Continent:  Asia


Population

4,859,825,000

Number of
Countries

50

Number of People Groups

7,526

People Groups Unreached

5,484 (72.9%)

Population in Unreached

2,923,510,000

% Population in Unreached

60.2%

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 42,135,000 70 68 97.1 % 42,133,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 879
Azerbaijan 10,330,000 41 26 63.4 % 9,972,000 96.5 % Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 210
Bahrain 1,462,000 17 8 47.1 % 1,134,000 77.6 % Islam 8.3 % 2.3 % 25
Bangladesh 172,173,000 298 278 93.3 % 170,395,000 99.0 % Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 3,573
Bhutan 783,000 58 57 98.3 % 781,000 99.7 % Buddhism 0.2 % 0.0 % 62
British Indian Ocean Territory 3,000 2 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 79.6 % 33.8 % -
Brunei 418,000 24 8 33.3 % 236,000 56.5 % Islam 9.3 % 4.8 % 11
Cambodia 16,898,000 44 18 40.9 % 16,192,000 95.8 % Buddhism 1.1 % 0.7 % 334
China 1,408,222,000 545 441 80.9 % 140,553,000 10.0 % Non-Religious 9.2 % 7.6 % 3,033
China, Hong Kong 7,450,000 24 10 41.7 % 429,000 5.8 % Ethnic Religions 13.1 % 6.1 % 15
China, Macau 698,000 12 5 41.7 % 616,000 88.3 % Ethnic Religions 7.9 % 1.9 % 15
East Timor 1,341,000 24 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 91.3 % 2.5 % -
India 1,422,173,000 2,279 2,048 89.9 % 1,352,947,000 95.1 % Hinduism 2.3 % 0.0 % 27,752
Indonesia 277,154,000 787 240 30.5 % 193,937,000 70.0 % Islam 11.5 % 3.2 % 3,978
Iran 88,961,000 94 84 89.4 % 88,612,000 99.6 % Islam 1.7 % 1.2 % 1,806
Iraq 45,384,000 37 27 73.0 % 44,476,000 98.0 % Islam 1.4 % 0.3 % 896
Israel 9,077,000 48 37 77.1 % 8,804,000 97.0 % Ethnic Religions 1.3 % 0.7 % 192
Japan 123,218,000 38 26 68.4 % 120,652,000 97.9 % Buddhism 2.2 % 0.6 % 2,425
Jordan 11,247,000 20 13 65.0 % 10,480,000 93.2 % Islam 2.3 % 0.3 % 210
Kazakhstan 19,523,000 72 36 50.0 % 14,730,000 75.4 % Islam 15.0 % 1.7 % 317
Korea, North 26,034,000 5 2 40.0 % 25,844,000 99.3 % Non-Religious 1.7 % 1.6 % 517
Korea, South 51,705,000 23 11 47.8 % 447,000 0.9 % Non-Religious 30.1 % 16.4 % 13
Kuwait 4,239,000 28 13 46.4 % 3,212,000 75.8 % Islam 10.2 % 1.5 % 69
Kyrgyzstan 6,683,000 39 28 71.8 % 6,238,000 93.3 % Islam 3.7 % 0.3 % 143
Laos 7,559,000 126 96 76.2 % 5,723,000 75.7 % Buddhism 3.8 % 2.5 % 180
Lebanon 5,310,000 25 7 28.0 % 739,000 13.9 % Islam 32.9 % 0.7 % 17
Malaysia 34,216,000 182 77 42.3 % 17,161,000 50.2 % Islam 9.7 % 3.5 % 394
Maldives 493,000 7 7 100.0 % 493,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 16
Mongolia 3,395,000 28 22 78.6 % 3,330,000 98.1 % Buddhism 1.8 % 0.9 % 76
Myanmar (Burma) 54,370,000 149 52 34.9 % 45,303,000 83.3 % Buddhism 8.3 % 4.9 % 926
Nepal 30,757,000 227 218 96.0 % 27,347,000 88.9 % Hinduism 1.4 % 0.0 % 685
Oman 4,631,000 35 27 77.1 % 4,193,000 90.5 % Islam 2.9 % 0.7 % 94
Pakistan 239,389,000 850 844 99.3 % 236,972,000 99.0 % Islam 1.0 % 0.0 % 5,051
Philippines 117,222,000 202 29 14.4 % 5,817,000 5.0 % Christianity 89.0 % 11.3 % 129
Qatar 2,648,000 24 13 54.2 % 2,313,000 87.3 % Islam 6.2 % 0.8 % 47
Russia 144,094,000 182 115 63.2 % 17,775,000 12.3 % Christianity 57.3 % 1.4 % 417
Saudi Arabia 36,917,000 45 29 64.4 % 33,631,000 91.1 % Islam 4.0 % 0.5 % 678
Singapore 5,985,000 51 21 41.2 % 1,059,000 17.7 % Buddhism 12.9 % 7.1 % 33
Sri Lanka 21,738,000 149 64 43.0 % 3,197,000 14.7 % Buddhism 7.7 % 0.0 % 107
Syria 23,104,000 37 18 48.6 % 8,052,000 34.9 % Islam 5.4 % 0.2 % 165
Taiwan 23,875,000 36 8 22.2 % 4,477,000 18.8 % Ethnic Religions 6.3 % 3.3 % 93
Tajikistan 10,094,000 39 31 79.5 % 10,039,000 99.5 % Islam 0.4 % 0.1 % 222
Thailand 71,597,000 114 74 64.9 % 61,585,000 86.0 % Buddhism 2.0 % 1.0 % 1,270
Türkiye (Turkey) 85,679,000 85 57 67.1 % 85,014,000 99.2 % Islam 0.6 % 0.0 % 1,717
Turkmenistan 6,481,000 49 30 61.2 % 6,157,000 95.0 % Islam 3.9 % 0.1 % 141
United Arab Emirates 9,487,000 36 31 86.1 % 7,889,000 83.2 % Islam 6.3 % 1.2 % 165
Uzbekistan 35,105,000 59 34 57.6 % 33,852,000 96.4 % Islam 2.3 % 0.2 % 696
Vietnam 98,717,000 119 68 57.1 % 9,086,000 9.2 % Buddhism 10.2 % 2.2 % 221
West Bank / Gaza 5,352,000 12 8 66.7 % 5,299,000 99.0 % Islam 2.5 % 1.1 % 110
Yemen 34,284,000 29 20 69.0 % 34,181,000 99.7 % Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 687
Totals:  50 4,859,825,000 7,526 5,484 72.9 % 2,923,510,000 60.2 % 26   9.1 % 3.1 % 60,812 



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