Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan Peoples What is an Affinity Bloc?
Population
1,049,370,000
Number of People Clusters
52
People Groups (by Country)
3,074
Unreached People Groups
633 (21 %)
| 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 Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamawa-Ubangi | 15,026,000 | 161 | 7 | 4.3 % | 136,000 | 0.9 % | Christianity |
5
|
21.71 % | 70.33 % | 3 |
| Atlantic | 8,605,000 | 65 | 24 | 36.9 % | 969,000 | 11.3 % | Islam |
4
|
2.83 % | 14.22 % | 19 |
| Atlantic-Jola | 876,000 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 % | 85,000 | 9.7 % | Islam |
2
|
0.88 % | 16.92 % | 2 |
| Atlantic-Wolof | 7,364,000 | 17 | 17 | 100.0 % | 7,364,000 | 100.0 % | Islam |
0
|
0.02 % | 0.06 % | 147 |
| Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke | 7,479,000 | 67 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
4
|
7.80 % | 67.35 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Central-Congo | 37,715,000 | 158 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
17.43 % | 89.17 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Central-East | 5,657,000 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
14.75 % | 70.17 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Central-Lakes | 81,993,000 | 100 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
31.02 % | 89.17 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Central-Luba | 24,257,000 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
18.69 % | 86.97 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Central-South | 41,986,000 | 139 | 3 | 2.2 % | 136,000 | 0.3 % | Christianity |
5
|
22.20 % | 88.33 % | 3 |
| Bantu, Central-Southeast | 12,955,000 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
19.33 % | 64.73 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Central-Southwest | 14,398,000 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
20.77 % | 94.75 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Central-Tanzania | 34,551,000 | 58 | 1 | 1.7 % | 318,000 | 0.9 % | Christianity |
5
|
12.41 % | 58.19 % | 6 |
| Bantu, Chewa-Sena | 25,675,000 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
21.64 % | 84.87 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, East-Coastal | 7,068,000 | 26 | 10 | 38.5 % | 975,000 | 13.8 % | Christianity |
5
|
17.06 % | 44.05 % | 20 |
| Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba | 24,091,000 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
63.74 % | 94.14 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Kongo | 22,119,000 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
23.10 % | 88.64 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Makua-Yao | 36,500,000 | 47 | 13 | 27.7 % | 7,011,000 | 19.2 % | Christianity |
5
|
13.92 % | 36.65 % | 140 |
| Bantu, Nguni | 34,472,000 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
24.31 % | 79.26 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Northwest | 14,251,000 | 102 | 1 | 1.0 % | 6,400 | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
18.33 % | 90.92 % | 1 |
| Bantu, Shona | 14,334,000 | 26 | 1 | 3.8 % | 22,000 | 0.2 % | Christianity |
5
|
23.43 % | 72.57 % | 1 |
| Bantu, Sotho-Tswana | 21,769,000 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
15.58 % | 78.97 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Southeastern | 1,610,000 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Ethnic Religions |
