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Criteria

Evangelicals <=0.1%
Professing Christians <=0.1%

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

People Groups

4,767

% of World's
People Groups

29.1 %

Population

1,998,449,000

% of World Population

24.5 %

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Zaghawa	Libya	10,000		Zaghawa	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zaghawa	Sudan	139,000	●	Zaghawa	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Zaghawa, Arabized	Sudan	176,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	Zamral (Hindu traditions)	India	7,000	●	Hindi	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zarekari	India	1,300	●	Gujarati	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zargar (Hindu traditions)	India	22,000	●	Dogri	Hinduism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zargar (Muslim traditions)	India	4,800	●	Kashmiri	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zargar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	9,900	●	Shina	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zargar (Sikh traditions)	India	2,500	●	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zartoshi	Iran	16,000	●	Dari, Zoroastrian	Other / Small	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zaza, Northern	Germany	31,000		Zazaki, Northern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zaza, Northern	Greece	24,000		Zazaki, Northern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zaza, Northern	Türkiye (Turkey)	400,000	●	Zazaki, Northern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	8
	Zaza, Southern	Türkiye (Turkey)	1,344,000	●	Zazaki, Southern	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	27
	Zhaba	China	8,500	●	Zhaba	Buddhism	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zirenkel	Chad	8,300	●	Zerenkel	Islam	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Zoe	Brazil	200	●	Zo'e	Ethnic Religions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Totals: 4,767 People Groups		1,998,449,000

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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%