Region: Africa, West and Central
Population
640,321,000
Countries
24
Number of People Groups
2,231
Unreached People Groups
480 (22%)
Population in Unreached
197,159,000
% Population in Unreached
30.8%
| 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 | 23,865,000 | 80 | 28 | 35.0 % | 5,683,000 | 23.8 % | Islam |
5
|
10.7 % | 21.1 % | 127 |
| Cameroon | 29,723,000 | 293 | 18 | 6.1 % | 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 | 5,401,000 | 81 | 7 | 8.6 % | 491,000 | 9.1 % | Christianity |
5
|
32.0 % | 70.8 % | 12 |
| Chad | 20,856,000 | 142 | 82 | 57.7 % | 11,757,000 | 56.4 % | Islam |
4
|
7.3 % | 25.3 % | 268 |
| 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 | 6,414,000 | 73 | 3 | 4.1 % | 55,000 | 0.9 % | Christianity |
5
|
14.8 % | 84.8 % | 3 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 32,167,000 | 107 | 33 | 30.8 % | 6,926,000 | 21.5 % | Islam |
5
|
12.7 % | 37.1 % | 150 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,856,000 | 18 | 3 | 16.7 % | 45,000 | 2.4 % | Christianity |
4
|
4.8 % | 89.1 % | 3 |
| Gabon | 2,536,000 | 53 | 7 | 13.2 % | 84,000 | 3.3 % | Christianity |
5
|
10.8 % | 73.3 % | 7 |
| Gambia | 2,780,000 | 29 | 14 | 48.3 % | 2,354,000 | 84.7 % | Islam |
1
|
0.9 % | 3.6 % | 53 |
| Ghana | 34,899,000 | 110 | 17 | 15.5 % | 1,873,000 | 5.4 % | Christianity |
5
|
25.9 % | 62.0 % | 47 |
| Guinea | 14,935,000 | 48 | 30 | 62.5 % | 12,973,000 | 86.9 % | Islam |
1
|
0.7 % | 4.2 % | 273 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,204,000 | 36 | 20 | 55.6 % | 1,064,000 | 48.3 % | Islam |
4
|
2.1 % | 11.8 % | 34 |
| Liberia | 5,658,000 | 39 | 6 | 15.4 % | 673,000 | 11.9 % | Ethnic Religions |
5
|
11.7 % | 39.8 % | 14 |
| Mali | 24,825,000 | 74 | 44 | 59.5 % | 22,706,000 | 91.5 % | Islam |
1
|
0.7 % | 2.8 % | 466 |
| Mauritania | 5,233,000 | 21 | 17 | 81.0 % | 5,217,000 | 99.7 % | Islam |
1
|
0.1 % | 0.2 % | 114 |
| Niger | 27,508,000 | 38 | 30 | 78.9 % | 27,012,000 | 98.2 % | Islam |
1
|
1.0 % | 1.7 % | 545 |
| Nigeria | 235,202,000 | 542 | 52 | 9.6 % | 72,424,000 | 30.8 % | Christianity |
5
|
26.6 % | 51.0 % | 1,470 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 216,000 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 % | 1,000 | 0.5 % | Christianity |
4
|
5.9 % | 86.2 % | 1 |
| Senegal | 18,703,000 | 58 | 30 | 51.7 % | 15,312,000 | 81.9 % | Islam |
1
|
0.2 % | 4.6 % | 316 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,771,000 | 29 | 12 | 41.4 % | 1,669,000 | 19.0 % | Islam |
4
|
4.9 % | 12.8 % | 36 |
| Togo | 9,526,000 | 56 | 9 | 16.1 % | 757,000 | 7.9 % | Christianity |
5
|
11.1 % | 45.1 % | 18 |
| Totals: 24 | 640,321,000 | 2,231 | 480 | 21.5 % | 197,159,000 | 30.8 % | 6 ◼︎ | 17.3 % | 48.3 % | 4,130 |
