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World Watch List

Open Doors’ annual ranking of the countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution.

Bangladesh Capital city – Dhaka Christian Population – 950,000 Burkina Faso Capital city – Ouagadougou Christian Population – 6,100,000 Brunei Capital city – Bandar Seri Begawan Christian Population – 53,000 Bhutan Capital city – Thimphu Christian Population – 19,300 Central African Republic Capital city – Bangui Christian Population – 4,500,000 Cuba Capital city – Havana Christian Population – 6,974,000 Eritrea Capital city – Asmara Christian Population – 1,700,000 Kyrgyzstan Capital city – Bishkek Christian Population – 207,000 Myanmar Capital city – Naypyidaw Christian Population – 4,632,000 Mauritania Capital city – Nouakchott Christian Population – 11,100 Mexico Capital city – Mexico City Christian Population – 124,066,000 Niger Capital city – Niamey Christian Population – 74,900 Oman Capital city – Muscat Christian Population – 191,000 Qatar Capital city – Doha Christian Population – 390,000 Somalia Capital city – Mogadishu Christian Population – 100 Syria Capital city – Damascus Christian Population – 300,000 Tajikistan Capital city – Dushanbe Christian Population – 55,000 Yemen Capital city – Sanaa Christian Population – 100 Ethiopia Capital city – Addis Ababa Christian Population – 81,400,000 Mali Capital city – Bamako Christian Population – 867,000 Türkiye Capital city – Ankara Christian Population – 251,000 Turkmenistan Capital city – Ashgabat Christian Population – 95,000 Tunisia Capital city – Tunis Christian Population – 23,000 North Korea Capital city – Pyongyang Christian Population – 400,000 China Capital city – Peking Christian Population – 96,700,000 Colombia Capital city – Bogotá Christian Population – 4,937,600 Morocco Capital city – Rabat Christian Population – 37,400 Algeria Capital city – Algeria Christian Population – 156,000 Libya Capital city – Tripoli Christian Population – 36,300 Chad Capital city – N’Djamena Christian Population – 6,000,000 Sudan Capital city – Khartoum Christian Population – 2,200,000 Saudi Arabia Capital city – Riyadh Christian Population – 2,300,000 Iraq Capital city – Baghdad Christian Population – 187,000 Jordan Capital city – Amman Christian Population – 170,000 Iran Capital city – Tehran Christian Population – 800,000 Mozambique Capital city – Maputo Christian Population – 19,900,000 DRC Capital city – Kinshasa Christian Population – 104,159,000 Nigeria Capital city – Abuja Christian Population – 107,300,000 Nicaragua Capital city – Managua Christian Population – 6,832,000 Cameroon Capital city – Yaounde Christian Population – 17,400,000 Kazakhstan Capital city – Nur-Sultan Christian Population – 3,594,000 Laos Capital city – Vientiane Christian Population – 219,000 Uzbekistan Capital city – Tashkent Christian Population – 395,000 Afghanistan Capital city – Kabul Christian Population – 1,000 Pakistan Capital city – Islamabad Christian Population – 4,800,000 India Capital city – New Delhi Christian Population – 72,326,000 Nepal Capital city – Kathmandu Christian Population – 1,480,000 Egypt Capital city – Cairo Christian Population – 10,184,000
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    Courageous Christians

    These believers are bravely following Jesus in sub-Saharan Africa despite the threat of violence, persecution and displacement.

    Micheé
    Micheé Burkina Faso
    Pastor Micheé’s dad was killed in an attack on his village in Burkina Faso

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    Filibert
    Filibert Burkina Faso
    Filibert was the second Christian in his village. He was killed in an extremist attack.

     
    Nathalie
    Nathalie Burkina Faso
    Nathalie’s husband was killed by radicalised Fulani militants.

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    Thomas
    Thomas Burkina Faso
    Thomas was one of 31 Christians killed in a single night.

     
    Deborah
    Deborah Burkina Faso
    Deborah’s husband Abel was killed by extremists.

     
    Abel
    Abel Burkina Faso
    Abel was killed when extremists attacked his village.

     
    Josiah
    Josiah Nigeria
    Pastor Josiah lost almost his whole family to extremist attacks.

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    Bandiba
    Bandiba Burkina Faso
    Pastor Bandiba wants to bring beauty forth from the ashes of violence.

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