Mali

Country: Mali

Number of People Groups

People Groups Unreached

44 (59.5%)

Progress Level

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%

Total
Population

20,751,000

Population in Unreached

18,981,000 (91.5%)

Largest Religion

Islam (87.8%)

% Christian Adherent

2.80%

% Evangelical

0.66%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.5%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Arab, Saharan	51,000	97,000		Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bambara	6,206,000	6,574,000	●	Bamanankan	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	124
Banka	8,600	8,600	●	Bankagooma	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	1
Bedouin, Berabish	51,000	121,000	●	Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bobo Fing	37,000	109,000	●	Konabere	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	6.00 %	2.90 %	-1 -
Bolon	12,000	46,000		Bolon	Islam	4 ●	3.00 %	2.10 %	-1 -
Bozo, Kelenga	42,000	42,000	●	Bozo, Kelengaxo	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bozo, Sorogoye	358,000	400,000	●	Bozo, Jenaama	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.00 %	7
Bozo, Tegue	296,000	299,000	●	Bozo, Tieyaxo	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	6
Bozo, Tiemacewe	7,400	7,400	●	Bozo, Tiemacewe	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
British	1,400	54,223,000		English	Christianity	4 ●	61.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Deaf	209,000	48,207,000	●	Tebul Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	2.64 %	-1	4
Dogon, Ampari	10,000	10,000	●	Dogon, Ampari	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dogon, Ana Tinga	800	800	●	Dogon, Ana Tinga	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	12.00 %	0.20 %	-1 -
Dogon, Bangi Me	3,500	3,500	●	Bangime	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Dogon, Bankan Tey	2,500	2,500	●	Dogon, Bankan Tey	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	0.10 %	-1 -
Dogon, Ben Tey	5,000	5,000	●	Dogon, Ben Tey	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.10 %	-1 -
Dogon, Bondum Dom	50,000	50,000	●	Dogon, Bondum Dom	Islam	4 ●	10.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Dogon, Bunoge	1,600	1,600	●	Dogon, Bunoge	Islam	2 ●	12.00 %	0.20 %	-1 -
Dogon, Dogul Dom	32,000	32,000	●	Dogon, Dogul Dom	Islam	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Dogon, Donno So	92,000	92,000	●	Dogon, Donno So	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Dogon, Jamsay	263,000	264,000	●	Dogon, Jamsay	Islam	4 ●	11.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Dogon, Mombo	49,000	49,000	●	Dogon, Mombo	Islam	4 ●	8.00 %	2.40 %	-1 -
Dogon, Nanga Dama	4,100	4,100	●	Dogon, Nanga Dama	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dogon, Tebul Ure	5,200	5,200	●	Dogon, Tebul Ure	Islam	2 ●	12.00 %	0.40 %	-1 -
Dogon, Tene Kan	257,000	257,000	●	Dogon, Tene Kan	Islam	4 ●	10.00 %	3.30 %	-1 -
Dogon, Tiranige Diga	8,100	8,100	●	Dogon, Tiranige Diga	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dogon, Tombo	115,000	115,000	●	Dogon, Tommo So	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.00 %	2
Dogon, Tomo Kan	270,000	320,000	●	Dogon, Tomo Kan	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	20.00 %	3.60 %	-1 -
Dogon, Toro So	101,000	101,000	●	Dogon, Toro So	Islam	4 ●	8.00 %	3.10 %	-1 -
Dogon, Toro Tegu	5,900	5,900	●	Dogon, Toro Tegu	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.20 %	-1 -
Dogon, Yanda Dom	3,500	3,500	●	Dogon, Yanda Dom	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.30 %	-1 -
Duun, Samogo	164,000	164,000	●	Duungooma	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.00 %	3
French	19,000	50,605,000		French	Christianity	3 ●	63.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Fula Jalon	116,000	6,519,000	●	Pular	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	2
Fulani, Fouta Tooro	86,000	811,000	●	Pulaar	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	2
Fulani, Maasina	1,291,000	1,823,000	●	Fulfulde, Maasina	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	26
Fulani, Pulaar	284,000	1,652,000	●	Pulaar	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	6
Ganadougou, Gana	174,000	174,000	●	Bamanankan	Islam	2 ●	15.00 %	0.60 %	-1 -
Idaksahak	163,000	167,000	●	Tadaksahak	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Jahanka	8,400	123,000		Jahanka	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jotoni	19,000	21,000	●	Jowulu	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Jula, Dyula	118,000	5,073,000	●	Jula	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	2
Kagoro	48,000	48,000	●	Kagoro	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	1
Khasonke	891,000	907,000	●	Xaasongaxango	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	0.63 %	18
Kurumfe, Fulse	7,900	335,000		Koromfe	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	13.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Maninka, Eastern	484,000	4,122,000		Maninkakan, Eastern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.00 %	10
Maninka, Kita	539,000	539,000	●	Maninkakan, Kita	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.20 %	11
Maninka, Western	604,000	2,455,000	●	Maninkakan, Western	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	12
Marka, Dafing	63,000	258,000	●	Marka	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Moor	51,000	4,617,000	●	Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mossi	51,000	12,799,000		Moore	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	7.00 %	1.80 %	-1 -
Pana, Sama	7,700	17,000	●	Pana	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	1
Red Bobo, Bwa	306,000	436,000	●	Bomu	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.00 %	6
Samo, Kalemse	3,100	29,000	●	Kalamse	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Samo, Samo Matya	1,300	218,000		Samo, Matya	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	10.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Seemogo	5,800	29,000		Seeku	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	17.00 %	0.10 %	-1 -
Senoufo, Central	4,500	69,000	●	Senoufo, Sicite	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.20 %	1
Senoufo, Mamara	1,436,000	1,436,000	●	Senoufo, Mamara	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	29
Senoufo, Shempire	23,000	198,000		Senoufo, Shempire	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	6.00 %	0.15 %	-1 -
Senoufo, Supyire	520,000	624,000	●	Senoufo, Supyire	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.60 %	10
Senoufo, Syenara	210,000	210,000	●	Senoufo, Syenara	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	6.00 %	1.84 %	-1 -
Siamou	38,000	63,000		Siamou	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.00 %	1
Songhai, Humburi	30,000	43,000	●	Songhay, Humburi Senni	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.00 %	1
Songhai, Koyra	397,000	397,000	●	Songhay, Koyra Chiini	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	8
Songhai-Koyraboro	1,081,000	2,038,000	●	Songhay, Koyraboro Senni	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	22
Soninke	1,787,000	2,849,000	●	Soninke	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	36
Tondi Songway	5,800	5,800	●	Tondi Songway Kiini	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tuareg, Tamajaq	459,000	1,604,000	●	Tamajaq, Tawallammat	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Tuareg, Tamasheq	469,000	775,000	●	Tamasheq	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Wassulu	203,000	304,000	●	Bamanankan	Islam	0 ☀	0.04 %	0.03 %	4
Wolof	4,100	6,332,000		Wolof	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.00 %	1
Yalunka	17,000	202,000	●	Yalunka	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	1
Zarma	2,300	4,742,000		Zarma	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	1
Totals: 74	20,751,000					44 ●	2.80 %	0.66 %	390
Unclassified / Other Individuals	105,000
UN Country Population (2021)	20,856,000

