Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,962,210,000

% of World Population

24.3 %

People Groups

4,000

Unreached Groups

3,430 (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 *
	Aimaq	Afghanistan	1,777,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	36
	Tajik	Uzbekistan	1,783,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	36
	Alawite	Syria	1,755,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Berber	Algeria	1,737,000	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Silt'e	Ethiopia	1,732,000	Silt'e	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Yemen	1,774,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,722,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	34
	Fulani, Adamawa	Nigeria	1,723,000	Fulfulde, Adamawa	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	34
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Syria	1,660,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Romani, Iranian	Iran	1,662,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Chechen, Nohchi	Russia	1,669,000	Chechen	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Berber, Rif	Morocco	1,626,000	Tarifit	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	33
	Senoufo, Mamara	Mali	1,654,000	Senoufo, Mamara	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	4 New Testament	33
	Sindhi Sama	Pakistan	1,623,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	32
	Fulani, Pulaar	Senegal	1,589,000	Pulaar	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	32
	Arab, Palestinian / Israeli	Israel	1,576,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.60 %	1.85 %	3 Bible Portions	32
	Maninka, Western	Senegal	1,621,000	Maninkakan, Western	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	32
	Arab, Libyan	Libya	1,612,000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.04 %	0 Unspecified	32
	Bosniak	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1,606,000	Bosnian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	32
	Malay, Pattani	Thailand	1,573,000	Malay, Pattani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	31
	Arab, Iranian	Iran	1,542,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.29 %	4 New Testament	31
	Arab, Bedouin	Jordan	1,541,000	Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	31
	Bashkir	Russia	1,567,000	Bashkort	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	5 Complete Bible	31
	Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,513,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	30
	Maranao, Lanao	Philippines	1,503,000	Maranao	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	30
Totals:	4,000 Peoples		1,962,210,000			3,430 ●				35,463

* 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%