Unreached peoples of Niger
An overview of the country's people groups, focusing on those who still have little or no access to the gospel in their own language and culture.
Niger brings together dozens of distinct peoples, most of them still without a church established in their own language and culture. Groups such as the Hausa, Zarma, Fulani, Tuareg and Kanuri make up nearly the entire population, and nearly all are majority Muslim, with very few disciples of Jesus among them. The desert's nomadic peoples, such as the Tuareg, are among the least reached by the gospel in the entire world.
- 98.2% Unreached (27M)
- 1% Minimally reached (268K)
- 0% Superficially reached (8K)
- 0.8% Partially reached (219K)
- 0% Significantly reached (0)
- 83.3% Unreached (30)
- 5.6% Minimally reached (2)
- 2.8% Superficially reached (1)
- 8.3% Partially reached (3)
- 0% Significantly reached (0)
Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
| People | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubu Teda Frontier | 161K | Tedaga | 0% | 0% |
| Arabized Tuareg Frontier | 17K | Algerian Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Fulani Gurmanche | 2.2M | Western Niger Fulfulde | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Kanuri Tumari Frontier | 110K | Tumari Kanuri | 0% | 0% |
| Dendi Dandawa Frontier | 488K | Dendi (Benin) | < 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Diffa Mahamid Arab Frontier | 296K | Chadian Arabic | 0% | 0% |
| Western Niger Fulani Frontier | 667K | Western Niger Fulfulde | 0% | 0% |
| Arabic-Speaking Algerian Frontier | 38.2M | Algerian Arabic | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Kanuri Manga Frontier | 1.2M | Manga Kanuri | 0% | 0% |
| Algerian Tuareg Frontier | 216K | Algerian Saharan Arabic | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Hoggar Tuareg Frontier | 156K | Tahaggart Tamahaq | < 0.1% | < 0.1% |
| Igdalen Tagdal Frontier | 72K | Tagdal | 0% | 0% |
| Kanuri Yerwa | 9.4M | Yerwa Kanuri | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Muslim Lebanese Arab | 5.4M | Levantine Arabic | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Tamajaq Tuareg Frontier | 1.8M | Tawallammat Tamajaq | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Libyan Arab Frontier | 2.8M | Libyan Arabic | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Tasawaq | 23K | Tasawaq | 0% | 0.4% |
| Tubu Daza Frontier | 728K | Dazaga | 0% | 0% |
| Zarma | 5.3M | Zarma | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Kanembu Frontier | 1.1M | Kanembu | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Moor Frontier | 296K | Hassaniyya | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Sokoto Fulani Frontier | 867K | Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde | 0% | 0.1% |
| Shuwa Arab | 4.6M | Chadian Arabic | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Air Tuareg | 517K | Tayart Tamajeq | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Asben Tuareg | 201K | Tayart Tamajeq | 0.8% | 1% |
| Fulani Wodaabe | 104K | East Central Niger Fulfulde | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Tetserret Berber | 3K | Tetserret | 1% | 2% |
| Hausa Maori | 1M | Hausa | 1.5% | 3% |
| Hausa | 59.1M | Hausa | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| Deaf Frontier | 27.5M | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Bambara | 8M | Bamanankan | 1.1% | 4% |
| French | 52M | French | 1.1% | 66.7% |
| Kanuri Bilma | 48K | Kanuri Bilma | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| Gourma | 1.8M | Gourmanchema | 7.9% | 19.5% |
| Mossi | 14.7M | Moore | 17.7% | 31.5% |
| Yoruba | 49.6M | Yoruba | 53% | 60% |
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