Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,021,235,000

% of World Population

25.0 %

People Groups

4,002

Unreached Groups

3,432 (85.8 %)

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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 *
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,866,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Shanan	Bangladesh	28,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shaikh	Bangladesh	547,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	11
	Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	9,100	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	1,200	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tarafdar	Bangladesh	5,500	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Deaf	Bangladesh	1,309,000	West Bengal Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	26
	Ahmadi	Bangladesh	3,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Madari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	5,500	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bihari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	965,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	19
	Hajam	Bangladesh	575,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Ganak	Bangladesh	13,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rohingya Zerbadi	Bangladesh	83,000	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	19,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jat Atra	Bangladesh	3,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	145,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Bengali Muslim Shaikh Siddiqi	Bangladesh	8,300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jola	Bangladesh	1,386,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	28
	Maimal	Bangladesh	155,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	3
	Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	Bangladesh	25,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bengali Muslim Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	Bangladesh	1,400	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,486,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	250
	Baidya	Bangladesh	1,100	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hazra	Bangladesh	1,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Baul	Bangladesh	8,800	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	4,002 Peoples		2,021,235,000			3,432 ●				36,672

* 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%