Research resources from and for missional Christian leaders
Operation World
Reunion (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 19 Number Languages: 9 Official Language: French. Common language French Creole, spoken by over 85%, which is replacing minority languages For more information go to...
Romania (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 32 Number Languages: 23 Official Language: Romanian For more information go to Romania on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Russia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 177 Number Languages: 135 Official Language: Russian; local languages in autonomous republics For more information go to Russia on the Operation World website. The...
Rwanda (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 12 Number Languages: 5 Official Language: French, English, Kinyarwanda. The entire population speaks Kinyarwanda For more information go to Rwanda on the Operation...
Saint Barthelemy (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: Number Languages: 3 Official Language: French (specifically a Norman dialect), English For more information go to Saint Barthelemy on the Operation World website....
Saint Helena (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 1 Number Languages: 1 Official Language: English For more information go to Saint Helena on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Saint Kitts & Nevis (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 4 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: English For more information go to Saint Kitts & Nevis on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Saint Lucia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 5 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: English, but 80% speak French Creole (Kweyol) For more information go to Saint Lucia on the Operation World website. The...
Saint Martin (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 9 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: French. Other languages English, Dutch, Creole, Papiamento For more information go to Saint Martin on the Operation World...
Saint Pierre & Miquelon (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 2 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: French For more information go to Saint Pierre & Miquelon on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Saint Vincent (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 8 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: English (official), Vincentian Creole For more information go to Saint Vincent on the Operation World website. The above link...
Samoa (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 5 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: Samoan, English For more information go to Samoa on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
San Marino (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 1 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: Italian For more information go to San Marino on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Sao Tomé & Principe (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 6 Number Languages: 5 Official Language: Portuguese and three Creole dialects For more information go to Sao Tomé & Principe on the Operation World website....
Saudi Arabia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 43 Number Languages: 20 Official Language: Arabic For more information go to Saudi Arabia on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Senegal (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 56 Number Languages: 46 Official Language: French. Language of wider communication, Wolof; spoken as a first language by around 40% of the population For more...
Serbia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 36 Number Languages: 21 Official Language: Serbian For more information go to Serbia on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Seychelles (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 5 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: French, English and Seselwa (a French Creole) For more information go to Seychelles on the Operation World website. The above...
Sierra Leone (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 30 Number Languages: 26 Official Language: English. Trade language Krio (Creole), spoken by 10% of the population as first language and 90% as second For more...
Singapore (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Buddhist Number People Groups: 49 Number Languages: 31 Official Language: Mandarin (Chinese), English, Malay, Tamil Indian. English is the primary language for education For more information go to...
Sint Maarten (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 9 Number Languages: 4 Official Language: Dutch, English For more information go to Sint Maarten on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Slovakia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 20 Number Languages: 13 Official Language: Slovak For more information go to Slovakia on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Slovenia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 16 Number Languages: 10 Official Language: Slovene, Hungarian, Italian For more information go to Slovenia on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a...
Solomon Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 74 Number Languages: 71 Official Language: English. Trade language Solomons Pijin, spoken by more than half the population For more information go to Solomon Islands...
Somalia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 22 Number Languages: 15 Official Language: Somali, Arabic (few speak it) For more information go to Somalia on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new...
South Africa (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 65 Number Languages: 11 Official Language: all the major ethnic languages. English and Afrikaans are the main languages in higher education For more information go to...
South Sudan (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 78 Number Languages: 68 Official Language: English For more information go to South Sudan on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Spain (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 106 Number Languages: 21 Official Language: Catalán, Galician and Basque are official languages in the respective autonomous regions. Castilian (Spanish) is...
Sri Lanka (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Buddhist Number People Groups: 41 Number Languages: 7 Official Language: Sinhala and Tamil, with English as the link language For more information go to Sri Lanka on the Operation World website. The...
Sudan (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 163 Number Languages: 134 Official Language: Arabic and English For more information go to Sudan on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.