Mande People Cluster | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Mande What is a People Cluster?

Population

12,254,000

3.1% 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
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: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
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 *
	Bandi	180,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.8 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Banka	10,000	1	1	100.0 %	10,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.5 %	0.4 %	1
	Ble, Jalkunan	2,100	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	8.0 %	-1 -
	Bobo Fing	126,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	19.5 %	9.1 %	-1 -
	Bokabaru	86,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	15.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Boko, Bokonya	223,000	2	1	50.0 %	71,000	31.8 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	11.2 %	2.0 %	1
	Budik	6,400	1	1	100.0 %	6,400	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	1.0 %	0.3 %	1
	Busa, Bussawa	22,000	1	1	100.0 %	22,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	2.0 %	1
	Busanga	1,206,000	4	1	25.0 %	295,000	24.5 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	19.8 %	8.1 %	6
	Dan	2,231,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	31.9 %	13.5 %	-1 -
	Djogorame	65,000	1	1	100.0 %	65,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Duun, Samogo	198,000	1	1	100.0 %	198,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.3 %	0.3 %	4
	Dzuun, Samogo	29,000	1	1	100.0 %	29,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.3 %	1
	Goo	9,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Gouro	789,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	24.0 %	8.0 %	-1 -
	Jeri Kuo	51,000	1	1	100.0 %	51,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.1 %	1
	Jotoni	26,000	2	1	50.0 %	1,800	7.0 %	2 ●	Islam	9.5 %	2.0 %	1
	Kla-Dan	40,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	24.8 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Kono	194,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.0 %	1.8 %	-1 -
	Kono, Kwono	11,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	60.0 %	10.0 %	-1 -
	Kpeego	2,700	1	1	100.0 %	2,700	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	4.0 %	1.0 %	1
	Kpelle	661,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	42.0 %	2.8 %	-1 -
	Kpelle, Liberia	997,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	38.8 %	24.3 %	-1 -
	Kpessi	7,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Kyanga	31,000	2	2	100.0 %	31,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.6 %	2
	Ligbi	37,000	2	1	50.0 %	27,000	73.4 %	1 ●	Islam	0.8 %	0.7 %	1
	Loko	232,000	1	1	100.0 %	232,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.9 %	5
	Loma, Loghoma	331,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Maan	499,000	2	1	50.0 %	122,000	24.4 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	1.7 %	2
	Mandenyi	50,000	1	1	100.0 %	50,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	1
	Mende	2,739,000	5	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	13.0 %	9.0 %	-1 -
	Mona	32,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	24.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Ngan	39,000	1	1	100.0 %	39,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0 %	0.4 %	1
	Ngen	1,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	20.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Samo Southern	180,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	9.5 %	-1 -
	Samo, Maya	78,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	9.5 %	-1 -
	Samo, Samo Matya	245,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	19.9 %	8.7 %	-1 -
	Seemogo	33,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	15.4 %	9.5 %	-1 -
	Shanga	30,000	1	1	100.0 %	30,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.5 %	1
	Toma	282,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.0 %	4.6 %	-1 -
	Tura	91,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	21.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Wan	51,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Yaure	63,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	6.0 %	-1 -
	Zialo	37,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	75.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
Totals:	44 Peoples (across countries)	12,254,000	65	19	29.2 %	1,282,000	10.5 %	●	Ethnic Religions	21.4%	8.9%	32

* 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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