Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,962,210,000

% of World Population

24.3 %

People Groups

4,000

Unreached Groups

3,430 (85.8 %)

Map Notes

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Yao	Malawi	2,604,000	Yao	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	52
	Mende	United States	6,900	Mende (Sierra Leone)	Islam	2 ●	15.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Shaikh	Canada	31,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shaikh	United States	208,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Turk	United States	204,000	Turkish	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Sama, Central	Malaysia	22,000	Sama, Central	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Dhaiso	Tanzania	11,000	Dhaiso	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, general	Ireland	23,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	33.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Arab, general	Hungary	5,300	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Albanian, general	Italy	455,000	Italian	Islam	2 ●	30.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Albanian, general	Switzerland	111,000	Albanian, Gheg	Islam	2 ●	30.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	South Asian, general	Denmark	65,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	South Asian, general	Italy	412,000	Urdu	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	8
	Rongga	Indonesia	5,100	Rongga	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Jimi, Bi-Gimu	Nigeria	2,200	Jimi	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Kaili Unde, Daa	Indonesia	68,000	Kaili, Da'a	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Berawan, Central	Malaysia	1,800	Berawan, Central	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.50 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Eggan	Nigeria	22,000	Nupe-Nupe-Tako	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Pakpak Boang	Indonesia	21,000	Batak Dairi	Islam	1 ●	0.51 %	0.51 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lyuli	Uzbekistan	13,000	Tajik	Islam	1 ●	0.52 %	0.52 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Kuwait	1,370,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.53 %	3 Bible Portions	27
	Albanian	Türkiye (Turkey)	2,900	Albanian, Gheg	Islam	2 ●	30.00 %	0.55 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Sangil	Philippines	10,000	Sangil	Islam	1 ●	0.56 %	0.56 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kangean	Indonesia	126,000	Kangean	Islam	1 ●	0.58 %	0.58 %	2 Translation Started	3
	Kami	Tanzania	37,000	Kami (Tanzania)	Islam	1 ●	0.58 %	0.58 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	4,000 Peoples		1,962,210,000			3,430 ●				35,463

* 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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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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%