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Guinea- Bissau (Prayercast)
Government: Semi-Presidential Republic Major People Groups: Manjaco, Mandinga, Fulani, Balanta, Papel GDP Per Capita: $1,800 Literacy Rate: 59.9% Unreached: 47.8% Population: 1,976,187 ...
Guinea-Bissau (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 35 Number Languages: 25 Official Language: Portuguese. National language Portuguese Creole, spoken by as much as half the population For more information go to Guinea-Bis...
Gulya’s Story (Uzbekistan) (Prayercast)
from the brink of suicide to daughter of the King Far too many wives are abused across the Muslim world. But God loves each one of them and knows them by name. "Gulya" is one of these women. For more information go to Gulya’s Story on the...
Guyana (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 21 Number Languages: 19 Official Language: English; Creole used by 90% of the population For more information go to Guyana on the Operation World website. The above...
Guyana (Prayercast)
Government: Parliamentary Republic Major People Groups: Hindi (Hindustani), Guyanese Black (Creolese), Guyanese Mulatto, Hindi (Hindustani), Arawak GDP Per Capita: $18,700 Literacy Rate: 88.5% Unreached: 0....
Haiti (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 6 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: French (10% speak it). Common languages Haitian Creole, English and Spanish increasingly used as a second language For more...
Haiti (Prayercast)
Government: Semi-Presidential Republic Major People Groups: Haitian Black, Haitian Mulatto GDP Per Capita: $2,800 Literacy Rate: 61.7% Unreached: 0% Population: 11,198,240 Religions:...
Hajj (Prayercast)
the fifth pillar of Islam There is a shrine in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, known as the Ka’aba. Muslims believe it was originally built by Adam, destroyed in Noah’s time, and rebuilt by Abraham and his son Ishmael. For more information go to...
Hausa (Prayercast)
the custodians of Islam in West Africa The Hausa are the dominant ethnicity in northern Nigeria. In a nation of some 191 million, over 33 million are Hausa, 70% of whom are found in rural communities. Nearly 14 million more Hausa live throughout...
Hinduism (Prayercast)
Jesus loves Hindus. While a billion people seek spiritual freedom in thousands of gods, the one true God lovingly provides the only way through Jesus. For more information go to Hinduism on the Prayercast website. The above link opens in a new tab.
His Praise Goes On (Prayercast)
This very second the Earth is spinning on its axis, exposing parts to the new day’s first rays of light and shrouding others in the darkness of night. In the same way, the praises of God’s people are lifted up in a never-ending stream that...
Holy See (Vatican City State) (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: Number Languages: Official Language: For more information go to Holy See on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Homosexuality (Prayercast)
trapped in generational cycles of abuse and isolation Until European colonialism, the word "homosexual" was unknown among Muslims -- but the practice of sodomy was. Men in power sodomized slaves and prisoners or engaged in sex with "toy boys." For...
Honduras (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 22 Number Languages: 13 Official Language: Spanish. Other language English on the northern coast For more information go to Honduras on the Operation World website....
Honduras (Prayercast)
Government: Presidential Republic Major People Groups: Mestizo, Nicaraguan Mestizo, Honduran Black, Honduran White GDP Per Capita: $5,100 Literacy Rate: 88.5% Unreached: 0% Population: 9,346,277...
Hong Kong (Prayercast)
Government: Presidential limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China Major People Groups: Han Chinese (Cantonese), Han Chinese (Hoklo), Han Chinese (Mandarin), Han Chinese (Wu), Filipino ...
Hungary (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 25 Number Languages: 17 Official Language: Hungarian For more information go to Hungary on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Hungary (Prayercast)
Government: Parliamentary Republic Major People Groups: Hungarian (Magyar), Hungarian Gypsy, German, Bavarian Austrian, Romanian GDP Per Capita: $31,000 Literacy Rate: 99.1% Unreached: 0.8% Popul...
Iceland (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 12 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: Icelandic For more information go to Iceland on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Iceland (Prayercast)
Government: Unitary Parliamentary Republic Major People Groups: Icelander, French-Icelandic Creole, Danish (Dane), Swedish (Swede) GDP Per Capita: $52,300 Literacy Rate: 100% Unreached: 0.3% Pop...
India (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Hindu Number People Groups: 2493 Number Languages: 456 Official Language: Constitutionally there are 22 official languages. The official language is Hindi (spoken by 40% of the population). English...
India (Prayercast)
Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic Major People Groups: Bengali, Telugu, Maratha, Tamil, Hindi GDP Per Capita: $6,100 Literacy Rate: 74.4% Unreached: 95.6% Population: 1,339,330,514 ...
Indo-Malaysia (Prayercast)
widespread folk Islam and rising fundamentalism With more than 25,000 islands, the Indo-Malaysia region has a population of about 420 million people. The equator runs through the center of the region, and tropical rainforest climates are typical....
Indonesia (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 779 Number Languages: 722 Official Language: Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). Its increasing use is unifying the nation and lessening the importance of smaller languages...
Indonesia (Prayercast)
Government: Presidential Republic Major People Groups: Javanese (Orang Jawa), Sundanese (Urang Sunda), Madurese, Minangkabau (Padang), Malay (Coast Malay) GDP Per Capita: $11,400 Literacy Rate: 96% Unreache...
Iran (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 97 Number Languages: 79 Official Language: Persian (Farsi; Dari and Tajik are major dialects); almost all Iranians speak some form of Persian as a mother tongue or...
Iran (Prayercast)
Government: heocratic Republic Major People Groups: Persian (Irani), Azerbaijani (Turk), Gilaki, Mazanderani (Tabri), Southern Kurd (Carduchi) GDP Per Capita: $12,400 Literacy Rate: 85.5% Unreached: 99.6%&n...
Iraq (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Muslim Number People Groups: 36 Number Languages: 26 Official Language: Arabic; Kurdish For more information go to Iraq on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Iraq (Prayercast)
Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic Major People Groups: Iraqi Arab, North Iraqi Arab, Northern Kurd (Kermanji), Southern Kurd, Azerbaijani (Azeri Turk) GDP Per Capita: $9,300 Literacy Rate: 85.6% Un...
Iraqi Arab (Prayercast)
weary from years of violence and conflict. Who Are Iraqi Arabs? What Are Iraqi Arabs’ Greatest Struggles? What Is God Doing Among Iraqi Arabs? For more information go to Iraqi Arab on the Prayercast website. The above link opens in a new tab.