PREPARED BY GIL ANGER
Number of U.S. Missionary Families in foreign fields………………..……2628
Number of Fundamental Boards Surveyed…………………………………..23
Number of nations without any U.S. Missionaries…………………………...72
Nation with most US Missionaries………………………………………… 253
AFRICA
Population……………………………………………………….737,000,000
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries…………………………401
AMERICA’S (Excluding U.S.A.)
Population…………………………………………………….....551,000,000
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries………………………...1071
ASIA/PACIFIC
Population……………………………………………………..3,241,000,000
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries…………………………565
EUROPE
Population…………………………………………………….....728,000,000
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries…………………………577
MIDDLE EAST
Population…………………………………………………….....545,000,000
Number of Fundamental Baptist Missionaries……………………..……14
The Top Five Most Evangelized Nations
BRAZIL (253 Missionaries)
MEXICO (206 Missionaries)
UNITED KINGDOM (112 Missionaries)
PHILIPPINES (118 Missionaries)
CANADA (104 Missionaries)
TOTAL 793
* 30% of all Fundamental Baptist Missionaries are located in 5 countries
* 42% of the 10/40 window have no missionary presence
Gil Anger, Researcher Edited 4/18/2005
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Rep. of Congo
South Africa
Tanzania
Sudan
Algeria
Kenya
Morocco
Uganda
Ghana
Mozambique
Cote d’lvoire
Madagascar
Cameroon
Burkina Faso
Zimbabwe
Mali
Malawi
Angola
Niger
Senegal
Tunisia
Zambia
Chad
Guinea
Somalia
Rwanda
Benin
Burundi
Sierra Leone
Libya
Toga
Eritrea
Central African Rep.
Liberia
Congo
Mauritania
Lesotho
Namibia
Botswana
The Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Gabon
Mauritius
Swaziland
Reunion
Comoros
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Cape Verde
W. Sahara
Sao Tome & Princip
Mayotte
Seychelles
Saint Helena
123,338,000
64,117,000
51,965,000
43,421,000
35,306,000
35,080,000
31,194,000
30,430,000
30,122,000
23,318,000
19,534,000
19,105,000
15,981,000
15,506,000
15.421.000
11,946,000
11.343.000
10,686,000
10,386,000
10,145,000
10,076,000
9,987,000
9,593,000
9,582,000
8.424.000
7,466,000
7,253,000
7,229,000
6,396,000
6,055,000
5,233,000
5,115,000
5,019,000
4,136,000
3,513,000
3,164,000
2,831,000
2,668,000
2,143,000
1,771,000
1,576,000
1,367,000
1,286,000
1,208,000
1,179,000
1,083,000
705,000
578,000
474,000
451,000
401,000
245,000
160,000
142,000
79,000
7,000
21
21
19
19
13
1
4
37
0
13
22
1
31
1
12
1
0
8
3
7
4
2
0
20
6
0
0
3
7
1
0
0
25
4
17
1
0
0
0
2
9
10
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Total 401
Country
Population
Africa
Brazil
Mexico
Columbia
Argentina
Canada
Peru
Venezuela
Chile
Ecuador
Guatemala
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Bolivia
Haiti
Honduras
El Salvador
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Puerto Rico
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Panama
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
Guyana
Suriname
Guadeloupe
Martinique
The Bahamas
Iceland
Barbados
Belize
French Guiana
St. Lucia
Virgin Islands
St. Vin. & Grenadine
Grenada & Geraldine
Dominica
Aruba
Antigua
Bermuda
Greenland
St. Kitts & Nevis
Cayman Islands
Turks & Caicos Is.
