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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Gogo of Tanzania

The Gogo of Tanzania, numbering approximately 3,125,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu people of Tanzania's semi-arid Dodoma region who shifted from hunting and ivory trading with Nyamwezi caravans to settled pastoralism and farming by the 1200s-1800s, historically governed by chiefs alongside separately powerful rainmaking leaders. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Gogo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Tanzania
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Tanzania
Primary Language(s): Gogo (gog)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 3,125,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014928
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Pray for the Gogo of Tanzania

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gogo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Gogo Speakers

Media Resources in Gogo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Gogo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2002 Bible Society of Tanzania✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Gogo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Gogo 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 Gogo:
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 Gogo of Tanzania

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be eager to proclaim the good news of peace, knowing that the Lord has called them to this task.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Gogo Across Countries (ROP3 - 103415) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GogoPG014928GogoTanzania3,125,000No Longer UnreachedGogoRoman Catholicism

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