Continent: Africa
Population
1,536,304,000
Number of
Countries
58
Number of People Groups
3,784
People Groups Unreached
1,000 (26.4%)
Population in Unreached
507,633,000
% Population in Unreached
33.0%
| 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 | 47,400,000 | 43 | 38 | 88.4 % | 47,320,000 | 99.8 % |
0
|
Islam | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | 966 |
| Angola | 38,621,000 | 61 | 2 | 3.3 % | 168,000 | 0.4 % |
5
|
Christianity | 91.5 % | 23.3 % | 3 |
| Benin | 14,605,000 | 62 | 10 | 16.1 % | 2,673,000 | 18.3 % |
4
|
Ethnic Religions | 31.5 % | 7.5 % | 56 |
| Botswana | 2,479,000 | 46 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
4
|
Christianity | 65.5 % | 8.3 % | -1 - |
| Burkina Faso | 23,865,000 | 80 | 27 | 33.8 % | 5,581,000 | 23.4 % |
5
|
Islam | 21.2 % | 10.7 % | 125 |
| Burundi | 14,229,000 | 12 | 3 | 25.0 % | 23,000 | 0.2 % |
5
|
Christianity | 93.4 % | 30.5 % | 3 |
| Cameroon | 29,723,000 | 294 | 18 | 6.1 % | 4,281,000 | 14.4 % |
4
|
Christianity | 50.7 % | 8.6 % | 94 |
| Cape Verde | 510,000 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 % | 64,000 | 12.5 % |
4
|
Christianity | 84.8 % | 8.2 % | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 5,401,000 | 81 | 6 | 7.4 % | 467,000 | 8.6 % |
5
|
Christianity | 71.1 % | 32.0 % | 11 |
| Chad | 20,856,000 | 142 | 81 | 57.0 % | 11,677,000 | 56.0 % |
4
|
Islam | 25.4 % | 7.3 % | 266 |
| Comoros | 864,000 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 % | 845,000 | 97.8 % |
1
|
Islam | 1.8 % | 0.7 % | 21 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 111,944,000 | 231 | 3 | 1.3 % | 341,000 | 0.3 % |
5
|
Christianity | 91.4 % | 19.3 % | 7 |
| Congo, Republic of the | 6,400,000 | 72 | 1 | 1.4 % | 13,000 | 0.2 % |
5
|
Christianity | 85.4 % | 14.8 % | 1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 32,359,000 | 107 | 33 | 30.8 % | 7,239,000 | 22.4 % |
5
|
Islam | 36.9 % | 12.6 % | 156 |
| Djibouti | 1,149,000 | 11 | 7 | 63.6 % | 1,116,000 | 97.1 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.4 % | 0.1 % | 26 |
| Egypt | 117,901,000 | 51 | 33 | 64.7 % | 82,286,000 | 69.8 % |
4
|
Islam | 9.5 % | 2.4 % | 1,655 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,856,000 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 % | 41,000 | 2.2 % |
4
|
Christianity | 89.3 % | 4.8 % | 2 |
| Eritrea | 3,539,000 | 18 | 10 | 55.6 % | 1,573,000 | 44.4 % |
4
|
Islam | 46.2 % | 2.4 % | 35 |
| Eswatini | 1,225,000 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 % | 700 | 0.1 % |
5
|
Christianity | 84.1 % | 20.7 % | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 134,456,000 | 129 | 33 | 25.6 % | 30,671,000 | 22.8 % |
5
|
Christianity | 58.4 % | 18.0 % | 623 |
| Gabon | 2,528,000 | 51 | 5 | 9.8 % | 72,000 | 2.8 % |
5
|
Christianity | 73.7 % | 10.8 % | 5 |
| Gambia | 2,780,000 | 29 | 14 | 48.3 % | 2,354,000 | 84.7 % |
1
|
Islam | 3.6 % | 0.9 % | 53 |
| Ghana | 34,899,000 | 110 | 17 | 15.5 % | 1,873,000 | 5.4 % |
5
|
Christianity | 62.2 % | 25.9 % | 47 |
| Guinea | 14,932,000 | 47 | 29 | 61.7 % | 12,971,000 | 86.9 % |
1
|
Islam | 4.2 % | 0.7 % | 272 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,202,000 | 35 | 19 | 54.3 % | 1,064,000 | 48.3 % |
4
|
Islam | 11.7 % | 2.1 % | 33 |
| Kenya | 57,257,000 | 108 | 31 | 28.7 % | 5,307,000 | 9.3 % |
5
|
Christianity | 80.6 % | 45.8 % | 119 |
| Lesotho | 2,288,000 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
5
|
Christianity | 89.8 % | 13.0 % | -1 - |
| Liberia | 5,658,000 | 39 | 5 | 12.8 % | 648,000 | 11.5 % |
5
|
Ethnic Religions | 40.0 % | 11.7 % | 13 |
