Country: Cameroon

People Groups
Total

294

People Groups Unreached

18 (6.1%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

8 (2.7%)

Population
Total

29,764,000

Population in Unreached

4,281,000 (14.4%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

3,968,000 (13.3%)

% Evangelical

8.63%

Progress Scale

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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
 Abo 24,000 24,000 1 Bankon Christianity 70.00 % 2.50 % -
 Aghem, Wum 54,000 54,000 1 Aghem Christianity 75.00 % 7.00 % -
 Akum 2,700 3,700 2 Akum Christianity 62.00 % 8.00 % -
Amasi, Banta 11,000 11,000 1 Manta Christianity 73.00 % 1.50 % -
Ambele 11,000 11,000 1 Ambele Christianity 69.00 % 6.00 % -
 Arab, Turku 15,000 69,000 3 Arabic, Juba Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Atong 8,500 8,500 1 Atong (Cameroon) Christianity 62.00 % 0.30 % -
 Awing 38,000 38,000 1 Awing Christianity 85.00 % 7.00 % -
Baba 42,000 42,000 1 Supapya Christianity 70.00 % 2.00 % -
 Babanki 56,000 56,000 1 Babanki Christianity 73.00 % 3.00 % -
Badwe'e 23,000 23,000 1 Koonzime Christianity 73.00 % 7.00 % -
Bafanji 26,000 26,000 1 Chufie' Ethnic Religions 27.00 % 1.50 % -
Bafaw 29,000 29,000 1 Bafaw-Balong Christianity 75.00 % 2.50 % -
Bafia, Bekpak 154,000 154,000 1 Bafia Christianity 69.00 % 11.00 % -
Bafumen 70,000 70,000 1 Mmen Christianity 73.00 % 3.00 % -
 Baggara, Shuwa Arab 214,000 4,590,000 9 Arabic, Chadian Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.02 % 4
 Bagyele 6,500 6,500 1 Gyeli Ethnic Religions 46.80 % 8.00 % -
Bakaka 64,000 64,000 1 Bakaka Christianity 75.00 % 15.00 % -
 Bakoko, Basoo 166,000 166,000 1 Bakoko Christianity 70.00 % 2.50 % -
Bakole, Bamusso 1,000 1,000 1 French Christianity 74.00 % 1.00 % -
 Bakossi 199,000 199,000 1 Akoose Christianity 70.00 % 10.00 % -
 Bakoum 20,000 20,000 1 Kwakum Christianity 70.00 % 2.50 % -
Bakwele 1,900 28,000 3 Bekwel Christianity 66.00 % 0.40 % -
Bali, Mungaka 166,000 166,000 1 Mungaka Ethnic Religions 30.00 % 6.00 % -
Balo 4,600 4,600 1 Balo Christianity 66.00 % 3.00 % -
  Totals:  294 29,764,000           8 ☀︎  18 50.72 % 8.63 % 94 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 115,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 29,879,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Adamaoua 1,548,000
Centre 5,362,000
Est 1,127,000
Extrême-Nord 5,202,000
Littoral 4,341,000
Nord 3,161,000
Nord-Ouest 2,600,000
Ouest 2,550,000
Sud 1,041,000
Sud-Ouest 2,026,000
Provinces:  10 28,958,000
UN Country Population 29,879,000
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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
Afade aal 1 1 Translation Started
Aghem agq 1 0 New Testament
Ajumbu muc 1 0 Translation Needed
Akoose bss 1 0 New Testament
Akum aku 1 0 Translation Started
Ambele ael 1 0 Translation Needed
Arabic, Chadian shu 1 1 Complete Bible
Arabic, Juba pga 1 1 Bible Portions
Atong (Cameroon) ato 1 0 Translation Needed
Awing azo 1 0 New Testament
Babanki bbk 1 0 New Testament
Bafaw-Balong bwt 1 0 Translation Started
Bafia ksf 1 0 New Testament
Bafut bfd 1 0 New Testament
Baka (Cameroon) bkc 1 0 Bible Portions
