Country: Uganda

People Groups
Total

68

People Groups Unreached

2 (2.9%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

0 (0.0%)

Population
Total

51,169,000

Population in Unreached

1,071,000 (2.1%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

0 (0.0%)

% Evangelical

33.74%

Progress Scale

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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
 Masaba, Bamasaba 2,503,000 2,572,000 2 Masaaba Christianity 83.00 % 32.00 % -
Meneng 2,300 2,300 1 Ateso Ethnic Religions 15.00 % 13.64 % -
Mvuba 400 8,600 2 Mvuba Ethnic Religions 50.00 % 18.00 % -
Nande 5,100 2,632,000 2 Nande Christianity 95.00 % 34.00 % -
Ndrulo 19,000 162,000 2 Ndrulo Christianity 85.00 % 7.00 % -
 Nubi 31,000 54,000 2 Nubi Islam 2.50 % 2.50 % -
Nyang'i 26,000 26,000 1 Ng'akarimojong Ethnic Religions 10.00 % 4.00 % -
 Nyankore, Hororo 156,000 180,000 2 Nyankore Christianity 97.00 % 23.00 % -
 Okebu 53,000 343,000 2 Kebu Christianity 75.00 % 9.00 % -
 Olubogo, Lulba 2,800 36,000 2 Olu'bo Christianity 85.00 % 14.00 % -
 Padhola, Dama 680,000 680,000 1 Jopadhola Christianity 95.00 % 33.00 % -
 Pygmy, Batwa 4,000 133,000 4 Kinyarwanda Ethnic Religions 20.00 % 3.00 % -
 Sebei 368,000 368,000 1 Kupsapiiny Christianity 70.00 % 30.00 % -
 Soga, Basoga 4,319,000 4,325,000 2 Soga Christianity 84.00 % 43.00 % -
 Swahili 5,700 1,169,000 25 Swahili Islam 11.00 % 10.90 % -
 Tepeth 20,000 20,000 1 Ng'akarimojong Christianity 60.00 % 35.00 % -
 Thur 116,000 116,000 1 Thur Christianity 85.00 % 22.00 % -
 Toposa 5,100 381,000 4 Toposa Christianity 90.00 % 0.30 % -
  Totals:  68 51,169,000           0 ☀︎  2 84.43 % 33.74 % 22 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 216,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 51,385,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Central 13,845,000
Eastern 13,012,000
Northern 10,331,000
Western 12,707,000
Provinces:  4 49,895,000
UN Country Population 51,385,000
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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
Acholi ach 1 0 Complete Bible
Alur alz 1 0 Complete Bible
Amba (Uganda) rwm 1 0 Bible Portions
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 0 Bible Portions
Aringa luc 1 1 New Testament
Ateso teo 2 0 Complete Bible
Bari bfa 1 0 Complete Bible
Bukusu bxk 1 0 Complete Bible
Chiga cgg 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Ganda lug 1 0 Complete Bible
Gikuyu kik 1 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Gungu rub 1 0 New Testament
Gwere gwr 1 0 New Testament
Haya hay 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 0 Complete Bible
Ik ikx 1 0 Bible Portions
Jopadhola adh 1 0 Complete Bible
Kakwa keo 1 0 Complete Bible
Kamba kam 1 0 Complete Bible
Kebu ndp 1 0 New Testament
Keliko kbo 1 0 New Testament
Kenye lke 1 0 Translation Started
Kinyarwanda kin 3 0 Complete Bible
Konkani, Goan gom 1 0 Complete Bible
Konzo koo 1 0 Bible Portions
Koongo kng 1 0 Complete Bible
Kuku ukv 1 0 Translation Started
Kumam kdi 1 0 Complete Bible
Kupsapiiny kpz 1 0 New Testament
Lango (Uganda) laj 1 0 Complete Bible
Lendu led 1 0 Complete Bible
Lingala lin 1 0 Complete Bible
Lugbara lgg 1 0 Complete Bible
Ma'di mhi 1 0 New Testament
Ma'di, Southern snm 1 0 Bible Portions
Mangbetu mdj 1 0 Bible Portions
Masaaba myx 1 0 Complete Bible
Mvuba mxh 1 0 Translation Started
Nande nnb 1 0 Complete Bible
Ndrulo dno 1 0 Bible Portions
Ng'akarimojong kdj 3 0 Complete Bible
Nubi kcn 1 0 Bible Portions
Nyankore nyn 2 0 Complete Bible
Nyole nuj 1 0 New Testament
Nyoro nyo 1 0 Complete Bible
Olu'bo lul 1 0 Translation Started
Pokoot pko 1 0 Complete Bible
Rundi run 1 0 Complete Bible
Ruruuli-Runyala ruc 1 0 Bible Portions
Saamya-Gwe lsm 1 0 Complete Bible
Soga xog 1 0 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 1 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 0 Complete Bible
Talinga-Bwisi tlj 1 0 New Testament
Thur lth 1 0 Bible Portions
Tooro ttj 1 0 Complete Bible
Toposa toq 1 0 Bible Portions
Ugandan Sign Language ugn 1 0 Bible Portions
Totals: 62 68 2   44 46 50 56 20 12
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Uganda Statistics
People Groups 68
Unreached People Groups 2  (2.9%)
Population 51,169,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 3.3%
Population in Unreached 1,071,000  (2.1%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 84.4%
Percent Evangelical 33.7%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 22
Country Progress Level 5
Continent Africa
Region Africa, East and Southern
10/40 Window No
Country Code UG
Official Language(s) English
Literacy Rate 77%
Estimated Illiterate Population 11,769,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked