South Asian, Bengali-speaking people group in all countries

South Asian, Bengali-speaking

The South Asian, Bengali-speaking people group is reported in 20 countries

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Population All Countries

5,091,400

People Cluster

South Asia Muslim - other

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

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Map Notes

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Country ▲	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
Australia	58,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
Canada	78,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
Fiji	23,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
France	33,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Greece	11,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
Ireland	6,300	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Italy	161,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
Japan	32,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Korea, South	28,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Kuwait	350,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	7
Malaysia	623,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	12
Mauritius	7,100	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
Myanmar (Burma)	399,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	8
Oman	224,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
Saudi Arabia	2,110,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	42
Singapore	77,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
Thailand	36,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
United Arab Emirates	87,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
United Kingdom	361,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	7
United States	387,000	Bengali	Islam	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	8
Totals: 20	5,091,400		Islam					17 ◼︎ (3 ✸︎)	0.21 % ●	0.85 % ●	103

Other reported countries: 4

South Asian, Bengali-speaking

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
Finland	1,600	1	Bengali	Islam
Kenya	500	1	Bengali	Islam
New Zealand	3,700	1	Bengali	Islam
Turkmenistan	900	1	Bengali	Hinduism
Totals: 4

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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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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