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Continent:  Asia


Population

4,748,472,000

Number of
Countries

50

Number of People Groups

7,752

People Groups Unreached

5,650 (72.9%)

Population in Unreached

2,805,327,000

% Population in Unreached

59.1%

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Country ▲ Population People
Groups		 Unreached
Groups		 % Unreached
Groups		 Popl in
Unreached		 % Popl in
Unreached		 Progress
Scale		 Primary
Religion		 % Christian
Adherents		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed * 
Afghanistan 38,740,000 72 67 93.1 % 38,723,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 812
Azerbaijan 10,098,000 39 24 61.5 % 9,700,000 96.1 % ● Islam 3.2 % 0.3 % 208
Bahrain 1,674,000 17 8 47.1 % 1,299,000 77.6 % ● Islam 8.3 % 2.6 % 29
Bangladesh 163,945,000 331 299 90.3 % 162,028,000 98.8 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 3,442
Bhutan 769,000 76 73 96.1 % 766,000 99.6 % ● Buddhism 0.3 % 0.0 % 78
British Indian Ocean Territory 3,000 2 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 78.2 % 33.3 % -
Brunei 427,000 24 8 33.3 % 239,000 55.9 % ● Islam 11.7 % 5.3 % 11
Cambodia 16,662,000 44 19 43.2 % 15,982,000 95.9 % ● Buddhism 3.4 % 2.0 % 330
China 1,424,591,000 544 443 81.4 % 146,672,000 10.3 % ● Non-Religious 9.2 % 7.5 % 3,155
China, Hong Kong 7,453,000 24 10 41.7 % 429,000 5.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 12.5 % 6.0 % 15
China, Macau 627,000 12 5 41.7 % 570,000 90.9 % ● Ethnic Religions 5.2 % 1.8 % 14
East Timor 1,299,000 24 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.3 % 2.5 % -
India 1,373,941,000 2,717 2,445 90.0 % 1,313,878,000 95.6 % ● Hinduism 2.0 % 0.0 % 27,414
Indonesia 272,174,000 789 236 29.9 % 169,700,000 62.3 % ● Islam 12.7 % 3.2 % 3,496
Iran 83,865,000 94 84 89.4 % 83,536,000 99.6 % ● Islam 1.6 % 1.2 % 1,704
Iraq 40,048,000 35 25 71.4 % 39,245,000 98.0 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.2 % 788
Israel 8,564,000 49 38 77.6 % 8,306,000 97.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.7 % 0.7 % 181
Japan 126,344,000 36 23 63.9 % 123,603,000 97.8 % ● Buddhism 2.2 % 0.6 % 2,483
Jordan 10,122,000 20 13 65.0 % 9,432,000 93.2 % ● Islam 2.3 % 0.3 % 191
Kazakhstan 18,657,000 73 35 47.9 % 13,644,000 73.1 % ● Islam 14.8 % 0.6 % 296
Korea, North 25,654,000 5 2 40.0 % 25,466,000 99.3 % ● Non-Religious 1.7 % 1.6 % 509
Korea, South 51,191,000 23 11 47.8 % 443,000 0.9 % ● Non-Religious 30.1 % 16.4 % 13
Kuwait 4,201,000 28 13 46.4 % 3,183,000 75.8 % ● Islam 10.1 % 1.5 % 69
Kyrgyzstan 6,485,000 39 28 71.8 % 5,989,000 92.3 % ● Islam 4.3 % 0.3 % 139
Laos 7,236,000 127 106 83.5 % 5,486,000 75.8 % ● Buddhism 3.7 % 2.5 % 185
Lebanon 6,771,000 26 8 30.8 % 944,000 13.9 % ● Islam 32.9 % 0.7 % 21
Malaysia 32,282,000 183 79 43.2 % 16,628,000 51.5 % ● Islam 8.9 % 3.7 % 381
Maldives 512,000 7 7 100.0 % 512,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 16
Mongolia 3,218,000 28 22 78.6 % 3,156,000 98.1 % ● Buddhism 1.8 % 0.9 % 73
Myanmar (Burma) 54,311,000 149 53 35.6 % 45,298,000 83.4 % ● Buddhism 8.2 % 4.9 % 926
Nepal 29,015,000 285 275 96.5 % 26,209,000 90.3 % ● Hinduism 1.3 % 0.0 % 718
Oman 5,092,000 35 27 77.1 % 4,611,000 90.6 % ● Islam 5.0 % 1.0 % 102
Pakistan 219,925,000 512 504 98.4 % 217,904,000 99.1 % ● Islam 0.9 % 0.0 % 4,578
Philippines 109,421,000 200 30 15.0 % 5,427,000 5.0 % ● Christianity 91.0 % 13.9 % 123
Qatar 2,809,000 24 13 54.2 % 2,454,000 87.3 % ● Islam 6.2 % 0.8 % 49
Russia 144,616,000 185 117 63.2 % 15,669,000 10.8 % ● Christianity 57.7 % 1.5 % 382
Saudi Arabia 34,737,000 44 28 63.6 % 31,640,000 91.1 % ● Islam 4.3 % 0.6 % 635
Singapore 5,838,000 51 21 41.2 % 1,031,000 17.7 % ● Buddhism 12.9 % 7.1 % 33
Sri Lanka 21,290,000 174 79 45.4 % 3,430,000 16.1 % ● Buddhism 7.6 % 0.0 % 126
Syria 17,382,000 38 19 50.0 % 5,546,000 31.9 % ● Islam 5.7 % 0.2 % 117
Taiwan 23,753,000 35 9 25.7 % 4,459,000 18.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 6.2 % 3.3 % 94
Tajikistan 9,517,000 39 31 79.5 % 9,466,000 99.5 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 210
Thailand 67,741,000 113 78 69.0 % 59,535,000 87.9 % ● Buddhism 1.3 % 0.7 % 1,231
Turkey 84,249,000 68 45 66.2 % 83,499,000 99.1 % ● Islam 0.6 % 0.0 % 1,683
Turkmenistan 5,999,000 49 29 59.2 % 5,691,000 94.9 % ● Islam 3.8 % 0.1 % 132
United Arab Emirates 9,859,000 36 31 86.1 % 8,198,000 83.2 % ● Islam 6.3 % 1.2 % 171
Uzbekistan 33,384,000 59 34 57.6 % 32,219,000 96.5 % ● Islam 2.3 % 0.2 % 665
Vietnam 97,238,000 118 67 56.8 % 8,889,000 9.1 % ● Buddhism 10.2 % 2.4 % 217
West Bank / Gaza 5,065,000 20 8 40.0 % 5,003,000 98.8 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.1 % 104
Yemen 29,682,000 30 21 70.0 % 29,593,000 99.7 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 596
Totals:  50 4,748,472,000 7,752 5,650 72.9 % 2,805,327,000 59.1 % 24 ●   9.2 % 3.2 % 58,945 
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