East Asian Peoples Affinity Bloc

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itemprop="title" href="/lists" class="">Lists</a> <a class="crumb hidden-xs" itemprop="title" href="/global/affblocs" class="">All Affinity Blocs  /</a> <ul class="crumb breadcrumb_selector level_one"> <li class="dropdown">Affinity Bloc:   <select class="listing_dropdown" onChange="document.location = this.value" value="GO">  <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/global/affblocs">All</option> <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/affinity_blocs/10">Arab World</option> <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/affinity_blocs/26">Deaf</option> <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/affinity_blocs/11" selected>East Asian Peoples</option> <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/affinity_blocs/12">Eurasian Peoples</option> <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/affinity_blocs/13">Horn of Africa Peoples</option> <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/affinity_blocs/15">Jewish</option> <option value="https://joshuaproject.net/affinity_blocs/16">Latin-Caribbean Americans</option> 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Bloc</span>:</a>  East Asian Peoples <span class="sub_title">What is an <a href="/help/definitions#affinity-bloc" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" title="A bloc of people groups, who either live in a particular region or have similar cultural roots.">Affinity Bloc</a>?</span> </h2> <div class="row gutter-border"> <div class="stats col-xs-12 col-md-4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col col-xs-6 col-md-6"> <h2 class="title">Population</h2> <div class="data"> 1,590,170,000 </div> </div> <div class="col col-xs-6 col-md-6"> <h2 class="title">Number of People Clusters</h2> <div class="data">6</div> </div> <div class="col col-xs-6 col-md-6"> <h2 class="title">People Groups (by Country)</h2> <div class="data">477</div> </div> <div class="col col-xs-6 col-md-6"> <h2 class="title">Unreached People Groups</h2> <div class="data">168 (35 %)</div> </div> </div> <br /> </div> <div class="stats col-xs-12 col-md-8">  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/styles/leaflet.css"> <script 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var smallIcon = L.icon({ iconUrl: '/assets/img/maps/dot' + feature.properties.JPScale + '.png' }); return L.marker(latlng, {icon: smallIcon}); } }); geojsonLayer.addTo(mapAffinityBloc); function onEachFeature(feature, layer) { var toolTipContent = "<b>" + feature.properties.PeopNameInCountry + "</b> in <b>" + feature.properties.Ctry + "</b>"; layer.bindTooltip(toolTipContent, {direction: 'top'}).openTooltip(); if (feature.properties) { layer.on({ click: function (e) { location.href='/people_groups/' + feature.properties.PeopleID3 + '/' + feature.properties.ROG3; } }); } } </script> <div class="center"> <a href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#mapNotes" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary">Map Notes</a> <div class="modal fade modal-standard" id="mapNotes" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="basicModal" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog modal-map"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" 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</div> </div> </header> <div id="pg_main" class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <section class=""> <div class="row"> <table id="AffinityBlocList" class="mediaTable table table-hover table-totals" width="100%"> <caption><div class="table-sorting"> Click <span class="hidden_xs">column </span>headings for sorting ▲▼ </div> <div class="table-scale" > <a href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#progressScale">Progress Scale</a>: <span class="dots_no_underline"><a href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#progressScale"><span class="progress-dots"><span class="progress-1">●</span><span class="progress-2">●</span><span class="progress-3">●</span><span class="progress-4">●</span><span class="progress-5">●</span></span></span></a> </div></caption> <thead> <tr> <th data-sort="string-ins" class="essential persist left">People Cluster<span class="arrow"> ▲</span></th> <th data-sort="int" class="optional num_right">Population</th> <th data-sort="int" class="essential num_right">Peoples<br /> by Country</th> <th data-sort="int" class="essential num_right">Unreached<br /> by Country</th> <th data-sort="float" class="optional num_right">% Groups<br /> Unreached</th> <th data-sort="int" class="num_right">Popl in<br /> Unreached</th> <th data-sort="float" class="num_right">% Popl in<br /> Unreached</th> <th data-sort="int" class="optional center">Progress<br /> Scale</th> <th data-sort="string-ins" class="optional left">Primary<br /> Religion</th> <th data-sort="float" class="num_right">% Christian<br /> Adherent</th> <th