Asia, Northeast country and people group listings

Region: Asia, Northeast

Population

1,634,283,000

Countries

Number of People Groups

711

Unreached People Groups

520 (73%)

Population in Unreached

295,243,000

% Population in Unreached

18.1%

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Country ▲	Population	People Groups	Unreached Groups	% Unreached Groups	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
China	1,398,681,000	545	441	80.9 %	139,526,000	10.0 %	4 ●	Non-Religious	9.2 %	7.6 %	3,016
China, Hong Kong	7,354,000	24	10	41.7 %	424,000	5.8 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	13.1 %	6.1 %	15
China, Macau	716,000	12	5	41.7 %	632,000	88.3 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.9 %	1.9 %	15
Japan	123,026,000	38	26	68.4 %	120,465,000	97.9 %	1 ●	Buddhism	2.2 %	0.6 %	2,421
Korea, North	26,442,000	5	2	40.0 %	26,249,000	99.3 %	1 ●	Non-Religious	1.7 %	1.6 %	525
Korea, South	51,588,000	23	11	47.8 %	446,000	0.9 %	5 ●	Non-Religious	30.1 %	16.4 %	13
Mongolia	3,413,000	28	17	60.7 %	3,182,000	93.2 %	1 ●	Buddhism	2.5 %	1.3 %	72
Taiwan	23,067,000	36	8	22.2 %	4,325,000	18.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.3 %	3.3 %	90
Totals: 8	1,634,283,000	711	520	73.1 %	295,243,000	18.1 %	3 ●		9.2 %	7.1 %	6,167

* 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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Prayer Cards

Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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