Progress Scale-1 | Joshua Project

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

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%

Progress Level

People Groups

7,410

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,226,665,000

% of World Population

41.6 %

Map Notes

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= Frontier peoples
People Group	Country	Population ▼	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Indigenous	Est. Workers Needed *
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	India	3,917,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	78
Thai Islam	Thailand	3,906,000	Thai	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	78
Hazara	Afghanistan	3,891,000	Hazaragi	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	●	78
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	3,871,000	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.12 %	●	77
Naikda	India	3,801,000	Kannada	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	●	76
Moor	Mauritania	3,781,000	Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.10 %	●	76
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,769,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	75
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	India	3,753,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	75
Oromo, Jima	Ethiopia	3,645,000	Oromo, West Central	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.30 %	●	73
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	India	3,594,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	●	72
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,564,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	71
Kapu Reddi	India	3,555,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	71
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	India	3,495,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	70
Palembang	Indonesia	3,427,000	Musi	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.00 %	●	69
Kurd, Kurmanji	Iraq	3,398,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.09 %	●	68
Lao	Laos	3,398,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	2.00 %	●	68
Kurd, Central	Iran	3,387,000	Kurdish, Central	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.11 %	●	68
Berber, Southern Shilha	Morocco	3,386,000	Tachelhit	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.16 %	●	68
Lingayat	India	3,380,000	Kannada	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	68
Kurd, Southern	Iran	3,365,000	Kurdish, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.03 %	●	67
Sasak	Indonesia	3,348,000	Sasak	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	67
Bouyei	China	3,326,000	Bouyei	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.17 %	●	67
Pinjara	India	3,291,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	66
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	3,273,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	●	65
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	India	3,259,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	65
Totals: 7,410 People Groups		3,226,665,000							68,287

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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%