Sudan | Joshua Project

Country: Sudan

Number of People Groups

162

People Groups Unreached

130 (80.2%)

Progress Level

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%

Total
Population

42,763,000

Population in Unreached

23,633,000 (55.3%)

Largest Religion

Islam (89.9%)

% Christian Adherent

5.1%

% Evangelical

0.39%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

0.0%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Acheron	21,000	21,000	●	Acheron	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	1
Afitti, Ditti	4,900	4,900	●	Afitti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Aka	1,100	1,100	●	Aka	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.70 %	1
Amhara, Ethiopian	106,000	23,432,000		Amharic	Christianity	3 ●	65.00 %	1.10 %	-1 -
Amri	84,000	84,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Arab, Egyptian	695,000	64,198,000		Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	Islam	4 ●	9.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Arab, Sudanese	13,580,000	19,771,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.50 %	-1 -
Arab, Syrian	102,000	15,756,000		Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Arab, Yemeni	27,000	7,164,000		Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Armenian	1,500	6,573,000		Armenian	Christianity	4 ●	94.00 %	8.70 %	-1 -
Awlad Hassan	135,000	135,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baggara, Fertit	13,000	36,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baggara, Habbania	378,000	378,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Baggara, Messiria	612,000	612,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Baggara, Selim	66,000	66,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baggara, Shuwa Arab	107,000	3,770,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Batahin	273,000	273,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.00 %	5
Baya, Gbaya	14,000	488,000		Gbaya, Northwest	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Baygo	1,200	1,200	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bederia	962,000	962,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Beja, Bedawi	2,371,000	3,597,000	●	Bedawiyet	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	47
Beja, Bisharin	37,000	37,000	●	Bedawiyet	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Beja, Hadendoa	75,000	75,000	●	Bedawiyet	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Berta, Benishangul	233,000	533,000	●	Berta	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	20.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Berti	329,000	329,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	7
Bideyat	12,000	21,000	●	Zaghawa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Birgid, Arabized	159,000	159,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Bokoruge	8,400	103,000	●	Daju, Dar Sila	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Burun, Arabized	143,000	143,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Burun, Lange	47,000	47,000	●	Burun	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chinese, general	6,300	15,617,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	15.00 %	9.00 %	-1 -
Dair, Thaminyi	2,900	2,900	●	Dair	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Daju, Dar Fur	105,000	105,000	●	Daju, Dar Fur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Dar Hamid	770,000	770,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Deaf	428,000	46,963,000	●	Language unknown	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	-1	9
Debri, Wei	2,400	2,400	●	Dilling	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Delen, Warki	13,000	13,000	●	Dilling	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	1
Dilling, Arabized	82,000	82,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Dubasiyin	114,000	114,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
El Hugeirat	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	●	El Hugeirat	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Eliri, Nding	8,800	8,800	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	1
Fezara, Juhayna	338,000	338,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Fulani, Sudanese	218,000	5,080,000	●	Fulfulde, Adamawa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Fungor	6,400	6,400	●	Ko	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Fur, Forok	1,021,000	1,054,000	●	Fur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Gaaliin	3,422,000	3,422,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	2 ●	7.00 %	0.60 %	-1 -
Ganza	3,600	4,300	●	Ganza	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	2.60 %	2.50 %	-1 -
Garko, Kithonirishe	31,000	31,000	●	Karko	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	1
Gawamaa	996,000	996,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Gbaya-Bossangoa	15,000	249,000		Gbaya-Bossangoa	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	20.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Ghulfan, Arabized	49,000	49,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gimma, Jam'a	165,000	165,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.02 %	3
