Continent:  Africa


Population

1,421,783,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,701

People Groups Unreached

991 (26.8%)

Population in Unreached

418,759,000

% Population in Unreached

29.5%

Map Notes
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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 44,820,000 38 34 89.5 % 44,786,000 99.9 % Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 909
Angola 35,451,000 62 1 1.6 % 54,000 0.2 % Christianity 91.7 % 23.2 % 1
Benin 13,315,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,493,000 18.7 % Christianity 31.5 % 7.5 % 54
Botswana 2,558,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 22,607,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,257,000 23.3 % Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 120
Burundi 12,823,000 12 3 25.0 % 21,000 0.2 % Christianity 93.4 % 30.3 % 3
Cameroon 27,741,000 293 17 5.8 % 3,945,000 14.2 % Christianity 50.9 % 8.8 % 86
Cape Verde 575,000 5 1 20.0 % 72,000 12.5 % Christianity 84.8 % 8.2 % 1
Central African Republic 5,497,000 81 6 7.4 % 473,000 8.6 % Christianity 71.2 % 31.9 % 11
Chad 17,631,000 141 80 56.7 % 9,738,000 55.2 % Islam 25.7 % 7.3 % 226
Comoros 824,000 13 8 61.5 % 806,000 97.8 % Islam 1.8 % 0.7 % 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of 98,942,000 230 3 1.3 % 299,000 0.3 % Christianity 91.7 % 19.2 % 6
Congo, Republic of the 5,903,000 71 1 1.4 % 12,000 0.2 % Christianity 85.4 % 14.7 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 27,929,000 107 33 30.8 % 6,232,000 22.3 % Islam 36.8 % 12.5 % 135
Djibouti 1,094,000 11 7 63.6 % 1,063,000 97.2 % Islam 2.2 % 0.1 % 25
Egypt 110,904,000 42 25 59.5 % 13,497,000 12.2 % Islam 13.1 % 4.4 % 276
Equatorial Guinea 1,607,000 18 2 11.1 % 35,000 2.2 % Christianity 89.2 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 3,659,000 17 9 52.9 % 1,425,000 38.9 % Islam 50.9 % 2.7 % 31
Eswatini 1,178,000 10 1 10.0 % 700 0.1 % Christianity 84.1 % 20.6 % 1
Ethiopia 123,083,000 129 38 29.5 % 35,646,000 29.0 % Christianity 58.4 % 18.0 % 725
Gabon 2,365,000 51 5 9.8 % 66,000 2.8 % Christianity 74.7 % 11.9 % 5
Gambia 2,674,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,265,000 84.7 % Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 51
Ghana 33,435,000 111 20 18.0 % 2,094,000 6.3 % Christianity 62.1 % 25.7 % 51
Guinea 13,785,000 47 29 61.7 % 11,984,000 86.9 % Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 251
Guinea-Bissau 2,082,000 35 19 54.3 % 996,000 47.8 % Islam 11.7 % 2.0 % 32
Kenya 53,811,000 110 33 30.0 % 5,280,000 9.8 % Christianity 80.0 % 49.7 % 120
Lesotho 2,233,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 91.3 % 13.1 % -
Liberia 5,266,000 39 5 12.8 % 599,000 11.4 % Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 12
Libya 6,764,000 44 31 70.5 % 5,969,000 88.2 % Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 130
Madagascar 29,515,000 40 11 27.5 % 467,000 1.6 % Christianity 49.6 % 6.1 % 15
Malawi 20,297,000 25 4 16.0 % 2,549,000 12.6 % Christianity 74.1 % 17.0 % 52
Mali 22,393,000 73 43 58.9 % 20,475,000 91.4 % Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 420
Mauritania 4,702,000 18 14 77.8 % 4,688,000 99.7 % Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 101
Mauritius 1,266,000 18 8 44.4 % 110,000 8.7 % Hinduism 32.5 % 9.7 % 8
Mayotte 316,000 8 6 75.0 % 311,000 98.4 % Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 10
Morocco 37,373,000 31 27 87.1 % 37,359,000 100.0 % Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 753
Mozambique 32,831,000 60 11 18.3 % 3,265,000 9.9 % Christianity 52.2 % 13.2 % 66
Namibia 2,495,000 33 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 88.7 % 12.5 % -
Niger 26,121,000 38 30 78.9 % 25,655,000 98.2 % Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 519
Nigeria 218,340,000 538 91 16.9 % 68,395,000 31.3 % Christianity 51.3 % 25.8 % 1,413
Reunion 949,000 18 7 38.9 % 62,000 6.5 % Christianity 86.1 % 6.8 % 7
Rwanda 13,698,000 12 3 25.0 % 10,000 0.1 % Christianity 89.0 % 26.3 % 3
Saint Helena 4,800 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 95.0 % 8.8 % -
São Tomé and Príncipe 226,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 86.2 % 6.0 % -
Senegal 17,289,000 55 26 47.3 % 14,015,000 81.1 % Islam 4.6 % 0.2 % 289
Seychelles 104,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 96.2 % 7.0 % -
Sierra Leone 8,600,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,543,000 17.9 % Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Somalia 17,492,000 22 20 90.9 % 17,483,000 99.9 % Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 358
South Africa 59,758,000 65 8 12.3 % 973,000 1.6 % Christianity 77.1 % 21.0 % 21
South Sudan 10,902,000 80 6 7.5 % 565,000 5.2 % Christianity 56.6 % 10.8 % 15
Sudan 46,773,000 162 132 81.5 % 44,449,000 95.0 % Islam 1.4 % 0.3 % 924
Tanzania 65,356,000 156 29 18.6 % 6,520,000 10.0 % Christianity 51.0 % 11.0 % 136
Togo 8,787,000 56 8 14.3 % 648,000 7.4 % Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 16
Tunisia 12,328,000 15 12 80.0 % 12,231,000 99.2 % Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 252
Uganda 47,148,000 68 5 7.4 % 1,181,000 2.5 % Christianity 83.1 % 33.1 % 26
Western Sahara 571,000 10 10 100.0 % 571,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 15
Zambia 19,950,000 74 3 4.1 % 103,000 0.5 % Christianity 86.5 % 24.9 % 3
Zimbabwe 15,666,000 41 2 4.9 % 27,000 0.2 % Christianity 76.8 % 25.0 % 2
Totals:  58 1,421,783,000 3,701 991 26.8 % 418,759,000 29.5 % 16   48.0 % 15.9 % 8,744