Urdu

The Urdu people group is reported in 23 countries

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Population All Countries

1,859,900

People Cluster

South Asia Other

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

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%

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Country ▲	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Bahrain	74,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Belgium	9,500	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Canada	206,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	4
Denmark	7,100	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Fiji	4,400	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Germany	23,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Guyana	3,900	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Iran	88,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Iraq	4,100	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Ireland	7,700	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Malaysia	15,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Mauritius	800	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
New Zealand	7,100	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Norway	34,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Oman	95,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Qatar	173,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	3
Reunion	900	Reunion Creole French	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	3 Portions		●	●	1
Saudi Arabia	757,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	15
Singapore	3,200	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
South Africa	15,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Thailand	7,200	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Turkey	24,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United States	300,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	6
Totals: 23	1,859,900			23 ●	0.01 %	0.00 %					49

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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