Gur People Cluster | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Gur What is a People Cluster?

Population

41,836,000

3.2% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

120

People Groups
(by Country)

187

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 *
	Akasselem	79,000	1	1	100.0 %	79,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.2 %	1.1 %	2
	Banda, Nafana	110,000	2	1	50.0 %	4,900	4.5 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	24.1 %	4.8 %	1
	Bassar, Ntcham	448,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Batonu, Baruba	1,504,000	4	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Islam	16.6 %	10.0 %	-1 -
	Biali	194,000	4	1	25.0 %	3,300	1.7 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	1.1 %	1
	Bimoba	267,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Birifor, Northern	255,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Birifor, Southern	225,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	19.7 %	8.7 %	-1 -
	Bondoukou Kulango	204,000	2	1	50.0 %	157,000	77.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.9 %	2.9 %	3
	Buamu	419,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	33.0 %	14.0 %	-1 -
	Builsa, Buli	225,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Burusa, Bulba	3,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	33.0 %	25.0 %	-1 -
	Bwamu, Laa Laa	134,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	28.3 %	14.0 %	-1 -
	Bwamu, Twi	48,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	28.3 %	14.0 %	-1 -
	Chakali	10,000	1	1	100.0 %	10,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	1.5 %	1
	Challa	5,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	5.9 %	-1 -
	Dagaaba, Southern	1,234,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	75.0 %	22.5 %	-1 -
	Dagaari Dioula, Wala	42,000	1	1	100.0 %	42,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.5 %	1.2 %	1
	Dagara	386,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0 %	1.5 %	-1 -
	Dagomba	1,494,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	21.8 %	8.7 %	-1 -
	Deg	59,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	39.3 %	13.6 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Ampari	11,000	1	1	100.0 %	11,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Dogon, Ana Tinga	900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	12.0 %	0.2 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Bangi Me	3,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	10.0 %	0.3 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Bankan Tey	2,800	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	6.0 %	0.1 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Ben Tey	5,500	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	10.0 %	0.1 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Bondum Dom	56,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Bunoge	1,800	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	12.0 %	0.2 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Dogul Dom	36,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	8.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Donno So	103,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	10.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Jamsay	295,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	11.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Mombo	54,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	8.0 %	2.4 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Nanga Dama	4,600	1	1	100.0 %	4,600	100.0 %	0 ☀	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Dogon, Tebul Ure	5,800	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	12.0 %	0.4 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Tene Kan	288,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	3.3 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Tiranige Diga	9,000	1	1	100.0 %	9,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Dogon, Tombo	129,000	1	1	100.0 %	129,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.0 %	1.0 %	3
	Dogon, Tomo Kan Kan	355,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.1 %	3.6 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Toro So	113,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	8.0 %	3.1 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Toro Tegu	6,600	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	10.0 %	0.2 %	-1 -
	Dogon, Yanda Dom	3,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	10.0 %	0.3 %	-1 -
	Dogose	50,000	1	1	100.0 %	50,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	5.0 %	1.0 %	1
	Dogoso	18,000	1	1	100.0 %	18,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.2 %	0.2 %	1
	Dyan	35,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Gangam	116,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Gouin	85,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	13.9 %	7.5 %	-1 -
	Gourma	1,730,000	5	1	20.0 %	44,000	2.5 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	19.5 %	7.9 %	1
	Gur, Farefare	647,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	34.0 %	12.9 %	-1 -
	Hanga	12,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	27.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Kaan, Gan	15,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Kabiye	1,439,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	38.9 %	15.6 %	-1 -
	Kamara	8,600	1	1	100.0 %	8,600	100.0 %	0 ☀	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Kantosi	4,000	1	1	100.0 %	4,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	1.9 %	1
	Karaboro, Eastern	88,000	2	1	50.0 %	9,700	11.1 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.2 %	2.6 %	1
	Karaboro, Western	74,000	1	1	100.0 %	74,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.0 %	2.0 %	1
	Kasem	330,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.2 %	5.8 %	-1 -
