South Asian, general people group in all countries

South Asian, general

The South Asian, general people group is reported in 59 countries

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Population All Countries

13,288,200

People Cluster

South Asia - other

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Hinduism

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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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 *
Andorra	600	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Anguilla	100	Hindi	Hinduism	2 ●	31.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Australia	443,000	English	Hinduism	4 ●	10.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Austria	24,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	5.00 %	0.60 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Barbados	3,900	Hindi	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Belgium	33,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Belize	3,100	Hindi	Hinduism	4 ●	22.00 %	7.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Botswana	5,700	Gujarati	Hinduism	4 ●	35.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
British Virgin Islands	1,300	Hindi	Hinduism	4 ●	35.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Brunei	4,100	Hindi	Hinduism	4 ●	14.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Cambodia	1,900	Hindi	Hinduism	2 ●	9.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Canada	202,000	Hindi	Hinduism	4 ●	28.00 %	7.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
China, Hong Kong	42,000	Language unknown	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.80 %	0 Unspecified				1
Congo, Democratic Republic of	239,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.04 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	5
Côte d'Ivoire	3,200	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Cuba	33,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Cyprus	17,000	Hindi	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Denmark	65,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Djibouti	2,300	Hindi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Dominica	500	Hindi	Hinduism	2 ●	40.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Egypt	5,700	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Equatorial Guinea	1,900	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Eswatini	9,000	Hindi	Hinduism	2 ●	7.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Finland	11,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
France	281,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	6
Germany	196,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	4
Ghana	14,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Gibraltar	800	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Greece	114,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Grenada	4,300	Hindi	Hinduism	2 ●	42.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Iceland	700	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Ireland	34,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Italy	415,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	8
Kazakhstan	800	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	5.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Korea, South	102,000	Language unknown	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified				2
Kuwait	1,569,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.67 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	31
Lesotho	2,300	Hindi	Hinduism	2 ●	8.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Luxembourg	1,400	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Maldives	4,900	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Mauritius	66,000	Bhojpuri	Hinduism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Netherlands	239,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	5
New Zealand	177,000	English	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	4
Norway	28,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Philippines	4,700	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Poland	3,300	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Portugal	81,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Romania	1,400	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Russia	35,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Sierra Leone	17,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Somalia	27,000	Gujarati	Islam	1 ●	0.25 %	0.09 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Spain	129,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	3
Sweden	65,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Switzerland	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	2
Ukraine	7,900	Hindi	Hinduism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
United Arab Emirates	4,552,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	91
United Kingdom	3,134,000	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	63
United States	307,000	Hindi	Hinduism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Uzbekistan	1,400	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Yemen	442,000	Hindi	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.05 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	9
Totals: 59 ●	13,288,200		Hinduism	44 ● \| 3 ☀︎	4.08 %	1.06 %					266

Other reported countries: 10

South Asian, general

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Antigua and Barbuda	300	5 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Bulgaria	300	1 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Cayman Islands	100	4 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Christmas Island	-1 Unknown	4 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Czechia	400	1 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Estonia	200	1 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Hungary	400	1 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Lithuania	300	1 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Malta	300	1 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Slovakia	400	1 ●	Hindi	Hinduism
Totals: 10

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* 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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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