Guhayna	2,072,000	2,072,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	41
Gula, Kara	2,200	20,000		Gula	Islam	4 ●	20.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Gule	2,400	2,400	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	1
Gulud	34,000	34,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	1
Gumuz, Shanqilla	94,000	350,000	●	Gumuz	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	12.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Hamar	460,000	460,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	9
Hasania	731,000	731,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	0.10 %	15
Hausa	113,000	48,208,000	●	Hausa	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	2
Hawawir	248,000	248,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Heiban, Ebang	11,000	11,000	●	Heiban	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	9.00 %	-1 -
Husseinat	174,000	174,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Ingessana, Gaam	111,000	139,000	●	Gaam	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	2
Jomang, Talodi	3,500	3,500	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	1
Jumjum, Berin	83,000	90,000	●	Jumjum	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.80 %	2
Kababish	424,000	424,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Kadaru	26,000	26,000	●	Kadaru	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kadaru, Arabized	51,000	51,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kadugli, Arabized	237,000	237,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	4 ●	8.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Kanga, Kufo	17,000	17,000	●	Kanga	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	1
Kanuri, Yerwa	370,000	7,902,000		Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Karko, Arabized	27,000	27,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1
Katcha-Kadugli-Miri	73,000	73,000	●	Katcha-Kadugli-Miri	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	1.50 %	-1 -
Katla, Akalak	34,000	34,000	●	Katla	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.20 %	1
Kawahia, Fezara	992,000	992,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	20
Keiga	9,700	9,700	●	Keiga	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1
Keiga Jirru	5,000	5,000	●	Tese	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kelo, Tornasi	200	200	●	Kelo	Islam	2 ●	8.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Kerarish	49,000	49,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kimr	165,000	165,000	●	Tama	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Kineenawi	32,000	32,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Koalib	110,000	110,000	●	Koalib	Christianity	4 ●	55.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Komo	8,700	27,000	●	Komo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.80 %	1
Kresh	2,100	17,000		Gbaya	Islam	4 ●	30.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Krongo, Tabanya	52,000	52,000	●	Krongo	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	1
Kunama	26,000	159,000		Kunama	Islam	4 ●	25.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Kuraan	41,000	41,000	●	Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken	Islam	4 ●	20.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Lafofa	1,000	1,000	●	Lafofa	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.30 %	1
Lahawin	199,000	199,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Laru, Al-leira	45,000	45,000	●	Laro	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Logol, Lukha	13,000	13,000	●	Logol	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	25.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Logorif, Liguri	7,100	7,100	●	Logorik	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	1
Lomon	16,000	16,000	●	Lumun	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	1
Maalia	123,000	123,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Maba, Borgu	27,000	542,000		Maba	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	1
Manasir	72,000	72,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mandala	33,000	33,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.60 %	1
Mararit, Abiyi	36,000	82,000		Mararit	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mararit, Arabized	110,000	110,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Masakin, Dagik	65,000	65,000	●	Dagik	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	1
Masalit	447,000	559,000	●	Masalit	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Me'en	2,600	244,000		Me'en	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	25.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Midob, Tidda Arabized	96,000	96,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Midobi, Tid-n-Aal	88,000	88,000	●	Midob	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Mimi, Amdang	61,000	146,000		Amdang	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Molo, Malkan	200	200	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	1
