Country: Benin

People Groups
Total

62

People Groups Unreached

10 (16.1%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

3 (4.8%)

Population
Total

14,761,000

Population in Unreached

2,693,000 (18.2%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

431,000 (2.9%)

% Evangelical

7.46%

Progress Scale

Progress Gauge
Map Notes

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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
Gbe, Gbesi 141,000 141,000 1 Gbe, Gbesi Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 45.00 % 1.00 % -
 Gbe, Kotafon 197,000 197,000 1 Gbe, Kotafon Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 8.00 % 3.00 % -
 Gbe, Maxi 438,000 500,000 2 Gbe, Maxi Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 34.00 % 4.00 % -
 Gbe, Saxwe 357,000 357,000 1 Gbe, Saxwe Christianity Progress Gauge 72.00 % 16.00 % -
Gbe, Seto 48,000 48,000 1 Gun Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 5.09 % 0.55 % -
Gbe, Tofin 174,000 174,000 1 Gbe, Tofin Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 27.00 % 7.00 % -
Gbe, Toli 14,000 14,000 1 Gun Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 5.31 % 2.25 % -
 Gbe, Weme 346,000 346,000 1 Gbe, Weme Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 19.00 % 5.00 % -
 Gbe, Western Xwla 97,000 97,000 1 Gbe, Western Xwla Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 8.00 % 3.00 % -
Gbe, Xwela 103,000 103,000 1 Gbe, Xwela Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 6.00 % 2.00 % -
Gen, Mina 159,000 740,000 2 Gen Christianity Progress Gauge 70.00 % 7.00 % -
 Gourma 74,000 1,805,000 5 Gourmanchema Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 12.00 % 1.00 % -
Gun 800,000 1,353,000 3 Gun Christianity Progress Gauge 66.60 % 8.00 % -
 Hausa 1,325,000 59,447,000 16 Hausa Islam Progress Gauge 0.11 % 0.06 % 27
Ica 137,000 137,000 1 Ede Ica Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 6.00 % 0.30 % -
 Idaca 207,000 207,000 1 Ede Idaca Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 7.00 % 0.70 % -
Ife 56,000 283,000 3 Ife Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 34.00 % 15.00 % -
Ije, Holi 188,000 188,000 1 Ede Ije Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 6.00 % 1.00 % -
 Kabiye 16,000 1,542,000 3 Kabiye Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 18.00 % 3.00 % -
Kambole, Manigri Nago 66,000 138,000 2 Nago, Northern Islam Progress Gauge 10.00 % 1.00 % -
 Kotokoli 22,000 529,000 3 Tem Islam Progress Gauge 9.00 % 0.80 % -
 Kyanga 2,500 31,000 2 Kyanga Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 1.00 % 0.10 % 1
Lama 114,000 451,000 3 Lama Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 12.00 % 5.00 % -
Lukpa 170,000 196,000 2 Lukpa Ethnic Religions Progress Gauge 10.00 % 3.00 % -
 Mandinka 15,000 2,474,000 6 Mandinka Islam Progress Gauge 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
  Totals:  62 14,761,000           3 ☀︎  10 31.57 % 7.46 % 56 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 53,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 14,814,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Alibori 1,247,000
Atakora 1,110,000
Atlantique 2,010,000
Borgou 1,745,000
Collines 1,031,000
Donga 781,000
Kouffo 1,071,000
Littoral 976,000
Mono 715,000
Ouémé 1,582,000
Plateau 894,000
Zou 1,225,000
Provinces:  12 14,387,000
UN Country Population 14,814,000
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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
Aguna aug 1 0 Bible Portions
Aja (Benin) ajg 1 0 New Testament
American Sign Language ase 1 0 Complete Bible
Anii blo 1 1 Bible Portions
Anufo cko 1 0 New Testament
Baatonum bba 1 0 Complete Bible
Biali beh 1 0 New Testament
Boko (Benin) bqc 1 0 Complete Bible
Dendi (Benin) ddn 1 1 New Testament
Ditammari tbz 1 0 Complete Bible
Ede Cabe cbj 1 0 Bible Portions
Ede Ica ica 1 0 Bible Portions
Ede Idaca idd 1 0 New Testament
Ede Ije ijj 1 0 Bible Portions
Ede Nago, Kura nqk 1 0 Bible Portions
Ewe ewe 1 0 Complete Bible
Fon fon 1 0 Complete Bible
Foodo fod 1 1 Bible Portions
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Borgu fue 1 1 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Western Niger fuh 1 1 New Testament
Ga gaa 1 0 Complete Bible
Gbe, Ayizo ayb 1 0 Bible Portions
Gbe, Ci cib 1 0 Translation Started
Gbe, Defi gbh 1 0 Translation Started
Gbe, Eastern Xwla gbx 1 0 Translation Started
Gbe, Gbesi gbs 1 0 Translation Needed
Gbe, Kotafon kqk 1 0 Translation Needed
Gbe, Maxi mxl 1 0 Bible Portions
Gbe, Saxwe sxw 1 0 New Testament
Gbe, Tofin tfi 1 0 Unspecified
Gbe, Waci wci 1 1 Bible Portions
Gbe, Weme wem 1 0 Translation Started
Gbe, Western Xwla xwl 1 0 Translation Started
Gbe, Xwela xwe 1 0 Translation Started
Gen gej 1 0 Complete Bible
Gourmanchema gux 1 0 Complete Bible
Gun guw 3 0 Complete Bible
Hausa hau 1 1 Complete Bible
Ife ife 1 0 New Testament
Kabiye kbp 1 0 Complete Bible
Kyanga tye 1 1 Bible Portions
Lama las 1 0 New Testament
Lukpa dop 1 0 Complete Bible
Mandinka mnk 1 1 Complete Bible
Mbelime mql 1 0 Bible Portions
Miyobe soy 1 0 New Testament
Mokole mkl 1 0 Complete Bible
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Nago, Northern xkb 1 0 Bible Portions
Nago, Southern nqg 1 0 Translation Started
Nateni ntm 1 0 New Testament
Ngangam gng 1 0 New Testament
Notre bly 1 0 Bible Portions
Tchumbuli bqa 1 0 Bible Portions
Tem kdh 1 0 New Testament
Waama wwa 1 0 New Testament
Yom pil 1 0 Complete Bible
Yoruba yor 1 0 Complete Bible
Zarma dje 1 1 Complete Bible
Totals: 60 62 10   25 42 36 55 24 3
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Benin Statistics
People Groups 62
Unreached People Groups 10  (16.1%)
Population 14,761,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 2.6%
Population in Unreached 2,693,000  (18.2%)
Primary Religion Ethnic Religions
Percent Christian Adherent 31.6%
Percent Evangelical 7.5%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 56
Country Progress Level 4
Continent Africa
Region Africa, West and Central
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code BN
Official Language(s) French
Literacy Rate 42%
Estimated Illiterate Population 8,561,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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