People Cluster - Nilotic | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Nilotic What is a People Cluster?

Population

40,306,000

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups (by Country)

124

Unreached Groups (by Country)

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Sub-Saharan Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Chr Adherent	% Evangelical	Race Code
	Acholi	1,829,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	96.7%	40.0%	NAB62a
	Ageer	31,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0%	1.5%	NAB62f
	Aka	1,100	1	1	100.0 %	1,100	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	5.0%	0.7%	NAB62z
	Alur	2,286,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	96.0%	26.0%	NAB62b
	Anuak, Yambo	235,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	54.2%	36.7%	NAB62c
	Bari	734,000	4	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	94.1%	10.1%	NAB62e
	Belanda Bor	20,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	16.0%	5.0%	NAB62y
	Berta, Benishangul	538,000	2	1	50.0 %	307,000	57.1 %	4 ●	Islam	9.7%	2.1%	NAB62z
	Biykol	700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0%	6.0%	NAB62z
	Buldit	6,200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0%	8.0%	NAB62z
	Burun	48,000	1	1	100.0 %	48,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	NAB62z
	Burun, Arabized	142,000	1	1	100.0 %	142,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	NAB62y
	Daats'iin	300	1	1	100.0 %	300	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	NAB62
	Datooga, Barabaig	164,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	6.0%	4.0%	NAB62g
	Di'dinga	78,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	18.0%	12.0%	NAB62y
	Dinka, Central	68,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.0%	9.0%	NAB62f
	Dinka, Northeastern	932,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	80.0%	17.0%	NAB62f
	Dinka, Northwestern	97,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	65.0%	12.0%	NAB62f
	Dinka, South Central	820,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	80.0%	8.0%	NAB62f
	Dinka, Southeastern	294,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	75.0%	18.0%	NAB62f
	Dinka, Southwestern	3,296,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	79.0%	16.0%	NAB62f
	Dongotono	5,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	95.0%	2.0%	NAB62y
	El Molo	3,400	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	12.0%	2.0%	NAB62k
	Gule	2,400	1	1	100.0 %	2,400	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0%	0.1%	NAB62z
	Gumuz	360,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	34.2%	15.6%	NAB62z
	Ilchamus	39,000	1	1	100.0 %	39,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0%	1.5%	NAB62k
	Ingessana, Gaam	113,000	2	2	100.0 %	113,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.7%	0.3%	NAB62z
	Iteso	3,172,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	97.5%	13.6%	NAB62q
	Jumjum	90,000	2	1	50.0 %	82,000	90.8 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	2.9%	1.0%	NAB62z
	Jur Modo	141,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0%	6.0%	NAB62y
	Kacipo-Balesi	11,000	2	2	100.0 %	11,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	3.0%	2.0%	NAB62y
	Kakwa, Bari Kakwa	363,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	68.1%	9.8%	NAB62y
	Kalenjin, Keiyo	201,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	75.0%	29.0%	NAB62g
	Kalenjin, Kipsigis	2,273,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	97.0%	55.0%	NAB62g
	Kalenjin, Marakwet	279,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	46.0%	45.0%	NAB62g
	Kalenjin, Nandi	1,127,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	98.0%	48.0%	NAB62g
	Kalenjin, Okiek	93,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	35.0%	1.4%	NAB62g
	Kalenjin, Pokot	873,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.4%	18.9%	NAB62p
	Kalenjin, Sabaot	290,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	90.0%	40.0%	NAB62y
	Kalenjin, Terik	357,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	80.0%	39.0%	NAB62g
	Kalenjin, Tugen	179,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	90.0%	41.0%	NAB62g
	Karamojong	782,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0%	5.0%	NAB62y
	Kelo	200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	8.0%	2.0%	NAB62z
	Kewama	22,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0%	0.7%	NAB62z
	Koma	26,000	3	1	33.3 %	8,700	33.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	12.3%	6.1%	NAB62z
	Kuku, Bari	40,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	70.0%	6.0%	NAB62e
	Kumam	312,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	78.0%	24.0%	NAB62q
	Kunama	321,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	26.3%	9.5%	NAB62h
	Kwegu	900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	58.0%	44.0%	NAB62z
	Lafon, Pari	61,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	12.0%	4.0%	NAB62c
	Langgo	49,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	55.0%	11.0%	NAB62z
	Lango	2,500,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	95.0%	42.0%	NAB62i
	Lokoya	65,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0%	7.0%	NAB62y
	Lopid	90,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0%	6.0%	NAB62y
	Lotuho	241,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.0%	7.5%	NAB62y
	Luo	5,022,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	97.9%	54.2%	NAB62j
	Luwo	199,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	35.0%	10.0%	NAB62y
	Maaban	82,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0%	5.0%	NAB62z
	Maasai	1,429,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	42.4%	20.3%	NAB62j
	Maasai, Arusha	276,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	35.0%	6.0%	NAB62k
	Maasai, Baraguyu	694,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0%	7.0%	NAB62j
	Majangir	48,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	94.0%	73.4%	NAB62z
	Me'en, Mekan	224,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	55.6%	52.8%	NAB62y
	Molo	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0%	0.0%	NAB62z
	Mondari, Chir	82,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	75.0%	9.0%	NAB62e
	Morokodo	59,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	15.0%	3.0%	NAB62y
	Murle	154,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.8%	1.7%	NAB62y
	Mursi	11,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	11.0%	5.3%	NAB62y
	Nara	126,000	1	1	100.0 %	126,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.5%	1.8%	NAB62d
	Narim, Lariminit	9,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	20.0%	2.2%	NAB62y
	Nuer, Naath	2,353,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	31.3%	15.4%	NAB62n
	Nyang'i	16,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	10.0%	4.0%	NAB62
	Nyangatom	52,000	2	1	50.0 %	15,000	28.8 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.1%	7.0%	NAB62y
	Ongamo	7,900	1	1	100.0 %	7,900	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	5.0%	1.5%	NAB62y
	Opuuo, Shita	6,400	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	28.1%	17.9%	NAB62z
	Padhola	566,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	95.0%	33.0%	NAB62j
	Reel, Atwot	89,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	14.0%	8.0%	NAB62n
	Samburu	281,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0%	12.0%	NAB62k
	Sebei	322,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	90.0%	30.0%	NAB62y
	Shilluk	450,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	45.0%	11.0%	NAB62o
	Surma, Suri	41,000	1	1	100.0 %	41,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.6%	0.4%	NAB62y
	Tatoga, Taturu-Gisamjang	13,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0%	4.0%	NAB62g
	Tennet	12,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0%	2.0%	NAB62y
	Tepeth	27,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	60.0%	35.0%	NAB62y
	Toposa	310,000	4	2	50.0 %	18,000	5.7 %	3 ●	Christianity	85.0%	0.3%	NAB62y
	Turkana	1,213,000	2	1	50.0 %	41,000	3.4 %	5 ●	Ethnic Religions	46.5%	19.3%	NAB62r
	Uduk	29,000	3	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	21.7%	3.0%	NAB62z
Totals:	87 Peoples (across countries)	40,306,000	124	21	16.9 %	1,003,000	2.5 %	●	Christianity	72.7%	26.9%

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