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

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%

Progress Level

People Groups

7,375

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,187,189,000

% 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 *
Shaikh	Bangladesh	133,878,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	2,678
Japanese	Japan	121,301,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	●	2,426
Shaikh	India	84,587,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	1,692
Brahmin	India	58,307,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	1,166
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	58,008,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	1,160
Turk	Turkey	57,235,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	●	1,145
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	47,045,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.23 %	-1	●	941
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	45,070,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	901
Han Chinese, Xiang	China	39,368,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	●	787
Sunda	Indonesia	37,540,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.05 %	●	751
Persian	Iran	37,193,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.90 %	●	744
Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	36,694,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.01 %	●	734
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	35,033,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	701
Hausa	Nigeria	33,909,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.90 %	●	678
Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	31,046,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	●	621
Mahratta	India	30,423,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	608
Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	29,079,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.54 %	0.40 %	●	582
Bania	India	28,753,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	575
Pashtun	Pakistan	28,679,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	574
Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	27,365,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	●	547
Korean	Korea, North	25,098,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	●	502
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking	Morocco	23,655,000	Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.08 %	●	473
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	20,811,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.12 %	●	416
Thai	Thailand	20,558,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.27 %	●	411
Jat (Hindu traditions)	India	18,939,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	●	379
Totals: 7,375 People Groups		3,187,189,000							67,481

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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%