5
|
16.82 % | 40.14 % | -1 - |
| Bantu, Swahili | 7,178,000 | 50 | 46 | 92.0 % | 7,052,000 | 98.2 % | Islam |
1
|
0.62 % | 1.19 % | 141 |
| Benue | 44,622,000 | 342 | 13 | 3.8 % | 596,000 | 1.3 % | Christianity |
5
|
28.10 % | 76.52 % | 12 |
| Chadic | 17,167,000 | 223 | 51 | 22.9 % | 2,373,000 | 13.8 % | Christianity |
5
|
10.12 % | 39.00 % | 47 |
| Fulani / Fulbe | 44,045,000 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 % | 44,045,000 | 100.0 % | Islam |
1
|
0.15 % | 0.22 % | 881 |
| Guera-Naba of Chad | 687,000 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 % | 687,000 | 100.0 % | Islam |
0
|
0.02 % | 0.06 % | 14 |
| Guinean | 56,657,000 | 160 | 7 | 4.4 % | 720,000 | 1.3 % | Christianity |
5
|
25.40 % | 67.30 % | 14 |
| Gur | 43,993,000 | 182 | 43 | 23.6 % | 5,712,000 | 13.0 % | Islam |
4
|
9.99 % | 24.03 % | 114 |
| Hausa | 60,486,000 | 17 | 17 | 100.0 % | 60,486,000 | 100.0 % | Islam |
1
|
1.42 % | 1.68 % | 1,210 |
| Igbo | 41,613,000 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
44.96 % | 96.78 % | -1 - |
| Ijaw | 6,745,000 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
40.36 % | 97.48 % | -1 - |
| Kanuri-Saharan | 13,932,000 | 27 | 26 | 96.3 % | 13,885,000 | 99.7 % | Islam |
1
|
0.60 % | 0.84 % | 278 |
| Khoisan | 1,001,000 | 56 | 5 | 8.9 % | 56,000 | 5.6 % | Christianity |
4
|
7.71 % | 51.53 % | 1 |
| Kru | 5,268,000 | 55 | 3 | 5.5 % | 89,000 | 1.7 % | Ethnic Religions |
4
|
9.70 % | 49.11 % | 2 |
| Mande | 12,206,000 | 61 | 19 | 31.1 % | 1,282,000 | 10.5 % | Ethnic Religions |
4
|
8.95 % | 21.43 % | 26 |
| Manding | 28,556,000 | 73 | 63 | 86.3 % | 27,570,000 | 96.5 % | Islam |
1
|
0.53 % | 2.14 % | 551 |
| Nilotic | 46,958,000 | 134 | 15 | 11.2 % | 1,049,000 | 2.2 % | Christianity |
5
|
26.80 % | 76.56 % | 21 |
| Nuba Mountains | 2,693,000 | 84 | 75 | 89.3 % | 1,958,000 | 72.7 % | Islam |
4
|
3.03 % | 10.38 % | 39 |
| Nubian | 3,101,000 | 22 | 21 | 95.5 % | 3,070,000 | 99.0 % | Islam |
1
|
0.07 % | 0.29 % | 61 |
| Nupe | 4,735,000 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 % | 348,000 | 7.3 % | Islam |
4
|
3.27 % | 18.20 % | 7 |
| Ouaddai-Fur | 4,665,000 | 38 | 37 | 97.4 % | 4,641,000 | 99.5 % | Islam |
1
|
0.25 % | 1.29 % | 93 |
| Pygmy | 794,000 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Ethnic Religions |
4
|
9.93 % | 41.65 % | -1 - |
| Sara-Bagirmi | 5,535,000 | 34 | 3 | 8.8 % | 192,000 | 3.5 % | Christianity |
5
|
12.15 % | 54.87 % | 4 |
| Songhai | 7,881,000 | 17 | 17 | 100.0 % | 7,881,000 | 100.0 % | Islam |
1
|
0.11 % | 0.25 % | 158 |
| Soninke | 4,555,000 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 % | 4,555,000 | 100.0 % | Islam |
1
|
0.02 % | 0.23 % | 91 |
| Sub-Saharan African, general | 1,155,000 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
11.62 % | 62.45 % | -1 - |
| Sub-Saharan African, other | 15,297,000 | 64 | 2 | 3.1 % | 82,000 | 0.5 % | Christianity |
5
|
19.34 % | 72.22 % | 2 |
| Sudanic | 16,789,000 | 81 | 3 | 3.7 % | 1,117,000 | 6.7 % | Christianity |
5
|
23.36 % | 82.71 % | 22 |
| Susu | 3,082,000 | 9 | 8 | 88.9 % | 3,030,000 | 98.3 % | Islam |
1
|
0.10 % | 0.29 % | 61 |
| Yoruba | 53,217,000 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 % | -1 Unknown | 0.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
48.27 % | 58.75 % | -1 - |
| Totals: 52 People Clusters | 1,049,370,000 | 3,074 | 633 | 20.6 % | 209,489,000 | 20.0 % | 12 ◼︎ (2 ✸︎) | 4,440 |