| Libya | 7,406,000 | 53 | 37 | 69.8 % | 6,515,000 | 88.0 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.6 % | 0.2 % | 144 |
| Madagascar | 32,441,000 | 40 | 10 | 25.0 % | 497,000 | 1.5 % |
4
|
Christianity | 49.6 % | 6.1 % | 15 |
| Malawi | 21,976,000 | 26 | 4 | 15.4 % | 2,775,000 | 12.6 % |
5
|
Christianity | 74.1 % | 17.1 % | 57 |
| Mali | 24,825,000 | 74 | 44 | 59.5 % | 22,706,000 | 91.5 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.8 % | 0.7 % | 466 |
| Mauritania | 5,233,000 | 21 | 17 | 81.0 % | 5,217,000 | 99.7 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.2 % | 0.1 % | 114 |
| Mauritius | 1,231,000 | 18 | 8 | 44.4 % | 108,000 | 8.8 % |
4
|
Hinduism | 32.5 % | 9.8 % | 8 |
| Mayotte | 324,000 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 % | 319,000 | 98.5 % |
1
|
Islam | 1.6 % | 0.1 % | 10 |
| Morocco | 38,113,000 | 34 | 29 | 85.3 % | 38,097,000 | 100.0 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.2 % | 0.1 % | 769 |
| Mozambique | 35,312,000 | 57 | 11 | 19.3 % | 3,702,000 | 10.5 % |
5
|
Christianity | 46.0 % | 10.8 % | 74 |
| Namibia | 3,018,000 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
5
|
Christianity | 88.5 % | 12.5 % | -1 - |
| Niger | 27,506,000 | 37 | 29 | 78.4 % | 27,010,000 | 98.2 % |
1
|
Islam | 1.7 % | 1.0 % | 544 |
| Nigeria | 235,204,000 | 542 | 52 | 9.6 % | 72,430,000 | 30.8 % |
5
|
Christianity | 51.2 % | 26.6 % | 1,471 |
| Reunion | 852,000 | 18 | 7 | 38.9 % | 56,000 | 6.6 % |
4
|
Christianity | 86.1 % | 6.9 % | 7 |
| Rwanda | 14,363,000 | 12 | 3 | 25.0 % | 11,000 | 0.1 % |
5
|
Christianity | 90.4 % | 26.8 % | 3 |
| Saint Helena | 4,800 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
4
|
Christianity | 95.0 % | 8.8 % | -1 - |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 216,000 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
4
|
Christianity | 86.6 % | 5.9 % | -1 - |
| Senegal | 18,694,000 | 56 | 27 | 48.2 % | 15,222,000 | 81.4 % |
1
|
Islam | 4.6 % | 0.2 % | 312 |
| Seychelles | 129,000 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
4
|
Christianity | 96.2 % | 7.0 % | -1 - |
| Sierra Leone | 8,763,000 | 28 | 10 | 35.7 % | 1,582,000 | 18.1 % |
4
|
Islam | 12.9 % | 5.0 % | 34 |
| Somalia | 19,468,000 | 22 | 20 | 90.9 % | 19,407,000 | 99.7 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.7 % | 0.1 % | 396 |
| South Africa | 64,356,000 | 66 | 8 | 12.1 % | 1,052,000 | 1.6 % |
5
|
Christianity | 77.1 % | 21.1 % | 23 |
| South Sudan | 12,108,000 | 81 | 5 | 6.2 % | 627,000 | 5.2 % |
5
|
Christianity | 56.2 % | 10.7 % | 15 |
| Sudan | 51,224,000 | 201 | 170 | 84.6 % | 48,618,000 | 94.9 % |
1
|
Islam | 2.3 % | 0.5 % | 1,036 |
| Tanzania | 70,046,000 | 157 | 24 | 15.3 % | 6,340,000 | 9.1 % |
5
|
Christianity | 50.7 % | 11.0 % | 131 |
| Togo | 9,596,000 | 56 | 8 | 14.3 % | 712,000 | 7.4 % |
5
|
Christianity | 45.1 % | 11.0 % | 17 |
| Tunisia | 12,319,000 | 21 | 17 | 81.0 % | 12,221,000 | 99.2 % |
1
|
Islam | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | 255 |
| Uganda | 50,680,000 | 68 | 2 | 2.9 % | 1,071,000 | 2.1 % |
5
|
Christianity | 84.4 % | 34.1 % | 22 |
| Western Sahara | 528,000 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 % | 528,000 | 100.0 % |
0
|
Islam | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 15 |
| Zambia | 21,699,000 | 75 | 3 | 4.0 % | 112,000 | 0.5 % |
5
|
Christianity | 86.5 % | 25.1 % | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 16,763,000 | 41 | 2 | 4.9 % | 29,000 | 0.2 % |
5
|
Christianity | 77.0 % | 25.3 % | 2 |
| Totals: 58 | 1,536,304,000 | 3,784 | 1,000 | 26.4 % | 507,633,000 | 33.0 % | 16 ◼︎ | 47.8 % | 15.8 % | 10,537 |
