Region:  Africa, West and Central

Population

644,486,000

Countries

24

Number of People Groups

2,221

Unreached People Groups

456 (21%)

Population in Unreached

196,835,000

% Population in Unreached

30.5%
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 * 
Benin 14,761,000 62 10 16.1 % 2,693,000 18.2 % Ethnic Religions 31.6 % 7.5 % 56
Burkina Faso 24,003,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,581,000 23.3 % Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 125
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
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
Equatorial Guinea 1,866,000 18 2 11.1 % 41,000 2.2 % Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
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
Liberia 5,691,000 39 5 12.8 % 648,000 11.4 % Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 13
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
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
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
Sierra Leone 8,812,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,582,000 18.0 % Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Togo 9,654,000 56 8 14.3 % 712,000 7.4 % Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 17
Totals:  24 644,486,000 2,221 456 20.5 % 196,835,000 30.5 % 6   48.5 % 17.2 % 4,109
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