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Continent:  Africa


Population

1,335,424,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,710

People Groups Unreached

996 (26.8%)

Population in Unreached

378,961,000

% Population in Unreached

28.4%

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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 43,769,000 40 36 90.0 % 43,737,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 889
Angola 32,798,000 63 1 1.6 % 50,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 91.7 % 23.1 % 1
Benin 12,088,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,263,000 18.7 % ● Christianity 31.6 % 7.5 % 50
Botswana 2,287,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 20,839,000 80 26 32.5 % 4,838,000 23.2 % ● Islam 21.1 % 10.6 % 110
Burundi 11,829,000 12 3 25.0 % 19,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 93.4 % 30.2 % 3
Cameroon 26,461,000 292 17 5.8 % 3,776,000 14.3 % ● Christianity 52.9 % 9.2 % 82
Cape Verde 554,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.9 % 8.8 % -
Central African Republic 4,819,000 82 7 8.5 % 469,000 9.7 % ● Christianity 70.5 % 31.6 % 11
Chad 16,400,000 141 78 55.3 % 9,086,000 55.4 % ● Islam 25.9 % 7.6 % 215
Comoros 856,000 13 8 61.5 % 838,000 97.9 % ● Islam 1.8 % 0.7 % 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of 89,424,000 229 4 1.7 % 282,000 0.3 % ● Christianity 91.7 % 19.2 % 7
Congo, Republic of the 5,456,000 71 1 1.4 % 11,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 85.5 % 14.6 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 26,308,000 109 36 33.0 % 8,780,000 33.4 % ● Islam 31.1 % 9.7 % 189
Djibouti 974,000 11 7 63.6 % 937,000 96.2 % ● Islam 3.0 % 0.1 % 22
Egypt 102,256,000 42 25 59.5 % 12,445,000 12.2 % ● Islam 13.1 % 4.4 % 257
Equatorial Guinea 1,346,000 18 2 11.1 % 30,000 2.2 % ● Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 3,491,000 18 10 55.6 % 1,351,000 38.7 % ● Islam 51.8 % 2.7 % 30
Eswatini 1,099,000 10 1 10.0 % 600 0.1 % ● Christianity 84.1 % 20.9 % 1
Ethiopia 114,054,000 127 36 28.3 % 33,144,000 29.1 % ● Christianity 59.0 % 18.1 % 676
Gabon 2,192,000 52 5 9.6 % 50,000 2.3 % ● Christianity 75.2 % 11.9 % 5
Gambia 2,377,000 30 16 53.3 % 2,014,000 84.7 % ● Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 50
Ghana 30,984,000 111 19 17.1 % 1,628,000 5.3 % ● Christianity 62.4 % 25.9 % 42
Guinea 13,071,000 48 30 62.5 % 11,365,000 86.9 % ● Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 240
Guinea-Bissau 1,945,000 35 19 54.3 % 930,000 47.8 % ● Islam 11.7 % 2.1 % 32
Kenya 53,664,000 110 32 29.1 % 5,792,000 10.8 % ● Christianity 78.0 % 47.6 % 129
Lesotho 2,074,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.2 % 13.1 % -
Liberia 5,018,000 39 5 12.8 % 576,000 11.5 % ● Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.5 % 11
Libya 6,821,000 44 31 70.5 % 6,020,000 88.3 % ● Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 130
Madagascar 27,599,000 40 10 25.0 % 238,000 0.9 % ● Christianity 49.7 % 6.1 % 11
Malawi 18,989,000 26 4 15.4 % 2,070,000 10.9 % ● Christianity 75.7 % 17.0 % 43
Mali 20,156,000 74 45 60.8 % 18,457,000 91.6 % ● Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 380
Mauritania 4,619,000 19 15 78.9 % 4,603,000 99.7 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 100
Mauritius 1,241,000 19 8 42.1 % 108,000 8.7 % ● Hinduism 32.5 % 9.7 % 8
Mayotte 264,000 8 6 75.0 % 260,000 98.5 % ● Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 9
Morocco 36,819,000 31 27 87.1 % 36,805,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 738
Mozambique 31,106,000 61 9 14.8 % 1,703,000 5.5 % ● Christianity 52.9 % 13.3 % 35
Namibia 2,469,000 33 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.8 % 12.5 % -
Niger 24,128,000 37 29 78.4 % 23,698,000 98.2 % ● Islam 1.5 % 0.9 % 479
Nigeria 205,781,000 538 90 16.7 % 64,336,000 31.3 % ● Christianity 51.1 % 25.8 % 1,339
Reunion 885,000 19 7 36.8 % 57,000 6.4 % ● Christianity 85.6 % 6.8 % 7
Rwanda 12,830,000 12 3 25.0 % 22,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 88.9 % 26.2 % 3
Saint Helena 5,800 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 95.0 % 8.8 % -
São Tomé and Príncipe 218,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 86.2 % 6.0 % -
Senegal 16,660,000 55 26 47.3 % 13,360,000 80.2 % ● Islam 4.8 % 0.2 % 274
Seychelles 95,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.2 % 7.0 % -
Sierra Leone 7,911,000 28 11 39.3 % 1,390,000 17.6 % ● Islam 13.1 % 5.0 % 29
Somalia 15,773,000 22 20 90.9 % 15,765,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 322
South Africa 59,193,000 65 8 12.3 % 983,000 1.7 % ● Christianity 77.0 % 21.0 % 21
South Sudan 11,153,000 78 7 9.0 % 506,000 4.5 % ● Christianity 58.3 % 11.3 % 14
Sudan 43,759,000 161 131 81.4 % 24,129,000 55.1 % ● Islam 5.1 % 0.4 % 522
Tanzania 59,649,000 156 31 19.9 % 5,875,000 9.8 % ● Christianity 51.3 % 11.0 % 124
Togo 8,221,000 56 8 14.3 % 606,000 7.4 % ● Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 14
Tunisia 11,794,000 15 12 80.0 % 11,701,000 99.2 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 241
Uganda 45,643,000 69 5 7.2 % 1,143,000 2.5 % ● Christianity 83.5 % 33.8 % 25
Western Sahara 591,000 10 10 100.0 % 591,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 16
Zambia 18,349,000 74 4 5.4 % 97,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 86.8 % 25.1 % 4
Zimbabwe 14,266,000 41 2 4.9 % 24,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 76.8 % 25.2 % 2
Totals:  58 1,335,424,000 3,710 996 26.8 % 378,961,000 28.4 % 15 ●   48.1 % 15.9 % 7,966 
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