data-sort="float" class="num_right">%<br /> Evangelical</th> <th data-sort="int" class="num_right">Est. Workers<br /> Needed * </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td class="left"><a href="https://joshuaproject.net/clusters/161">Chinese</a></td> <td class="num_right"> 1,360,711,000 </td> <td class="num_right">266</td> <td class="num_right">39</td> <td class="num_right">14.7 %</td> <td class="num_right">  44,068,000 </td> <td class="num_right"> 3.2 %    </td> <td class="center"> <span class="hidden">4</span>  <span class="progress-4 progress-dots">●</span> </td> <td class="left no_wrap"> Non-Religious </td> <td class="num_right">9.83 %</td> <td class="num_right">7.93 %</td> <td class="num_right"> 881 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"><a href="https://joshuaproject.net/clusters/162">Hui, Dungan</a></td> <td class="num_right"> 14,811,000 </td> <td class="num_right">19</td> <td class="num_right">19</td> <td class="num_right">100.0 %</td> <td class="num_right">  14,811,000 </td> <td class="num_right"> 100.0 %    </td> <td class="center"> <span class="hidden">1</span>  <span class="progress-1 progress-dots">●</span> </td> <td class="left no_wrap"> Islam </td> <td class="num_right">0.01 %</td> <td class="num_right">0.01 %</td> <td class="num_right"> 296 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"><a href="https://joshuaproject.net/clusters/194">Japanese</a></td> <td class="num_right"> 121,710,000 </td> <td class="num_right">64</td> <td class="num_right">59</td> <td class="num_right">92.2 %</td> <td class="num_right">  120,164,000 </td> <td class="num_right"> 98.7 %    </td> <td class="center"> <span class="hidden">1</span>  <span class="progress-1 progress-dots">●</span> </td> <td class="left no_wrap"> Buddhism </td> <td class="num_right">1.79 %</td> <td class="num_right">0.50 %</td> <td class="num_right"> 2,403 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"><a href="https://joshuaproject.net/clusters/205">Korean</a></td> <td class="num_right"> 81,945,000 </td> <td class="num_right">51</td> <td class="num_right">1</td> <td class="num_right">2.0 %</td> <td class="num_right">  25,664,000 </td> <td class="num_right"> 31.3 %    </td> <td class="center"> <span class="hidden">5</span>  <span class="progress-5 progress-dots">●</span> </td> <td class="left no_wrap"> Non-Religious </td> <td class="num_right">22.41 %</td> <td class="num_right">12.42 %</td> <td class="num_right"> 513 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"><a href="https://joshuaproject.net/clusters/238">Mongolian</a></td> <td class="num_right"> 10,434,000 </td> <td class="num_right">55</td> <td class="num_right">46</td> <td class="num_right">83.6 %</td> <td class="num_right">  10,266,000 </td> <td class="num_right"> 98.4 %    </td> <td class="center"> <span class="hidden">1</span>  <span class="progress-1 progress-dots">●</span> </td> <td class="left no_wrap"> Buddhism </td> <td class="num_right">0.76 %</td> <td class="num_right">0.47 %</td> <td class="num_right"> 205 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"><a href="https://joshuaproject.net/clusters/298">Taiwan Indigenous</a></td> <td class="num_right"> 563,000 </td> <td class="num_right">22</td> <td class="num_right">4</td> <td class="num_right">18.2 %</td> <td class="num_right">  4,500 </td> <td class="num_right"> 0.8 %    </td> <td class="center"> <span class="hidden">5</span>  <span class="progress-5 progress-dots">●</span> </td> <td class="left no_wrap"> Christianity </td> <td class="num_right">74.83 %</td> <td class="num_right">12.29 %</td> <td class="num_right"> 1 </td> </tr> </tbody> <tfoot> <tr> <th class="essential persist">Totals:  6 People Clusters</th> <th class="optional num_right"> 1,590,170,000 </th> <th class="essential num_right">477</th> <th class="essential num_right">168</th> <th class="optional num_right">35.2 %</th> <th class="num_right"> 214,977,000 </th> <th class="num_right"> 13.5 %    </th> <th class="optional center">3 <span class="progress-1 progress-dots">●</span></th> <th class="optional"> </th> <th class="num_right"> </th> <th class="num_right"> </th> <th class="num_right">4,397</th> </tr> </tfoot> </table> </div> <div class="minor-peoples-link hidden-xs left"> <a id="footnote"></a> <strong>*</strong> An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate. </div> </section> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 center"> <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="?format=excel" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'download', 'click-xls', 'EastAsianPeoplesAffinityBlocListing.csv')"> <span><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt"></span>  Download</span> </a> <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="/about/sources"> <span><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-tag"></span>  