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Continent:  Asia


Population

4,709,200,000

Number of
Countries

50

Number of People Groups

7,707

People Groups Unreached

5,640 (73.2%)

Population in Unreached

2,778,088,000

% Population in Unreached

59.0%

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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 37,925,000 72 67 93.1 % 37,906,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 796
Azerbaijan 10,024,000 38 24 63.2 % 9,692,000 96.7 % ● Islam 2.6 % 0.2 % 208
Bahrain 1,619,000 16 7 43.8 % 1,257,000 77.7 % ● Islam 8.3 % 2.5 % 27
Bangladesh 162,309,000 333 301 90.4 % 160,412,000 98.8 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 3,413
Bhutan 759,000 76 73 96.1 % 756,000 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 423,000 24 8 33.3 % 236,000 55.9 % ● Islam 11.7 % 5.3 % 11
Cambodia 16,435,000 43 31 72.1 % 16,326,000 99.3 % ● Buddhism 3.2 % 1.8 % 347
China 1,417,861,000 545 445 81.7 % 146,114,000 10.3 % ● Non-Religious 9.2 % 7.5 % 3,144
China, Hong Kong 7,392,000 24 10 41.7 % 425,000 5.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 12.5 % 6.0 % 15
China, Macau 618,000 12 5 41.7 % 562,000 90.9 % ● Ethnic Religions 5.2 % 1.8 % 14
East Timor 1,269,000 23 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.4 % 2.5 % -
India 1,360,355,000 2,718 2,445 90.0 % 1,300,966,000 95.6 % ● Hinduism 2.0 % 0.0 % 27,158
Indonesia 269,193,000 785 234 29.8 % 167,895,000 62.4 % ● Islam 12.7 % 3.2 % 3,457
Iran 82,841,000 95 85 89.5 % 82,517,000 99.6 % ● Islam 1.6 % 1.2 % 1,683
Iraq 39,137,000 35 25 71.4 % 38,353,000 98.0 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.2 % 771
Israel 8,459,000 49 40 81.6 % 8,374,000 99.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.7 % 0.6 % 182
Japan 126,730,000 36 23 63.9 % 123,979,000 97.8 % ● Buddhism 2.2 % 0.6 % 2,490
Jordan 10,021,000 20 13 65.0 % 9,339,000 93.2 % ● Islam 2.3 % 0.3 % 188
Kazakhstan 18,425,000 72 35 48.6 % 13,480,000 73.2 % ● Islam 14.8 % 0.6 % 291
Korea, North 25,542,000 5 2 40.0 % 25,355,000 99.3 % ● Non-Religious 1.7 % 1.6 % 507
Korea, South 51,147,000 23 11 47.8 % 442,000 0.9 % ● Non-Religious 30.1 % 16.4 % 13
Kuwait 4,138,000 28 13 46.4 % 3,135,000 75.8 % ● Islam 10.1 % 1.5 % 68
Kyrgyzstan 6,373,000 38 28 73.7 % 5,890,000 92.4 % ● Islam 4.3 % 0.3 % 136
Laos 7,100,000 128 109 85.2 % 5,587,000 78.7 % ● Buddhism 3.6 % 2.5 % 188
Lebanon 6,775,000 26 8 30.8 % 949,000 14.0 % ● Islam 32.6 % 0.7 % 21
Malaysia 31,867,000 183 79 43.2 % 16,414,000 51.5 % ● Islam 8.9 % 3.7 % 377
Maldives 500,000 4 4 100.0 % 500,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 13
Mongolia 3,166,000 28 22 78.6 % 3,105,000 98.1 % ● Buddhism 1.7 % 0.9 % 72
Myanmar (Burma) 53,962,000 148 53 35.8 % 45,093,000 83.6 % ● Buddhism 8.1 % 4.8 % 922
Nepal 28,492,000 285 275 96.5 % 25,742,000 90.3 % ● Hinduism 1.3 % 0.0 % 711
Oman 4,915,000 34 26 76.5 % 4,633,000 94.3 % ● Islam 2.7 % 0.8 % 100
Pakistan 215,605,000 509 502 98.6 % 213,699,000 99.1 % ● Islam 0.9 % 0.0 % 4,493
Philippines 107,959,000 200 30 15.0 % 5,355,000 5.0 % ● Christianity 91.0 % 13.9 % 122
Qatar 2,693,000 24 13 54.2 % 2,346,000 87.1 % ● Islam 6.3 % 0.8 % 47
Russia 144,504,000 180 117 65.0 % 15,663,000 10.8 % ● Christianity 57.7 % 1.5 % 382
Saudi Arabia 34,109,000 44 28 63.6 % 30,931,000 90.7 % ● Islam 4.3 % 0.6 % 621
Singapore 5,768,000 49 19 38.8 % 863,000 15.0 % ● Buddhism 13.3 % 7.4 % 28
Sri Lanka 21,197,000 174 79 45.4 % 3,412,000 16.1 % ● Buddhism 7.6 % 0.0 % 125
Syria 16,871,000 36 17 47.2 % 5,358,000 31.8 % ● Islam 5.7 % 0.2 % 114
Taiwan 23,710,000 35 9 25.7 % 4,451,000 18.8 % ● Ethnic Religions 6.2 % 3.3 % 94
Tajikistan 9,231,000 31 27 87.1 % 9,202,000 99.7 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 202
Thailand 69,565,000 111 76 68.5 % 61,395,000 88.3 % ● Buddhism 1.3 % 0.6 % 1,269
Turkey 83,373,000 68 45 66.2 % 82,586,000 99.1 % ● Islam 0.7 % 0.0 % 1,665
Turkmenistan 5,887,000 38 21 55.3 % 5,514,000 93.7 % ● Islam 4.4 % 0.1 % 122
United Arab Emirates 9,739,000 32 27 84.4 % 7,802,000 80.1 % ● Islam 9.2 % 1.6 % 165
Uzbekistan 32,901,000 61 34 55.7 % 31,688,000 96.3 % ● Islam 2.4 % 0.2 % 652
Vietnam 96,380,000 118 67 56.8 % 8,612,000 8.9 % ● Buddhism 10.1 % 2.4 % 213
West Bank / Gaza 4,932,000 20 8 40.0 % 4,890,000 99.2 % ● Islam 1.2 % 0.1 % 102
Yemen 28,999,000 29 20 69.0 % 28,887,000 99.6 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 578
Totals:  50 4,709,200,000 7,707 5,640 73.2 % 2,778,088,000 59.0 % 26 ●   9.2 % 3.2 % 58,395 
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