South Asia Fast Facts

“The greatest concentration of lostness on Earth…”

Population*

South Asia	1.57 billion
India	1.17 billion
Pakistan	184 million
Bangladesh	156 million
Nepal	29 million
Sri Lanka	21.5 million
Bhutan	699,847
Maldives	395,650
Diaspora (approximate number of South Asians around the world)	27 million

Religion

How many Hindus?  How many of these Hindus are Dalits(Untouchables)? 165.7 million	991.3 million
How many Muslims?	467.5 million
How many Tribals/Animists?	10.2 million
How many Buddhists?	31.7 million
How many Sikhs?	22.5 million
How many Jains?	5.1 million
How many Evangelical Christians?	22.5 million
How many lost?	1.54 billion
That’s 1.54 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%)

South Asian Peoples

South Asian Peoples:  total number of people groups	1798
Unengaged Unreached People Groups (UUPG):  people groups where no one is working	941
UUPGs with a population over 100,000	354
Total UUPG population:	213,088,636

Largest Unreached Unengaged People Groups (UUPGs)

All of these people groups are in India, and no one is working among them to share the Good News.

Bagdi	3.6 million
Sadgop	3.5 million
Kalwar	3.1 million
Pod	3 million
Lunia	2.99 million

Personnel

As of January 2011, the IMB has the least number of personnel working with South Asians (greatest concentration of lostness) as compared with all other peoples of the world.

*Estimated population – July 2010 **Updated… January 2010