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

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%

Progress Level

People Groups

7,397

% of World's
People Groups

42.4 %

Population

3,224,720,000

% 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 *
Shaikh	Bangladesh	135,227,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	2,705
Japanese	Japan	120,934,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	●	2,419
Shaikh	India	85,428,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	1,709
Turk	Turkey	59,258,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	●	1,185
Brahmin	India	58,887,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	1,178
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	58,585,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	●	1,172
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	47,512,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.23 %	-1	●	950
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	45,518,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	●	910
Han Chinese, Xiang	China	39,520,000	Chinese, Xiang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	●	790
Sunda	Indonesia	37,942,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.05 %	●	759
Persian	Iran	37,677,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.90 %	●	754
Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	37,087,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.01 %	●	742
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	35,733,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	●	715
Hausa	Nigeria	34,783,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.10 %	●	696
Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	31,156,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	●	623
Mahratta	India	30,726,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	615
Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	29,618,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	●	592
Pashtun	Pakistan	29,252,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	585
Bania	India	29,039,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	●	581
Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	27,199,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	●	544
Korean	Korea, North	25,208,000	Korean	Non-Religious	1 ●	1.60 %	1.56 %	●	504
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking	Morocco	23,940,000	Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.08 %	●	479
Thai	Thailand	21,256,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.27 %	●	425
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	21,142,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.12 %	●	423
Jat (Hindu traditions)	India	19,127,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	●	383
Totals: 7,397 People Groups		3,224,720,000							68,241

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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%