710,000 16 2 12.5 % 21,000 1.2 % ● Christianity 76.6 % 13.4 % 1
Minangkabau-Rejang of Sumatra 8,045,000 8 8 100.0 % 8,045,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 161
Miri-Kachin 1,377,000 8 2 25.0 % 156,000 11.3 % ● Christianity 55.9 % 37.3 % 3
Mixe 184,000 12 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.3 % 9.8 % -
Mixteco 684,000 69 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.8 % 5.4 % -
Mon-Khmer 28,617,000 254 167 65.7 % 23,548,000 82.3 % ● Buddhism 5.4 % 2.7 % 471
Mongolian 10,365,000 54 45 83.3 % 10,196,000 98.4 % ● Buddhism 0.8 % 0.5 % 204
Musi of Sumatra 5,363,000 8 8 100.0 % 5,363,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 107
New Caledonia 79,000 31 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 95.6 % 9.6 % -
New Guinea 12,806,000 1,139 13 1.1 % 130,000 1.0 % ● Christianity 90.1 % 20.5 % 3
Nilotic 46,936,000 135 15 11.1 % 1,049,000 2.2 % ● Christianity 74.6 % 24.4 % 21
North American Indigenous 3,448,000 242 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 73.1 % 8.6 % -
Nosu 3,294,000 7 6 85.7 % 2,990,000 90.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.2 % 0.8 % 60
Nuba Mountains 2,693,000 84 75 89.3 % 1,958,000 72.7 % ● Islam 10.4 % 3.0 % 39
Nubian 3,101,000 22 21 95.5 % 3,070,000 99.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 61
Nupe 4,735,000 11 6 54.5 % 348,000 7.3 % ● Islam 18.2 % 3.3 % 7
Nuristan 360,000 9 9 100.0 % 360,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 7
Ogan of Sumatra 591,000 3 3 100.0 % 591,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 12
Omotic 25,890,000 59 11 18.6 % 847,000 3.3 % ● Christianity 78.4 % 61.3 % 17
Oromo 47,660,000 25 11 44.0 % 9,796,000 20.6 % ● Islam 39.8 % 15.0 % 196
Otomi 491,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.5 % 11.8 % -
Ouaddai-Fur 4,660,000 37 36 97.3 % 4,636,000 99.5 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.3 % 93
Pacific Islanders, other 125,000 11 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 95.7 % 19.2 % -
Pasemah of Sumatra 1,749,000 6 6 100.0 % 1,749,000 100.0 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.1 % 35
Persian 61,117,000 96 93 96.9 % 60,680,000 99.3 % ● Islam 1.5 % 1.3 % 1,214
Polynesian 2,400,000 77 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 80.2 % 16.0 % -
Portuguese, Brazilian 200,020,000 28 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.0 % 26.4 % -
Portuguese, European 17,741,000 49 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.6 % 2.9 % -
Pygmy 794,000 27 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 41.7 % 9.9 % -
Quechua 12,729,000 54 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.4 % 7.0 % -
Romani 6,806,000 124 8 6.5 % 175,000 2.6 % ● Christianity 75.3 % 4.4 % 4
Romanian 23,862,000 71 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.6 % 6.1 % -
Sara-Bagirmi 5,535,000 34 3 8.8 % 192,000 3.5 % ● Christianity 54.9 % 12.1 % 4
Scandinavian 20,627,000 67 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 75.0 % 6.2 % -
Shan 4,961,000 5 4 80.0 % 4,955,000 99.9 % ● Buddhism 0.9 % 0.8 % 99
Slav, Eastern 178,009,000 160 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 67.1 % 2.0 % -
Slav, Southern 27,758,000 203 33 16.3 % 3,683,000 13.3 % ● Christianity 73.5 % 0.8 % 74
Slav, Western 59,757,000 109 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 78.9 % 0.5 % -
Solomons 714,000 63 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.5 % 31.5 % -
Somali 32,335,000 39 38 97.4 % 32,218,000 99.6 % ● Islam 1.0 % 0.6 % 644
Songhai 7,887,000 19 18 94.7 % 7,886,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 158
Soninke 4,550,000 18 18 100.0 % 4,550,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 91
South American Indigenous 22,351,000 448 50 11.2 % 140,000 0.6 % ● Christianity 82.3 % 13.3 % 3
South Asia - other 29,283,000 168 123 73.2 % 24,117,000 82.4 % ● Hinduism 5.3 % 1.6 % 482
South Asia Buddhist 22,192,000 132 88 66.7 % 2,656,000 12.0 % ● Buddhism 6.3 % 1.5 % 53
South Asia Christian 20,069,000 69 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 99.9 % 36.1 % -
South Asia Dalit - Chamar (Bhambi) 5,530,000 5 5 100.0 % 5,530,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 1.0 % 0.4 % 111
South Asia Dalit - Dusadh 7,455,000 5 5 100.0 % 7,455,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 149
