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S O U T H A S I A — A K A L E I D O S C O P E O F C O L O R S , A C A C O P H O N Y O F S O U N D S , A N D A B U F F E T O F F L AV O R S — I S T H E B I R T H P L A C E O F F O U R W O R L D R E L I G I O N S . M O R E T H A N A B I L L I O N S O U T H A S I A N E Y E S A R E S E A R C H I N G F O R H O P E .

SOUTH ASIA

BANGLADESH

NEPAL

BHUTAN

SRI LANKA

MALDIVES

INDIA

PAKISTAN

250,000 i s ro u g h l y t h e p o p u l a t i o n o fL u b b o c k , Te x a s .ONE DOT = 1,000 PEOPLE

250,000 people in South Asia die

without Christ.

The 1.6 billion people of South Asia are concentrated in an area less than half the size of the USA.

With over 1,700 unreached people groups, SOUTH ASIA has the largest unreached people group population in the world: 1.5 billion

1,720 UPGS

MAJOR RELIGIONS

HINDUISM ISLAM

JAINISMSIKHISMBUDDHISM

TOP LANGUAGES

HINDI BENGALI

LARGEST URBAN AREASIN MILLIONS

KARACHI

KOLKATADHAKA

MUMBAI

DELHI

24.922.1

17.7 15.7 14.6