Progress Scale-1 | Joshua Project

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

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%

Progress Level

People Groups

7,151

% of World's
People Groups

41.8 %

Population

3,188,270,000

% 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	19,162,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	383
Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	18,941,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	379
Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,213,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.27 %	●	364
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,956,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	359
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	India	17,857,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	●	357
Bhil	India	17,097,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.76 %	-1	●	342
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	16,317,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	0.17 %	0.15 %	●	326
Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	15,972,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.26 %	●	319
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	15,686,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	314
Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	15,381,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	●	308
Kapu	India	15,176,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	304
Gond	India	14,445,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.79 %	-1	●	289
Khmer	Cambodia	14,442,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.20 %	1.90 %	●	289
Hui	China	13,816,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	276
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,517,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	270
Vanniyan	India	12,873,000	Tamil	Hinduism	1 ●	1.44 %	-1	●	257
Malay	Malaysia	12,860,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.52 %	●	257
Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	12,212,000	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	244
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	12,171,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	243
Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	11,950,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	239
Kazakh	Kazakhstan	11,914,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	●	238
Uyghur	China	11,835,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	237
Pashtun, Pathan	India	11,601,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	232
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,369,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	227
Hausa	Niger	10,956,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	●	219
Totals: 7,151 People Groups		3,188,270,000							67,401

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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%