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Population Facts


The total population of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu was 55.6 million as of 1991.

About 4,478,000 people die every year in Tamil Nadu

... or to put it another way, 1,227 people pass every day into eternity without knowing Christ.
  • Every year the total Population of Australia (one of the five continents) is added to the population of India.


  • One out of every seven people in the world lives in India. So if India, which is open for the gospel, is reached, then every seventh person in the world will be reached.


  • More people live in India than all the people living in North America, South America, and Australia put together.


  • The death rate in India is 8.39 million per year. This means that 23,000 people everyday, 958 people every hour, or 16 people every minute, pass into a Christless eternity. Are we "moved with compassion for them because they are weary and scattered" like Jesus Christ said in Matthew 9:26?
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