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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Arab, Saharan	47,000		0.10 %	0.50 %	1	Islam	Arabic, Hassaniyya	0P Arab, Saharan	1	0T
Arab, Syrian	16,000		0.10 %	6.00 %	2	Islam	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	0P Arab, Syrian	0M Arab, Syrian of Senegal	0T
Badyara	2,900	Y●	0.20 %	1.00 %	1	Islam	Badyara	0P Badyara	1	0T
Bainouk, Gunyaamolo	36,000	Y●	0.29 %	16.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Bainouk-Gunyaamolo	0P Bainouk, Gunyaamolo	1	0T
Bainouk, Samik	2,900	Y●	1.00 %	18.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Bainouk-Samik	0P Bainouk, Samik	1	1
Balanta, Ganja	130,000	Y●	0.60 %	5.00 %	1	Ethnic Religions	Balanta-Ganja	0P Balanta, Ganja	0M Balanta, Ganja of Senegal	0T
Bambara	95,000		0.50 %	3.00 %	1	Islam	Bamanankan	0P Bambara	0M Bambara of Senegal	0T
Bandial	15,000	Y●	1.00 %	6.00 %	2	Islam	Bandial	0P Bandial	1	0T
Bassari	20,000	Y●	0.25 %	18.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Oniyan	0P Bassari	1	0T
Budik	5,800	Y●	0.30 %	1.00 %	1	Ethnic Religions	Menik	0P Budik	0M Budik of Senegal	0T
Cape Verdean	45,000		6.60 %	95.00 %	4	Christianity	Kabuverdianu	0P Cape Verdean	1	1
Chinese, general	1,700		11.00 %	18.00 %	5	Ethnic Religions	Chinese, Mandarin	0P Chinese, general	1	1
Crioulo, Upper Guinea	12,000		4.00 %	75.00 %	4	Christianity	Guinea-Bissau Creole	0P Crioulo, Upper Guinea	1	1
Deaf	173,000	Y●		6.42 %	2	Islam	Language unknown	0P Deaf	1	0T
French	98,000		1.00 %	62.00 %	3	Christianity	French	0P French	1	0T
Fulani, Fulakunda	1,913,000	Y●	0.01 %	0.80 %	1	Islam	Pulaar	0P Fulani, Fulakunda	1	0T
Fulani, Pulaar	1,510,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Pulaar	0P Fulani, Pulaar	0M Fulani, Pulaar of Senegal	0T
Fulani, Toukaleur	705,000	Y●	0.01 %	0.05 %	1	Islam	Pulaar	0P Fulani, Toukaleur	1	0T
Fulbe	228,000	Y●	0.01 %	0.05 %	1	Islam	Pular	0P Fulbe	0M Fulbe of Senegal	0T
Jahanka	62,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Jahanka	0P Jahanka	0M Jahanka of Senegal	0T
Jola, Falor	16,000	Y●	1.00 %	6.00 %	2	Islam	Paloor	1	0M Jola, Falor of Senegal	0T
Jola-Bayote	26,000	Y●	1.00 %	80.00 %	3	Christianity	Bayot	0P Jola-Bayote	1	1
Jola-Bliss	66,000	Y●	0.30 %	7.00 %	2	Islam	Jola-Kasa	0P Jola-Bliss	0M Jola-Bliss of Senegal	0T
Jola-Felupe	3,300	Y●	0.40 %	2.00 %	1	Islam	Jola-Felupe	0P Jola-Felupe	0M Jola-Felupe of Senegal	0T
Jola-Fonyi	352,000	Y●	0.01 %	22.00 %	2	Islam	Jola-Fonyi	0P Jola-Fonyi	0M Jola-Fonyi of Senegal	0T
Jola-Gusilay	24,000	Y●	0.03 %	1.00 %	1	Islam	Gusilay	1	0M Jola-Gusilay of Senegal	0T
Jola-Her	20,000	Y●	0.04 %	4.00 %	1	Islam	Kerak	1	1	0T
Jola-Hulon	2,100	Y●	0.20 %	3.00 %	1	Islam	Bandial	1	1	0T