South Asia Dalit - Madiga 9,053,000 3 3 100.0 % 9,053,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.1 % 0.1 % 181
South Asia Dalit - Namassej 8,960,000 6 6 100.0 % 8,960,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.5 % 0.2 % 179
South Asia Dalit - other 166,141,000 366 359 98.1 % 166,088,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.5 % 0.3 % 3,322
South Asia Dalit - Pasi 10,075,000 8 8 100.0 % 10,075,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.1 % 0.0 % 202
South Asia Dalit - Rajbansi 7,514,000 4 3 75.0 % 7,388,000 98.3 % ● Hinduism 0.6 % 0.3 % 148
South Asia Dalit - Valmiki 1,145,000 9 9 100.0 % 1,145,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 23
South Asia Forward Caste - Bania 37,133,000 76 76 100.0 % 37,133,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 743
South Asia Forward Caste - Brahmin 77,964,000 129 128 99.2 % 77,959,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,559
South Asia Forward Caste - Nair 7,856,000 3 3 100.0 % 7,856,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.2 % 0.1 % 157
South Asia Forward Caste - other 12,487,000 23 20 87.0 % 12,121,000 97.1 % ● Hinduism 1.6 % 0.6 % 242
South Asia Forward Caste - Rajput 57,596,000 99 99 100.0 % 57,596,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,152
South Asia Hindu - Badhai 8,515,000 10 10 100.0 % 8,515,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 170
South Asia Hindu - Bhoi 8,709,000 15 15 100.0 % 8,709,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 174
South Asia Hindu - Jat 25,245,000 79 79 100.0 % 25,245,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 505
South Asia Hindu - Kahar 9,885,000 4 4 100.0 % 9,885,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 198
South Asia Hindu - Kapu 20,274,000 6 6 100.0 % 20,274,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 405
South Asia Hindu - Kayastha 12,376,000 10 10 100.0 % 12,376,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 248
South Asia Hindu - Kumhar 20,455,000 13 12 92.3 % 20,448,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 409
South Asia Hindu - Kunbi 24,446,000 17 17 100.0 % 24,446,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 489
South Asia Hindu - Kurmi 22,551,000 5 5 100.0 % 22,551,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 451
South Asia Hindu - Mahishya 12,626,000 2 2 100.0 % 12,626,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.4 % Unknown 253
South Asia Hindu - Mahratta 50,387,000 10 10 100.0 % 50,387,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,008
South Asia Hindu - Mali 13,993,000 6 6 100.0 % 13,993,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 280
South Asia Hindu - Nai 14,235,000 8 8 100.0 % 14,235,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 285
South Asia Hindu - other 313,280,000 947 883 93.2 % 306,118,000 97.7 % ● Hinduism 0.5 % 0.2 % 6,122
South Asia Hindu - Sonar 10,660,000 22 22 100.0 % 10,660,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 213
South Asia Hindu - Teli 23,577,000 11 10 90.9 % 23,572,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 471
South Asia Hindu - Vakkaliga 8,594,000 4 4 100.0 % 8,594,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.2 % 0.1 % 172
South Asia Hindu - Vanniyan 922,000 6 6 100.0 % 922,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 1.1 % 0.4 % 18
South Asia Hindu - Viswakarma 10,232,000 9 9 100.0 % 10,232,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.1 % 0.0 % 205
South Asia Hindu - Yadav 76,268,000 32 32 100.0 % 76,268,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Hinduism 0.0 % 0.0 % 1,525
South Asia Muslim - Ansari 17,535,000 6 6 100.0 % 17,535,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 351
South Asia Muslim - Arain 12,296,000 2 2 100.0 % 12,296,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 246
South Asia Muslim - Jat 39,589,000 143 143 100.0 % 39,589,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 792
South Asia Muslim - other 284,036,000 582 576 99.0 % 283,930,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 5,679
South Asia Muslim - Pashtun 100,802,000 284 284 100.0 % 100,802,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 2,016
