Continent: Asia
Population
4,929,118,000
Number of
Countries
50
Number of People Groups
7,679
People Groups Unreached
5,537 (72.1%)
Population in Unreached
3,001,364,000
% Population in Unreached
60.9%
| 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 | 43,427,000 | 70 | 68 | 97.1 % | 43,425,000 | 100.0 % |
0
|
Islam | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 906 |
| Azerbaijan | 10,288,000 | 40 | 26 | 65.0 % | 9,954,000 | 96.8 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.3 % | 0.2 % | 210 |
| Bahrain | 1,591,000 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 % | 1,186,000 | 74.5 % |
4
|
Islam | 8.9 % | 2.4 % | 27 |
| Bangladesh | 174,397,000 | 299 | 276 | 92.3 % | 172,457,000 | 98.9 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | 3,611 |
| Bhutan | 788,000 | 58 | 57 | 98.3 % | 786,000 | 99.7 % |
1
|
Buddhism | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | 62 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 3,400 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
5
|
Christianity | 79.6 % | 33.8 % | -1 - |
| Brunei | 459,000 | 25 | 9 | 36.0 % | 290,000 | 63.2 % |
4
|
Islam | 8.2 % | 4.2 % | 12 |
| Cambodia | 17,772,000 | 45 | 19 | 42.2 % | 17,466,000 | 98.3 % |
1
|
Buddhism | 3.3 % | 1.4 % | 359 |
| China | 1,395,545,000 | 545 | 441 | 80.9 % | 139,740,000 | 10.0 % |
4
|
Non-Religious | 9.2 % | 7.6 % | 3,019 |
| China, Hong Kong | 7,347,000 | 24 | 10 | 41.7 % | 424,000 | 5.8 % |
4
|
Ethnic Religions | 13.1 % | 6.1 % | 15 |
| China, Macau | 714,000 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 % | 632,000 | 88.5 % |
2
|
Ethnic Religions | 7.9 % | 1.9 % | 15 |
| India | 1,453,815,000 | 2,272 | 2,041 | 89.8 % | 1,389,214,000 | 95.6 % |
1
|
Hinduism | 2.2 % | 0.0 % | 28,476 |
| Indonesia | 284,248,000 | 792 | 237 | 29.9 % | 199,716,000 | 70.3 % |
4
|
Islam | 11.4 % | 3.2 % | 4,094 |
| Iran | 92,317,000 | 94 | 84 | 89.4 % | 91,825,000 | 99.5 % |
1
|
Islam | 1.8 % | 1.2 % | 1,867 |
| Iraq | 46,714,000 | 41 | 31 | 75.6 % | 46,009,000 | 98.5 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.9 % | 0.2 % | 927 |
| Israel | 9,480,000 | 54 | 42 | 77.8 % | 9,175,000 | 96.8 % |
1
|
Ethnic Religions | 1.5 % | 0.7 % | 202 |
| Japan | 122,781,000 | 43 | 28 | 65.1 % | 120,523,000 | 98.2 % |
1
|
Buddhism | 1.9 % | 0.4 % | 2,424 |
| Jordan | 11,461,000 | 29 | 21 | 72.4 % | 10,660,000 | 93.0 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.3 % | 0.3 % | 219 |
| Kazakhstan | 20,693,000 | 71 | 38 | 53.5 % | 16,493,000 | 79.7 % |
2
|
Islam | 11.8 % | 0.5 % | 353 |
| Korea, North | 26,305,000 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 % | 26,111,000 | 99.3 % |
1
|
Non-Religious | 1.7 % | 1.6 % | 523 |
| Korea, South | 51,665,000 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 % | 446,000 | 0.9 % |
5
|
Non-Religious | 30.1 % | 16.3 % | 13 |
| Kuwait | 4,948,000 | 38 | 20 | 52.6 % | 3,428,000 | 69.3 % |
2
|
Islam | 10.6 % | 1.6 % | 76 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7,218,000 | 39 | 28 | 71.8 % | 6,758,000 | 93.6 % |
1
|
Islam | 3.7 % | 0.3 % | 152 |
| Laos | 7,761,000 | 188 | 146 | 77.7 % | 2,237,000 | 28.8 % |
4
|
Buddhism | 3.7 % | 2.5 % | 158 |