Jola-Karon	13,000	Y●	0.03 %	6.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Karon	0P Jola-Karon	0M Jola-Karon of Senegal	0T
Jola-Kwatay	9,800	Y●	0.62 %	20.00 %	2	Islam	Kuwaataay	0P Jola-Kwatay	0M Jola-Kwatay of Senegal	0T
Jola-Lala, Lehar	19,000	Y●	1.50 %	10.00 %	2	Islam	Laalaa	1	1	0T
Jola-Mlomp	8,400	Y●	0.04 %	3.00 %	1	Islam	Mlomp	0P Jola-Mlomp	0M Jola-Mlomp of Senegal	0T
Khasonke	14,000		0.10 %	0.50 %	1	Islam	Xaasongaxango	0P Khasonke	1	0T
Kobiana	500	Y●	1.00 %	12.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Kobiana	1	1	1
Krio, Creole	8,300		2.00 %	70.00 %	3	Christianity	Krio	0P Krio, Creole	1	0T
Mandinka	988,000	Y●	0.05 %	0.70 %	1	Islam	Mandinka	0P Mandinka	0M Mandinka of Senegal	0T
Mandyak, Manjaco	164,000	Y●	0.07 %	7.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Mandjak	0P Mandyak, Manjaco	0M Mandyak, Manjaco of Senegal	0T
Maninka, Eastern	48,000		0.10 %	0.30 %	1	Islam	Maninkakan, Eastern	0P Maninka, Eastern	0M Maninka, Eastern of Senegal	0T
Maninka, Western	1,541,000	Y●	0.13 %	0.50 %	1	Islam	Maninkakan, Western	0P Maninka, Western	0M Maninka, Western of Senegal	0T
Mankanya	46,000	Y●	0.40 %	30.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Mankanya	0P Mankanya	1	1
Moor	173,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Arabic, Hassaniyya	0P Moor	0M Moor of Senegal	0T
Mossi	50,000		9.00 %	20.00 %	4	Ethnic Religions	Moore	0P Mossi	1	1
Ndut	58,000	Y●	3.00 %	30.00 %	4	Islam	Ndut	0P Ndut	1	0T
Papel	8,400		3.50 %	25.00 %	4	Ethnic Religions	Papel	0P Papel	1	1
Portuguese	2,800		3.00 %	95.00 %	4	Christianity	Portuguese	0P Portuguese	1	0T
Serer-Non	48,000	Y●	0.33 %	18.00 %	2	Islam	Noon	0P Serer-Non	0M Serer-Non of Senegal	0T
Serer-Safen, Safi	265,000	Y●	0.02 %	20.00 %	2	Islam	Saafi-Saafi	0P Serer-Safen, Safi	0M Serer-Safen, Safi of Senegal	0T
Serer-Sine	1,672,000	Y●	0.81 %	22.00 %	2	Islam	Serer-Sine	0P Serer-Sine	1	0T
Soninke	382,000	Y●	0.05 %	2.00 %	1	Islam	Soninke	0P Soninke	0M Soninke of Senegal	0T
Susu	50,000		0.00 %	0.01 %	1	Islam	Susu	0P Susu	0M Susu of Senegal	0T
Wamei, Konyagi	29,000	Y●	1.20 %	7.00 %	2	Ethnic Religions	Wamey	0P Wamei, Konyagi	0M Wamei, Konyagi of Senegal	0T
Wolof	5,812,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.01 %	1	Islam	Wolof	0P Wolof	0M Wolof of Senegal	0T
Wolof, Lebou	234,000	Y●	0.10 %	0.40 %	1	Islam	Wolof	0P Wolof, Lebou	0M Wolof, Lebou of Senegal	0T
Yalunka, Dialonke	15,000	Y●	0.05 %	0.15 %	1	Islam	Yalunka	0P Yalunka, Dialonke	0M Yalunka, Dialonke of Senegal	0T
Zenaga	500		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Zenaga	1	1	0T
Total People Groups: 55	17,287,000	39			26			48	28	46
Unclassified / Other Individuals	29,000
UN Country Population (2022)	17,316,000
Other reported groups: 2

