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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
S U B - S A H A R A N A F R I C A H A S A G R O W I N G C H R I S T I A N P O P U L AT I O N ,
B U T I T ’ S S T I L L H O M E T O N E A R LY 1 , 6 0 0 U N R E A C H E D P E O P L E
G R O U P S I N S P R AW L I N G C I T I E S , B A R R E N D E S E R T S , R A I N F O R E S T S ,
AND TROPICAL ISLANDS. WILL YOU HELP US REACH THEM?
789
62%
MILLION
PEOPLE
OF THE
POPULATION
IS UNDER
THE AGE OF
25
AFRICA WILL BE 60% URBAN BY 2050.
It’s currently 36% urban.
MAJOR RELIGIONS
CAPE VERDE
SENEGAL
BURKINA
FASO
MALI
NIGER
CHAD
GAMBIA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUINEA
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
NIGERIA
21%
MUSLIM
SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
36%
CHRISTIAN
40%
ANIMIST
UGANDA
GHANA
TOGO
BENIN
SÃO TOMÉ
AND
PRÍNCIPE
CAMEROON
EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
KENYA
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
CONGO
GABON
RWANDA
BURUNDI
SEYCHELLES
TANZANIA
2,583
PEOPLE GROUPS
MADAGASCAR
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
1,587
ANGOLA
UNREACHED
PEOPLE GROUPS
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
NAMIBIA
SOUTH
AFRICA
ZIMBABWE
BOTSWANA
MOZAMBIQUE
448
MAURITIUS
UNENGAGED
UNREACHED
PEOPLE GROUPS
SWAZILAND
LESOTHO
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