Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2026).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version_2020_people | Shintoists | Shintoist population for this people group in this country. These are Japanese who profess, or still profess, Shinto as their first or major religion. |
| version_2020_people | Signed text code | 1 = hearing-impaired (signed) Scriptures available for the deaf. |
| version_2020_people | Sikhs | Sikh population for this people group in this country. These are followers of the Sikh reform movement out of Hinduism, who look to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India (sects: Akali, Khalsa, Nanapanthi, Nirmali, Sewapanthi, Udasi). |
| version_2020_people | Source of People % | Reference.to the primary source of the population estimate. |
| version_2020_people | Spiritists | Spiritist population for this people group in this country. These are Non-Christian spiritists or spiritualists, or thaumaturgicalists; high spiritists, as opposed to low spiritists (Afro-American syncretists), followers of medium-religions, medium-religionists. |
| version_2020_people | Target code | This is the targeting variable for this people group. "Targeting Variable" is a term from the United Nations’ usage, denoting priority of measurable benefits: literacy, health care, famine or disaster relief (1-10, with 1=top priority). |
| version_2020_people | TV Note | Names or initials of TV broadcasters who have been or are beaming programs to this people. |
| version_2020_people | Unevangelized | This is how many individuals in this people group that remain unevangelized as of 2020. |
| version_2020_people | Unevangelized % | This percentage of the people group's population remains unevangelized. |
| version_2020_people | Version 2020 Country code | Four-letter abbreviation assigned to country for database purposes. |
| version_2020_people | WLC Language code | World Language Classification language code. |
| version_2020_people | WLC Language ID | World Language Classification ID number. |
| version_2020_people | Work-among code | A numerical range of work being done by demoninations among this people group, spelled out in the 'Work Among' data field. 0-10 scale, with 10 representing the most denominational presence. |
| version_2020_people | World A | This is the population of World A individuals for this people group, 2020. This number reflects all of the people group's unevangelized individuals; unaware of Christianity, Christ, or the gospel. |
| version_2020_people | World B | This is the population of World B individuals for this people group, 2020. This number reflects all of the people group's Non-Christians who have nevertheless become evangelized. |
| version_2020_people | World C | This is the population of World C individuals for this people group, 2020. This number reflects all of the people group's individuals who are Christians. |
| version_2020_people | World Evangelization Code | A people is designated as 'A' 'Unevangelized' if less than 50% of its population is evangelized. It is designated 'B' 'Evangelized non-Christian if 50% or more of its population is evangelized and less than 60% Christian. It is designated 'C' 'Christian' if 60% or more of its population is Christian. |
| version_2020_people | Zoroastrians | Zoroastrian population for this people group in this country. Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in Persia in BC 1200 by the prophet Zoroaster teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda, now followed by Parsis in India and a large underground presence in Iran, Afghanistan, et alia. |
| version_2020_province | Area square km | Area covered by Major Civil Division (United Nations’ term for the next level of administrative or political subdivision in a country immediately below nationwide level) in square kilometers in this province. |
| version_2020_province | Area square miles | Area covered by Major Civil Division (United Nations’ term for the next level of administrative or political subdivision in a country immediately below nationwide level) in square miles in this province. |
| version_2020_province | Christians | Number of Christians in this province in 2020. |
| version_2020_province | Christians % | Christians as a percentage of this province's population in 2020. |
| version_2020_province | Country | Country of this Province. |
| version_2020_province | Evangelized | Number of persons in this province who have had adequate opportunity, or opportunities, to hear the gospel and to respond to it, whether they respond positively or negatively by 2020. |
| version_2020_province | Evangelized % | Percentage of persons in this province who have had adequate opportunity, or opportunities, to hear the gospel and to respond to it, whether they respond positively or negatively by 2020. |
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