World Watch List 2025

The World Watch List is Open Doors’ annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. Explore the country profiles to find information, stories and prayers for each of the countries, along with ways to pray and stand with your persecuted church family.

Bangladesh World Watch: 24 Christian Population: 174 Burkina Faso World Watch: 20 Christian Population: 23 Brunei World Watch: 48 Christian Population: 422,675 Bhutan World Watch: 36 Christian Population: 796 Central African Republic World Watch: 27 Christian Population: 5 Cuba World Watch: 26 Christian Population: 11 Eritrea World Watch: 6 Christian Population: 3,817,651 Indonesia Capital City – Jakarta Population – 267,663,435 Kyrgyzstan World Watch: 47 Christian Population: 0 Sri Lanka Capital City – Colombo Population – 21,919,000 Myanmar World Watch: 13 Christian Population: 54,409,800 Mauritania World Watch: 23 Christian Population: 5 Mexico World Watch: 31 Christian Population: 129 Niger World Watch: 28 Christian Population: 28 Oman World Watch: 32 Christian Population: 4 Qatar World Watch: 41 Christian Population: 2,795,484 Somalia World Watch: 2 Christian Population: 10,251,568 Syria World Watch: 18 Christian Population: 22,142,061 Tajikistan World Watch: 39 Christian Population: 7,417,400 Vietnam World Watch: 44 Christian Population: 97,338,579 Yemen World Watch: 3 Christian Population: 25,408,000 Ethiopia World Watch: 33 Christian Population: 112,269,301 Mali World Watch: 14 Christian Population: 20,250,833 Türkiye World Watch: 45 Christian Population: 80,810,525 Turkmenistan World Watch: 29 Christian Population: 6 Tunisia World Watch: 34 Christian Population: 11,403,800 North Korea World Watch: 1 Christian Population: 25,713,000 Kuwait Capital City – Kuwait City Population – 4,052,584 China World Watch: 15 Christian Population: 1,412,600,000 Colombia World Watch: 46 Christian Population: 51,895,000 Morocco World Watch: 21 Christian Population: 38 Algeria World Watch: 19 Christian Population: 46,279,000 Libya World Watch: 4 Christian Population: 5,670,688 Chad World Watch: 49 Christian Population: 6 Sudan World Watch: 5 Christian Population: 43,849,260 Saudi Arabia World Watch: 12 Christian Population: 34,218,000 Iraq World Watch: 17 Christian Population: 46,524,000 Jordan World Watch: 50 Christian Population: 6,500,000 Iran World Watch: 9 Christian Population: 79,966,230 Mozambique World Watch: 37 Christian Population: 28,829,476 DRC World Watch: 35 Christian Population: 89,561,403 Nigeria World Watch: 7 Christian Population: 206,139,589 Nicaragua World Watch: 30 Christian Population: 7 Cameroon World Watch: 43 Christian Population: 16,322,000 Kazakhstan World Watch: 38 Christian Population: 18,690,115 Laos World Watch: 22 Christian Population: 7 Uzbekistan World Watch: 25 Christian Population: 35 Afghanistan World Watch: 10 Christian Population: 33,928,493 Pakistan World Watch: 8 Christian Population: 206,139,589 India World Watch: 11 Christian Population: 1,414,843,757 Nepal Capital City – Kathmandu Population – 28,825,709 Egypt World Watch: 40 Christian Population: 113,701,707
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