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People Group Highlights

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PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	People Cluster	Primary Religion	Language	Total Population

Anuak	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Anuak - (anu)	3,900
Azande	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sudanic	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Zande (individual language) - (zne)	13,500
Bambara	Mali	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke-Bambara	Islam	Bambara - (bam)	5,300
Bari	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity - Protestant	Bari - (bfa)	4,000
Basotho	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	Christianity - Protestant	Southern Sotho - (sot)	275
Botswanan, Tswana	Botswana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Independent	Tswana - (tsn)	2,100
Burundi	Burundi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Lakes	Christianity - Roman Catholic	French - (fra)	17,295
Caboverdian Mestico	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Kabuverdianu - (kea)	45,250
Central Africans	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Adamawa-Ubangi	Christianity - Protestant	French - (fra)	250
Chadian	Chad	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Chadic	Islam	French - (fra)	6,270
Congolese, Lingala	Congo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity	Lingala - (lin)	41,065
Efik	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Benue	Christianity	Efik - (efi)	6,500
Equatorial Guineans	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Fang (Equatorial Guinea) - (fan)	350
Ewe	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Ewe - (ewe)	2,100
Fulani	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Fulani / Fulbe	Islam	Adamawa Fulfulde - (fub)	16,870
Fulbe Futa	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Fulani / Fulbe	Islam	Pular - (fuf)	8,900
Fouta Tooro	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Fulani / Fulbe	Islam	Pulaar - (fuc)	2,600
Gabonese	Gabon	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity - Roman Catholic	French - (fra)	1,530
Ghanaian	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	116,455
Igbo	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Igbo	Christianity	Igbo - (ibo)	224,795
Ivorian	Ivory Coast	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	French - (fra)	12,800
Jula	Ivory Coast	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke-Jula	Islam - Sunni	Dyula - (dyu)	5,300
Jur Modo	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Jur Modo - (bex)	2,000
Kaliko	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sudanic	Islam - Sunni	Keliko - (kbo)	200
Krio, Sierra Leonean	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African		Krio - (kri)	13,670
Liberian	Liberia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	72,733
Luba-Lulua	Congo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Luba	Christianity - Independent	Luba-Lulua - (lua)	5,800
Malawian	Malawi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African - Generic	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	2,350
Malian	Mali	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke-Bambara	Islam - Sunni	French - (fra)	14,530
Mande	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Mande	Ethnic Religions	Mende (Sierra Leone) - (men)	15,000

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