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Criteria

Evangelicals > 10%

Progress Level

People Groups

3,211

% of World's
People Groups

19.6 %

Population

1,883,470,000

% of World Population

23.1 %

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range
	Zapoteco, Amatlan	Mexico	13,000	●	Zapotec, Amatlan	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zayse	Ethiopia	34,000	●	Zayse	Christianity	5	50-100% ●	50-100% ●
	Zhire	Nigeria	18,000	●	Zhire	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zokam	Myanmar (Burma)	68,000	●	Zo	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zulu	Botswana	6,500		Zulu	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zulu	Lesotho	370,000	●	Zulu	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zulu	Malawi	81,000		Zulu	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zulu	Mozambique	6,600		Zulu	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zulu	South Africa	14,722,000	●	Zulu	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zulu	Eswatini	103,000		Zulu	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Zulu	Zimbabwe	211,000		Zulu	Christianity	5	10-50% ●	50-100% ●
	Totals: 3,211 People Groups		1,883,470,000

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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%