South Asia Muslim - Rajput 23,759,000 116 116 100.0 % 23,759,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 475
South Asia Muslim - Sayyid 19,135,000 7 7 100.0 % 19,135,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 383
South Asia Muslim - Shaikh 118,438,000 17 17 100.0 % 118,438,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 2,369
South Asia Sikh - Jat 12,480,000 20 19 95.0 % 12,477,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Other / Small 0.0 % 0.0 % 250
South Asia Sikh - other 12,023,000 45 45 100.0 % 12,023,000 100.0 % ● Other / Small 0.4 % 0.1 % 240
South Asia Tribal - Banjara 8,106,000 9 9 100.0 % 8,106,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 1.5 % 0.7 % 162
South Asia Tribal - Bhil 23,004,000 18 18 100.0 % 23,004,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.8 % 0.3 % 460
South Asia Tribal - Gond 16,621,000 17 17 100.0 % 16,621,000 100.0 % ● Hinduism 0.8 % 0.3 % 332
South Asia Tribal - Kuki Chin 182,000 13 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 83.1 % 60.8 % -
South Asia Tribal - Naga 3,070,000 74 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.3 % 36.3 % -
South Asia Tribal - other 114,527,000 453 316 69.8 % 77,422,000 67.6 % ● Hinduism 8.6 % 3.4 % 1,548
Southeast Asian, other 1,819,000 26 8 30.8 % 130,000 7.1 % ● Christianity 38.7 % 6.4 % 3
Spanish 42,203,000 75 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 79.2 % 1.2 % -
Sub-Saharan African, general 1,155,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 62.4 % 11.6 % -
Sub-Saharan African, other 15,281,000 67 2 3.0 % 82,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 72.2 % 19.4 % 2
Sudanic 16,789,000 81 3 3.7 % 1,117,000 6.7 % ● Christianity 82.7 % 23.4 % 22
Sunda-Betawi of Java 48,878,000 4 4 100.0 % 48,878,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.7 % 0.1 % 978
Susu 3,082,000 9 8 88.9 % 3,030,000 98.3 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 61
Swiss 6,989,000 24 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 78.8 % 4.6 % -
Tai 8,631,000 95 87 91.6 % 8,220,000 95.2 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.7 % 0.4 % 164
Taiwan Indigenous 544,000 22 4 18.2 % 4,500 0.8 % ● Christianity 74.8 % 12.3 % 1
Tajik 25,425,000 43 43 100.0 % 25,425,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 508
Talysh 1,527,000 12 12 100.0 % 1,527,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 31
Thai 57,962,000 46 46 100.0 % 57,962,000 100.0 % ● Buddhism 0.9 % 0.4 % 1,159
Tibetan 5,505,000 58 58 100.0 % 5,505,000 100.0 % ● Buddhism 0.2 % 0.0 % 110
Tibeto-Burman, other 21,358,000 223 169 75.8 % 18,166,000 85.1 % ● Ethnic Religions 5.0 % 3.3 % 363
Timor 3,010,000 39 2 5.1 % 30,000 1.0 % ● Christianity 90.7 % 7.8 % 1
Toraja of Sulawesi 1,756,000 13 1 7.7 % 3,700 0.2 % ● Christianity 64.2 % 9.1 % 1
Tuareg 3,844,000 17 17 100.0 % 3,844,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 77
Tukangbesi of Sulawesi 1,706,000 19 17 89.5 % 1,677,000 98.3 % ● Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 34
Turkish 75,255,000 108 98 90.7 % 74,959,000 99.6 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 1,499
Turkmen 8,887,000 13 13 100.0 % 8,887,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 178
Ural-Siberian 10,640,000 109 87 79.8 % 9,468,000 89.0 % ● Islam 7.8 % 0.6 % 189
Uyghur 12,432,000 23 23 100.0 % 12,432,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 249
Uzbek 38,447,000 24 24 100.0 % 38,447,000 100.0 % ☀︎ Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 769
Vanuatu 315,000 98 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.3 % 42.3 % -
Vietnamese 89,765,000 37 3 8.1 % 906,000 1.0 % ● Buddhism 9.9 % 1.5 % 18
West Malaysia Indigenous 209,000 27 19 70.4 % 66,000 31.3 % ● Ethnic Religions 5.0 % 2.4 % 1
Yao-Mien 5,982,000 39 33 84.6 % 5,584,000 93.3 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.8 % 0.3 % 112
Yoruba 53,213,000 38 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 58.4 % 48.1 % -
Zapoteco 1,315,000 113 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 93.9 % 5.9 % -
Zhuang 19,692,000 31 30 96.8 % 19,692,000 100.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 0.9 % 0.5 % 394
Totals:   267 8,189,434,000 17,415 7,295 41.9 % 3,563,444,000 43.5 % 123 ●   31.0 % 7.7 % 74,495
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