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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ganda of Uganda

The Ganda of Uganda, numbering approximately 10,380,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Lake Victoria region of Uganda. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ganda is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Ganda

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Uganda
People Cluster: Bantu, Makua-Yao
Primary Language(s): Ganda (lug)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 10,380,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015080
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Pray for the Ganda of Uganda

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ganda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ganda Speakers

Media Resources in Ganda:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ganda:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 Bible Society of Uganda✓✓
Luganda Contemporary Bible (Bayibuli Entukuvu)✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ganda bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ganda are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Ganda:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Ganda of Uganda

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
readJohn 8:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Christ daily, depending on Him for every need.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Baganda Across Countries (ROP3 - 112045) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GandaPG015080GandaUganda10,380,000Engaged yet UnreachedGandaProtestantism
GandaPG014927GandaTanzania72,000Unengaged and UnreachedGandaAfrican Traditional Religion
GandaPG014787GandaKenya47,500Unengaged and UnreachedGandaAfrican Traditional Religion
BagandaPG047173BagandaUnited States8,700Unengaged and UnreachedGandaRoman Catholicism
BagandaPG047477BagandaCanada6,200No Longer UnreachedGandaRoman Catholicism

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