Bakaka bqz 1 0 Translation Started
Bakoko bkh 1 0 New Testament
Balo bqo 1 0 Translation Started
Bambili-Bambui baw 1 0 Translation Started
Bamun bax 1 0 Complete Bible
Bana bcw 1 0 New Testament
Bangandu bgf 1 0 Bible Portions
Bankon abb 1 0 Translation Started
Barombi bbi 1 0 Translation Started
Basaa bas 1 0 Complete Bible
Bassossi bsi 1 0 Translation Started
Bata bta 1 0 Unspecified
Batanga bnm 1 0 Bible Portions
Bati (Cameroon) btc 1 0 Translation Started
Beba bfp 1 0 Translation Started
Bebele beb 1 0 Translation Started
Bebil bxp 1 0 Translation Started
Beezen bnz 1 0 Translation Started
Befang bby 2 0 Translation Needed
Bekwel bkw 1 0 New Testament
Bitare brt 1 0 Translation Started
Bokyi bky 1 0 Complete Bible
Bomwali bmw 1 0 Translation Started
Bonkeng bvg 1 0 Translation Started
Bubia bbx 1 0 Unspecified
Buduma bdm 1 1 Bible Portions
Bulu (Cameroon) bum 1 0 Complete Bible
Bum bmv 1 0 New Testament
Busam bxs 1 0 Translation Started
Buwal bhs 1 0 Bible Portions
Byep mkk 1 0 Translation Started
Caka ckx 1 0 Translation Started
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chopechop bbq 1 0 Bible Portions
Chrambo bmo 1 0 New Testament
Chufie' bfj 1 0 Bible Portions
Chung (Cameroon) cnq 1 0 New Testament
Cuvok cuv 1 0 New Testament
Daba dbq 1 0 New Testament
Dek dek 1 0 Unspecified
Denya anv 1 0 New Testament
Dghwede dgh 1 0 New Testament
Dii dur 1 0 New Testament
Dimbong dii 1 0 Unspecified
Doyayo dow 1 0 New Testament
Duala dua 1 0 Complete Bible
Dugun ndu 1 0 Bible Portions
Dugwor dme 1 0 Translation Started
Durop krp 1 0 Bible Portions
Duupa dae 1 0 Bible Portions
Efai efa 1 0 Translation Started
Efik efi 1 0 Complete Bible
Ejagham etu 1 0 New Testament
Eman emn 1 0 Translation Started
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Esimbi ags 1 0 New Testament
Eton (Cameroon) eto 1 0 Bible Portions
Evant bzz 1 0 Translation Started
Ewondo ewo 2 0 Complete Bible
Fali, North fll 1 1 Bible Portions
Fali, South fal 1 0 New Testament
Fang (Cameroon) fak 1 0 Translation Started
Fang (Equatorial Guinea) fan 1 0 Complete Bible
Fefe fmp 1 0 Bible Portions
French fra 3 0 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Adamawa fub 2 2 Complete Bible
Fulfulde, Nigerian fuv 1 1 New Testament
Gavar gou 1 0 Translation Started
Gbaya, Northwest gya 2 0 Complete Bible
Gbaya-Mbodomo gmm 1 0 Bible Portions
Ghomala bbj 2 0 New Testament
Gidar gid 1 0 Complete Bible
Gimme kmp 1 0 Translation Started
Gimnime gmn 1 0 Translation Started
Giziga giz 1 1 Complete Bible
Giziga, North gis 1 0 Bible Portions
Glavda glw 1 0 Bible Portions
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Gude gde 1 0 New Testament
Guduf-Gava gdf 1 0 Bible Portions
Gvoko ngs 1 0 Translation Started
Gyeli gyi 1 0 Bible Portions
Hausa hau 1 1 Complete Bible
Hdi xed 1 0 New Testament
Hijuk hij 1 0 Translation Started
Hya hya 1 0 Unspecified
Ibibio ibb 1 0 New Testament
Iceve-Maci bec 1 0 Bible Portions
Igbo ibo 1 0 Complete Bible
Ipulo ass 1 0 Bible Portions
Isu isu 1 0 New Testament
Isubu szv 1 0 New Testament
Iyasa yko 1 0 Bible Portions
Iyive uiv 1 0 Unspecified
Jimjimen jim 1 0 Bible Portions
