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Continent:  Africa


Population

1,283,683,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,702

People Groups Unreached

988 (26.7%)

Population in Unreached

367,254,000

% Population in Unreached

28.6%

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Country ▲ Population People
Groups		 Unreached
Groups		 % Unreached
Groups		 Popl in
Unreached		 % Popl in
Unreached		 Progress
Scale		 Primary
Religion		 % Professing
Christian		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
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Algeria 41,948,000 40 36 90.0 % 41,917,000 99.9 % ● Islam 1.5 % 1.3 % 854
Angola 30,753,000 62 1 1.6 % 363,000 1.2 % ● Christianity 91.4 % 24.3 % 7
Benin 11,453,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,144,000 18.7 % ● Christianity 31.6 % 7.5 % 48
Botswana 2,271,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 19,706,000 81 27 33.3 % 4,966,000 25.2 % ● Islam 20.5 % 10.2 % 114
Burundi 11,163,000 12 3 25.0 % 18,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 92.6 % 29.8 % 3
Cameroon 24,590,000 292 17 5.8 % 3,512,000 14.3 % ● Christianity 53.0 % 9.2 % 78
Cape Verde 552,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 94.9 % 8.8 % -
Central African Republic 4,720,000 81 7 8.6 % 460,000 9.7 % ● Christianity 70.4 % 31.6 % 11
Chad 15,293,000 141 77 54.6 % 8,453,000 55.3 % ● Islam 26.0 % 7.6 % 202
Comoros 825,000 12 8 66.7 % 821,000 99.5 % ● Islam 0.9 % 0.3 % 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of 83,880,000 229 3 1.3 % 254,000 0.3 % ● Christianity 91.6 % 19.2 % 6
Congo, Republic of the 5,334,000 71 1 1.4 % 12,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 88.2 % 14.8 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 24,850,000 109 36 33.0 % 8,432,000 33.9 % ● Islam 30.5 % 9.4 % 182
Djibouti 959,000 11 7 63.6 % 949,000 99.0 % ● Islam 0.9 % 0.1 % 23
Egypt 99,259,000 42 25 59.5 % 15,491,000 15.6 % ● Islam 12.7 % 4.3 % 317
Equatorial Guinea 1,295,000 18 2 11.1 % 28,000 2.1 % ● Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 5,128,000 18 10 55.6 % 2,011,000 39.2 % ● Islam 51.0 % 2.6 % 41
Eswatini 1,329,000 10 1 10.0 % 800 0.1 % ● Christianity 84.1 % 20.8 % 1
Ethiopia 106,623,000 123 34 27.6 % 30,946,000 29.0 % ● Christianity 59.0 % 18.2 % 630
Gabon 2,038,000 52 5 9.6 % 46,000 2.3 % ● Christianity 75.2 % 11.9 % 5
Gambia 2,128,000 30 16 53.3 % 1,790,000 84.1 % ● Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 45
Ghana 29,390,000 111 19 17.1 % 1,544,000 5.3 % ● Christianity 62.4 % 25.9 % 40
Guinea 13,015,000 48 30 62.5 % 11,351,000 87.2 % ● Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 239
Guinea-Bissau 1,854,000 35 19 54.3 % 877,000 47.3 % ● Islam 11.8 % 2.1 % 30
Kenya 50,852,000 110 32 29.1 % 5,488,000 10.8 % ● Christianity 78.0 % 47.6 % 124
Lesotho 2,236,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 92.8 % 13.3 % -
Liberia 4,804,000 39 5 12.8 % 526,000 10.9 % ● Ethnic Religions 39.9 % 12.6 % 10
Libya 6,410,000 43 30 69.8 % 5,778,000 90.2 % ● Islam 2.2 % 0.1 % 127
Madagascar 26,176,000 40 10 25.0 % 226,000 0.9 % ● Christianity 49.7 % 6.1 % 11
Malawi 19,090,000 26 4 15.4 % 2,081,000 10.9 % ● Christianity 75.7 % 17.0 % 43
Mali 19,037,000 74 45 60.8 % 17,436,000 91.6 % ● Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 362
Mauritania 4,510,000 19 15 78.9 % 4,494,000 99.6 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 97
Mauritius 1,230,000 18 7 38.9 % 101,000 8.2 % ● Hinduism 32.6 % 9.8 % 7
Mayotte 252,000 8 6 75.0 % 248,000 98.6 % ● Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 8
Morocco 36,103,000 31 27 87.1 % 36,089,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 723
Mozambique 30,419,000 61 9 14.8 % 1,665,000 5.5 % ● Christianity 52.9 % 13.3 % 35
Namibia 2,558,000 32 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 89.8 % 13.8 % -
Niger 22,254,000 37 29 78.4 % 21,860,000 98.2 % ● Islam 1.5 % 0.9 % 443
Nigeria 195,672,000 541 89 16.5 % 61,296,000 31.3 % ● Christianity 51.8 % 26.3 % 1,276
Reunion 873,000 19 7 36.8 % 57,000 6.5 % ● Christianity 85.6 % 6.8 % 7
Rwanda 12,385,000 12 3 25.0 % 21,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 88.9 % 26.2 % 3
Saint Helena 4,000 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 95.0 % 8.8 % -
São Tomé and Príncipe 205,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 85.7 % 5.9 % -
Senegal 16,229,000 56 26 46.4 % 13,191,000 81.3 % ● Islam 4.5 % 0.2 % 272
Seychelles 92,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 96.2 % 7.0 % -
Sierra Leone 7,683,000 30 11 36.7 % 1,326,000 17.3 % ● Islam 13.3 % 5.0 % 29
Somalia 15,065,000 22 20 90.9 % 15,057,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 309
South Africa 57,293,000 64 8 12.5 % 956,000 1.7 % ● Christianity 77.5 % 21.1 % 21
South Sudan 12,813,000 77 7 9.1 % 608,000 4.7 % ● Christianity 57.6 % 11.3 % 16
Sudan 41,479,000 162 130 80.2 % 22,929,000 55.3 % ● Islam 5.1 % 0.4 % 497
Tanzania 58,977,000 156 31 19.9 % 5,778,000 9.8 % ● Christianity 51.4 % 11.0 % 124
Togo 7,943,000 56 7 12.5 % 321,000 4.0 % ● Christianity 45.3 % 11.0 % 9
Tunisia 11,632,000 14 12 85.7 % 11,544,000 99.2 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 238
Uganda 44,169,000 67 5 7.5 % 1,108,000 2.5 % ● Christianity 83.5 % 33.8 % 24
Western Sahara 562,000 10 10 100.0 % 562,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 15
Zambia 17,537,000 73 4 5.5 % 93,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 87.0 % 25.2 % 4
Zimbabwe 16,784,000 41 2 4.9 % 29,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 76.8 % 25.0 % 2
Totals:  58 1,283,683,000 3,702 988 26.7 % 367,254,000 28.6 % 15 ●   48.2 % 16.0 % 7,736 
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