South Asians Around the World

Pray for the continued effort to bring together churches for prayer and education in reaching Muslims for Christ.

Peoples from South Asia living and working abroad make up the Diaspora: Pakistanis, Indians, Nepalis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans and others. The mission field for South Asian tribes and tongues is all over the world. Outside of India, Vancouver has the largest concentration of Sikhs in the world, and 300,000 South Asians live in Toronto. There are 5 million South Asia migrant workers on the Arab Peninsula.

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Countries Canada, Trinidad, UK, France, Kenya, South Africa, UAE, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand
Language Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Bangla, Punjabi, Telugu, Nepali, Gujarati
Religion Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhists
Population 3,870,000

You don’t have to go to a country like India to share Christ with South Asians. They probably live in your area. Download this set of maps showing South Asians in the United States. [map of USA South Asians]

 

Below is a list of the priority UUPGs:
{Please note the PEID# for any people group you are interested in.}

People Group PEID Country Population Primary Religion
Bengali 11915 Saudi Arabia 1,576,767 Islam – Sunni
Urdu Pakistanis 11938 Saudi Arabia 1,510,356 Islam
Malayali 12243 United Arab Emirates 819,024 Islam
Sikh 43469 Canada 375,459 Sikhism
Indo-Mauritian, Muslim 48043 Mauritius 218,216 Islam
Telugu 12259 United Arab Emirates 158,337 Islam
Urdu 43498 Canada 150,223 Islam
Malayali 11884 Oman 136,003 Islam
Bengali 46408 Oman 122,385 Islam – Sunni
Bengali 12225 United Arab Emirates 117,434 Islam
Tamil Hindus 42483 France 100,000 Hinduism