Research resources from and for missional Christian leaders
Operation World
Suriname (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 24 Number Languages: 20 Official Language: Dutch. Trade language Sranan Tongo (a Dutch Creole) For more information go to Suriname on the Operation World website. The...
Sweden (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 88 Number Languages: 30 Official Language: Swedish, with five official minority languages For more information go to Sweden on the Operation World website. The above...
Switzerland (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 40 Number Languages: 26 Official Language: German, French, Italian, Romansh For more information go to Switzerland on the Operation World website. The above link...
Syria (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 38 Number Languages: 22 Official Language: Arabic For more information go to Syria on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Tajikistan (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 43 Number Languages: 33 Official Language: Tajik For more information go to Tajikistan on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Tanzania (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 156 Number Languages: 127 Official Language: Swahili, English; 2% speak only Swahili and no local African language For more information go to Tanzania on the...
Thailand (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Buddhist Number People Groups: 113 Number Languages: 85 Official Language: Thai For more information go to Thailand on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
The Americas (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number Languages: 993 Population: 1,030,851,330 For more information go to The Americas on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Timor Leste (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 23 Number Languages: 19 Official Language: Portuguese (13.5% understand), Tetum (and its dialects) is understood by 91%. Bahasa Indonesia is also common, understood...
Togo (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 58 Number Languages: 43 Official Language: French. Only two indigenous languages used in education system: Ewe/Mina and Kabiye For more information go to Togo on the...
Tonga (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 5 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: Tongan For more information go to Tonga on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Trinidad & Tobago (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 15 Number Languages: 7 Official Language: English For more information go to Trinidad & Tobago on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Tunisia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 14 Number Languages: 10 Official Language: Arabic. French widely used but declining as English increases For more information go to Tunisia on the Operation World...
Turkey (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 67 Number Languages: 45 Official Language: Turkish For more information go to Turkey on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Turkmenistan (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 39 Number Languages: 9 Official Language: Turkmen using Latin script as in Turkey since 1994; previously Cyrillic script For more information go to Turkmenistan on the...
Turks & Caicos Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 4 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: English For more information go to Turks & Caicos Islands on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Tuvalu (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 2 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: Tuvalu, English For more information go to Tuvalu on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Uganda (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 67 Number Languages: 45 Official Language: English, Swahili For more information go to Uganda on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Ukraine (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 78 Number Languages: 42 Official Language: Ukrainian, but Russian widely spoken For more information go to Ukraine on the Operation World website. The above link...
United Arab Emirates (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 34 Number Languages: 36 Official Language: Arabic For more information go to United Arab Emirates on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
United Kingdom of GB & NI (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 106 Number Languages: 15 Official Language: English; in Wales both English and Welsh. English is the primary language of 400 million in the world, as well as the...
United States of America (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 488 Number Languages: 176 Official Language: English. The growing Spanish-speaking Hispanic population is 11.2% of the population and numbers 34 million For more...
Uruguay (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 35 Number Languages: 12 Official Language: Spanish For more information go to Uruguay on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
US Virgin Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 7 Number Languages: 5 Official Language: English, but Spanish widely spoken For more information go to US Virgin Islands on the Operation World website. The above...
Uzbekistan (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 61 Number Languages: 39 Official Language: Uzbek For more information go to Uzbekistan on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Vanuatu (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 111 Number Languages: 108 Official Language: Bislama (Pidgin English), English, French For more information go to Vanuatu on the Operation World website. The above...
Venezuela (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 66 Number Languages: 47 Official Language: Spanish For more information go to Venezuela on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Vietnam (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Buddhist Number People Groups: 119 Number Languages: 106 Official Language: Vietnamese For more information go to Vietnam on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Wallis & Futuna Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 3 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: French, Uvean, Futunan For more information go to Wallis & Futuna Islands on the Operation World website. The above link...
Western Sahara (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 10 Number Languages: Official Language: For more information go to Western Sahara on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.