Country: Mali

People Groups
Total

74

People Groups Unreached

44 (59.5%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

20 (27.0%)

Population
Total

25,027,000

Population in Unreached

22,908,000 (91.5%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

6,900,000 (27.6%)

% Evangelical

0.67%

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
Dogon, Tebul Ure 6,300 6,300 1 Dogon, Tebul Ure Islam 12.00 % 0.40 % -
Dogon, Tene Kan 311,000 311,000 1 Dogon, Tene Kan Islam 10.00 % 3.30 % -
Dogon, Tiranige Diga 9,700 9,700 1 Dogon, Tiranige Diga Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Dogon, Tombo 139,000 139,000 1 Dogon, Tommo So Islam 4.00 % 1.00 % 3
 Dogon, Tomo Kan 326,000 384,000 3 Dogon, Tomo Kan Ethnic Religions 20.00 % 3.60 % -
 Dogon, Toro So 122,000 122,000 1 Dogon, Toro So Islam 8.00 % 3.10 % -
Dogon, Toro Tegu 7,100 7,100 1 Dogon, Toro Tegu Islam 10.00 % 0.20 % -
Dogon, Yanda Dom 4,200 4,200 1 Dogon, Yanda Dom Islam 10.00 % 0.30 % -
 Duun, Samogo 198,000 198,000 1 Duungooma Islam 0.30 % 0.28 % 4
 Dyula 143,000 4,940,000 6 Jula Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.08 % 3
 French 23,000 52,108,000 113 French Christianity 63.00 % 1.00 % -
 Fulani, Maasina 1,560,000 2,203,000 4 Fulfulde, Maasina Islam ☀︎ 0.06 % 0.06 % 31
 Fulbe Futa 128,000 5,705,000 9 Pular Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % 3
 Fuuta Torro 413,000 3,279,000 7 Pulaar Islam 0.20 % 0.00 % 8
 Ganadougou, Gana 210,000 210,000 1 Bamanankan Islam 15.00 % 0.60 % -
 Idaksahak 183,000 187,000 2 Tadaksahak Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
 Jahanka 10,000 138,000 5 Jahanka Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Jotoni 24,000 26,000 2 Jowulu Islam 10.00 % 2.00 % -
 Kagoro 58,000 58,000 1 Kagoro Islam 0.50 % 0.30 % 1
 Khasonke 1,077,000 1,095,000 3 Xaasongaxango Islam 2.50 % 0.63 % 22
Kurumfe, Fulse 9,500 376,000 2 Koromfe Ethnic Religions 13.00 % 1.00 % -
 Maninka, Eastern 585,000 4,614,000 10 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.00 % 12
 Maninka, Kita 651,000 651,000 1 Maninkakan, Kita Islam 3.00 % 0.20 % 13
 Maninka, Western 730,000 2,514,000 6 Maninkakan, Western Islam 2.00 % 0.20 % 15
 Marka, Dafing 64,000 282,000 2 Marka Islam 10.00 % 0.50 % -
  Totals:  74 25,027,000           20 ☀︎  44 2.79 % 0.67 % 470 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 172,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 25,199,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Bamako 3,017,000
Gao 907,000
Kayes 3,330,000
Kidal 113,000
Koulikoro 4,032,000
Menaka 66,000
Mopti 3,397,000
Segou 3,895,000
Sikasso 4,379,000
Timbuktu 1,137,000
Provinces:  10 24,273,000
UN Country Population 25,199,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
God's
Story
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Bamanankan bam 2 1 Complete Bible
Bangime dba 1 0 Translation Needed
Bankagooma bxw 1 1 Bible Portions
Bolon bof 1 0 Translation Needed
Bomu bmq 1 1 Complete Bible
Bozo, Jenaama bze 1 1 Bible Portions
Bozo, Kelengaxo bzx 1 1 Translation Started
Bozo, Tiemacewe boo 1 1 Translation Needed
Bozo, Tieyaxo boz 1 1 Bible Portions
Dogon, Ampari aqd 1 1 Translation Needed
Dogon, Ana Tinga dti 1 0 Translation Needed
Dogon, Bankan Tey dbw 1 0 Translation Needed
Dogon, Ben Tey dbt 1 0 Translation Needed
Dogon, Bondum Dom dbu 1 0 Unspecified
Dogon, Bunoge dgb 1 0 Translation Needed
Dogon, Dogul Dom dbg 1 0 Translation Needed
Dogon, Donno So dds 1 0 New Testament
Dogon, Jamsay djm 1 0 Bible Portions
Dogon, Mombo dmb 1 0 Bible Portions
Dogon, Nanga Dama nzz 1 1 Translation Needed
Dogon, Tebul Ure dtu 1 0 Translation Needed
Dogon, Tene Kan dtk 1 0 Bible Portions
Dogon, Tiranige Diga tde 1 1 Translation Needed
Dogon, Tommo So dto 1 1 Bible Portions
Dogon, Tomo Kan dtm 1 0 Bible Portions
Dogon, Toro So dts 1 0 Complete Bible
Dogon, Toro Tegu dtt 1 0 Translation Needed
Dogon, Yanda Dom dym 1 0 Translation Needed
Duungooma dux 1 1 Translation Started
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Maasina ffm 2 2 New Testament
Hassaniyya mey 3 3 New Testament
Jahanka jad 1 1 Translation Started
Jowulu jow 1 0 New Testament
Jula dyu 1 1 Complete Bible
Kagoro xkg 1 1 Translation Started
Kalamse knz 1 0 Bible Portions
Konabere bbo 1 0 New Testament
Koromfe kfz 1 0 New Testament
Maninkakan, Eastern emk 2 2 New Testament
Maninkakan, Kita mwk 1 1 New Testament
Maninkakan, Western mlq 1 1 Bible Portions
Marka rkm 1 0 Bible Portions
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Pana (Burkina Faso) pnq 1 1 Unspecified
Pulaar fuc 1 1 New Testament
Pular fuf 1 1 New Testament
Samo, Matya stj 1 0 New Testament
Seenku sos 1 0 Translation Started
Senoufo, Mamara myk 1 1 New Testament
Senoufo, Shempire seb 1 0 Translation Needed
Senoufo, Sicite sep 1 1 New Testament
Senoufo, Supyire spp 1 1 New Testament
Senoufo, Syenara shz 1 0 Translation Started
Siamou sif 1 1 Bible Portions
Songhay, Humburi Senni hmb 1 1 Translation Started
Songhay, Koyra Chiini khq 1 1 New Testament
Songhay, Koyraboro Senni ses 1 1 New Testament
Soninke snk 1 1 Bible Portions
Tadaksahak dsq 1 1 Translation Needed
Tamajaq, Tawallammat ttq 1 1 New Testament
Tamasheq taq 1 1 New Testament
Tebul Sign Language tsy 1 1 Translation Started
Tondi Songway Kiini tst 1 1 Translation Needed
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Xaasongaxango kao 1 1 Complete Bible
Yalunka yal 1 1 Complete Bible
Zarma dje 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 69 74 44   15 30 33 45 12 3
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Mali Statistics
People Groups 74
Unreached People Groups 44  (59.5%)
Population 25,027,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 3.1%
Population in Unreached 22,908,000  (91.5%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 2.8%
Percent Evangelical 0.7%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 470
Country Progress Level 1
Continent Africa
Region Africa, West and Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code ML
Official Language(s) French
Literacy Rate 36%
Estimated Illiterate Population 16,017,000
Persecution Ranking 14 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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