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Population

980,236,000

Number of People Clusters

52

People Groups (by Country)

3,100

Unreached People Groups

622 (20 %)

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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
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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 831,000 20 9 45.0 % 79,000 9.5 %    Islam 16.86 % 0.90 % 2
Atlantic-Wolof 6,854,000 15 15 100.0 % 6,854,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.06 % 0.02 % 137
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke 7,168,000 67 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 67.35 % 7.80 % -
Bantu, Central-Congo 34,844,000 160 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 88.94 % 17.41 % -
Bantu, Central-East 5,408,000 10 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 70.17 % 14.75 % -
Bantu, Central-Lakes 73,926,000 101 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 89.04 % 31.12 % -
Bantu, Central-Luba 22,418,000 18 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 87.90 % 18.86 % -
Bantu, Central-South 38,405,000 139 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 88.37 % 22.33 % -
Bantu, Central-Southeast 11,136,000 11 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 64.73 % 19.23 % -
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 23,507,000 30 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 85.33 % 21.78 % -
Bantu, East-Coastal 6,806,000 26 10 38.5 % 1,047,000 15.4 %    Christianity 43.66 % 17.08 % 21
Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba 22,670,000 19 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 94.07 % 63.60 % -
Bantu, Kongo 20,809,000 12 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 88.54 % 23.10 % -
Bantu, Makua-Yao 34,375,000 49 13 26.5 % 6,466,000 18.8 %    Christianity 40.35 % 17.79 % 129
Bantu, Nguni 32,219,000 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 13,470,000 28 1 3.6 % 20,000 0.1 %    Christianity 72.13 % 23.20 % 1
Bantu, Sotho-Tswana 20,715,000 43 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity 79.11 % 15.51 % -
Bantu, Southeastern 1,507,000 2 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 40.15 % 16.78 % -
Bantu, Swahili 6,897,000 56 53 94.6 % 6,781,000 98.3 %    Islam 1.24 % 0.62 % 136
Benue 42,050,000 340 13 3.8 % 576,000 1.4 %    Christianity 76.18 % 28.05 % 12
Chadic 15,930,000 224 52 23.2 % 2,230,000 14.0 %    Islam 39.13 % 10.05 % 45
Fulani / Fulbe 41,494,000 47 47 100.0 % 41,494,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.24 % 0.16 % 830
Guera-Naba of Chad 596,000 6 6 100.0 % 596,000 100.0 %    Islam 0.06 % 0.02 % 12
Guinean 53,098,000 171 10 5.8 % 880,000 1.7 %    Christianity 67.52 % 25.54 % 18
Gur 41,836,000 187 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 7 12.3 % 49,000 1.9 %    Christianity 81.01 % 17.80 % 1
Kru 4,805,000 55 3 5.5 % 86,000 1.8 %    Ethnic Religions 49.43 % 9.81 % 2
Mande 11,488,000 64 18 28.1 % 1,161,000 10.1 %    Ethnic Religions 21.27 % 8.95 % 23
Manding 26,787,000 77 67 87.0 % 25,823,000 96.4 %    Islam 2.13 % 0.52 % 516
Nilotic 44,017,000 135 18 13.3 % 999,000 2.3 %    Christianity 73.88 % 29.83 % 20
Nuba Mountains 1,660,000 40 33 82.5 % 1,021,000 61.5 %    Islam 13.07 % 1.54 % 20
Nubian 3,147,000 28 27 96.4 % 3,143,000 99.9 %    Islam 0.25 % 0.05 % 63
Nupe 4,462,000 11 6 54.5 % 329,000 7.4 %    Islam 18.20 % 3.27 % 7
Ouaddai-Fur 4,351,000 37 36 97.3 % 4,330,000 99.5 %    Islam 1.28 % 0.25 % 87
Pygmy 969,000 27 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions 33.85 % 9.12 % -
Sara-Bagirmi 4,915,000 34 3 8.8 % 167,000 3.4 %    Christianity 54.70 % 12.20 % 3
Songhai 8,608,000 22 21 95.5 % 8,606,000 100.0 %    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 14,634,000 68 2 2.9 % 77,000 0.5 %    Christianity 72.30 % 19.16 % 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 980,236,000 3,100 622 20.1 % 197,716,000 20.2 %    12       4,206
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