Statistics: The 21st century world

How many unreached countries are there? Where are missions resources going?

Global population6,055,049,000
Urban dwellers2,881,079,000
Rural dwellers3,173,970,000
Five largest countries (populations in millions)
China1,281
India1,050
USA287
Indonesia217
Brazil174
Major Religionists
Christians1,999,564,000
Muslims1,188,243,000
Nonreligious768,159,000
Hindus811,336,000
Buddhists359,982,000
Christians by membership
Roman Catholics1,057,328,000
Independents385,745,000
Protestants342,002,000
Orthodox215,129,000
Anglicans79,650,000
Marginal Christians26,060,000
Christians by continent
Africa335,116,000
Asia307,288,000
Europe536,832,000
Latin America475,659,000
Northern America212,167,000
Oceania21,375,000
ABCs of Global Missions
World A
Unreached people -- 24% of the world's population -- receive 1/2 of 1% of dollars given to Christian missions
World B
Unevangelized World -- 43% of the world's population -- receives 5% of dollars given to Christian missions
World C
Christian World -- 33% of the world's population -- receives 94.5% of dollars given to Christian missions
Evangelization by Worlds A, B, and C
By individuals
World C1,999,564,000
World B2,426,110,000
World A1,629,375,000
By countries
World C countries141
   Population1,694,733,000
World B countries59
   Population3,755,012,000
World A "unreached" countries38
   Population605,304,000
Christian finance (in U.S. dollars)
Personal income of church members$15,198 billion
Giving to Christian causes,$ 270 billion
Churches' income,$ 108 billion
Parachurch and institutional income$162 billion
Ecclesiastical crime$16 billion
Income of global foreign missions$15 billion
Christian workers
Nationals (all denominations)5,104,000
Foreign missionaries420,000
Scripture distribution (all sources)
Bibles per year53,700,000
New Testaments per year120,700,000
Scripture portions per year4,600 million
Christian evangelism
Evangelism hours per year165 billion
Hearer hours per year938 billion
Disciple-opportunities per capita per year155


Statistical data sources: World Christian News, issue 24; Population Reference Bureau, Data Sheet 2002

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