Senegal –

% of People Groups ^[1]

% of Population in People Group ^{[1] [2]}

Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population ^[2]
	1 - Unreached	26	47.3 %	14,014,000	81.1 %
	2 - Minimally reached	19	34.5 %	2,963,000	17.1 %
	3 - Superficially reached	3	5.5 %	132,000	0.8 %
	4 - Partially reached	6	10.9 %	176,000	1.0 %
	5 - Significantly reached	1	1.8 %	1,700	0.0 %
Totals		55		17,287,000

NOTES:

Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% of Population in People Group: The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.

Senegal – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Arab, Saharan 47,000	© Copyrighted Photo Arab, Syrian 16,000	Badyara 2,900	Bainouk, Gunyaamolo 36,000	Bainouk, Samik 2,900	Balanta, Ganja 130,000
© Copyrighted Photo Bambara 95,000	Bandial 15,000	Bassari 20,000	Budik 5,800	Cape Verdean 45,000	Chinese, general 1,700
Crioulo, Upper Guinea 12,000	Deaf 173,000	French 98,000	Fulani, Fulakunda 1,913,000	Fulani, Pulaar 1,510,000	Fulani, Toukaleur 705,000
Fulbe 228,000	© Copyrighted Photo Jahanka 62,000	Jola-Bayote 26,000	Jola-Bliss 66,000	Jola-Felupe 3,300	Jola-Fonyi 352,000
Jola-Karon 13,000	Jola-Kwatay 9,800	Jola-Mlomp 8,400	Khasonke 14,000	Krio, Creole 8,300	Mandinka 988,000
Mandyak, Manjaco 164,000	© Copyrighted Photo Maninka, Eastern 48,000	Maninka, Western 1,541,000	Mankanya 46,000	Moor 173,000	Mossi 50,000
Ndut 58,000	Papel 8,400	Portuguese 2,800	Serer-Non 48,000	Serer-Safen, Safi 265,000	Serer-Sine 1,672,000
Soninke 382,000	Susu 50,000	Wamei, Konyagi 29,000	Wolof 5,812,000	Wolof, Lebou 234,000	Yalunka, Dialonke 15,000
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Senegal – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Arabic, Hassaniyya	mey	2	2	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	1	0	Portions	0	0	1	0	0
Badyara	pbp	1	1	Trans Started	1	1	1	0	1
Bainouk-Gunyaamolo	bcz	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	0	1
Bainouk-Samik	bcb	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Balanta-Ganja	bjt	1	1	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Bamanankan	bam	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Bandial	bqj	2	1	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Bayot	bda	1	0	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
French	fra	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau Creole	pov	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Gusilay	gsl	1	1	Trans Started	1	1	1	1	1
Jahanka	jad	1	1	Trans Started	1	1	1	0	1
Jola-Felupe	eja	1	1	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Jola-Fonyi	dyo	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Jola-Kasa	csk	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Kabuverdianu	kea	1	0	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Karon	krx	1	0	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Kerak	hhr	1	1	Trans Started	1	1	1	1	1
Kobiana	kcj	1	0	Trans Needed	1	1	1	0	1
Krio	kri	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Kuwaataay	cwt	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Laalaa	cae	1	0	Trans Needed	1	1	1	0	1
Language unknown	xxx	1	0	Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
Mandinka	mnk	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Mandjak	mfv	1	0	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Maninkakan, Eastern	emk	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Maninkakan, Western	mlq	1	1	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Mankanya	knf	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Menik	tnr	1	1	NT	0	0	1	0	1
Mlomp	mlo	1	1	Trans Needed	1	1	1	1	1
Moore	mos	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Ndut	ndv	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Noon	snf	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Oniyan	bsc	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Paloor	fap	1	0	Trans Needed	1	1	1	0	1
Papel	pbo	1	0	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Portuguese	por	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Pulaar	fuc	3	3	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Pular	fuf	1	1	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Saafi-Saafi	sav	1	0	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Serer-Sine	srr	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Soninke	snk	1	1	Portions	0	1	0	0	1
Susu	sus	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Wamey	cou	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Wolof	wol	2	2	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Xaasongaxango	kao	1	1	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Yalunka	yal	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Zenaga	zen	1	1	Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
Totals:	50	55	26		40	27	36	44	5

Senegal –

Major Religions ^{[1] [3]}

Evangelicals: 0.2 %
(subset of Christianity)

% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends ^[4]

NOTES:

Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.

Senegal – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Senegal. Ministries in the Senegal section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Africa, West and Central section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
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Senegal – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	17,287,000
Percent Urbanization	47 %
Total People Groups	55
Unreached People Groups	26
Region	Africa, West and Central
10/40 Window	Yes
Official National Language	French
Secondary National Language	Wolof
Primary Religion	Islam
Percent Professing Christian	4.6% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	0.2% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	1
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.494 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links

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Notes

[1] Calculated by summing the major religion data for the people groups in the country.

[2] Calculated by summing the Evangelical data for the people groups in the country.


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