Region:  Africa, West and Central

Population

602,901,000

Countries

24

Number of People Groups

2,220

Unreached People Groups

460 (21%)

Population in Unreached

185,305,000

% 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 13,674,000 63 13 20.6 % 2,560,000 18.7 % Ethnic Religions 31.5 % 7.5 % 55
Burkina Faso 23,182,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,390,000 23.3 % Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 121
Cameroon 28,487,000 294 17 5.8 % 4,049,000 14.2 % Christianity 50.8 % 8.6 % 87
Cape Verde 581,000 5 1 20.0 % 72,000 12.4 % Christianity 84.8 % 8.2 % 1
Central African Republic 5,658,000 81 6 7.4 % 486,000 8.6 % Christianity 71.2 % 31.9 % 12
Chad 18,186,000 141 80 56.7 % 10,043,000 55.2 % Islam 25.7 % 7.3 % 232
Congo, Democratic Republic of 102,017,000 231 3 1.3 % 309,000 0.3 % Christianity 91.6 % 19.2 % 6
Congo, Republic of the 6,039,000 71 1 1.4 % 12,000 0.2 % Christianity 85.4 % 14.7 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 28,736,000 107 33 30.8 % 6,389,000 22.2 % Islam 36.9 % 12.5 % 137
Equatorial Guinea 1,651,000 18 2 11.1 % 36,000 2.2 % Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Gabon 2,412,000 51 5 9.8 % 68,000 2.8 % Christianity 74.7 % 11.8 % 5
Gambia 2,740,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,322,000 84.7 % Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 53
Ghana 34,080,000 111 20 18.0 % 2,134,000 6.3 % Christianity 62.1 % 25.7 % 51
Guinea 14,115,000 47 29 61.7 % 12,272,000 86.9 % Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 258
Guinea-Bissau 2,126,000 35 19 54.3 % 1,017,000 47.8 % Islam 11.7 % 2.0 % 32
Liberia 5,380,000 39 5 12.8 % 612,000 11.4 % Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 12
Mali 23,135,000 74 44 59.5 % 21,176,000 91.5 % Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 437
Mauritania 4,830,000 18 14 77.8 % 4,814,000 99.7 % Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 103
Niger 27,112,000 38 30 78.9 % 26,629,000 98.2 % Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 537
Nigeria 223,012,000 542 53 9.8 % 68,296,000 30.6 % Christianity 51.5 % 26.0 % 1,389
São Tomé and Príncipe 231,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 86.2 % 6.0 % -
Senegal 17,736,000 55 26 47.3 % 14,377,000 81.1 % Islam 4.6 % 0.2 % 296
Sierra Leone 8,783,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,577,000 18.0 % Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Togo 8,990,000 56 8 14.3 % 663,000 7.4 % Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 16
Totals:  24 602,901,000 2,220 460 20.7 % 185,305,000 30.7 % 6   48.4 % 17.1 % 3,877
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