Western Africa

Western Africa

Population

348,773,000

Living Languages

885

Institutional: 57, Developing: 225, Vigorous: 499, In Trouble: 55, Dying: 49

For categories, see Development and Endangerment above.

Benin

Population

9,984,000

Living Languages

55

Languages by Status

Institutional

8

Developing

21

Vigorous

24

In Trouble

1

Dying

1

Burkina Faso

Population

17,323,000

Living Languages

70

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

25

Vigorous

27

In Trouble

13

Dying

2

Cape Verde Islands

Population

527,000

Living Languages

2

Languages by Status

Institutional

2

Developing

0

Vigorous

0

In Trouble

0

Dying

0

Côte d’Ivoire

Population

27,702,000

Living Languages

82

Languages by Status

Institutional

4

Developing

36

Vigorous

35

In Trouble

5

Dying

2

Gambia

Population

1,968,000

Living Languages

11

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

2

Vigorous

4

In Trouble

1

Dying

1

Ghana

Population

27,043,000

Living Languages

81

Languages by Status

Institutional

13

Developing

46

Vigorous

15

In Trouble

7

Dying

0

Guinea

Population

10,629,000

Living Languages

36

Languages by Status

Institutional

5

Developing

10

Vigorous

17

In Trouble

2

Dying

2

Guinea-Bissau

Population

1,726,000

Living Languages

22

Languages by Status

Institutional

1

Developing

7

Vigorous

9

In Trouble

3

Dying

2

Liberia

Population

4,503,000

Living Languages

31

Languages by Status

Institutional

2

Developing

17

Vigorous

11

In Trouble

0

Dying

1

Mali

Population

16,956,000

Living Languages

66

Languages by Status

Institutional

7

Developing

18

Vigorous

35

In Trouble

6

Dying

0

Mauritania

Population

3,537,000

Living Languages

7

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

3

Vigorous

0

In Trouble

0

Dying

1

Niger

Population

18,046,000

Living Languages

21

Languages by Status

Institutional

4

Developing

7

Vigorous

9

In Trouble

1

Dying

0

Nigeria

Population

181,562,000

Living Languages

520

Languages by Status

Institutional

20

Developing

78

Vigorous

351

In Trouble

27

Dying

44

Senegal

Population

13,509,000

Living Languages

38

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

18

Vigorous

7

In Trouble

8

Dying

2

Sierra Leone

Population

6,453,000

Living Languages

25

Languages by Status

Institutional

5

Developing

14

Vigorous

2

In Trouble

1

Dying

3

Togo

Population

7,305,000

Living Languages

44

Languages by Status

Institutional

4

Developing

22

Vigorous

16

In Trouble

2

Dying

0

Browse Countries

Benin	Gambia	Liberia	Nigeria
Burkina Faso	Ghana	Mali	Senegal
Cape Verde Islands	Guinea	Mauritania	Sierra Leone
Côte d’Ivoire	Guinea-Bissau	Niger	Togo