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EAST ASIA

CHINA

JAPAN

MONGOLIA

SOUTH KOREA

TAIWAN

CHINESE1.3 BILLION

The Chinese language has, by far, the most native speakers of any language in the world.

SPANISH427 MILLION

ENGLISH339 MILLION

Tokyo’s population is greater than the

entire population of Canada. >

In just 26 years, Mongolia’s Christian population grew from 40 people to more than 60,000.

China suffers the world’s worst “brain drain.” Seven out of every ten Chinese students who enroll in school overseas never return to live in China.

TOP LANGUAGES

JAPANESE

日本語 CHINESE

中文

KOREAN

한국어MONGOLIAN

Монгол хэл

of the world now lives in East Asia.

PRIMARY RELIGIONS

CHRISTIANITY ISLAMDAOISMBUDDHISM FOLK

BILLION PEOPLE

1.7