A World Still Unreached

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This map shows the average likelihood of a non-Adventist meeting an Adventist, based on each country’s and area’s member-to-population ratio. This is shown via a color spectrum. Green = higher chance. Brown = lower chance.

The darker the green, the higher the chance. Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, and Montserrat have the highest ratios, with 1 Adventist per 8 people in each country. The global average currently stands at 1 in 341 people being Adventist. There are about 24 million members worldwide.

The light- to dark-brown spectrum indicates the territories in which meeting an Adventist is less likely or nearly impossible. This spectrum represents ratios of 1:342 to 1:600,000. The latter means, for example, that if a country has a population of 30 million, there would be only 50 Adventists to reach that entire population. Countries with a darker brown tone have virtually no Adventist presence. The darkest brown represents areas with no Adventist members.

‘No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once.’―Oswald J. Smith.

To give a different perspective, when countries and territories are ranked by Adventist density, the first half of the world’s population lives where 96 percent of all Adventists are found. The other half—around 4 billion people—resides in regions that collectively hold only 4 percent of the global Adventist Church membership.

If you are an Adventist in a green territory, you have a calling. While you certainly need to reach your immediate sphere of influence, you shouldn’t overlook the more than 4 billion people who need to hear the gospel but have virtually no access to and a very low chance of ever meeting a Seventh-day Adventist. Prayerfully consider sending missionaries, becoming one, adopting cities, or finding other ways to support the mission in the lesser-reached and unreached parts of the world.

4 billion people reside in regions that collectively hold only 4 percent of the global Adventist Church membership.

The need is tremendous; the potential is magnificent! Will you make yourself available to the Holy Spirit and dare to go reach the world?

*Countries and areas with no reported members:

• Islamic Republic of Iran (pop. 91,568,000)

• Afghanistan (pop. 42,647,000)

• Yemen (pop. 40,583,000)

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (pop. 26,299,000)

• Syrian Arab Republic (pop. 24,673,000)

• Somalia (pop. 19,009,000)

• State of Palestine (pop. 5,483,000)

• Djibouti (pop. 1,037,000)

• Comoros (pop. 867,000)

• Maldives (pop. 602,000)

• Western Sahara (pop. 591,000)

• Brunei Darussalam (pop. 455,000)

• Jersey (pop. 101,000)

• Guernsey (pop. 67,000)

• Greenland (pop. 57,000)

• Monaco (pop. 38,000)

• San Marino (pop. 33,000)

• Aland Islands (pop. 31,000)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon (pop. 6,000)

• Tokelau (pop. 2,500)

• Holy See (Vatican City) (pop. 1,000)

The map, country statistics, and ratios are based on mid-year 2024 membership and population data, which will be published in the 2025 Annual Statistical Report by the General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research.

Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, Microsoft, Faecbook, Google, Esri Community Maps contributors, Map layer by Esri