Other minor groups: 2

Very small groups reported, but outside the Joshua Project Small Group Policy. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values, population, language and religion information. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. If you have information about these groups, please contact us.

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People Group ▲	Progress Scale	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Samo, Northwestern, Samo Matya	4 ●	200	Samo, Matya	Ethnic Religions
Turk	1 ●	200	Turkish	Islam
Totals: 2

For more information see the Joshua Project Small Group Policy

* 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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Province ▲	Estimated Population
Bamako	2,473,000
Gao	744,000
Kayes	2,730,000
Kidal	93,000
Koulikoro	3,306,000
Menaka	54,000
Mopti	2,785,000
Segou	3,194,000
Sikasso	3,590,000
Timbuktu	932,000
Provinces: 10	19,901,000
UN Country Population	20,856,000

Mali Prayer Cards
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Mali Links
Operation World
World Factbook
God Reports (stories from the field)
Religious Freedom Report
UN Human Development Report
Ethnologue Language Listing
National Bible Society

Mali Maps
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Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	289,990,000	1,397.5 %	97.3 %	0.0 %	1.1 %	0.1 %	0.0 %	1.5 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	774,293,000	3,731.4 %	70.2 %	24.9 %	1.7 %	0.1 %	2.3 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	207,376,000	999.4 %	93.5 %	0.0 %	0.5 %	3.4 %	2.6 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	115,473,000	556.5 %	81.9 %	1.5 %	9.1 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.7 %
	20,751,000

Why Use Caste to Define Peoples?