Jina jia 1 0 Translation Needed
Jukun Takum jbu 1 0 New Testament
Kako kkj 1 0 New Testament
Kamwe hig 1 0 Complete Bible
Kanuri, Yerwa knc 1 1 New Testament
Karang kzr 1 0 New Testament
Kare (Central African Republic) kbn 1 0 New Testament
Kemedzung dmo 1 0 New Testament
Kendem kvm 1 0 Translation Started
Kenswei Nsei ndb 1 0 Bible Portions
Kenyang ken 1 0 New Testament
Kera ker 1 0 New Testament
Kol (Cameroon) biw 1 0 Translation Started
Kolbila klc 1 0 Bible Portions
Kom (Cameroon) bkm 1 0 New Testament
Koma kmy 1 0 Bible Portions
Koonzime ozm 2 0 New Testament
Koshin kid 1 0 Translation Started
Kuk kfn 1 0 Translation Started
Kung kfl 1 0 Bible Portions
Kuo xuo 1 0 New Testament
Kutep kub 1 0 New Testament
Kwaja kdz 1 0 Translation Started
Kwakum kwu 1 0 Unspecified
Kwanja knp 1 0 New Testament
Kwasio nmg 1 0 Bible Portions
Lagwan kot 1 0 Unspecified
Laimbue lmx 1 0 Translation Started
Laka lap 1 0 New Testament
Lamnso' lns 1 0 Complete Bible
Lefa lfa 1 0 Bible Portions
Lidzonka add 1 0 Bible Portions
Limbum lmp 1 0 New Testament
Longto wok 1 1 Translation Needed
Mada (Cameroon) mxu 1 0 Bible Portions
Mafa maf 1 0 Complete Bible
Majera xmj 1 0 Translation Started
Makaa mcp 1 0 New Testament
Malgbe mxf 1 0 Translation Started
Mambai mcs 1 0 Bible Portions
Mambila, Cameroon mcu 1 0 New Testament
Mandja mzv 1 0 Bible Portions
Mankong bqt 1 0 Bible Portions
Manta myg 1 0 Translation Started
Masana mcn 1 0 Complete Bible
Maslam msv 1 0 Unspecified
Matal mfh 1 0 New Testament
Matsuva tsh 1 0 Unspecified
Mazagway-Hidi dkx 1 1 Bible Portions
Mbay myb 1 0 Complete Bible
Mbembe, Tigon nza 1 0 New Testament
Mbessa emz 1 0 Translation Started
Mbo (Cameroon) mbo 1 0 Translation Started
Mbo' mtk 1 0 Translation Started
Mbonga xmb 1 0 Translation Started
Mbongno bgu 1 0 Translation Needed
Mbudum xmd 1 0 Translation Started
Mbuk bpc 1 0 Translation Needed
Mbuko mqb 1 0 New Testament
Mbule mlb 1 0 Translation Started
Mbum mdd 1 0 New Testament
Medumba byv 1 0 Complete Bible
Mefele mfj 1 0 Translation Started
Mendankwe-Nkwen mfd 1 0 Translation Started
Mendenkye bgj 1 0 Bible Portions
Mengaka xmg 1 0 New Testament
Mengambo bce 1 0 Translation Started
Mengisa mct 1 0 Unspecified
Menka mea 1 0 Translation Started
Merey meq 1 0 New Testament
Mesaka iyo 1 0 Translation Needed
Meta' mgo 1 0 New Testament
Mfumte nfu 1 0 Translation Started
Mina hna 1 0 Bible Portions
Mmen bfm 1 0 New Testament
Mofu, North mfk 1 0 New Testament
Mofu-Gudur mif 1 0 New Testament
Moghamo nbv 1 0 New Testament
Mokpwe bri 1 0 New Testament
Moloko mlw 1 0 Bible Portions
Mono (Cameroon) mru 1 0 Unspecified
Mpade mpi 1 1 Unspecified
Mpiemo mcx 1 0 Bible Portions
Mpumpong mgg 1 0 New Testament
Mser kqx 1 0 Unspecified
Mubako muo 1 0 Translation Started
Mulimba mzd 1 0 Translation Started
Mumuye mzm 1 0 New Testament
Mundabli boe 1 0 Translation Started
Mundang mua 1 0 Complete Bible
Mundani mnf 1 0 New Testament
Mungaka mhk 1 0 Complete Bible
Mungbam mij 1 0 Translation Started
Musey mse 1 0 Complete Bible
Musgu mug 1 0 Complete Bible
Muyang muy 1 0 New Testament
Naami bzv 1 0 New Testament
Naki mff 1 0 Translation Needed
Nchane ncr 1 0 New Testament