| Lebanon | 5,798,000 | 32 | 12 | 37.5 % | 2,980,000 | 51.4 % |
2
|
Islam | 31.7 % | 0.7 % | 64 |
| Malaysia | 35,790,000 | 185 | 79 | 42.7 % | 18,015,000 | 50.3 % |
4
|
Islam | 9.8 % | 3.6 % | 410 |
| Maldives | 501,000 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 % | 501,000 | 100.0 % |
0
|
Islam | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 16 |
| Mongolia | 3,412,000 | 28 | 17 | 60.7 % | 3,180,000 | 93.2 % |
1
|
Buddhism | 2.5 % | 1.3 % | 72 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 54,813,000 | 192 | 57 | 29.7 % | 45,157,000 | 82.4 % |
4
|
Buddhism | 8.8 % | 5.3 % | 924 |
| Nepal | 29,286,000 | 227 | 215 | 94.7 % | 25,940,000 | 88.6 % |
1
|
Hinduism | 1.4 % | 0.0 % | 654 |
| Oman | 5,468,000 | 39 | 29 | 74.4 % | 4,862,000 | 88.9 % |
1
|
Islam | 3.0 % | 0.8 % | 109 |
| Pakistan | 253,267,000 | 792 | 782 | 98.7 % | 250,694,000 | 99.0 % |
1
|
Islam | 1.0 % | 0.0 % | 5,266 |
| Philippines | 116,166,000 | 206 | 29 | 14.1 % | 5,784,000 | 5.0 % |
5
|
Christianity | 89.0 % | 11.4 % | 128 |
| Qatar | 3,091,000 | 30 | 16 | 53.3 % | 2,658,000 | 86.0 % |
2
|
Islam | 6.5 % | 1.0 % | 56 |
| Russia | 143,915,000 | 186 | 119 | 64.0 % | 17,723,000 | 12.3 % |
3
|
Christianity | 57.3 % | 1.4 % | 417 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34,417,000 | 61 | 43 | 70.5 % | 30,867,000 | 89.7 % |
1
|
Islam | 3.7 % | 0.5 % | 629 |
| Singapore | 5,826,000 | 50 | 20 | 40.0 % | 1,022,000 | 17.5 % |
4
|
Buddhism | 13.0 % | 7.1 % | 32 |
| Sri Lanka | 23,025,000 | 149 | 64 | 43.0 % | 3,589,000 | 15.6 % |
2
|
Buddhism | 7.6 % | 0.0 % | 115 |
| Syria | 25,318,000 | 39 | 20 | 51.3 % | 8,885,000 | 35.1 % |
2
|
Islam | 5.4 % | 0.2 % | 184 |
| Taiwan | 23,060,000 | 36 | 8 | 22.2 % | 4,330,000 | 18.8 % |
4
|
Ethnic Religions | 6.4 % | 3.3 % | 91 |
| Tajikistan | 10,749,000 | 39 | 31 | 79.5 % | 10,692,000 | 99.5 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | 235 |
| Thailand | 71,266,000 | 117 | 76 | 65.0 % | 61,274,000 | 86.0 % |
1
|
Buddhism | 1.8 % | 0.8 % | 1,265 |
| Timor-Leste | 1,374,000 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
4
|
Christianity | 90.8 % | 2.5 % | -1 - |
| Türkiye (Turkey) | 87,627,000 | 92 | 63 | 68.5 % | 86,975,000 | 99.3 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.7 % | 0.0 % | 1,762 |
| Turkmenistan | 7,539,000 | 49 | 30 | 61.2 % | 7,160,000 | 95.0 % |
1
|
Islam | 3.9 % | 0.1 % | 161 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11,252,000 | 48 | 38 | 79.2 % | 8,435,000 | 75.0 % |
2
|
Islam | 6.7 % | 1.5 % | 176 |
| Uzbekistan | 36,725,000 | 59 | 34 | 57.6 % | 35,402,000 | 96.4 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.4 % | 0.2 % | 726 |
| Vietnam | 100,777,000 | 119 | 69 | 58.0 % | 9,548,000 | 9.5 % |
4
|
Buddhism | 10.2 % | 2.2 % | 230 |
| West Bank / Gaza | 5,543,000 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 % | 5,487,000 | 99.0 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.5 % | 1.1 % | 115 |
| Yemen | 41,368,000 | 29 | 20 | 69.0 % | 41,244,000 | 99.7 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | 827 |
| Totals: 50 | 4,929,118,000 | 7,679 | 5,537 | 72.1 % | 3,001,364,000 | 60.9 % | 26 ◼︎ | 9.0 % | 3.1 % | 62,384 |
