Continent:  Africa


Population

1,544,484,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,751

People Groups Unreached

974 (26.0%)

Population in Unreached

507,713,000

% Population in Unreached

32.9%

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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 47,347,000 38 34 89.5 % 47,312,000 99.9 % Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 962
Angola 38,853,000 61 1 1.6 % 59,000 0.2 % Christianity 91.7 % 23.2 % 1
Benin 14,761,000 62 10 16.1 % 2,693,000 18.2 % Ethnic Religions 31.6 % 7.5 % 56
Botswana 2,491,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 24,003,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,581,000 23.3 % Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 125
Burundi 14,315,000 12 3 25.0 % 23,000 0.2 % Christianity 93.4 % 30.3 % 3
Cameroon 29,764,000 294 18 6.1 % 4,281,000 14.4 % Christianity 50.7 % 8.6 % 94
Cape Verde 511,000 5 1 20.0 % 64,000 12.5 % Christianity 84.8 % 8.2 % 1
Central African Republic 5,432,000 81 6 7.4 % 467,000 8.6 % Christianity 71.2 % 31.9 % 11
Chad 20,986,000 142 81 57.0 % 11,677,000 55.6 % Islam 25.5 % 7.3 % 266
Comoros 869,000 13 8 61.5 % 850,000 97.8 % Islam 1.8 % 0.7 % 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of 112,623,000 231 3 1.3 % 341,000 0.3 % Christianity 91.4 % 19.2 % 7
Congo, Republic of the 6,437,000 72 1 1.4 % 13,000 0.2 % Christianity 85.4 % 14.7 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 32,556,000 107 33 30.8 % 7,239,000 22.2 % Islam 36.9 % 12.5 % 156
Djibouti 1,156,000 11 7 63.6 % 1,123,000 97.1 % Islam 2.4 % 0.1 % 26
Egypt 118,222,000 44 27 61.4 % 81,311,000 68.8 % Islam 9.6 % 2.5 % 1,632
Equatorial Guinea 1,866,000 18 2 11.1 % 41,000 2.2 % Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 3,545,000 18 10 55.6 % 1,573,000 44.4 % Islam 46.2 % 2.4 % 35
Eswatini 1,230,000 10 1 10.0 % 700 0.1 % Christianity 84.1 % 20.6 % 1
Ethiopia 135,251,000 129 33 25.6 % 30,671,000 22.7 % Christianity 58.4 % 18.0 % 623
Gabon 2,540,000 51 5 9.8 % 72,000 2.8 % Christianity 73.7 % 10.7 % 5
Gambia 2,788,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,363,000 84.8 % Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 53
Ghana 35,010,000 110 17 15.5 % 1,873,000 5.3 % Christianity 62.2 % 25.8 % 47
Guinea 15,019,000 47 29 61.7 % 13,058,000 86.9 % Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 274
Guinea-Bissau 2,224,000 35 19 54.3 % 1,064,000 47.8 % Islam 11.7 % 2.0 % 33
Kenya 57,429,000 108 31 28.7 % 5,307,000 9.2 % Christianity 80.6 % 45.6 % 119
Lesotho 2,299,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 89.8 % 12.9 % -
Liberia 5,691,000 39 5 12.8 % 648,000 11.4 % Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 13
Libya 7,407,000 44 31 70.5 % 6,536,000 88.2 % Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 141
Madagascar 32,634,000 40 10 25.0 % 497,000 1.5 % Christianity 49.7 % 6.1 % 15
Malawi 22,104,000 26 4 15.4 % 2,775,000 12.6 % Christianity 74.1 % 17.0 % 57
Mali 25,027,000 74 44 59.5 % 22,908,000 91.5 % Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 470
Mauritania 5,256,000 19 15 78.9 % 5,240,000 99.7 % Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 112
Mauritius 1,236,000 18 8 44.4 % 108,000 8.7 % Hinduism 32.5 % 9.7 % 8
Mayotte 326,000 8 6 75.0 % 321,000 98.5 % Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 10
Morocco 38,216,000 31 27 87.1 % 38,202,000 100.0 % Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 770
Mozambique 35,518,000 57 11 19.3 % 3,702,000 10.4 % Christianity 49.5 % 14.2 % 74
Namibia 3,033,000 35 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 88.5 % 12.4 % -
Niger 27,769,000 37 29 78.4 % 27,273,000 98.2 % Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 549
Nigeria 236,759,000 542 52 9.6 % 72,430,000 30.6 % Christianity 51.2 % 26.4 % 1,471
Reunion 860,000 18 7 38.9 % 56,000 6.5 % Christianity 86.1 % 6.8 % 7
Rwanda 14,475,000 12 3 25.0 % 11,000 0.1 % Christianity 90.4 % 26.6 % 3
Saint Helena 4,800 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 95.0 % 8.8 % -
São Tomé and Príncipe 216,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 86.6 % 5.9 % -
Senegal 18,802,000 56 27 48.2 % 15,222,000 81.0 % Islam 4.6 % 0.2 % 312
Seychelles 129,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 96.2 % 7.0 % -
Sierra Leone 8,812,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,582,000 18.0 % Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Somalia 19,587,000 22 20 90.9 % 19,526,000 99.7 % Islam 1.3 % 0.8 % 398
South Africa 64,606,000 66 8 12.1 % 1,052,000 1.6 % Christianity 77.1 % 21.0 % 23
South Sudan 12,152,000 80 5 6.3 % 627,000 5.2 % Christianity 56.8 % 10.8 % 15
Sudan 51,527,000 201 170 84.6 % 48,921,000 94.9 % Islam 2.3 % 0.5 % 1,042
Tanzania 70,457,000 157 24 15.3 % 6,340,000 9.0 % Christianity 50.7 % 11.0 % 131
Togo 9,654,000 56 8 14.3 % 712,000 7.4 % Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 17
Tunisia 12,321,000 15 12 80.0 % 12,224,000 99.2 % Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 252
Uganda 51,169,000 68 2 2.9 % 1,071,000 2.1 % Christianity 84.4 % 33.7 % 22
Western Sahara 531,000 10 10 100.0 % 531,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 15
Zambia 21,849,000 75 3 4.0 % 112,000 0.5 % Christianity 86.5 % 24.9 % 3
Zimbabwe 16,854,000 41 2 4.9 % 29,000 0.2 % Christianity 77.0 % 25.2 % 2
Totals:  58 1,544,484,000 3,751 974 26.0 % 507,713,000 32.9 % 16   48.0 % 15.8 % 10,520 
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