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Continent:  Africa


Population

1,401,754,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,706

People Groups Unreached

991 (26.7%)

Population in Unreached

416,312,000

% Population in Unreached

29.7%

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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 45,266,000 38 34 89.5 % 45,233,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 920
Angola 34,891,000 62 1 1.6 % 53,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 91.7 % 23.1 % 1
Benin 12,747,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,387,000 18.7 % ● Christianity 31.6 % 7.5 % 52
Botswana 2,374,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 22,035,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,127,000 23.3 % ● Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 117
Burundi 12,559,000 12 3 25.0 % 20,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 93.4 % 30.2 % 3
Cameroon 27,841,000 293 17 5.8 % 3,944,000 14.2 % ● Christianity 52.4 % 9.2 % 86
Cape Verde 550,000 5 1 20.0 % 69,000 12.5 % ● Christianity 85.1 % 8.3 % 1
Central African Republic 4,943,000 81 6 7.4 % 425,000 8.6 % ● Christianity 71.4 % 32.1 % 10
Chad 17,406,000 141 80 56.7 % 9,666,000 55.5 % ● Islam 25.5 % 7.3 % 224
Comoros 892,000 13 8 61.5 % 873,000 97.9 % ● Islam 1.8 % 0.7 % 22
Congo, Democratic Republic of 95,179,000 230 4 1.7 % 300,000 0.3 % ● Christianity 91.7 % 19.2 % 7
Congo, Republic of the 5,732,000 71 1 1.4 % 12,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 85.5 % 14.6 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 27,124,000 108 34 31.5 % 8,671,000 32.0 % ● Islam 31.8 % 9.9 % 186
Djibouti 992,000 11 7 63.6 % 964,000 97.2 % ● Islam 2.2 % 0.1 % 23
Egypt 106,075,000 42 25 59.5 % 12,910,000 12.2 % ● Islam 13.1 % 4.4 % 263
Equatorial Guinea 1,436,000 18 2 11.1 % 32,000 2.2 % ● Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 3,636,000 17 9 52.9 % 1,416,000 38.9 % ● Islam 50.9 % 2.6 % 31
Eswatini 1,160,000 10 1 10.0 % 600 0.1 % ● Christianity 84.1 % 20.7 % 1
Ethiopia 120,507,000 128 37 28.9 % 34,886,000 28.9 % ● Christianity 58.4 % 18.0 % 707
Gabon 2,308,000 52 5 9.6 % 65,000 2.8 % ● Christianity 74.8 % 11.9 % 5
Gambia 2,527,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,142,000 84.8 % ● Islam 3.7 % 0.9 % 49
Ghana 32,300,000 111 18 16.2 % 1,692,000 5.2 % ● Christianity 62.4 % 25.9 % 42
Guinea 13,791,000 47 29 61.7 % 11,990,000 86.9 % ● Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 252
Guinea-Bissau 2,039,000 35 19 54.3 % 975,000 47.8 % ● Islam 11.6 % 2.0 % 32
Kenya 55,990,000 110 33 30.0 % 5,494,000 9.8 % ● Christianity 80.0 % 49.7 % 123
Lesotho 2,107,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.2 % 13.1 % -
Liberia 5,266,000 39 5 12.8 % 599,000 11.4 % ● Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 12
Libya 6,990,000 44 31 70.5 % 6,167,000 88.2 % ● Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 132
Madagascar 29,085,000 40 11 27.5 % 461,000 1.6 % ● Christianity 49.7 % 6.1 % 15
Malawi 20,074,000 26 4 15.4 % 2,184,000 10.9 % ● Christianity 75.7 % 17.0 % 45
Mali 21,285,000 73 43 58.9 % 19,462,000 91.4 % ● Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 397
Mauritania 4,868,000 18 14 77.8 % 4,853,000 99.7 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 104
Mauritius 1,243,000 18 8 44.4 % 108,000 8.7 % ● Hinduism 32.5 % 9.7 % 8
Mayotte 277,000 8 6 75.0 % 273,000 98.6 % ● Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 9
Morocco 37,687,000 31 27 87.1 % 37,672,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 757
Mozambique 32,950,000 61 11 18.0 % 3,154,000 9.6 % ● Christianity 52.5 % 13.2 % 63
Namibia 2,559,000 33 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.8 % 12.5 % -
Niger 25,995,000 38 30 78.9 % 25,531,000 98.2 % ● Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 517
Nigeria 216,737,000 538 91 16.9 % 68,004,000 31.4 % ● Christianity 51.3 % 25.8 % 1,405
Reunion 884,000 18 7 38.9 % 59,000 6.7 % ● Christianity 86.1 % 6.8 % 7
Rwanda 13,523,000 12 3 25.0 % 10,000 0.1 % ● Christianity 89.0 % 26.3 % 3
Saint Helena 5,800 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 95.0 % 8.8 % -
São Tomé and Príncipe 227,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 86.2 % 6.0 % -
Senegal 17,625,000 55 26 47.3 % 14,290,000 81.1 % ● Islam 4.6 % 0.2 % 295
Seychelles 96,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.2 % 7.0 % -
Sierra Leone 8,300,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,488,000 17.9 % ● Islam 12.9 % 4.9 % 31
Somalia 16,740,000 22 20 90.9 % 16,731,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 342
South Africa 60,618,000 65 8 12.3 % 989,000 1.6 % ● Christianity 77.1 % 21.0 % 22
South Sudan 11,546,000 80 6 7.5 % 601,000 5.2 % ● Christianity 56.8 % 10.9 % 16
Sudan 45,895,000 162 133 82.1 % 43,619,000 95.0 % ● Islam 1.4 % 0.3 % 915
Tanzania 63,157,000 157 29 18.5 % 6,204,000 9.8 % ● Christianity 51.1 % 11.0 % 130
Togo 8,620,000 56 8 14.3 % 636,000 7.4 % ● Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 16
Tunisia 12,019,000 15 12 80.0 % 11,925,000 99.2 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 245
Uganda 48,333,000 69 5 7.2 % 1,211,000 2.5 % ● Christianity 83.1 % 33.1 % 26
Western Sahara 621,000 10 10 100.0 % 621,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 16
Zambia 19,407,000 74 3 4.1 % 99,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 86.5 % 24.9 % 3
Zimbabwe 14,715,000 41 2 4.9 % 25,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 76.8 % 25.2 % 2
Totals:  58 1,401,754,000 3,706 991 26.7 % 416,312,000 29.7 % 16 ●   48.0 % 16.0 % 8,693 
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