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Population

1,360,711,000

0.1% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

266

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

East Asian Peoples

Cluster Progress

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

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%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Aoka	299,000	1	1	100.0 %	299,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.7 %	6
	Chinese, general	15,947,000	64	7	10.9 %	172,000	1.1 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	9.1 %	4.6 %	7
	Chinese-Tahitian Creole	300	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	55.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Chuanqing	1,003,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Buddhism	7.5 %	6.8 %	-1 -
	Diao	2,800	1	1	100.0 %	2,800	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Filipino-Chinese, Mestizo	595,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	96.0 %	11.0 %	-1 -
	Hakka, Hainan Island	2,400	1	1	100.0 %	2,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	79,840,000	36	4	11.1 %	700,000	0.9 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	9.7 %	7.6 %	14
	Han Chinese, Dan	4,996,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.8 %	6.7 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Gan	22,162,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.5 %	6.5 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	6,400,000	5	1	20.0 %	14,000	0.2 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	8.9 %	8.5 %	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	44,257,000	23	6	26.1 %	4,738,000	10.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.8 %	7.0 %	97
	Han Chinese, Hui'an	181,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	4.2 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Huizhou	5,342,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Jin	47,019,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	9.5 %	7.6 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	931,432,000	53	3	5.7 %	1,034,000	0.1 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	9.9 %	8.3 %	22
	Han Chinese, Min Bei	8,812,000	6	2	33.3 %	25,000	0.3 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	9.9 %	8.6 %	2
	Han Chinese, Min Dong	10,627,000	7	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	9.9 %	8.9 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	44,118,000	18	2	11.1 %	155,000	0.4 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.7 %	6.8 %	4
	Han Chinese, Min Zhong	3,600,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	7.0 %	5.8 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Putian	3,123,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	8.0 %	5.5 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Shaojiang	2,811,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	4.3 %	3.7 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Shaozhou	676,000	2	1	50.0 %	669,000	99.0 %	1 ●	Non-Religious	1.2 %	1.1 %	13
	Han Chinese, Teochew	1,929,000	3	1	33.3 %	187,000	9.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.3 %	5.7 %	4
	Han Chinese, Waxiang	372,000	1	1	100.0 %	372,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.3 %	0.2 %	7
	Han Chinese, Wenchow	19,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	7.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Wu	81,694,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	13.4 %	10.0 %	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Xiang	35,752,000	3	1	33.3 %	35,635,000	99.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	2.0 %	713
	Han Chinese, Xunpu	700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Laomian	5,400	1	1	100.0 %	5,400	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.3 %	0.3 %	1
	Linghua	27,000	1	1	100.0 %	27,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Liujia	4,900	1	1	100.0 %	4,900	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Longjia	4,100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.5 %	3.8 %	-1 -
	Manchu	149,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	6.8 %	5.5 %	-1 -
	Ngai	1,700	1	1	100.0 %	1,700	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	0.8 %	1
	Pinghua, Northern	1,749,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	5.0 %	3.6 %	-1 -
	Pinghua, Southern	2,356,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	5.0 %	3.6 %	-1 -
	Shenzhou	4,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.2 %	3.8 %	-1 -
	Sino-Burmese	17,000	1	1	100.0 %	17,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	1.0 %	0.7 %	1
	Sino-Native	32,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Straits Chinese, Baba Creole	294,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.1 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Straits Chinese, Peranakan	38,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	35.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Subei	3,010,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	6.5 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Xialusi	4,000	1	1	100.0 %	4,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Yizi	2,900	1	1	100.0 %	2,900	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
Totals:	46 Peoples (across countries)	1,360,711,000	266	39	14.7 %	44,068,000	3.2 %	●	Non-Religious	9.8%	7.9%	899

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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