Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,083,980,000

% of World Population

25.4 %

People Groups

4,006

Unreached Groups

3,432 (85.7 %)

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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 *
	Somali	New Zealand	1,800	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali	Saudi Arabia	71,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.33 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali	South Africa	26,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	5 Complete Bible	299
	Somali	Sudan	2,100	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali	Sweden	49,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali	Türkiye (Turkey)	29,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali	Tanzania	80,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Somali	United Kingdom	101,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Somali	United States	192,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Somali	Yemen	559,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Somali Bantu	Canada	6,400	Maay	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Somali Bantu	Kenya	118,000	Maay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	2
	Somali Bantu	Somalia	951,000	Maay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	19
	Somali Bantu	United States	54,000	Maay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Somali, Garre	Ethiopia	67,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.26 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali, Issa	United Arab Emirates	48,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Somali, Issa	Djibouti	576,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.68 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	12
	Sonar (Muslim traditions)	India	36,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sonar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	394,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	8
	Songhai, Humburi	Mali	36,000	Songhay, Humburi Senni	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Songhai, Humburi	Burkina Faso	14,000	Songhay, Humburi Senni	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.02 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Songhai, Koyra	Mali	480,000	Songhay, Koyra Chiini	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	10
	Songhai-Koyraboro	Mali	1,307,000	Songhay, Koyraboro Senni	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	26
	Soninke	Canada	5,300	Soninke	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
Totals:	4,006 Peoples		2,083,980,000			3,432 ●				38,899

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
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%

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