Africa, North and Middle East country and people group listings

Region: Africa, North and Middle East

Population

431,459,000

Countries

Number of People Groups

632

Unreached People Groups

438 (69%)

Population in Unreached

365,015,000

% Population in Unreached

84.6%

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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	47,397,000	43	38	88.4 %	47,317,000	99.8 %	1 ●	Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	966
Bahrain	1,616,000	17	8	47.1 %	1,254,000	77.6 %	4 ●	Islam	8.3 %	2.3 %	27
Egypt	118,286,000	51	33	64.7 %	82,286,000	69.6 %	4 ●	Islam	9.5 %	2.4 %	1,655
Iraq	46,938,000	41	31	75.6 %	46,233,000	98.5 %	1 ●	Islam	0.9 %	0.2 %	931
Israel	9,415,000	48	37	77.1 %	9,132,000	97.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.3 %	0.7 %	198
Jordan	11,429,000	20	13	65.0 %	10,650,000	93.2 %	1 ●	Islam	2.3 %	0.3 %	213
Kuwait	4,943,000	28	13	46.4 %	3,745,000	75.8 %	2 ●	Islam	10.2 %	1.5 %	80
Lebanon	5,815,000	32	12	37.5 %	2,980,000	51.2 %	2 ●	Islam	31.7 %	0.7 %	64
Libya	7,423,000	53	37	69.8 %	6,532,000	88.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.6 %	0.2 %	144
Morocco	38,336,000	34	29	85.3 %	38,319,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2 %	0.1 %	774
Oman	5,433,000	35	27	77.1 %	4,915,000	90.5 %	1 ●	Islam	2.8 %	0.6 %	109
Qatar	3,038,000	24	13	54.2 %	2,654,000	87.4 %	2 ●	Islam	6.2 %	0.8 %	54
Saudi Arabia	34,476,000	61	43	70.5 %	30,867,000	89.5 %	1 ●	Islam	3.8 %	0.5 %	629
Syria	25,484,000	37	18	48.6 %	8,882,000	34.9 %	2 ●	Islam	5.4 %	0.2 %	182
Tunisia	12,430,000	21	17	81.0 %	12,332,000	99.2 %	1 ●	Islam	0.5 %	0.0 %	257
United Arab Emirates	11,267,000	36	31	86.1 %	9,362,000	83.1 %	2 ●	Islam	6.4 %	1.2 %	192
West Bank / Gaza	5,571,000	12	8	66.7 %	5,515,000	99.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.5 %	1.1 %	115
Western Sahara	531,000	10	10	100.0 %	531,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	15
Yemen	41,627,000	29	20	69.0 %	41,503,000	99.7 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	832
Totals: 19	431,459,000	632	438	69.3 %	365,015,000	84.6 %	12 ●		4.4 %	0.9 %	7,437

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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