Sources</span> </a> <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="/help/definitions"> <span><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign"></span>  Definitions</span> </a> <div class="prayer-cards"> <a href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#prayerCards" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" ><span><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span> Prayer Cards</span></a> <div class="modal fade modal-standard" id="prayerCards" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="basicModal" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog modal-map"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/assets/img/btn-close-modal.png" /></button> <span class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Prayer Cards – East Asian Peoples Affinity Bloc</span> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <center> <p><a href="/pray/cards/PeopleID1/11/PeopleCluster/PeopNameAcrossCountries">All Prayer Cards (477)</span></a></p> <p>-- OR --</p> <p><a href="/pray/cards/PeopleID1/11/PeopleCluster/PeopNameAcrossCountries/Y">Unreached Only Prayer Cards (168)</span></a></p> <p>Prayer cards are formatted eight to a page.</p> </center> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal fade modal-standard" id="progressScale" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="basicModal" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog modal-scale"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/assets/img/btn-close-modal.png" /></button> <span class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Progress Scale</span> </div> <div class="modal-body center"> <div> The Joshua Project <a href='/global/progress'>Progress Scale</a> is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The <a href='/global/progress'>Progress Scale</a> is derived from people group values for percent <a href='/help/definitions#evangelical' data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" title="Followers of Christ who emphasize that Jesus is the sole source of salvation through faith, regeneration by the Holy Spirit, the Bible as the rule of faith and share the blessing of God in Jesus with others.">Evangelical</a> and percent <a href='/help/definitions#christian-adherent' data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" title="Those who identify with Christian tradition in any form. Includes devout, nominal, sects and historical identification. Broadest possible general meaning.">Christian Adherent</a>.<br /> </div> <div> <table class="table-scale-modal"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Level</th> <th>Description</th> <th class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">Criteria</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="progress-bg-1"><a href="/progress/1" target="_top">1</a></td> <td><a href="/progress/1" target="_top">Unreached</a><span class="hidden_xs"> - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.</span></td> <td class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">Evangelicals <= 2%<br />Professing Christians <= 5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="progress-bg-2"><a href="/progress/2" target="_top">2</a></td> <td><a href="/progress/2" target="_top">Minimally reached</a><span class="hidden_xs"> - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.</span></td> <td class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">Evangelicals <= 2%<br />Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="progress-bg-3"><a href="/progress/3" target="_top">3</a></td> <td><a href="/progress/3" target="_top">Superficially reached</a><span class="hidden_xs"> - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.</span></td> <td class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">Evangelicals <= 2%<br />Professing Christians > 50%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="progress-bg-4"><a href="/progress/4" target="_top">4</a></td> <td><a href="/progress/4" target="_top">Partially reached</a><span class="hidden_xs"> - Evangelicals have a modest presence.</span></td> <td class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="progress-bg-5"><a href="/progress/5" target="_top">5</a></td> <td><a href="/progress/5" target="_top">Significantly reached</a><span class="hidden_xs"> - Evangelicals have a significant presence.</span></td> <td class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">Evangelicals > 10%<br /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="frontier-modal"> <span class="progress-dots"><span class="progress-1">☀︎</span></span> indicates <a href="/frontier">Frontier Peoples</a> which are a subset of <a href='/progress/1' target="_top">Unreached</a> with 0.1% or fewer Christian Adherents and no reported movement. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bullets-footer"> <b>Disclaimers:</b> <ol> <li>Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. 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