Affinity Bloc:  Sub-Saharan Peoples What is an Affinity Bloc?

Population

983,831,000

Number of People Clusters

52

People Groups (by Country)

3,139

Unreached People Groups

658 (21 %)

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People Cluster Population Peoples
by Country
Unreached
by Country
% Groups
Unreached
Popl in
Unreached
% Popl in
Unreached
Progress
Scale
Primary
Religion
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Est. Workers
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Adamawa-Ubangi 14,223,000 162 7 4.3 % 125,000 0.9 %    Christianity 70.22 % 22.03 % 2
Atlantic 8,302,000 65 24 36.9 % 927,000 11.2 %    Islam 14.16 % 2.85 % 19
Atlantic-Jola 833,000 20 9 45.0 % 80,000 9.6 %    Islam 16.84 % 0.90 % 2
Atlantic-Wolof 6,927,000 15 15 100.0 % 6,927,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.06 % 0.02 % 139
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke 7,168,000 67 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 67.35 % 7.80 % -
Bantu, Central-Congo 34,827,000 160 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 88.94 % 17.42 % -
Bantu, Central-East 5,408,000 10 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 70.17 % 14.75 % -
Bantu, Central-Lakes 74,151,000 101 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 89.07 % 31.05 % -
Bantu, Central-Luba 22,118,000 18 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 87.92 % 18.86 % -
Bantu, Central-South 38,397,000 139 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 88.37 % 22.33 % -
Bantu, Central-Southeast 12,279,000 11 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 64.73 % 19.32 % -
Bantu, Central-Southwest 13,275,000 20 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 94.71 % 20.83 % -
Bantu, Central-Tanzania 33,009,000 59 2 3.4 % 799,000 2.4 %    Christianity 58.19 % 12.41 % 16
Bantu, Chewa-Sena 24,279,000 29 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 84.81 % 21.62 % -
Bantu, East-Coastal 6,802,000 26 10 38.5 % 1,043,000 15.3 %    Christianity 43.69 % 17.10 % 21
Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba 22,730,000 19 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 94.08 % 63.62 % -
Bantu, Kongo 20,609,000 12 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 88.59 % 23.14 % -
Bantu, Makua-Yao 35,169,000 49 13 26.5 % 6,650,000 18.9 %    Christianity 40.34 % 17.62 % 133
Bantu, Nguni 32,218,000 25 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 79.30 % 24.35 % -
Bantu, Northwest 13,437,000 102 1 1.0 % 6,000 0.0 %    Christianity 90.50 % 18.24 % 1
Bantu, Shona 14,026,000 27 1 3.7 % 21,000 0.1 %    Christianity 72.68 % 23.53 % 1
Bantu, Sotho-Tswana 20,720,000 44 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 79.10 % 15.51 % -
Bantu, Southeastern 1,507,000 2 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 40.15 % 16.78 % -
Bantu, Swahili 6,882,000 56 52 92.9 % 6,761,000 98.2 %    Islam 1.25 % 0.63 % 135
Benue 42,057,000 341 13 3.8 % 576,000 1.4 %    Christianity 76.19 % 28.05 % 12
Chadic 15,930,000 224 52 23.2 % 2,230,000 14.0 %    Islam 38.36 % 9.93 % 45
Fulani / Fulbe 41,542,000 47 47 100.0 % 41,542,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.24 % 0.16 % 831
Guera-Naba of Chad 596,000 6 6 100.0 % 596,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.06 % 0.02 % 12
Guinean 53,091,000 171 10 5.8 % 880,000 1.7 %    Christianity 67.56 % 25.59 % 18
Gur 41,829,000 187 45 24.1 % 5,835,000 13.9 %    Islam 23.90 % 9.94 % 117
Hausa 56,394,000 17 17 100.0 % 56,394,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.64 % 0.48 % 1,128
Igbo 37,102,000 18 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 96.66 % 44.81 % -
Ijaw 6,360,000 11 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 97.48 % 40.35 % -
Kanuri-Saharan 13,031,000 28 27 96.4 % 12,986,000 99.7 %    Islam 0.85 % 0.61 % 260
Khoisan 2,616,000 57 6 10.5 % 49,000 1.9 %    Christianity 81.03 % 17.81 % 1
Kru 4,800,000 55 3 5.5 % 81,000 1.7 %    Ethnic Religions 49.48 % 9.82 % 2
Mande 11,546,000 65 19 29.2 % 1,221,000 10.6 %    Ethnic Religions 21.17 % 8.90 % 24
Manding 26,676,000 77 67 87.0 % 25,723,000 96.4 %    Islam 2.12 % 0.52 % 514
Nilotic 44,017,000 135 18 13.3 % 999,000 2.3 %    Christianity 73.88 % 24.42 % 20
Nuba Mountains 2,502,000 84 75 89.3 % 1,818,000 72.7 %    Islam 10.38 % 3.03 % 36
Nubian 2,920,000 22 22 100.0 % 2,920,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.24 % 0.05 % 58
Nupe 4,462,000 11 6 54.5 % 329,000 7.4 %    Islam 18.20 % 3.27 % 7
Ouaddai-Fur 4,268,000 37 36 97.3 % 4,247,000 99.5 %    Islam 1.31 % 0.25 % 85
Pygmy 969,000 27 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 33.85 % 9.12 % -
Sara-Bagirmi 4,917,000 34 3 8.8 % 167,000 3.4 %    Christianity 54.71 % 12.20 % 3
Songhai 8,595,000 22 21 95.5 % 8,593,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.25 % 0.11 % 172
Soninke 4,225,000 18 18 100.0 % 4,225,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.24 % 0.02 % 84
Sub-Saharan African, general 1,137,000 10 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 62.29 % 11.50 % -
Sub-Saharan African, other 14,640,000 68 2 2.9 % 77,000 0.5 %    Christianity 72.31 % 19.15 % 2
Sudanic 15,270,000 81 3 3.7 % 741,000 4.9 %    Christianity 84.80 % 24.02 % 15
Susu 2,912,000 9 8 88.9 % 2,860,000 98.2 %    Islam 0.29 % 0.11 % 57
Yoruba 50,138,000 39 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 61.52 % 47.32 % -
Totals:  52 People Clusters 983,831,000 3,139 658 21.0 % 198,430,000 20.2 %    12       4,241
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