Research resources from and for missional Christian leaders
Operation World
British Virgin Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 4 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: English For more information go to British Virgin Islands on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Brunei (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 24 Number Languages: 17 Official Language: Malay, English For more information go to Brunei on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Bulgaria (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 31 Number Languages: 16 Official Language: Bulgarian For more information go to Bulgaria on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Burkina Faso (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 81 Number Languages: 70 Official Language: French, spoken by a minority of the population. Trade languages Moore (the Mossi language), Jula in south and west For more...
Burundi (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 12 Number Languages: 4 Official Language: Kirundi, French. All speak Kirundi. English use widespread For more information go to Burundi on the Operation World...
Cabo Verde (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 5 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: Portuguese For more information go to Cabo Verde on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Cambodia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Buddhist Number People Groups: 42 Number Languages: 25 Official Language: Khmer For more information go to Cambodia on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Cameroon (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 292 Number Languages: 279 Official Language: French; English For more information go to Cameroon on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Canada (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 273 Number Languages: 169 Official Language: English; French For more information go to Canada on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Cayman Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 10 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: English For more information go to Cayman Islands on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Central African Republic (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 83 Number Languages: 82 Official Language: French and Sango (trade language used by most of the population For more information go to Central African Republic on the...
Chad (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 141 Number Languages: 133 Official Language: French (only spoken by the educated), Arabic (perhaps 30% of Arabic speakers are fluent) For more information go to Chad on...
Chile (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 28 Number Languages: 16 Official Language: Spanish (but Mapudungun increasingly recognized) For more information go to Chile on the Operation World website. The above...
China, Hong Kong (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Chinese Number People Groups: 24 Number Languages: 0 Official Language: Chinese and English (about 38% speak English); Cantonese is the established local dialect, but Putonghua (Mandarin) is...
China, Macau (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Chinese Number People Groups: 13 Number Languages: 0 Official Language: Chinese and Portuguese. The majority (86%) speak Cantonese, but Mandarin is also widely spoken For more information go to...
China, People’s Republic (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Non-religious Number People Groups: 544 Number Languages: 296 Official Language: Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese); local languages in the five Autonomous Regions. 15 regional mega-languages. There are...
China, Taiwan (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Chinese Number People Groups: 34 Number Languages: 28 Official Language: language and language of education Mandarin. Hoklo and Hakka are widely spoken For more information go to China, Taiwan on...
Christmas Island (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Buddhist Number People Groups: 3 Number Languages: Official Language: For more information go to Christmas Island on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 2 Number Languages: Official Language: For more information go to Cocos on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Colombia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 111 Number Languages: 83 Official Language: Spanish For more information go to Colombia on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Comoros (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 11 Number Languages: 7 Official Language: Arabic, French, Comorian (a mix of Swahili and Arabic) For more information go to Comoros on the Operation World website. The...
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 229 Number Languages: 217 Official Language: French. Trade languages Lingala/Bangala in north and northwest, Swahili in east and south, Tshiluba in centre and...
Congo, Republic of (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 71 Number Languages: 66 Official Language: French. Trade languages Lingala, Munukutuba (Kongo Creole) For more information go to Congo, Republic of on the Operation...
Cook Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 7 Number Languages: 6 Official Language: English, Cook Island Maori For more information go to Cook Islands on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a...
Costa Rica (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 21 Number Languages: 13 Official Language: Spanish. English and Mekitelyu spoken on Caribbean coast For more information go to Costa Rica on the Operation World...
Cote d’Ivoire (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 108 Number Languages: 93 Official Language: French, used by a high proportion of the population. Jula is the most widespread indigenous language, used as a trade...
Croatia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 24 Number Languages: 22 Official Language: Croatian – closely related to Serbian but written in Latin rather than Cyrillic script For more information go to...
Cuba (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 17 Number Languages: 4 Official Language: Spanish For more information go to Cuba on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Curaçao (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 16 Number Languages: 5 Official Language: Dutch. Common languages Papiamento predominates, but use of English is widespread For more information go to Curaçao...
Cyprus (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 30 Number Languages: 6 Official Language: Greek; Turkish For more information go to Cyprus on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.