Urdu

The Urdu people group is reported in 23 countries

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Population All Countries

1,775,500

People Cluster

South Asian, 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%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Country ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Professing Christian	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings
Bahrain	64,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.01 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Belgium	9,500	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Canada	202,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	4	4 Complete	●	●	●
Denmark	7,100	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Fiji	4,500	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	3.00 %	0.70 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Germany	22,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Guyana	3,900	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Iran	87,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Iraq	4,100	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Ireland	7,500	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Malaysia	14,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Mauritius	800	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.50 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
New Zealand	6,900	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Norway	34,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Oman	91,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Qatar	143,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.01 %	0.00 %	2	4 Complete	●	●	●
Reunion	900	Reunion Creole French	1 ●	Islam	0.50 %	0.00 %	1	1 Definite Need		●	●
Saudi Arabia	727,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	14	4 Complete	●	●	●
Singapore	3,200	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
South Africa	14,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Thailand	7,100	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.50 %	0.40 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
Turkey	23,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	4 Complete	●	●	●
United States	299,000	Urdu	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	5	4 Complete	●	●	●
Totals: 23	1,775,500		23 ●		0.01 %	0.00 %	44

* 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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