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Continent:  Asia


Population

4,653,623,000

Number of
Countries

50

Number of People Groups

7,475

People Groups Unreached

5,390 (72.1%)

Population in Unreached

2,750,235,000

% 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		 % Professing
Christian		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed * 
Afghanistan 36,279,000 72 67 93.1 % 36,260,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 764
Azerbaijan 9,904,000 38 24 63.2 % 9,577,000 96.7 % ● Islam 2.6 % 0.2 % 206
Bahrain 1,546,000 16 7 43.8 % 1,201,000 77.7 % ● Islam 8.3 % 2.5 % 26
Bangladesh 165,615,000 323 291 90.1 % 163,477,000 98.7 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 3,462
Bhutan 813,000 74 71 95.9 % 810,000 99.6 % ● Buddhism 0.3 % 0.0 % 77
British Indian Ocean Territory 3,000 2 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 78.2 % 33.3 % -
Brunei 424,000 24 8 33.3 % 237,000 55.9 % ● Islam 11.7 % 5.3 % 11
Cambodia 16,195,000 43 31 72.1 % 16,088,000 99.3 % ● Buddhism 3.2 % 1.8 % 342
China 1,401,456,000 545 445 81.7 % 146,230,000 10.4 % ● Non-Religious 9.2 % 7.5 % 3,154
China, Hong Kong 7,386,000 24 10 41.7 % 425,000 5.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 12.5 % 6.0 % 15
China, Macau 610,000 12 5 41.7 % 555,000 90.9 % ● Ethnic Religions 5.2 % 1.8 % 14
East Timor 1,303,000 23 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.4 % 2.5 % -
India 1,347,994,000 2,585 2,311 89.4 % 1,293,515,000 96.0 % ● Hinduism 2.1 % 0.0 % 26,945
Indonesia 265,386,000 785 234 29.8 % 165,521,000 62.4 % ● Islam 12.7 % 3.2 % 3,411
Iran 81,940,000 95 85 89.5 % 81,619,000 99.6 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.9 % 1,667
Iraq 38,797,000 35 25 71.4 % 38,011,000 98.0 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.2 % 765
Israel 8,394,000 49 40 81.6 % 8,310,000 99.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.7 % 0.6 % 181
Japan 127,054,000 36 23 63.9 % 124,296,000 97.8 % ● Buddhism 2.2 % 0.6 % 2,496
Jordan 9,825,000 20 13 65.0 % 9,156,000 93.2 % ● Islam 2.3 % 0.3 % 185
Kazakhstan 18,298,000 66 31 47.0 % 13,290,000 72.6 % ● Islam 15.3 % 0.6 % 285
Korea, North 25,487,000 5 2 40.0 % 25,300,000 99.3 % ● Non-Religious 1.7 % 1.6 % 506
Korea, South 51,086,000 23 11 47.8 % 442,000 0.9 % ● Non-Religious 30.1 % 16.4 % 13
Kuwait 4,128,000 28 13 46.4 % 3,128,000 75.8 % ● Islam 10.1 % 1.5 % 67
Kyrgyzstan 6,066,000 41 26 63.4 % 5,479,000 90.3 % ● Islam 6.5 % 0.8 % 125
Laos 6,895,000 128 109 85.2 % 5,426,000 78.7 % ● Buddhism 3.6 % 2.5 % 185
Lebanon 6,058,000 26 8 30.8 % 878,000 14.5 % ● Islam 31.8 % 0.6 % 20
Malaysia 31,967,000 183 79 43.2 % 16,466,000 51.5 % ● Islam 8.9 % 3.7 % 378
Maldives 438,000 4 4 100.0 % 438,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 12
Mongolia 3,106,000 29 23 79.3 % 3,047,000 98.1 % ● Buddhism 2.3 % 1.7 % 71
Myanmar (Burma) 53,763,000 148 51 34.5 % 44,992,000 83.7 % ● Buddhism 8.0 % 4.7 % 919
Nepal 29,506,000 275 267 97.1 % 28,650,000 97.1 % ● Hinduism 1.2 % 0.0 % 758
Oman 4,772,000 34 26 76.5 % 4,498,000 94.2 % ● Islam 2.7 % 0.8 % 99
Pakistan 199,934,000 422 414 98.1 % 198,463,000 99.3 % ● Islam 0.7 % 0.0 % 4,157
Philippines 106,356,000 200 30 15.0 % 5,275,000 5.0 % ● Christianity 91.0 % 13.9 % 120
Qatar 2,565,000 24 13 54.2 % 2,234,000 87.1 % ● Islam 6.3 % 0.8 % 45
Russia 142,645,000 180 117 65.0 % 15,461,000 10.8 % ● Christianity 57.7 % 1.5 % 377
Saudi Arabia 33,461,000 43 28 65.1 % 30,370,000 90.8 % ● Islam 4.3 % 0.6 % 611
Singapore 5,757,000 49 19 38.8 % 861,000 15.0 % ● Buddhism 13.3 % 7.4 % 28
Sri Lanka 20,830,000 173 78 45.1 % 3,283,000 15.8 % ● Buddhism 7.6 % 0.0 % 123
Syria 18,198,000 36 17 47.2 % 5,779,000 31.8 % ● Islam 5.7 % 0.2 % 120
Taiwan 23,650,000 36 9 25.0 % 4,429,000 18.7 % ● Ethnic Religions 6.0 % 3.3 % 94
Tajikistan 9,062,000 41 24 58.5 % 8,964,000 98.9 % ● Islam 1.0 % 0.1 % 194
Thailand 69,038,000 114 79 69.3 % 60,920,000 88.2 % ● Buddhism 1.3 % 0.6 % 1,261
Turkey 81,864,000 68 45 66.2 % 81,091,000 99.1 % ● Islam 0.7 % 0.0 % 1,634
Turkmenistan 5,797,000 38 21 55.3 % 5,429,000 93.7 % ● Islam 4.4 % 0.1 % 121
United Arab Emirates 9,476,000 32 27 84.4 % 7,985,000 84.3 % ● Islam 7.9 % 1.3 % 168
Uzbekistan 32,302,000 61 34 55.7 % 30,134,000 93.3 % ● Islam 4.4 % 0.2 % 622
Vietnam 96,419,000 118 67 56.8 % 8,615,000 8.9 % ● Buddhism 10.1 % 2.4 % 213
West Bank / Gaza 5,012,000 20 8 40.0 % 4,970,000 99.2 % ● Islam 1.2 % 0.1 % 104
Yemen 28,759,000 29 20 69.0 % 28,649,000 99.6 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 572
Totals:  50 4,653,623,000 7,475 5,390 72.1 % 2,750,235,000 59.1 % 25 ●   9.2 % 3.3 % 57,723 
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