Region: Africa, West and Central
Population
640,538,000
Countries
24
Number of People Groups
2,223
Unreached People Groups
458 (21%)
Population in Unreached
196,233,000
% Population in Unreached
30.6%
| 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 | 14,605,000 | 62 | 10 | 16.1 % | 2,673,000 | 18.3 % |
4
|
Ethnic Religions | 31.5 % | 7.5 % | 56 |
| Burkina Faso | 23,865,000 | 80 | 27 | 33.8 % | 5,581,000 | 23.4 % |
5
|
Islam | 21.2 % | 10.7 % | 125 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,856,000 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 % | 41,000 | 2.2 % |
4
|
Christianity | 89.3 % | 4.8 % | 2 |
| 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 |
| Liberia | 5,658,000 | 39 | 5 | 12.8 % | 648,000 | 11.5 % |
5
|
Ethnic Religions | 40.0 % | 11.7 % | 13 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,763,000 | 28 | 10 | 35.7 % | 1,582,000 | 18.1 % |
4
|
Islam | 12.9 % | 5.0 % | 34 |
| Togo | 9,596,000 | 56 | 8 | 14.3 % | 712,000 | 7.4 % |
5
|
Christianity | 45.1 % | 11.0 % | 17 |
| Totals: 24 | 640,538,000 | 2,223 | 458 | 20.6 % | 196,233,000 | 30.6 % | 6 ◼︎ | 48.5 % | 17.3 % | 4,100 |
