Region: Africa, West and Central
Population
642,627,000
Countries
24
Number of People Groups
2,175
Unreached People Groups
460 (21%)
Population in Unreached
197,141,000
% Population in Unreached
30.7%
| Country ▲ | Population | People Groups |
Unreached Groups |
% Unreached Groups |
Popl in Unreached |
% Popl in Unreached |
Primary Religion |
Progress Scale |
% Evangelical |
% Christian Adherents |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14,608,000 | 62 | 11 | 17.7 % | 2,688,000 | 18.4 % | Ethnic Religions |
4
|
7.5 % | 31.4 % | 57 |
| Burkina Faso | 23,859,000 | 77 | 27 | 35.1 % | 5,680,000 | 23.8 % | Islam |
5
|
10.7 % | 21.1 % | 126 |
| Cameroon | 29,719,000 | 292 | 18 | 6.2 % | 4,539,000 | 15.3 % | Christianity |
4
|
8.6 % | 50.2 % | 98 |
| Cape Verde | 510,000 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 % | 67,000 | 13.1 % | Christianity |
4
|
8.2 % | 84.3 % | 2 |
| Central African Republic | 5,447,000 | 80 | 7 | 8.8 % | 491,000 | 9.0 % | Christianity |
5
|
32.2 % | 71.0 % | 12 |
| Chad | 20,853,000 | 141 | 81 | 57.4 % | 11,755,000 | 56.4 % | Islam |
4
|
7.3 % | 25.3 % | 267 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 111,944,000 | 231 | 4 | 1.7 % | 791,000 | 0.7 % | Christianity |
5
|
19.3 % | 91.1 % | 16 |
| Congo, Republic of the | 6,411,000 | 71 | 3 | 4.2 % | 55,000 | 0.9 % | Christianity |
5
|
14.8 % | 84.8 % | 3 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 32,161,000 | 105 | 32 | 30.5 % | 6,923,000 | 21.5 % | Islam |
5
|
12.7 % | 37.1 % | 149 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,877,000 | 16 | 1 | 6.3 % | 39,000 | 2.1 % | Christianity |
4
|
4.8 % | 89.4 % | 1 |
| Gabon | 2,535,000 | 52 | 7 | 13.5 % | 84,000 | 3.3 % | Christianity |
5
|
10.8 % | 73.4 % | 7 |
| Gambia | 2,772,000 | 26 | 14 | 53.8 % | 2,354,000 | 84.9 % | Islam |
1
|
0.9 % | 3.5 % | 53 |
| Ghana | 34,891,000 | 108 | 16 | 14.8 % | 1,869,000 | 5.4 % | Christianity |
5
|
25.9 % | 62.0 % | 46 |
| Guinea | 14,959,000 | 43 | 29 | 67.4 % | 13,007,000 | 87.0 % | Islam |
1
|
0.7 % | 4.1 % | 272 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,193,000 | 29 | 16 | 55.2 % | 1,059,000 | 48.3 % | Islam |
4
|
2.1 % | 11.7 % | 30 |
| Liberia | 5,651,000 | 37 | 6 | 16.2 % | 673,000 | 11.9 % | Ethnic Religions |
5
|
11.7 % | 39.8 % | 14 |
| Mali | 24,821,000 | 72 | 43 | 59.7 % | 22,703,000 | 91.5 % | Islam |
1
|
0.7 % | 2.8 % | 465 |
| Mauritania | 5,223,000 | 17 | 15 | 88.2 % | 5,210,000 | 99.8 % | Islam |
1
|
0.1 % | 0.2 % | 112 |
| Niger | 27,503,000 | 35 | 29 | 82.9 % | 27,010,000 | 98.2 % | Islam |
1
|
1.0 % | 1.6 % | 544 |
| Nigeria | 237,439,000 | 535 | 49 | 9.2 % | 72,418,000 | 30.5 % | Christianity |
5
|
26.8 % | 51.6 % | 1,468 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 228,000 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 % | 1,000 | 0.4 % | Christianity |
4
|
5.9 % | 86.2 % | 1 |
| Senegal | 18,689,000 | 54 | 28 | 51.9 % | 15,303,000 | 81.9 % | Islam |
1
|
0.2 % | 4.5 % | 314 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,767,000 | 27 | 12 | 44.4 % | 1,669,000 | 19.0 % | Islam |
4
|
4.9 % | 12.8 % | 36 |
| Togo | 9,584,000 | 54 | 9 | 16.7 % | 757,000 | 7.9 % | Christianity |
5
|
11.1 % | 45.2 % | 18 |
| Totals: 24 | 642,627,000 | 2,175 | 460 | 21.1 % | 197,141,000 | 30.7 % | 6 ◼︎ | 17.4 % | 48.5 % | 4,111 |
