People Cluster - Atlantic | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Atlantic What is a People Cluster?

Population

7,178,000

3.2% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Sub-Saharan Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Badyara	20,000	3	3	100.0 %	20,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0%	0.1%	3
	Baga Binari	3,800	1	1	100.0 %	3,800	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Baga Fore, Black Baga	9,200	1	1	100.0 %	9,200	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2%	0.0%	1
	Baga Koga	5,000	1	1	100.0 %	5,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Baga Mandouri	4,600	1	1	100.0 %	4,600	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Baga Sitemu	4,400	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	7.0%	1.1%	-1 -
	Bainouk, Banyum	8,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	15.0%	1.5%	-1 -
	Bainouk-Samik	2,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	18.0%	1.0%	-1 -
	Balanta, Ganja	104,000	2	2	100.0 %	104,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0%	0.6%	3
	Balanta, Kentohe	480,000	4	1	25.0 %	380,000	79.2 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.7%	2.4%	8
	Balanta, Mane	29,000	1	1	100.0 %	29,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.3%	0.2%	1
	Balanta, Naga	13,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0%	3.5%	-1 -
	Balanta, Nyakra	14,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0%	10.0%	-1 -
	Banyun	38,000	2	1	50.0 %	4,300	11.2 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.7%	0.3%	1
	Bassari	36,000	3	1	33.3 %	500	1.4 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	11.3%	0.3%	1
	Biafada	51,000	1	1	100.0 %	51,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Bijogo	34,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.0%	3.5%	-1 -
	Bom, Bum	1,000	1	1	100.0 %	1,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0%	0.5%	1
	Bullom	7,500	1	1	100.0 %	7,500	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	5.0%	1.8%	1
	Gola	182,000	2	2	100.0 %	182,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.1%	0.8%	4
	Kasanga	800	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	28.0%	25.0%	-1 -
	Kissi	640,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	31.8%	9.7%	-1 -
	Kissi, Southern	276,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	11.1%	3.1%	-1 -
	Kobiana	1,200	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.7%	1.0%	-1 -
	Krim	19,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Islam	24.0%	20.0%	-1 -
	Landoma	27,000	1	1	100.0 %	27,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	5.0%	0.1%	1
	Limba, East	1,800	2	1	50.0 %	1,100	61.1 %	2 ●	Islam	6.1%	1.2%	1
	Limba, West	507,000	2	1	50.0 %	1,900	0.4 %	2 ●	Islam	14.0%	1.0%	1
	Mandyak	420,000	4	1	25.0 %	230,000	54.8 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.6%	0.4%	5
	Mankanya	89,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	26.6%	1.4%	-1 -
	Nalu	20,000	2	2	100.0 %	20,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.3%	0.1%	2
	Ndut	46,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	30.0%	3.0%	-1 -
	Papel	178,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.5%	3.6%	-1 -
	Serer-Non	45,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	18.0%	0.3%	-1 -
	Serer-Safen	250,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	20.0%	0.0%	-1 -
	Serer-Sine	1,519,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	21.6%	0.6%	-1 -
	Sherbro	203,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0%	5.7%	-1 -
	Temne	1,792,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	7.0%	3.2%	-1 -
	Temne-Banta	68,000	1	1	100.0 %	68,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.0%	0.0%	1
	Wamei, Konyagi	30,000	2	1	50.0 %	7,600	25.7 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0%	0.9%	1
Totals:	40 Peoples (across countries)	7,178,000	66	26	39.4 %	1,157,000	16.1 %	●	Islam	14.3%	2.6%	40

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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