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The world, by region

Twelve Regions, Ranked by How Unreached They Are

Joshua Project divides the world into twelve regions. Here they are in order of how much of each is still unreached — most unreached first. Every figure on these pages comes from Joshua Project, retrieved 15 September 2026.

RegionUnreachedGroups still unreachedPeople
South Asia90.6%3,3452 billion
Central Asia76.5%351323 million
Middle East & North Africa75.1%450438 million
Northeast Asia73.4%5201.6 billion
Eastern Europe & Eurasia39.4%228323 million
Southeast Asia37.3%723700 million
Western Europe30.1%343421 million
East & Southern Africa28.9%368690 million
West & Central Africa21.2%460658 million
North America & Caribbean18.1%167432 million
Latin America9.1%128624 million
Australia & the Pacific5.1%7947 million

Pray Through Them, a Week at a Time

The weekly prayer cycle pairs one prayer strategy with one region, so a year covers every region four times over.

The world as a whole is 43.6% unreached: 7,162 people groups of 16,426, across 238 countries.

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