World Christian Database: field definitions

Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2025).

Table Field Description
country Missionaries Sent per m Christians Number of this country's citizen missionaries abroad, per million of its own Christians.
country Muslim % Number of Muslims as a percentage of the country's population.
country Muslims Number of Muslims in this country's population.
country National Christian workers 2010. Number of citizen Christian workers in this country. 'Citizen' is defined as a member of a state or nation; subject, national.
country National Christian workers per m Number of citizen Christian workers working in this country, per million of this country's population. 'Citizen' is defined as a member of a state or nation; subject, national.
country New religionist % Number of New religionists (neoreligionists) as a percentage of the country's population.
country New religionists Number of New religionists (Neoreligionists) in this country's population.
country Non Christians with gospel access The number of non-Christians with access to the gospel.
country non-Christians Population of Non-Christians.
country NT languages count Count of ISO languages with a New Testament translation.
country Official name Official name of country.
country Orthodox Number of Affiliated Orthodox in this country. This includes Orthodoxy's 4 traditions: Eastern (Chalcedonian), Oriental (Pre-Chalcedonian, Non-Chalcedonian, Monophysite), Church of the East (Assyrian), and non-historical Orthodox.
country Parachurch income pa The collective income earned by all parachurches in this country each year.
country Pentecostal/Charismatics Pentecostals/Charismatics = Pentecostals + Charismatics + Independent Charismatics population in the country.
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 etc.
country People with gospel access The number of people with access to the gospel.
country People with gospel access % The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel
country People with gospel access % 1900 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 1900.
country People with gospel access % 1950 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 1950.
country People with gospel access % 1970 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 1970.
country People with gospel access % 2000 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 2000.
country People with gospel access % 2050 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 2050.
country People with no gospel access The number of people with no access to the gospel.
country People with no gospel access % The percentage of this country's population with no access to the gospel.
country Physicians per 1,000 Physicians per 1,000 people (generalist and specialist medical practitioners). Primary source: WHO Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD; last updated June 2024.
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