Encouraging Mission Facts

. Of the world's 16,008 ethnic people groups by country, 6,300 (39%) are primarily Christian, totaling over 2,000,000,000, or nearly one third the world's population.

• 9,424 people groups by country are NOT Least-Reached, totaling 3,903,107,000 individuals, or about 60% of the world's population.

• 1,528 of the Least-Reached groups are NOT in the 10/40 Window, totaling 359,729,000 individuals. These groups are relatively accessible to the Good News of the Gospel.

• Of the 6,584 Least-Reached people groups, about 3,452 (52%) are small groups under 10,000 in population (or population unknown) and all these groups total less than 20,000,000 individuals. Of the remaining 3,132 least-reached groups, about 1,314 are under 50,000 in population. That leaves 1,818 Least-Reached groups 50,000 and over in population. A vibrant church in a large group may take the gospel to a number of smaller satellite people groups that have ethnic similarities.

• Of the world's 6,495 living languages (Ethnologue total), 4,261 have either/all Bible portions, the Jesus film, gospel radio, or gospel recordings. Total speakers of these languages is 6,100,000,000, or over 95% of the world's population.

• Of 234 total countries, 167 (71%) are Christian-majority countries. Total population for these countries is 2,320,000,000.