Interesting Facts
- More people live in India than in all of North America,
- There are more than 800 million Hindus in
- The seven countries of South Asia are home to about one out of five people in the world. Most have never heard the Gospel even once!
- More Muslims live in South Asia than in the entire
- The Unengaged Unreached People Groups in South Asia have a population of over 400 million people. That's larger than the USA population and the populations of many parts of the world.
South Asia Fast Facts
“The greatest concentration of lostness on Earth...”
Population*
South Asia Region 1.47 billion India 1.1 billion Pakistan 168 million Bangladesh 149 million Nepal 29 million Sri Lanka 20 million Bhutan 2 million Maldives 360,000
Religion
How many Hindus? 867 million How many of the Hindus are Dalits (Untouchables)? 162 million How many Muslims? 430 million How many Tribals/Animists? 102 million How many Buddhists? 31 million How many Sikhs? 21 million How many Jains? 4 million How many Evangelical Christians? 22 million How many lost? 1.449 billion That’s 1.449 billion lost concentrated in an area less than half the size of the United States.
Predominant religion in each country
India Hinduism (79.8%) Nepal Hinduism (74.8%) Maldives Islam (99.4%) Pakistan Islam (96.1%) Bangladesh Islam (85.6%) Bhutan Buddhism (72.0%) Sri Lanka Buddhism (71.9%)
Personnel
Number of IMB missionary units in South Asia** 246 IMB missionary units Ratio of IMB unit to lost population 1 unit per 6 million lost persons **January 2007
The South Asia Region is an entity of the
International Mission Board
(SBC)
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