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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kaliko of United States

The Kaliko of United States, numbering approximately 150 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to both sides of the border between South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Keliko is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Kaliko

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Sudanic
Primary Language(s): Keliko (kbo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 150
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046713

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Keliko
Language Family: Central Sudanic

100%
%
Keliko Speakers

Media Resources in Keliko:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Keliko:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Keliko bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kaliko 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 Kaliko:
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 Kaliko of United States

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Kaliko Across Countries (ROP3 - 104475) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KalikoPG014574KalikoCongo, Democratic Republic of the23,500Engaged yet UnreachedKelikoRoman Catholicism
KalikoPG012056KalikoSouth Sudan12,500Unengaged and UnreachedKelikoAnimism
KalikoPG046713KalikoUnited States150No Longer UnreachedKelikoEthnoreligion

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