Progress Scale-1 | Joshua Project

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

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%

Progress Level

People Groups

7,406

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,224,826,000

% 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 *
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	18,883,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	378
Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	18,686,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	374
Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,258,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.27 %	●	365
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	India	18,202,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	●	364
Bhil	India	16,806,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.76 %	-1	●	336
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	16,680,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	334
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	16,530,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.50 %	1.40 %	●	331
Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	16,384,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	0.06 %	●	328
Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	16,045,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	●	321
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	15,602,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	312
Kapu	India	15,310,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	306
Khmer	Cambodia	14,645,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.20 %	1.90 %	●	293
Gond	India	14,247,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.87 %	-1	●	285
Hui	China	13,870,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	277
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,327,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	267
Malay	Malaysia	13,027,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.52 %	●	261
Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	12,990,000	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	260
Vanniyan	India	12,735,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	1.37 %	-1	●	255
Kazakh	Kazakhstan	12,059,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	●	241
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	11,904,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	238
Uyghur	China	11,881,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	238
Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	11,845,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	237
Pashtun, Pathan	India	11,419,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	228
Hausa	Niger	11,377,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	●	228
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,313,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	226
Totals: 7,406 People Groups		3,224,826,000							68,248

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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%