Moro Hills	2,700	2,700	●	Tocho	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.90 %	1
Moro, Dhimorong	77,000	77,000	●	Moro	Christianity	4 ●	70.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking	260,000	27,716,000		Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Nbambai	13,000	1,728,000		Ngambay	Christianity	5 ●	60.00 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Ngile, Masakin	97,000	97,000	●	Ngile	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.70 %	0.10 %	2
Nubian, Dongola	75,000	75,000	●	Andaandi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nubian, Fedicca-Mohas	542,000	919,000	●	Nobiin	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Nyiman, Ama	186,000	186,000	●	Ama	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	4
Nyimang, Arabized	157,000	157,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	3
Oromo, Wellega / Mecha	102,000	7,660,000		Oromo, West Central	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	35.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Otoro Nuba, Kawama	15,000	15,000	●	Otoro	Islam	2 ●	20.00 %	1.50 %	-1 -
Rashaida	120,000	170,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Rizeigat	356,000	356,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Rubatab	72,000	72,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rufaa, Rufaiyin	588,000	588,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	12
Shaikia, Arabized	1,004,000	1,004,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.05 %	20
Shatt	31,000	31,000	●	Shatt	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.80 %	1
Sherifi	199,000	199,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Shukria	235,000	235,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.05 %	5
Shwai, Shirumba	7,300	7,300	●	Shwai	Islam	4 ●	25.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Sokoro, Tunjur	2,000	18,000		Sokoro	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	1
Somali	1,800	23,117,000		Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	1
Sungor	21,000	91,000		Assangori	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Swahili	24,000	1,759,000		Swahili	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tagale, Arabized	107,000	107,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Tagoy	28,000	28,000	●	Tagoi	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1
Tama	77,000	265,000	●	Tama	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Temain, Ronge	17,000	17,000	●	Temein	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.10 %	1
Temein, Arabized	45,000	45,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	1
Tigray, Tigrinya	51,000	8,719,000		Tigrigna	Christianity	4 ●	90.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Tigre, Xasa	20,000	782,000		Tigre	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.00 %	1
Tima, Lomorik	6,400	6,400	●	Tima	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tingal, Lajakja	20,000	20,000	●	Tegali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tira, Arabized	138,000	138,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	3
Tira, Thiro	33,000	33,000	●	Tira	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	1
Togole	86,000	86,000	●	Tegali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Tubu, Teda	10,000	125,000		Tedaga	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tukam	5,200	5,200	●	Tagoi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tulishi	2,700	2,700	●	Tulishi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1
Tulishi, Kamdang	900	900	●	Tulishi	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	1
Tumma	49,000	49,000	●	Katcha-Kadugli-Miri	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	1
Tumtum	17,000	17,000	●	Tumtum	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.00 %	0.80 %	1
Tungur	234,000	234,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Turk	3,400	61,293,000		Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turum	2,500	2,500	●	Tagoi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uduk	23,000	28,000	●	Uduk	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	22.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Umm Heitan	27,000	27,000	●	Koalib	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.70 %	1
Uncu, Ghulfan	39,000	39,000	●	Ghulfan	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Wali	18,000	18,000	●	Wali	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.90 %	1
Wali, Arabized	56,000	56,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	1
Warnang, Werni	5,400	5,400	●	Warnang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	1
Yazeed	461,000	461,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Yulu	6,900	19,000		Yulu	Christianity	4 ●	40.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Zaghawa	116,000	279,000	●	Zaghawa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Zaghawa, Arabized	146,000	146,000	●	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Totals: 162	42,763,000					130 ●	5.08 %	0.39 %	508
Unclassified / Other Individuals	50,000
UN Country Population (2019)	42,813,000

