Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,986,367,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,060

Unreached Groups

3,492 (86.0 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Bhil	Pakistan	609,000	Sindhi	Islam	1 ●	3.26 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	12
	Tuareg, Tamasheq	Mali	590,000	Tamasheq	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	12
	Talysh	Azerbaijan	591,000	Talysh	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	12
	Senoufo, Supyire	Mali	580,000	Senoufo, Supyire	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.60 %	4 New Testament	12
	Pashayi, Southeast	Afghanistan	593,000	Pashai, Southeast	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	12
	Nubian, Arabized	Egypt	598,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	12
	Maba, Mabangi	Chad	590,000	Maba (Chad)	Islam	0 ☀	0.04 %	0.01 %	2 Translation Started	12
	Kazakh	Russia	592,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	12
	Rohingya	Myanmar (Burma)	604,000	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	12
	Kurd, Sorani	Iran	575,000	Kurdish, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	12
	Pashtun Tarkani	Pakistan	551,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Pashtun Ahmadzai (Wazir)	Pakistan	533,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	11
	Shaikh Usmani	India	569,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Byari (Beary)	India	539,000	Konkani	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Jat Gil (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	545,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	11
	Hajam	Bangladesh	568,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Alawite	Türkiye (Turkey)	564,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	11
	Sindhi Mohana	Pakistan	542,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	India	552,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Gujar (Muslim traditions)	India	552,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Urdu	United States	534,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Baloch, Southern	Oman	545,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	1 ●	0.85 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	11
	Baloch, Southern	Iran	536,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	11
	Somali, Issa	Djibouti	552,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.68 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Persian	Iraq	537,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	11
Totals:	4,060 Peoples		1,986,367,000			3,492 ●				36,117

* 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%