Atlantic People Cluster | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Atlantic What is a People Cluster?

Population

8,605,000

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
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 *
	Badyara	24,000	3	3	100.0 %	24,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.1 %	3
	Baga Binari	4,400	1	1	100.0 %	4,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Baga Fore, Black Baga	11,000	1	1	100.0 %	11,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2 %	0.0 %	1
	Baga Koga	5,800	1	1	100.0 %	5,800	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Baga Mandouri	5,300	1	1	100.0 %	5,300	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Baga Sitemu	47,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	7.0 %	1.1 %	-1 -
	Bainouk, Gunyaamolo	75,000	2	1	50.0 %	35,000	46.7 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.4 %	0.3 %	1
	Bainouk, Gunyuno	13,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	15.0 %	1.5 %	-1 -
	Bainouk, Samik	3,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	18.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Balanta, Ganja	144,000	2	2	100.0 %	144,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0 %	0.6 %	4
	Balanta, Kentohe	508,000	4	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	13.4 %	2.7 %	-1 -
	Balanta, Mane	34,000	1	1	100.0 %	34,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.3 %	0.2 %	1
	Balanta, Naga	15,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	3.5 %	-1 -
	Balanta, Nyakra	17,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0 %	10.0 %	-1 -
	Bassari	45,000	3	1	33.3 %	600	1.3 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	11.9 %	0.3 %	1
	Biafada	65,000	1	1	100.0 %	65,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Bijogo	43,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.0 %	3.5 %	-1 -
	Bom, Krim	23,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.0 %	13.2 %	-1 -
	Bullom	8,600	1	1	100.0 %	8,600	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	5.0 %	1.8 %	1
	Gola	213,000	2	2	100.0 %	213,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.1 %	0.8 %	5
	Kasanga	900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	28.0 %	25.0 %	-1 -
	Kissi	738,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	31.8 %	9.7 %	-1 -
	Kissi, Southern	374,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	11.2 %	3.4 %	-1 -
	Kobiana	1,600	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	9.5 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Landoma	31,000	1	1	100.0 %	31,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	5.0 %	0.1 %	1
	Limba, East	2,100	2	1	50.0 %	1,300	61.9 %	2 ●	Islam	6.1 %	1.2 %	1
	Limba, West	579,000	2	1	50.0 %	2,200	0.4 %	2 ●	Islam	14.0 %	1.0 %	1
	Mandyak	522,000	4	1	25.0 %	271,000	51.9 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.6 %	0.5 %	5
	Mankanya	117,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	26.7 %	1.3 %	-1 -
	Nalu	26,000	2	2	100.0 %	26,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.4 %	0.1 %	2
	Ndut	64,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	30.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Papel	208,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.5 %	3.6 %	-1 -
	Serer-Non	53,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	18.0 %	0.3 %	-1 -
	Serer-Safen	290,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	20.0 %	0.0 %	-1 -
	Serer-Sine	1,898,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	21.5 %	0.9 %	-1 -
	Sherbro	232,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	5.7 %	-1 -
	Temne	2,047,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	7.0 %	4.2 %	-1 -
	Temne-Banta	78,000	1	1	100.0 %	78,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Wamei, Konyagi	40,000	2	1	50.0 %	8,800	22.1 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.1 %	1.0 %	1
Totals:	39 Peoples (across countries)	8,605,000	65	24	36.9 %	969,000	11.3 %	●	Islam	14.2%	2.8%	34

* 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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