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Continent:  Africa


Population

1,421,986,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,705

People Groups Unreached

991 (26.7%)

Population in Unreached

418,404,000

% Population in Unreached

29.4%

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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 44,818,000 38 34 89.5 % 44,784,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 909
Angola 35,450,000 62 1 1.6 % 54,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 91.7 % 23.1 % 1
Benin 13,313,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,492,000 18.7 % ● Christianity 31.6 % 7.5 % 54
Botswana 2,556,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 22,605,000 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 % 30.2 % 3
Cameroon 27,744,000 293 17 5.8 % 3,944,000 14.2 % ● Christianity 50.9 % 8.7 % 86
Cape Verde 574,000 5 1 20.0 % 72,000 12.5 % ● Christianity 85.1 % 8.3 % 1
Central African Republic 5,498,000 81 6 7.4 % 474,000 8.6 % ● Christianity 71.2 % 32.0 % 11
Chad 17,721,000 141 80 56.7 % 9,841,000 55.5 % ● Islam 25.5 % 7.3 % 228
Comoros 825,000 13 8 61.5 % 807,000 97.8 % ● Islam 1.8 % 0.7 % 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of 98,937,000 230 3 1.3 % 299,000 0.3 % ● Christianity 91.7 % 19.2 % 6
Congo, Republic of the 5,900,000 71 1 1.4 % 12,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 85.5 % 14.6 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 27,931,000 107 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 110,903,000 42 25 59.5 % 13,496,000 12.2 % ● Islam 13.1 % 4.4 % 276
Equatorial Guinea 1,608,000 18 2 11.1 % 36,000 2.2 % ● Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 3,659,000 17 9 52.9 % 1,426,000 39.0 % ● Islam 50.9 % 2.6 % 31
Eswatini 1,178,000 10 1 10.0 % 700 0.1 % ● Christianity 84.1 % 20.7 % 1
Ethiopia 123,083,000 129 38 29.5 % 35,645,000 29.0 % ● Christianity 58.3 % 18.0 % 725
Gabon 2,369,000 51 5 9.8 % 67,000 2.8 % ● Christianity 74.8 % 11.9 % 5
Gambia 2,675,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,266,000 84.7 % ● Islam 3.7 % 0.9 % 51
Ghana 33,436,000 111 20 18.0 % 2,095,000 6.3 % ● Christianity 62.1 % 25.7 % 51
Guinea 13,784,000 47 29 61.7 % 11,984,000 86.9 % ● Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 251
Guinea-Bissau 2,081,000 35 19 54.3 % 995,000 47.8 % ● Islam 11.6 % 2.0 % 32
Kenya 53,811,000 110 33 30.0 % 5,280,000 9.8 % ● Christianity 80.0 % 49.7 % 120
Lesotho 2,232,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 91.2 % 13.1 % -
Liberia 5,264,000 39 5 12.8 % 598,000 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 29,514,000 40 11 27.5 % 467,000 1.6 % ● Christianity 49.7 % 6.1 % 15
Malawi 20,293,000 26 4 15.4 % 2,207,000 10.9 % ● Christianity 75.7 % 17.0 % 46
Mali 22,393,000 73 43 58.9 % 20,476,000 91.4 % ● Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 420
Mauritania 4,701,000 18 14 77.8 % 4,686,000 99.7 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 101
Mauritius 1,265,000 18 8 44.4 % 110,000 8.7 % ● Hinduism 32.5 % 9.7 % 8
Mayotte 315,000 8 6 75.0 % 310,000 98.4 % ● Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 10
Morocco 37,374,000 31 27 87.1 % 37,359,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 753
Mozambique 32,829,000 61 11 18.0 % 3,144,000 9.6 % ● Christianity 52.5 % 13.2 % 63
Namibia 2,494,000 33 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % ● Christianity 88.8 % 12.5 % -
Niger 26,121,000 38 30 78.9 % 25,654,000 98.2 % ● Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 519
Nigeria 218,452,000 538 91 16.9 % 68,504,000 31.4 % ● Christianity 51.3 % 25.8 % 1,415
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 % 11,000 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 17,287,000 55 26 47.3 % 14,014,000 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 8,599,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,542,000 17.9 % ● Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Somalia 17,493,000 22 20 90.9 % 17,484,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.3 % 0.0 % 358
South Africa 59,757,000 65 8 12.3 % 975,000 1.6 % ● Christianity 77.1 % 21.0 % 21
South Sudan 10,902,000 80 6 7.5 % 566,000 5.2 % ● Christianity 56.6 % 10.8 % 15
Sudan 46,773,000 162 132 81.5 % 44,448,000 95.0 % ● Islam 1.4 % 0.3 % 924
Tanzania 65,355,000 157 29 18.5 % 6,419,000 9.8 % ● Christianity 51.1 % 11.0 % 134
Togo 8,786,000 56 8 14.3 % 648,000 7.4 % ● Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 16
Tunisia 12,327,000 15 12 80.0 % 12,230,000 99.2 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 252
Uganda 47,152,000 69 5 7.2 % 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 19,951,000 74 3 4.1 % 102,000 0.5 % ● Christianity 86.5 % 24.9 % 3
Zimbabwe 15,665,000 41 2 4.9 % 27,000 0.2 % ● Christianity 76.8 % 25.2 % 2
Totals:  58 1,421,986,000 3,705 991 26.7 % 418,404,000 29.4 % 16 ●   48.0 % 15.9 % 8,737 
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