	Khe	3,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.2 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Khisa	19,000	2	2	100.0 %	19,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.6 %	0.6 %	2
	Kolsi, Ko	40,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	4.5 %	-1 -
	Koma, Konni	6,600	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Konkomba	1,226,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	31.3 %	7.7 %	-1 -
	Kotokoli	500,000	3	2	66.7 %	479,000	95.8 %	1 ●	Islam	0.9 %	0.1 %	10
	Koussountou	14,000	1	1	100.0 %	14,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Kulango, Bouna	325,000	2	1	50.0 %	289,000	88.9 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.4 %	1.5 %	6
	Kurumfe, Fulse	363,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	13.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Kusaal	732,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	59.5 %	11.7 %	-1 -
	Lama	419,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	12.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Lela	333,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.0 %	4.8 %	-1 -
	Lobi	723,000	3	2	66.7 %	713,000	98.6 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.8 %	1.5 %	14
	Loma	4,000	1	1	100.0 %	4,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	0.2 %	1
	Lukpa	182,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Mamprusi	440,000	2	1	50.0 %	422,000	95.9 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.3 %	8
	Mbelime	90,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Moba	504,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	29.8 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Mossi	13,756,000	13	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Islam	33.4 %	17.3 %	-1 -
	Namnam	66,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Nankansi	230,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	11.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Nanumba	80,000	1	1	100.0 %	80,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2 %	0.1 %	2
	Natemba	115,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Natioro	6,000	1	1	100.0 %	6,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Nawdm	212,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	6.8 %	-1 -
	Nuna, Northern	122,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Nuna, Southern	230,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0 %	8.0 %	-1 -
	Otammari	211,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Paleni	400	1	1	100.0 %	400	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	2.0 %	1
	Pana, Sama	19,000	2	2	100.0 %	19,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.1 %	0.2 %	2
	Pila	355,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Piyobe	21,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0 %	0.6 %	-1 -
	Pwo	28,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	4.2 %	-1 -
	Red Bobo, Bwa	482,000	2	1	50.0 %	342,000	71.0 %	4 ●	Islam	11.7 %	3.5 %	7
	Safaliba	10,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	7.5 %	-1 -
	Samo, Kalemse	32,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	1.4 %	-1 -
	Senoufo, Central	75,000	2	1	50.0 %	5,000	6.7 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.8 %	2.8 %	1
	Senoufo, Dyimini	193,000	1	1	100.0 %	193,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	0.2 %	4
	Senoufo, Mamara	1,604,000	1	1	100.0 %	1,604,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	1.0 %	32
	Senoufo, Nanerige	149,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	2.8 %	-1 -
	Senoufo, Niangolo	112,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	1.6 %	-1 -
	Senoufo, Niarafolo-Niafolo	84,000	1	1	100.0 %	84,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.0 %	0.3 %	2
	Senoufo, Palaka	15,000	1	1	100.0 %	15,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.0 %	1.0 %	1
	Senoufo, Shempire	212,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0 %	0.4 %	-1 -
	Senoufo, Southern	1,876,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Senoufo, Supyire	691,000	2	2	100.0 %	691,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	0.5 %	14
	Senoufo, Syenara	234,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0 %	1.8 %	-1 -
	Senoufo, Tagwana	281,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	30.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Senoufo, Tyelibele	55,000	1	1	100.0 %	55,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.0 %	0.6 %	1
	Sisaala, Pasaale	62,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	1.5 %	-1 -
	Sisaala, Tumulung	181,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	12.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Sisaala, Western	52,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Sissala	33,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.0 %	10.0 %	-1 -
	Tamprusi	28,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	23.0 %	7.0 %	-1 -
	Tenbo, Loron	15,000	2	2	100.0 %	15,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	0.5 %	2
	Tiefo	30,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0 %	4.5 %	-1 -
	Toussian, Northern	44,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	2.7 %	-1 -
	Toussian, Southern	44,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	3.8 %	-1 -
	Turka	76,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	12.0 %	9.0 %	-1 -
	Vagla	19,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	40.0 %	12.0 %	-1 -
	Vige, Viemo	16,000	1	1	100.0 %	16,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	1.4 %	1
	Waama, Yoabou	153,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.4 %	1.8 %	-1 -
	Wala	113,000	1	1	100.0 %	113,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.3 %	0.3 %	2
	Wara	11,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	0.6 %	-1 -
Totals:	120 Peoples (across countries)	41,836,000	187	45	24.1 %	5,835,000	13.9 %	●	Islam	23.9%	9.9%	137

* 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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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