Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2026).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version_2020_country | Offers per day | Offers (disciple-opportunities) per day in the country. 'Offers' are a scientific count producing numbers of concrete disciple-opportunities, invitations, chances to hear the gospel and become disciples of Christ. This is a per year/ per capita figure for this country. |
| version_2020_country | Official name | Official name of country. |
| version_2020_country | Orthodox | Number of Affiliated Orthodox in this country. This includes Orthodoxy's 4 traditions: Eastern (Chalcedonian), Oriental (Pre-Chalcedonian, Non-Chalcedonian, Monophysite), Nestorian (Assyrian), and non-historical Orthodox. |
| version_2020_country | Outreach per Chr 2025 | Outreach per Christian in 2025: This value represents the number of evangelized non-Christians reached per Christian. |
| version_2020_country | Outreach per Chr 2050 | Outreach per Christian in 2050: This value represents the number of evangelized non-Christians reached per Christian. |
| version_2020_country | Parachurch income pa | The collective income earned by all parachurches in this country each year. |
| version_2020_country | Pentecostal/Charismatics | Pentecostals/Charismatics = Pentecostals + Charismatics + Independent Charismatics population in the country. |
| version_2020_country | Pentecostals | Number of Pentecostals (Classical Pentecostals) in the country. "Classical Pentecostals" is a blanket term for traditional types of Pentecostal (Pentecostal Apostolic, Oneness-Pentecostal, Baptistic Pentecostal, Holiness-Pentecostal, Perfectionist- Pentecostal), as contrasted with Neo-pentecostal, Catholic pentecostal, Non-White pentecostal, etc. |
| version_2020_country | Peoples | Total number of distinct ethnolinguistic people groups in this country. An 'ethnolinguistic people group' is an ethnic or racial group speaking its own language or mother tongue. |
| version_2020_country | Physicians per K | Number of physicians per thousand of the country's population. Primary source: World Health Organization (2017) (in HDR 2018: most recent year in the period 2007-2017). |
| version_2020_country | Pop Density | Number of persons living in a square kilometer in this country. Primary source: United Nations 2019. |
| version_2020_country | Pop growth % p.a. 2025 | Given current trends, by 2025, the country's natural population will increase annually at this percentage rate. A 'natural population increase' is determined by subtracting the number of deaths from the number of births in this country. |
| version_2020_country | Pop growth % p.a. 2050 | Given current trends, by 2050, the country's natural population will increase annually at this percentage rate. A 'natural population increase' is determined by subtracting the number of deaths from the number of births in this country. |
| version_2020_country | Pop Growth 2025 | Given current trends, the country's population will expand (or decrease, denoted by "-" sign) by this amount by 2025. |
| version_2020_country | Pop Growth 2050 | Given current trends, the country's population will expand (or decrease, denoted by "-" sign) by this amount by 2050. |
| version_2020_country | Portion Achievement % | Portions actually distributed over the past 10 years as a percentage of the desired goal for this country. |
| version_2020_country | Portions Duplicate pa | This figure represents the number of Gospels distributed either in New Testaments or Bibles each year in the country. In UBS (United Bible Societies) usage, portions are separately-bound single gospels or other complete single books of the Bible averaging over 48 pages in length. |
| version_2020_country | Portions Goal | This is the goal established for the number of Gospels to be available in the country. In UBS (United Bible Societies) usage, portions are separately-bound single gospels or other complete single books of the Bible averaging over 48 pages in length. |
| version_2020_country | Portions Goal pa | This many Gospels must be placed in the country each year in order to reach the desired goal. In UBS (United Bible Societies) usage, portions are separately-bound single gospels or other complete single books of the Bible averaging over 48 pages in length. |
| version_2020_country | Portions in place | Portions distributed in the past 10 yrs (= in place). |
| version_2020_country | Portions languages count | Count of ISO languages with a at least a book of the Bible translated. |
| version_2020_country | Portions Other pa | Number of Gospels distributed by agencies other than the United Bible Societies (UBS), each year in this country. In UBS usage, portions are separately-bound single gospels or other complete single books of the Bible averaging over 48 pages in length. |
| version_2020_country | Portions Total pa | Total number of Gospels distributed in this country by both the United Bible Societies (UBS) and other agencies. In UBS usage, portions are separately-bound single gospels or other complete single books of the Bible averaging over 48 pages in length. |
| version_2020_country | Portions UBS pa | Number of Gospels distributed each year by the United Bible Societies (UBS) in this country. In UBS usage, portions are separately-bound single gospels or other complete single books of the Bible averaging over 48 pages in length. (5 year average). |
| version_2020_country | Priority Peoples | This number represents the total of the top priority target peoples for this country. A 'target people' is an ethnolinguistic people which is the evangelistic focus of a Christian worker, missionary, couple, or small team seeking to benefit that people in measurable ways. |
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