• Progress Scale:  

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

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,423

% of World's
People Groups

42.6 %

Population

3,367,456,000

% of World Population

42.5 %

Map Notes
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Progress Scale: ●●●●●   
☀
 = Frontier peoples
Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion ▼ Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Tibetan Gtsang China 759,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % ● 15
Tibetan, Nghari China 63,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Tibetan, Shangri La China 103,000 Tibetan, Khams Buddhism ● 3.50 % 0.10 % ● 2
Tibetan, Zhugqu China 49,000 Choni Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Wutun China 3,100 Wutunhua Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Xiangcheng China 14,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % ● 1
Yonzhi China 4,200 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Yugur, Enger China 6,100 Yugur, East Buddhism ● 1.20 % 1.00 % ● 1
Yugur, Saragh China 12,000 Yugur, West Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.50 % ● 1
Tatar, Khakass China 800 Khakas Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Chali Bhutan 1,800 Chalikha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Khmer Krom Cambodia 281,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.60 % ● 6
Yaw Myanmar (Burma) 21,000 Burmese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Deaf Bhutan 5,800 Language unknown Buddhism ● 2.11 % ● 1
Deaf Cambodia 126,000 Cambodian Sign Language Buddhism ● 3.13 % ● 3
Deaf Japan 248,000 Japanese Sign Language Buddhism ● 1.54 % ● 5
Deaf Laos 75,000 Laos Sign Language Buddhism ● 3.38 % ● 2
Deaf Mongolia 17,000 Mongolian Sign Language Buddhism ● 1.72 % ● 1
Deaf Thailand 358,000 Thai Sign Language Buddhism ● 1.10 % ● 7
Kui Cambodia 35,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 3.50 % 0.53 % ● 1
Kui Laos 49,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % ● 1
Kui Thailand 432,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.41 % ● 9
Mon Myanmar (Burma) 1,138,000 Mon Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % ● 23
Kuan, Khuen China 1,600 Khuen Buddhism ● 0.11 % 0.10 % ● 1
Khuen Laos 13,000 Khuen Buddhism ☀ 0.06 % 0.06 % ● 1
Totals:  7,423 People Groups   3,367,456,000             70,749
  Download Data   Data Sources   Definitions Prayer Cards
Disclaimers:
  1. Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
  2. Joshua Project occasionally adjusts profile text from third party sources. This is done to avoid confusion regarding the current reality of a people group, to fix grammar and spelling and to avoid potentially offensive wording.
  3. A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
  4. Data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
  5. Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. In rare instances a representative photo may be used.
  6. Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site. Please contact us.
  7. On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. Before making travel plans based on data presented here, please confirm with other sources to the extent possible.
Peoples, Countries, Languages People Group
Lists Create
a List Global
Statistics Maps
 Definitions