Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,984,091,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,032

Unreached Groups

3,463 (85.9 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Fulbe	Sierra Leone	312,000	Pular	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	6
	Mijikenda, Digo	Tanzania	276,000	Chidigo	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Afar	Eritrea	296,000	Afar	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Dendi, Dandawa	Benin	302,000	Dendi	Islam	0 ☀	0.07 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	6
	Brahui unspecified	Pakistan	310,000	Brahui	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	6
	Bobo Madare	Burkina Faso	283,000	Bobo Madare, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	South Asian, Bengali-speaking	Myanmar (Burma)	282,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.13 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Batahin	Sudan	307,000	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	6
	Java Banten	Indonesia	325,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	1.90 %	0.98 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Tunisia	295,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.28 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	6
	Arab, Omani	United Arab Emirates	292,000	Arabic, Omani Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	6
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Iran	294,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.20 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	6
	Arab	Tanzania	296,000	Swahili	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Libya	295,000	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	6
	Pashtun Zaimukht	Pakistan	258,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Pashtun Utman Khel	Pakistan	231,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Pashtun Sultan Khel	Pakistan	234,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Pashtun Masud (Wazir)	Pakistan	242,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	5
	Pashtun Ausa Khel	Pakistan	252,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Baloch Mengal	Pakistan	272,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	5
	Baloch Jalbani	Pakistan	241,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	5
	Rajput Manj	Pakistan	246,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	5
	Rajput Jhabel	Pakistan	246,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	5
	Aimaq	Turkmenistan	269,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	5
	Aimaq	Iran	250,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	5
Totals:	4,032 Peoples		1,984,091,000			3,463 ●				36,086

* 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%