Progress Scale-1 | Joshua Project

Progress Scale: 1 - Unreached● What is the Progress Scale?

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%

Progress Level

People Groups

7,165

% of World's
People Groups

41.9 %

Population

3,188,661,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group	Country	Population ▲	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Indigenous	Est. Workers Needed *
Kurd, Kurmanji	Turkey	8,814,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	●	176
Azerbaijani	Azerbaijan	8,839,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.22 %	●	177
Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,043,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	0.20 %	●	181
Mappila	India	9,246,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	185
Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	9,338,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	●	187
Jat (Sikh traditions)	India	9,444,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	189
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,490,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	190
Mahar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,712,000	Marathi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	●	194
Tujia	China	9,753,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.10 %	1.00 %	●	195
Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	9,962,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	199
Mahishya	India	9,986,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	●	200
Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	10,246,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	205
Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	10,697,000	Arabic, Tunisian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	●	214
Ansari	India	10,711,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	214
Somali	Somalia	10,859,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.01 %	●	217
Hausa	Niger	10,956,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	●	219
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,369,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	227
Pashtun, Pathan	India	11,601,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	232
Uyghur	China	11,835,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	237
Kazakh	Kazakhstan	11,914,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	●	238
Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	11,950,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	239
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	12,171,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	243
Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	12,212,000	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	244
Malay	Malaysia	12,860,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.52 %	●	257
Vanniyan	India	12,873,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	1.44 %	-1	●	257
Totals: 7,165 People Groups		3,188,661,000							67,421

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Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%