Region:  Africa, West and Central

Population

618,969,000

Countries

24

Number of People Groups

2,221

Unreached People Groups

460 (21%)

Population in Unreached

190,292,000

% Population in Unreached

30.7%
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 14,040,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,628,000 18.7 % Ethnic Religions 31.5 % 7.5 % 56
Burkina Faso 23,769,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,527,000 23.3 % Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 125
Cameroon 29,230,000 294 17 5.8 % 4,154,000 14.2 % Christianity 50.8 % 8.6 % 91
Cape Verde 585,000 5 1 20.0 % 73,000 12.5 % Christianity 84.8 % 8.2 % 1
Central African Republic 5,829,000 81 6 7.4 % 501,000 8.6 % Christianity 71.2 % 31.9 % 12
Chad 18,751,000 141 80 56.7 % 10,356,000 55.2 % Islam 25.7 % 7.3 % 238
Congo, Democratic Republic of 105,429,000 231 3 1.3 % 319,000 0.3 % Christianity 91.4 % 19.2 % 6
Congo, Republic of the 6,200,000 72 1 1.4 % 13,000 0.2 % Christianity 85.4 % 14.7 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 29,462,000 107 33 30.8 % 6,551,000 22.2 % Islam 36.9 % 12.5 % 142
Equatorial Guinea 1,690,000 18 2 11.1 % 37,000 2.2 % Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Gabon 2,460,000 51 5 9.8 % 69,000 2.8 % Christianity 74.7 % 11.8 % 5
Gambia 2,808,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,379,000 84.7 % Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 53
Ghana 34,736,000 111 20 18.0 % 2,175,000 6.3 % Christianity 62.1 % 25.7 % 53
Guinea 14,451,000 47 29 61.7 % 12,564,000 86.9 % Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 263
Guinea-Bissau 2,172,000 35 19 54.3 % 1,039,000 47.8 % Islam 11.7 % 2.0 % 33
Liberia 5,498,000 39 5 12.8 % 626,000 11.4 % Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 13
Mali 23,852,000 74 44 59.5 % 21,832,000 91.5 % Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 446
Mauritania 4,960,000 18 14 77.8 % 4,944,000 99.7 % Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 105
Niger 28,141,000 38 30 78.9 % 27,639,000 98.2 % Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 556
Nigeria 228,438,000 542 53 9.8 % 69,928,000 30.6 % Christianity 51.6 % 26.0 % 1,420
São Tomé and Príncipe 235,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 86.2 % 6.0 % -
Senegal 18,094,000 55 26 47.3 % 14,649,000 81.0 % Islam 4.6 % 0.2 % 301
Sierra Leone 8,970,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,610,000 17.9 % Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Togo 9,196,000 56 8 14.3 % 678,000 7.4 % Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 17
Totals:  24 618,969,000 2,221 460 20.7 % 190,292,000 30.7 % 6   48.4 % 17.1 % 3,973
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