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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Baule of Cote d’Ivoire

The Baule of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 4,395,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Akan people of eastern Cote d'Ivoire descended from Ashanti nobles fleeing an 18th-century succession crisis in Ghana under Queen Abla Pokou, whose sacrifice of her infant son to cross the Comoe River gave the group its name, meaning the child has died. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Baoulé is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Baule

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Baoulé (bci)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 4,395,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013044
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Baoulé
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Baoulé Speakers

Media Resources in Baoulé:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Baoulé:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1974 Bible Society of Cote d'Ivoire✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Baoulé bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Baule are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Baule:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Baule of Cote d’Ivoire

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
readIsaiah 25:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of the Lord's coming, when He will swallow up death forever and wipe away their tears.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Baule Across Countries (ROP3 - 101148) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BaulePG013044BauleCote d’Ivoire4,395,000No Longer UnreachedBaouléEthnoreligion

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