Affinity Bloc:
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Population

1,074,570,000

Number of People Clusters

53

People Groups (by Country)

3,069

Unreached People Groups

631 (21 %)

Map Notes
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People Cluster ▲ Population Peoples
by Country		 Unreached
by Country		 % Groups
Unreached		 Popl in
Unreached		 % Popl in
Unreached		 Primary
Religion		 Progress
Scale		 %
Evangelical		 % Christian
Adherent		 Est. Workers
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Adamawa 5,952,000 89 6 6.7 % 124,000 2.1 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 10.61 % 41.72 % 2
Balanta-Jola 2,630,000 42 13 31.0 % 581,000 22.1 %    Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 1.49 % 12.89 % 12
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke 7,673,000 67 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 7.80 % 67.35 % -
Bantu, Central-Congo 39,121,000 159 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 17.45 % 89.24 % -
Bantu, Central-East 5,818,000 10 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 14.75 % 70.17 % -
Bantu, Central-Lakes 93,047,000 105 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 32.00 % 87.04 % -
Bantu, Central-Luba 25,032,000 18 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 18.69 % 86.97 % -
Bantu, Central-South 43,215,000 139 3 2.2 % 139,000 0.3 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 22.20 % 88.34 % 3
Bantu, Central-Southeast 13,269,000 10 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 19.33 % 64.72 % -
Bantu, Central-Southwest 14,810,000 20 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 20.78 % 94.75 % -
Bantu, Central-Tanzania 35,645,000 58 1 1.7 % 327,000 0.9 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 12.41 % 58.17 % 7
Bantu, Chewa-Sena 26,352,000 27 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 21.64 % 84.86 % -
Bantu, East-Coastal 7,241,000 26 10 38.5 % 998,000 13.8 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 17.01 % 43.98 % 20
Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba 24,569,000 16 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 63.73 % 94.14 % -
Bantu, Kongo 22,815,000 11 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 23.09 % 88.63 % -
Bantu, Makua-Yao 28,260,000 40 13 32.5 % 7,201,000 25.5 %    Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 5.13 % 26.38 % 144
Bantu, Nguni 35,059,000 23 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 24.31 % 79.25 % -
Bantu, Northwest 14,655,000 102 1 1.0 % 6,500 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 18.34 % 90.95 % 1
Bantu, Shona 14,627,000 26 1 3.8 % 22,000 0.2 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 23.41 % 72.54 % 1
Bantu, Sotho-Tswana 22,050,000 45 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 15.58 % 78.97 % -
Bantu, Southeastern 1,628,000 2 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 16.82 % 40.14 % -
Bantu, Swahili 7,368,000 50 46 92.0 % 7,241,000 98.3 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.62 % 1.19 % 145
Benue 45,553,000 342 13 3.8 % 606,000 1.3 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 28.09 % 76.51 % 12
Chadic 17,557,000 223 51 22.9 % 2,429,000 13.8 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 10.12 % 38.98 % 49
Fulani / Fulbe 45,044,000 43 43 100.0 % 45,044,000 100.0 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.15 % 0.22 % 901
Guera-Naba of Chad 705,000 6 6 100.0 % 705,000 100.0 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.02 % 0.06 % 14
Guinean 57,838,000 160 7 4.4 % 733,000 1.3 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 25.38 % 67.28 % 15
Gur 44,968,000 182 43 23.6 % 5,857,000 13.0 %    Islam Progress Gauge 9.98 % 24.00 % 117
Hausa 61,560,000 17 17 100.0 % 61,560,000 100.0 %    Islam Progress Gauge 1.42 % 1.68 % 1,231
Igbo 42,472,000 16 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 44.96 % 96.78 % -
Ijaw 9,052,000 8 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 38.44 % 88.31 % -
Kanuri-Saharan 14,264,000 27 26 96.3 % 14,216,000 99.7 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.60 % 0.84 % 284
Khoisan 1,022,000 56 5 8.9 % 56,000 5.5 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 7.71 % 51.49 % 1
Kru 5,389,000 55 3 5.5 % 92,000 1.7 %    Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 9.69 % 49.09 % 2
Mande 12,475,000 61 19 31.1 % 1,312,000 10.5 %    Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 8.95 % 21.43 % 26
Manding 29,477,000 73 63 86.3 % 28,470,000 96.6 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.54 % 2.16 % 569
Mel-Tenda 4,693,000 35 18 51.4 % 493,000 10.5 %    Islam Progress Gauge 4.24 % 11.83 % 10
Nilotic 48,176,000 134 14 10.4 % 1,033,000 2.1 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 26.73 % 76.44 % 21
Nuba Mountains 2,770,000 84 75 89.3 % 2,013,000 72.7 %    Islam Progress Gauge 3.03 % 10.38 % 40
Nubian 3,177,000 22 21 95.5 % 3,146,000 99.0 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.07 % 0.29 % 63
Nupe 4,836,000 11 6 54.5 % 358,000 7.4 %    Islam Progress Gauge 3.27 % 18.20 % 7
Ouaddai-Fur 4,802,000 38 37 97.4 % 4,778,000 99.5 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.25 % 1.29 % 96
Pygmy 818,000 27 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 9.94 % 41.70 % -
Sara-Bagirmi 5,695,000 35 3 8.6 % 197,000 3.5 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 12.15 % 54.83 % 4
Songhai 8,124,000 17 17 100.0 % 8,124,000 100.0 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.11 % 0.25 % 162
Soninke 4,677,000 19 19 100.0 % 4,677,000 100.0 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.02 % 0.23 % 94
Sub-Saharan African, general 1,157,000 10 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 11.66 % 62.45 % -
Sub-Saharan African, other 13,390,000 63 2 3.2 % 85,000 0.6 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 17.46 % 74.77 % 2
Sudanic 17,290,000 81 3 3.7 % 1,148,000 6.6 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 23.37 % 82.76 % 23
Susu 3,151,000 9 8 88.9 % 3,098,000 98.3 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.10 % 0.29 % 62
Ubangian 9,507,000 72 1 1.4 % 15,000 0.2 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 28.75 % 88.40 % 1
Wolof-Serer 9,882,000 23 17 73.9 % 7,525,000 76.1 %    Islam Progress Gauge 0.20 % 5.17 % 150
Yoruba 54,214,000 35 0 0.0 % Unknown 0.0 %    Christianity Progress Gauge 48.26 % 58.75 % -
Totals:  53 People Clusters 1,074,570,000 3,069 631 20.6 % 214,409,000 20.0 %      11 ◼︎ (1 ✸︎)     4,533
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