Continent:  Asia


Population

4,891,421,000

Number of
Countries

50

Number of People Groups

7,470

People Groups Unreached

5,400 (72.3%)

Population in Unreached

2,949,738,000

% Population in Unreached

60.3%

Map Notes
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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 43,206,000 70 68 97.1 % 43,204,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 904
Azerbaijan 10,379,000 41 26 63.4 % 10,019,000 96.5 % Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 211
Bahrain 1,475,000 17 8 47.1 % 1,144,000 77.6 % Islam 8.3 % 2.3 % 26
Bangladesh 173,916,000 299 276 92.3 % 171,987,000 98.9 % Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 3,602
Bhutan 789,000 58 57 98.3 % 787,000 99.7 % Buddhism 0.3 % 0.0 % 62
British Indian Ocean Territory 3,900 2 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 79.6 % 33.8 % -
Brunei 421,000 24 8 33.3 % 237,000 56.3 % Islam 9.3 % 4.8 % 11
Cambodia 17,083,000 44 19 43.2 % 16,408,000 96.0 % Buddhism 3.4 % 1.5 % 338
China 1,407,652,000 545 441 80.9 % 140,420,000 10.0 % Non-Religious 9.2 % 7.6 % 3,031
China, Hong Kong 7,455,000 24 10 41.7 % 430,000 5.8 % Ethnic Religions 13.1 % 6.1 % 15
China, Macau 707,000 12 5 41.7 % 624,000 88.3 % Ethnic Religions 7.9 % 1.9 % 15
India 1,435,244,000 2,272 2,041 89.8 % 1,368,197,000 95.3 % Hinduism 2.2 % 0.0 % 28,077
Indonesia 279,408,000 786 233 29.6 % 195,366,000 69.9 % Islam 11.4 % 3.2 % 4,004
Iran 89,778,000 94 84 89.4 % 89,198,000 99.4 % Islam 1.9 % 1.2 % 1,816
Iraq 46,394,000 37 27 73.0 % 45,466,000 98.0 % Islam 1.4 % 0.3 % 915
Israel 9,212,000 48 37 77.1 % 8,935,000 97.0 % Ethnic Religions 1.3 % 0.7 % 196
Japan 122,554,000 38 26 68.4 % 120,003,000 97.9 % Buddhism 2.2 % 0.6 % 2,412
Jordan 11,294,000 20 13 65.0 % 10,525,000 93.2 % Islam 2.3 % 0.3 % 211
Kazakhstan 19,743,000 72 36 50.0 % 14,896,000 75.4 % Islam 15.0 % 1.7 % 320
Korea, North 26,118,000 5 2 40.0 % 25,927,000 99.3 % Non-Religious 1.7 % 1.6 % 518
Korea, South 51,663,000 23 11 47.8 % 447,000 0.9 % Non-Religious 30.1 % 16.4 % 13
Kuwait 4,277,000 28 13 46.4 % 3,241,000 75.8 % Islam 10.2 % 1.5 % 69
Kyrgyzstan 6,789,000 39 28 71.8 % 6,336,000 93.3 % Islam 3.7 % 0.3 % 145
Laos 7,661,000 126 94 74.6 % 2,185,000 28.5 % Buddhism 3.8 % 2.5 % 108
Lebanon 5,176,000 25 7 28.0 % 721,000 13.9 % Islam 32.9 % 0.7 % 15
Malaysia 34,607,000 182 77 42.3 % 17,372,000 50.2 % Islam 9.7 % 3.5 % 397
Maldives 491,000 7 7 100.0 % 491,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 16
Mongolia 3,391,000 28 17 60.7 % 3,161,000 93.2 % Buddhism 2.5 % 1.3 % 72
Myanmar (Burma) 54,972,000 156 53 34.0 % 45,677,000 83.1 % Buddhism 8.6 % 5.1 % 932
Nepal 31,103,000 227 215 94.7 % 27,573,000 88.7 % Hinduism 1.4 % 0.0 % 687
Oman 4,661,000 35 27 77.1 % 4,216,000 90.5 % Islam 2.8 % 0.6 % 94
Pakistan 244,130,000 792 782 98.7 % 241,657,000 99.0 % Islam 1.0 % 0.0 % 5,091
Philippines 118,839,000 202 28 13.9 % 5,898,000 5.0 % Christianity 89.0 % 11.3 % 128
Qatar 2,669,000 24 13 54.2 % 2,331,000 87.3 % Islam 6.2 % 0.8 % 47
Russia 143,727,000 184 117 63.6 % 17,582,000 12.2 % Christianity 57.3 % 1.4 % 413
Saudi Arabia 37,444,000 45 29 64.4 % 34,111,000 91.1 % Islam 4.0 % 0.5 % 687
Singapore 6,023,000 51 21 41.2 % 1,065,000 17.7 % Buddhism 12.9 % 7.1 % 33
Sri Lanka 21,797,000 149 64 43.0 % 3,391,000 15.6 % Buddhism 7.6 % 0.0 % 111
Syria 24,219,000 37 18 48.6 % 8,441,000 34.9 % Islam 5.4 % 0.2 % 174
Taiwan 23,902,000 36 8 22.2 % 4,482,000 18.8 % Ethnic Religions 6.3 % 3.3 % 93
Tajikistan 10,281,000 39 31 79.5 % 10,226,000 99.5 % Islam 0.4 % 0.1 % 226
Thailand 71,661,000 114 74 64.9 % 61,643,000 86.0 % Buddhism 1.8 % 0.8 % 1,271
Timor-Leste 1,360,000 24 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 91.3 % 2.5 % -
Türkiye (Turkey) 86,122,000 85 57 67.1 % 85,454,000 99.2 % Islam 0.6 % 0.0 % 1,729
Turkmenistan 6,562,000 49 30 61.2 % 6,234,000 95.0 % Islam 3.9 % 0.1 % 142
United Arab Emirates 9,525,000 36 31 86.1 % 7,915,000 83.1 % Islam 6.4 % 1.2 % 166
Uzbekistan 35,614,000 59 34 57.6 % 34,343,000 96.4 % Islam 2.3 % 0.2 % 708
Vietnam 99,355,000 119 69 58.0 % 9,351,000 9.4 % Buddhism 10.2 % 2.2 % 227
West Bank / Gaza 5,476,000 12 8 66.7 % 5,421,000 99.0 % Islam 2.5 % 1.1 % 112
Yemen 35,096,000 29 20 69.0 % 34,991,000 99.7 % Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 704
Totals:  50 4,891,421,000 7,470 5,400 72.3 % 2,949,738,000 60.3 % 26   9.1 % 3.1 % 61,294 


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