South Asia Communities / Castes: An Overview

A History of South Asia People Group Lists

Why Include Religion When Defining South Asia Peoples?

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples w/ this Primary Language	# Unreached w/ this Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Bamanankan	bam	3	2	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Bangime	dba	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Bankagooma	bxw	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Bolon	bof	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Bomu	bmq	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Bozo, Jenaama	bze	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Bozo, Kelengaxo	bzx	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Bozo, Tiemacewe	boo	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Bozo, Tieyaxo	boz	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Dogon, Ampari	aqd	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Ana Tinga	dti	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Bankan Tey	dbw	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Ben Tey	dbt	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Bondum Dom	dbu	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Bunoge	dgb	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Dogul Dom	dbg	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Donno So	dds	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Jamsay	djm	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Dogon, Mombo	dmb	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Nanga Dama	nzz	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Tebul Ure	dtu	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Tene Kan	dtk	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Tiranige Diga	tde	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Tommo So	dto	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Dogon, Tomo Kan	dtm	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	1
Dogon, Toro So	dts	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Dogon, Toro Tegu	dtt	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dogon, Yanda Dom	dym	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Duungooma	dux	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
English	eng	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
French	fra	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Fulfulde, Maasina	ffm	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Hassaniyya	mey	3	3	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Jahanka	jad	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Jowulu	jow	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Jula	dyu	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kagoro	xkg	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kalamse	knz	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Konabere	bbo	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Koromfe	kfz	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Maninkakan, Eastern	emk	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Maninkakan, Kita	mwk	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Maninkakan, Western	mlq	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Marka	rkm	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Moore	mos	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Pana	pnq	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Pulaar	fuc	2	2	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Pular	fuf	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Samo, Matya	stj	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Seeku	sos	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Senoufo, Mamara	myk	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Senoufo, Shempire	seb	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Senoufo, Sicite	sep	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Senoufo, Supyire	spp	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Senoufo, Syenara	shz	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Siamou	sif	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Songhay, Humburi Senni	hmb	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Songhay, Koyra Chiini	khq	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Songhay, Koyraboro Senni	ses	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Soninke	snk	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Tadaksahak	dsq	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tamajaq, Tawallammat	ttq	1	1	4 New Testament	1	-1	1	1	-1
Tamasheq	taq	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Tebul Sign Language	tsy	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tondi Songway Kiini	tst	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Wolof	wol	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Xaasongaxango	kao	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Yalunka	yal	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Zarma	dje	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Totals:	69	74	44		12	21	30	45	3

MAJOR RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.0 %
Christianity (Evangelical 0.7 %)	2.8 %
Ethnic Religions	9.2 %
Hinduism	0.0 %
Islam	87.8 %
Non-Religious	0.2 %
Other / Small Religions	0.0 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	0.0 %
Independent	0.1 %
Orthodox	0.0 %
Other Christian	0.2 %
Protestant	23.2 %
Roman Catholic	74.0 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

Networking Possibilities

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There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Mali. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

Church planting agencies in Mali
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Evangelism agencies
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Bible translation opportunities
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Mali Statistics
People Groups	74
Unreached People Groups	44 (59.5%)
Population	20,751,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	3.1%
Population in Unreached	18,981,000 (91.5%)
Primary Religion	Islam
Percent Christian Adherent	2.8%
Percent Evangelical	0.7%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	2.5%
Pioneer Workers Needed *	390
Country Progress Level	1 ●
Urbanization	42%
Continent	Africa
Region	Africa, West and Central
10/40 Window	Yes
Country Code	ML
Official Language(s)	French
Literacy Rate	33%
Estimated Illiterate Population	13,903,000
Persecution Ranking	28 (1=High to 50=Low OD)

Mali Maps
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Mali Links
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