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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State ▲	Population	People Groups	Unreached Groups	% Unreached Peoples	Population in Unreached	% Population Unreached	Districts
Country:	42,763,000	162	130	80.2 %	23,633,000	55.3 %	0

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	289,167,000	676.2 %	97.4 %	0.0 %	1.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1.5 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	753,926,000	1,763.0 %	70.9 %	24.0 %	1.7 %	0.2 %	2.5 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	200,921,000	469.8 %	94.4 %	0.0 %	0.5 %	2.8 %	2.3 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	116,285,000	271.9 %	81.8 %	1.5 %	9.2 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.7 %
	42,763,000

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Acheron	acz	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Afitti	aft	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Aka	soh	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Ama	nyi	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Amdang	amj	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Amharic	amh	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Andaandi	dgl	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken	aao	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	arz	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	1
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	ary	1	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	apd	60	57	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	acq	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Armenian	hye	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	1
Assangori	sjg	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Bedawiyet	bej	3	3	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Berta	wti	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Burun	bdi	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Dagik	dec	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Dair	drb	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Daju, Dar Fur	daj	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Daju, Dar Sila	dau	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Dilling	dil	2	2	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
El Hugeirat	elh	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Fulfulde, Adamawa	fub	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Fur	fvr	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Gaam	tbi	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Ganza	gza	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Gbaya	krs	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Gbaya, Northwest	gya	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Gbaya-Bossangoa	gbp	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	-1	-1
Ghulfan	ghl	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Gula	kcm	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Gumuz	guk	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Hausa	hau	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Heiban	hbn	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Jumjum	jum	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kadaru	kdu	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kanga	kcp	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Kanuri, Yerwa	knc	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Karko	kko	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Katcha-Kadugli-Miri	xtc	2	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Katla	kcr	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Keiga	kec	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Kelo	xel	1	0	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Ko	fuj	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Koalib	kib	2	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Komo	xom	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Krongo	kgo	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kunama	kun	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Lafofa	laf	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Laro	lro	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Logol	lof	1	0	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Logorik	liu	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Lumun	lmd	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Maba	mde	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Mararit	mgb	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Masalit	mls	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Me'en	mym	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Midob	mei	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Moro	mor	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Ngambay	sba	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Ngile	jle	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Nobiin	fia	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Oromo, West Central	gaz	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	1
Otoro	otr	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Shatt	shj	1	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Shwai	shw	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Sokoro	sok	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Somali	som	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Swahili	swh	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Tagoi	tag	3	3	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tama	tma	2	2	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tedaga	tuq	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tegali	ras	2	2	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Temein	teq	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tese	keg	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tigre	tig	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Tigrigna	tir	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	1
Tima	tms	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tira	tic	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Tocho	taz	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tulishi	tey	2	2	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tumtum	tbr	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Turkish	tur	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Uduk	udu	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Unknown	xxx	1	1	Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Wali	wll	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Warnang	wrn	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Yulu	yul	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Zaghawa	zag	2	2	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Totals:	92	162	130		12	18	35	62	10

MAJOR RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.0 %
Christianity (Evangelical 0.4 %)	5.1 %
Ethnic Religions	5.0 %
Hinduism	0.0 %
Islam	89.9 %
Non-Religious	0.0 %
Other / Small Religions	0.0 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	0.0 %
Independent	0.0 %
Orthodox	0.0 %
Other Christian	0.0 %
Protestant	0.0 %
Roman Catholic	0.0 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

Networking Possibilities

Search the Web
There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Sudan. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

Church planting agencies in Sudan
Christian ministry in Sudan
Business as mission
Christian literature distribution
Evangelism agencies
Christian discipleship
Short term Christian missions

Long term Christian missions
Urban ministries
Christian media opportunities
Bible translation opportunities
Relief and development agencies
Clean water projects
Christian medical outreaches

Sudan Statistics
People Groups	162
Unreached People Groups	130 (80.2%)
Population	42,763,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	2.4%
Population in Unreached	23,633,000 (55.3%)
Pioneer Workers Needed *	508
Primary Religion	Islam
Percent Christian Adherent	5.1%
Percent Evangelical	0.4%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	0.0%
Country Progress Level	2 ●
Urbanization	35%
Continent	Africa
Region	Africa, East and Southern
10/40 Window	Yes
Country Code	SU
Official Language(s)	Arabic, Standard \| Arabic, Sudanese Spoken
Literacy Rate	72%
Estimated Illiterate Population	11,974,000
Persecution Ranking	6 (1=High to 50=Low OD)

Sudan Maps
Political Map (UN)
Language Map (Ethnologue)
Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

Sudan Prayer Cards
	Sudan prayer cards. All Unreached

Sudan Links
Operation World
Window International Country Profile
World Factbook
Ethnologue Language Listing
National Bible Society
God Reports (stories from the field)
Religious Freedom Report

Sudan Videos
More great prayer resources at Prayercast

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group. Some workers may already be onsite. The country estimate is a summation of the unreached people group estimates. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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