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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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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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 *
	Persian	Slovakia	1,300	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bosniak	Slovenia	90,000	Bosnian	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.04 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Albanian	Slovenia	6,500	Albanian, Gheg	Islam	2 ●	30.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Arab	Somalia	7,400	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Arab, Omani	Somalia	105,000	Arabic, Omani	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	0 Unspecified	2
	Bajuni	Somalia	13,000	Swahili	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Aweer	Somalia	400	Aweer	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Jiiddo	Somalia	39,000	Jiiddu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Rahanweyn	Somalia	2,373,000	Maay	Islam	1 ●	1.09 %	0.91 %	3 Bible Portions	47
	Mahra	Somalia	4,900	Mehri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Dabarre	Somalia	39,000	Dabarre	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mushunguli	Somalia	39,000	Mushungulu	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Somali	Somalia	14,213,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	5 Complete Bible	284
	Baloch, Southern	Somalia	11,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Swahili, Barawani	Somalia	311,000	Swahili	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Arab, Yemeni	Somalia	25,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tunni	Somalia	39,000	Tunni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Oromo, Southern	Somalia	104,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Deaf	Somalia	187,000	Language unknown	Islam	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	0 Unspecified	4
	South Asian, general	Somalia	26,000	Gujarati	Islam	1 ●	0.25 %	0.09 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Garre	Somalia	134,000	Garre	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Somali Bantu	Somalia	905,000	Maay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	3 Bible Portions	18
	Arab, Egyptian	South Africa	62,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	4 ●	13.00 %	3.90 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Arab, Lebanese	South Africa	5,800	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	32.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Somali	South Africa	24,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
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%