Montserrat
Nauru
Anguilla
Country
Population
172,860,000
100,350,000
39,686,000
36,955,000
31,278,000
27,013,000
23,543,000
15,154,000
12,920,000
12,640,000
11.142.000
8,443,000
8,153,000
6.868.000
6,250,000
6,123,000
5,585,000
4,813,000
3,813,000
3,711,000
3,334,000
2.808.000
2,653,000
1,176,000
697,000
431,000
416,000
407,000
295,000
276,000
274,000
249,000
163,000
156,000
118,000
115,000
89,000
72,000
68,000
66,000
62,000
59,000
39,000
38,000
16,000
13,000
12,000
11,000
Independent Baptist Missionaries
253
206
18
53
104
66
27
36
24
15
18
15
13
26
27
2
11
12
30
24
18
6
16
8
8
1
1
0
3
1
1
6
0
2
3
2
1
3
0
4
0
0
1
4
0
0
1
1
Total 1071
America (Excluding USA)
Asia
and the
Pacific
Country
Population
Independent Baptist Missionaries
China
India
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Japan
Philippines
Vietnam
Thailand
South Korea
Burma
Nepal
Taiwan
Malaysia
North Korea
Sri Lanka
Australia
Cambodia
Hong Kong
Laos
Papua New Guinea
Singapore
New Zealand
Mongolia
Bhutan
Fiji
Solomon Islands
Macau
Brunei
Maldives
French Polynesia
New Caledonia
Vanuatu
Samoa
Guam
Micronesia
Tonga
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
N. Mariana Islands
American Samoa
Palau
Wallis & Futuna
Tuvalu
1,261,832,000
1,014,004,000
224,784,000
129,194,000
126,550,000
81,160,000
78,774,000
61,231,000
47,471,000
41,735,000
24,702,000
22,191,000
21,793,000
21,688,000
19,239,000
19,164,000
12,212,000
6,330,000
5,497,000
4,927,000
4,152,000
3,820,000
2,616,000
2,005,000
833,000
466,000
429,000
336,000
301,000
220,000
194,000
190,000
179,000
148,000
133,000
102,000
92,000
68,000
67,000
62,000
19,000
15,000
10,000
15
22
10
29
68
118
3
20
19
1
4
12
0
1
2
77
16
16
1
37
13
29
3
0
10
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
7
19
1
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
Total 565
The following charts list the number of Independent Baptist Missionaries in each country
(does not include those without boards)
"I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light"
-- John Keith Falconer
Country
Russia
Germany
England, Scotland, Wales
France
Italy
Ukraine
Spain
Poland
Romania
Netherlands
Greece
Belarus
Czech Republic
Belgium
Hungary
Portugal
Serbia & Montenegro
Sweden
Austria
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Slovakia
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Moldova
Croatia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ireland
Lithuania
Albania
Latvia
Macedonia
Slovenia
Estonia
Luxembourg
Malta
Iceland
Jersey
Isle of Man
Andorra
Guernsey
Faroe Islands
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Gibraltar
San Marino
Svalbard
Population
146,001,000
82,797,000
59,508,000
59,330,000
57,534,000
49,153,000
39,997,000
38,646,000
22,411,000
15,892,000
10,602,000
10,367,000
10,272,000
10,242,000
10,139,000
10,048,000
9,981,000
8,873,000
8,131,000
7,797,000
7,262,000
5,408,000
5,336,000
5,167,000
4,481,000
4,431,000
4,282,000
3,836,000
3,797,000
3,621,000
3,490,000
2,405,000
2,042,000
1,928,000
1,432,000
437,000
392,000
271,000
89,000
75,000
67,000
65,000
42,000
32,000
32,000
29,000
27,000
3,000
Independent Baptist Missionaries
34
72
112
51
22
24
46
5
35
10
3
5
5
8
25
22
0
2
7
1
1
9
1
1
6
4
3
1
35
10
7
3
0
0
0
3
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total 577
Europe
Middle East
Country
Pakistan
Egypt
Turkey
Iran
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Kazakhstan
Syria
Azerbaijan
Tajikistan
Israel
Georgia
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Lebanon
Armenia
Omen
United Arab Emirate
Kuwait
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Cyprus
Qatar
Bahrain
Population
141,554,000
68,360,000
65,667,000
65,620,000
25,889,000
24,756,000
22,676,000
22,024,000
17,479,000
16,733,000
16,306,000
7,748,000
6,441,000
5,842,000
5,020,000
4,999,000
4,685,000
4,518,000
3,578,000
3,344,000
2,533,000
2,369,000
1,974,000
1,320,000
950,000
758,000
744,000
634,000
Independent Baptist Missionaries
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
Total 14
Independent Baptist Missionaries
1,000 American Missionaries return home each year
74%
"Our Missionaries are failing to go to those who have never heard the gospel"
8%
6%
4%
3%
2%
2%
1%
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Today there are approximately 29,000 Evangelical missionaries worldwide
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