Continent:  Africa


Population

1,490,520,000

Number of
Countries

58

Number of People Groups

3,749

People Groups Unreached

974 (26.0%)

Population in Unreached

426,495,000

% Population in Unreached

28.6%

Map Notes
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
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 46,193,000 38 34 89.5 % 46,159,000 99.9 % Islam 0.1 % 0.0 % 939
Angola 37,658,000 62 1 1.6 % 57,000 0.2 % Christianity 91.7 % 23.2 % 1
Benin 14,040,000 63 11 17.5 % 2,570,000 18.3 % Ethnic Religions 31.5 % 7.5 % 54
Botswana 2,645,000 46 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 65.5 % 8.3 % -
Burkina Faso 23,769,000 80 27 33.8 % 5,527,000 23.3 % Islam 21.2 % 10.6 % 125
Burundi 13,521,000 12 3 25.0 % 22,000 0.2 % Christianity 93.4 % 30.3 % 3
Cameroon 29,230,000 294 17 5.8 % 4,154,000 14.2 % Christianity 50.8 % 8.6 % 91
Cape Verde 585,000 5 1 20.0 % 73,000 12.5 % Christianity 84.8 % 8.2 % 1
Central African Republic 5,829,000 81 6 7.4 % 501,000 8.6 % Christianity 71.2 % 31.9 % 12
Chad 19,130,000 142 81 57.0 % 10,735,000 56.1 % Islam 25.2 % 7.2 % 246
Comoros 854,000 13 8 61.5 % 836,000 97.9 % Islam 1.8 % 0.7 % 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of 105,429,000 231 3 1.3 % 319,000 0.3 % Christianity 91.4 % 19.2 % 6
Congo, Republic of the 6,200,000 72 1 1.4 % 13,000 0.2 % Christianity 85.4 % 14.7 % 1
Côte d'Ivoire 29,462,000 107 33 30.8 % 6,551,000 22.2 % Islam 36.9 % 12.5 % 142
Djibouti 1,124,000 11 7 63.6 % 1,093,000 97.2 % Islam 2.4 % 0.1 % 25
Egypt 114,314,000 43 26 60.5 % 12,580,000 11.0 % Islam 13.3 % 4.5 % 257
Equatorial Guinea 1,690,000 18 2 11.1 % 37,000 2.2 % Christianity 89.3 % 4.7 % 2
Eritrea 3,815,000 17 9 52.9 % 1,528,000 40.1 % Christianity 50.5 % 2.6 % 32
Eswatini 1,197,000 10 1 10.0 % 700 0.1 % Christianity 84.1 % 20.6 % 1
Ethiopia 129,408,000 129 33 25.6 % 29,369,000 22.7 % Christianity 58.4 % 18.0 % 597
Gabon 2,713,000 51 5 9.8 % 69,000 2.5 % Christianity 73.4 % 10.8 % 5
Gambia 2,808,000 29 14 48.3 % 2,379,000 84.7 % Islam 3.6 % 0.9 % 53
Ghana 34,736,000 111 19 17.1 % 1,993,000 5.7 % Christianity 62.2 % 25.8 % 49
Guinea 14,451,000 47 29 61.7 % 12,564,000 86.9 % Islam 4.2 % 0.7 % 263
Guinea-Bissau 2,172,000 35 19 54.3 % 1,039,000 47.8 % Islam 11.7 % 2.0 % 33
Kenya 56,034,000 108 31 28.7 % 5,486,000 9.8 % Christianity 80.0 % 45.4 % 121
Lesotho 2,292,000 10 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 89.8 % 12.9 % -
Liberia 5,498,000 39 5 12.8 % 626,000 11.4 % Ethnic Religions 40.0 % 11.7 % 13
Libya 6,915,000 44 31 70.5 % 6,102,000 88.2 % Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 131
Madagascar 30,955,000 40 10 25.0 % 471,000 1.5 % Christianity 49.7 % 6.1 % 14
Malawi 21,368,000 26 4 15.4 % 2,683,000 12.6 % Christianity 74.1 % 17.0 % 55
Mali 23,852,000 74 44 59.5 % 21,832,000 91.5 % Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 446
Mauritania 4,960,000 18 14 77.8 % 4,944,000 99.7 % Islam 0.3 % 0.1 % 105
Mauritius 1,269,000 18 8 44.4 % 111,000 8.7 % Hinduism 32.5 % 9.7 % 8
Mayotte 335,000 8 6 75.0 % 330,000 98.5 % Islam 1.6 % 0.1 % 10
Morocco 37,997,000 31 27 87.1 % 37,983,000 100.0 % Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 766
Mozambique 34,746,000 57 11 19.3 % 3,621,000 10.4 % Christianity 49.5 % 14.2 % 72
Namibia 2,577,000 34 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 88.6 % 12.5 % -
Niger 28,141,000 38 30 78.9 % 27,639,000 98.2 % Islam 1.6 % 1.0 % 556
Nigeria 228,438,000 542 54 10.0 % 69,998,000 30.6 % Christianity 51.6 % 26.0 % 1,421
Reunion 964,000 18 7 38.9 % 63,000 6.5 % Christianity 86.1 % 6.8 % 7
Rwanda 14,332,000 12 3 25.0 % 11,000 0.1 % Christianity 89.0 % 26.3 % 3
Saint Helena 4,800 1 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 95.0 % 8.8 % -
São Tomé and Príncipe 235,000 6 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 86.2 % 6.0 % -
Senegal 18,094,000 55 26 47.3 % 14,649,000 81.0 % Islam 4.6 % 0.2 % 301
Seychelles 105,000 5 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Christianity 96.2 % 7.0 % -
Sierra Leone 8,970,000 28 10 35.7 % 1,610,000 17.9 % Islam 12.9 % 5.0 % 34
Somalia 18,643,000 22 20 90.9 % 18,584,000 99.7 % Islam 1.3 % 0.8 % 378
South Africa 60,887,000 66 8 12.1 % 991,000 1.6 % Christianity 77.1 % 21.0 % 23
South Sudan 11,265,000 80 5 6.3 % 580,000 5.1 % Christianity 56.6 % 10.8 % 14
Sudan 49,274,000 200 169 84.5 % 46,784,000 94.9 % Islam 2.3 % 0.5 % 1,003
Tanzania 69,331,000 157 24 15.3 % 6,238,000 9.0 % Christianity 50.9 % 11.0 % 130
Togo 9,196,000 56 8 14.3 % 678,000 7.4 % Christianity 45.1 % 10.9 % 17
Tunisia 12,536,000 15 12 80.0 % 12,438,000 99.2 % Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 256
Uganda 49,812,000 68 2 2.9 % 1,196,000 2.4 % Christianity 83.0 % 33.2 % 24
Western Sahara 529,000 10 10 100.0 % 529,000 100.0 % Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 15
Zambia 21,072,000 75 3 4.0 % 108,000 0.5 % Christianity 86.5 % 24.9 % 3
Zimbabwe 16,922,000 41 2 4.9 % 29,000 0.2 % Christianity 77.0 % 25.2 % 2
Totals:  58 1,490,520,000 3,749 974 26.0 % 426,495,000 28.6 % 16   48.1 % 15.8 % 8,887 
  Download   Sources   Definitions
Prayer Cards


Joshua Project logo    Terms of Use   Privacy Policy   Contact Us   Copyright © 2024