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Region:  Africa, North and Middle East

Population

378,044,000

Countries

19

Number of People Groups

583

Unreached People Groups

393 (67%)

Population in Unreached

260,747,000

% Population in Unreached

69.0%
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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 43,769,000 40 36 90.0 % 43,737,000 99.9 % ● Islam 0.1 % 0.1 % 889
Bahrain 1,674,000 17 8 47.1 % 1,299,000 77.6 % ● Islam 8.3 % 2.6 % 29
Egypt 102,256,000 42 25 59.5 % 12,445,000 12.2 % ● Islam 13.1 % 4.4 % 257
Iraq 40,048,000 35 25 71.4 % 39,245,000 98.0 % ● Islam 1.3 % 0.2 % 788
Israel 8,564,000 49 38 77.6 % 8,306,000 97.0 % ● Ethnic Religions 1.7 % 0.7 % 181
Jordan 10,122,000 20 13 65.0 % 9,432,000 93.2 % ● Islam 2.3 % 0.3 % 191
Kuwait 4,201,000 28 13 46.4 % 3,183,000 75.8 % ● Islam 10.1 % 1.5 % 69
Lebanon 6,771,000 26 8 30.8 % 944,000 13.9 % ● Islam 32.9 % 0.7 % 21
Libya 6,821,000 44 31 70.5 % 6,020,000 88.3 % ● Islam 2.5 % 0.2 % 130
Morocco 36,819,000 31 27 87.1 % 36,805,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.1 % 738
Oman 5,092,000 35 27 77.1 % 4,611,000 90.6 % ● Islam 2.8 % 0.7 % 102
Qatar 2,809,000 24 13 54.2 % 2,454,000 87.4 % ● Islam 6.2 % 0.8 % 49
Saudi Arabia 34,737,000 44 28 63.6 % 31,640,000 91.1 % ● Islam 4.3 % 0.6 % 635
Syria 17,382,000 38 19 50.0 % 5,546,000 31.9 % ● Islam 5.7 % 0.2 % 117
Tunisia 11,794,000 15 12 80.0 % 11,701,000 99.2 % ● Islam 0.4 % 0.0 % 241
United Arab Emirates 9,859,000 36 31 86.1 % 8,198,000 83.2 % ● Islam 6.3 % 1.2 % 171
West Bank / Gaza 5,052,000 19 8 42.1 % 4,996,000 98.9 % ● Islam 1.2 % 0.1 % 104
Western Sahara 591,000 10 10 100.0 % 591,000 100.0 % ● Islam 0.0 % 0.0 % 16
Yemen 29,682,000 30 21 70.0 % 29,593,000 99.7 % ● Islam 0.2 % 0.0 % 596
Totals:  19 378,044,000 583 393 67.4 % 260,747,000 69.0 % 12 ●   5.6 % 1.4 % 5,324
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