Nda'nda' nnz 1 0 Translation Started
Ndemli nml 1 0 Translation Started
Ndoola ndr 1 0 Bible Portions
Ngambay sba 1 0 Complete Bible
Ngemba nge 1 0 New Testament
Ngie ngj 1 0 New Testament
Ngiemboon nnh 1 0 New Testament
Ngiemekohke bvm 1 0 Bible Portions
Ngomba jgo 1 0 New Testament
Ngombale nla 1 0 New Testament
Ngoshie nsh 1 0 Translation Started
Ngwe nwe 1 0 Translation Started
Ngwo ngn 1 0 New Testament
Nizaa sgi 1 0 Translation Started
Njen njj 1 0 Translation Started
Njyem njy 1 0 Bible Portions
Nkongho nkc 1 0 Translation Started
Nomaande lem 1 0 New Testament
Noone nhu 1 0 New Testament
Nsiteu bko 1 0 Translation Started
Ntcham bud 1 0 Complete Bible
Nubaca baf 1 0 Translation Started
Nugunu (Cameroon) yas 1 0 New Testament
Nulibie ekm 1 0 New Testament
Numala mmu 1 0 Bible Portions
Nyokon nvo 1 0 Translation Started
Nzakambay nzy 1 0 New Testament
Nzanyi nja 1 0 Bible Portions
Oku oku 1 0 New Testament
Oroko bdu 1 0 New Testament
Osatu ost 1 0 Translation Started
Pana (Central African Republic) pnz 1 0 New Testament
Parkwa pbi 1 0 New Testament
Pere pfe 1 0 New Testament
Peve lme 1 0 New Testament
Pidgin, Cameroon wes 1 0 New Testament
Pinyin pny 1 0 New Testament
Pol pmm 1 0 Translation Started
Psikye kvj 1 0 Complete Bible
Samba Daka ccg 1 0 Bible Portions
Samba Leko ndi 1 0 New Testament
Sango sag 1 0 Complete Bible
Sari asj 1 0 New Testament
Sharwa swq 1 1 Translation Needed
Supapya bbw 1 0 Translation Started
Swo sox 1 0 Bible Portions
Tibea ngy 1 0 Translation Started
Tikar tik 1 0 New Testament
Tiv tiv 1 0 Complete Bible
Tuki bag 1 0 New Testament
Tunen tvu 1 0 New Testament
Tuotomb ttf 1 0 Translation Started
Tupuri tui 1 0 Complete Bible
Twendi twn 1 1 Unspecified
Unknown xxx 2 0 Unspecified
Usaghade usk 1 0 Translation Started
Vame mlr 1 0 New Testament
Vemgo-Mabas vem 1 0 Translation Started
Vengo bav 1 0 New Testament
Verre ver 1 0 Bible Portions
Vute vut 1 0 New Testament
Wandala mfi 1 1 New Testament
Wawa www 1 1 Translation Needed
Weh weh 1 0 New Testament
Wom (Nigeria) wom 1 0 Unspecified
Wumboko bqm 1 0 Translation Started
Wushi bse 1 0 Translation Started
Wuzlam udl 1 0 New Testament
Yamba yam 1 0 New Testament
Yambeta yat 1 0 New Testament
Yangben yav 1 0 Bible Portions
Yemba ybb 1 0 New Testament
Yukuben ybl 1 0 Unspecified
Zhoa zhw 1 0 Translation Started
Zizilivakan ziz 1 0 Translation Started
Zulgo-Gemzek gnd 1 0 New Testament
Totals: 285 294 18   108 110 87 200 29 6
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Cameroon Statistics
People Groups 294
Unreached People Groups 18  (6.1%)
Population 29,764,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 2.5%
Population in Unreached 4,281,000  (14.4%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 50.7%
Percent Evangelical 8.6%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 94
Country Progress Level 4
Continent Africa
Region Africa, West and Central
10/40 Window No
Country Code CM
Official Language(s) FrenchEnglish
Literacy Rate 77%
Estimated Illiterate Population 6,846,000
Persecution Ranking 43 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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