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Region 9 of 12 · most unreached first
West & Central Africa
More people groups than any region except South Asia and Southeast Asia, and a church growing fast alongside 460 still unreached.
21.2% of this region’s 2,171 people groups are unreached — 460 of them.
The world as a whole is 43.6% unreached.
658 million
People
24
Countries
2,171
People groups
460
Unreached groups
Who Professes Faith Here
17.4% evangelical. 48.6% identify as Christian adherents.
Pray With Others for This Region
Pray 4 110 Cities runs prayer groups covering this part of the world, and the fellowship prays together every week.
Video Testimony
One of the Ethnê regional testimony videos, recorded in 2008.
Prayer Poster
Go Deeper
- Read the testimony from this region — Tito of the Mandinka in Senegal
- Joshua Project: Africa, West and Central — country list, people groups, maps
- Unreached People of the Day
- Prayer guides and study sets in the resource library
Statistics from Joshua Project, retrieved 15 September 2026.
Keep praying
With others, every Friday
8 AM Eastern — praying for the unreached, with Keith Carey leading Joshua Project’s prayer for 24:14.
9–10 AM Eastern — Friday Fellowship, the teaching hour.
3 PM Eastern — praying for the movements among the unreached.
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Every gathering on the site.
On your own, every day
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