Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,083,224,000

% of World Population

25.4 %

People Groups

4,005

Unreached Groups

3,431 (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 *
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	12,113,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	242
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	12,144,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	243
	Ansari	India	12,243,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	245
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,557,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	251
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,964,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	259
	Hui	China	13,646,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	273
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	13,722,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	274
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	285
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14,508,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	5 Complete Bible	290
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	14,565,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	291
	Hausa	Niger	14,944,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	299
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	5 Complete Bible	299
	Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	15,948,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	319
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Iran	18,188,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	1 ●	1.80 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	364
	Fulani, Nigerian	Nigeria	18,813,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	1 ●	0.28 %	0.28 %	4 New Testament	376
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	19,689,000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	394
	Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	21,070,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	421
	Java Mancanegari	Indonesia	21,713,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.22 %	5 Complete Bible	434
	Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	25,592,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	512
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	30,048,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	601
	Pashtun	Pakistan	34,039,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	681
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Algeria	34,446,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	689
	Java Pesisir Lor	Indonesia	38,703,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.80 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	774
	Sunda	Indonesia	39,595,000	Sunda	Islam	1 ●	0.49 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	792
	Hausa	Nigeria	40,347,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	1.70 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	807
Totals:	4,005 Peoples		2,083,224,000			3,431 ●				38,883

* 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 (All) - 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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