Continent:  Africa


Population

1,455,293,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,744

People Groups Unreached

987 (26.4%)

Population in Unreached

425,294,000

% Population in Unreached

29.2%

Map Notes
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Country Population People
Groups
Unreached
Groups
% Unreached
Groups
Popl in
Unreached
% Popl in
Unreached
Progress
Scale
Primary
Religion
% Christian
Adherents
%
Evangelical
Est. Workers
Needed * 
Algeria 45,521,000 38 34 89.5 % 45,487,000 99.9 % Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 923
Angola 36,541,000 62 1 1.6 % 56,000 0.2 % Christianity 91.7 % 23.2 % 1
Benin 13,674,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,560,000 18.7 % Ethnic Religions 31.5 % 7.5 % 55
Botswana 2,601,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 23,182,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,390,000 23.3 % Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 121
Burundi 13,170,000 12 3 25.0 % 21,000 0.2 % Christianity 93.4 % 30.3 % 3
Cameroon 28,487,000 294 17 5.8 % 4,049,000 14.2 % Christianity 50.8 % 8.6 % 87
Cape Verde 581,000 5 1 20.0 % 72,000 12.4 % Christianity 84.8 % 8.2 % 1
Central African Republic 5,658,000 81 6 7.4 % 486,000 8.6 % Christianity 71.2 % 31.9 % 12
Chad 18,186,000 141 80 56.7 % 10,043,000 55.2 % Islam 25.7 % 7.3 % 232
Comoros 839,000 13 8 61.5 % 820,000 97.7 % Islam 1.8 % 0.7 % 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of 102,017,000 231 3 1.3 % 309,000 0.3 % Christianity 91.6 % 19.2 % 6
Congo, Republic of the 6,039,000 71 1 1.4 % 12,000 0.2 % Christianity 85.4 % 14.7 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 28,736,000 107 33 30.8 % 6,389,000 22.2 % Islam 36.9 % 12.5 % 137
Djibouti 1,109,000 11 7 63.6 % 1,078,000 97.2 % Islam 2.4 % 0.1 % 25
Egypt 112,530,000 42 25 59.5 % 12,366,000 11.0 % Islam 13.3 % 4.5 % 254
Equatorial Guinea 1,651,000 18 2 11.1 % 36,000 2.2 % Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 3,732,000 17 9 52.9 % 1,451,000 38.9 % Christianity 50.8 % 2.6 % 31
Eswatini 1,186,000 10 1 10.0 % 700 0.1 % Christianity 84.1 % 20.6 % 1
Ethiopia 126,223,000 129 38 29.5 % 36,555,000 29.0 % Christianity 58.4 % 18.0 % 744
Gabon 2,412,000 51 5 9.8 % 68,000 2.8 % Christianity 74.7 % 11.8 % 5
Gambia 2,740,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,322,000 84.7 % Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 53
Ghana 34,080,000 111 20 18.0 % 2,134,000 6.3 % Christianity 62.1 % 25.7 % 51
Guinea 14,115,000 47 29 61.7 % 12,272,000 86.9 % Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 258
Guinea-Bissau 2,126,000 35 19 54.3 % 1,017,000 47.8 % Islam 11.7 % 2.0 % 32
Kenya 54,940,000 109 32 29.4 % 5,384,000 9.8 % Christianity 80.0 % 45.4 % 121
Lesotho 2,256,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 91.3 % 13.1 % -
Liberia 5,380,000 39 5 12.8 % 612,000 11.4 % Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 12
Libya 6,840,000 44 31 70.5 % 6,035,000 88.2 % Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 130
Madagascar 30,227,000 40 11 27.5 % 478,000 1.6 % Christianity 49.6 % 6.1 % 15
Malawi 20,821,000 25 4 16.0 % 2,615,000 12.6 % Christianity 74.1 % 17.0 % 54
Mali 23,135,000 74 44 59.5 % 21,176,000 91.5 % Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 437
Mauritania 4,830,000 18 14 77.8 % 4,814,000 99.7 % Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 103
Mauritius 1,268,000 18 8 44.4 % 111,000 8.8 % Hinduism 32.5 % 9.7 % 8
Mayotte 325,000 8 6 75.0 % 321,000 98.8 % Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 10
Morocco 37,547,000 31 27 87.1 % 37,533,000 100.0 % Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 755
Mozambique 33,788,000 57 11 19.3 % 3,521,000 10.4 % Christianity 49.5 % 14.2 % 71
Namibia 2,536,000 34 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 88.6 % 12.5 % -
Niger 27,112,000 38 30 78.9 % 26,629,000 98.2 % Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 537
Nigeria 223,012,000 542 53 9.8 % 68,296,000 30.6 % Christianity 51.5 % 26.0 % 1,389
Reunion 957,000 18 7 38.9 % 63,000 6.6 % Christianity 86.1 % 6.8 % 7
Rwanda 14,014,000 12 3 25.0 % 11,000 0.1 % Christianity 89.0 % 26.3 % 3
Saint Helena 4,800 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 95.0 % 8.8 % -
São Tomé and Príncipe 231,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 86.2 % 6.0 % -
Senegal 17,736,000 55 26 47.3 % 14,377,000 81.1 % Islam 4.6 % 0.2 % 296
Seychelles 105,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 96.2 % 7.0 % -
Sierra Leone 8,783,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,577,000 18.0 % Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Somalia 18,081,000 22 20 90.9 % 18,024,000 99.7 % Islam 1.3 % 0.8 % 369
South Africa 60,277,000 65 8 12.3 % 982,000 1.6 % Christianity 77.1 % 21.0 % 22
South Sudan 11,077,000 80 6 7.5 % 574,000 5.2 % Christianity 56.6 % 10.8 % 15
Sudan 48,027,000 200 169 84.5 % 45,600,000 94.9 % Islam 2.5 % 0.5 % 974
Tanzania 67,353,000 157 28 17.8 % 6,713,000 10.0 % Christianity 50.9 % 11.0 % 142
Togo 8,990,000 56 8 14.3 % 663,000 7.4 % Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 16
Tunisia 12,429,000 15 12 80.0 % 12,332,000 99.2 % Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 254
Uganda 48,477,000 68 3 4.4 % 1,203,000 2.5 % Christianity 83.1 % 33.1 % 24
Western Sahara 519,000 10 10 100.0 % 519,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 15
Zambia 20,500,000 74 3 4.1 % 105,000 0.5 % Christianity 86.5 % 24.9 % 3
Zimbabwe 16,569,000 41 2 4.9 % 29,000 0.2 % Christianity 77.0 % 25.2 % 2
Totals:  58 1,455,293,000 3,744 987 26.4 % 425,294,000 29.2 % 16   48.1 % 15.8 % 8,874 



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