Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,986,346,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,061

Unreached Groups

3,493 (86.0 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Lezgin	Turkmenistan	20,000	Lezgi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Uzbek, Northern	Turkmenistan	455,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	9
	Pashtun, Northern	Turkmenistan	11,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Pashtun, Southern	Turkmenistan	1,600	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Persian	Turkmenistan	17,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tabasaran	Turkmenistan	600	Tabasaran	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tajik	Turkmenistan	11,000	Tajik	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tatar	Turkmenistan	89,000	Tatar	Islam	1 ●	0.75 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Baloch, Western	Turkmenistan	54,000	Balochi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Turkmen	Turkmenistan	4,945,000	Turkmen	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	99
	Uyghur	Turkmenistan	2,500	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Turk	Turkmenistan	58,000	Turkish	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Deaf	Turkmenistan	49,000	Language unknown	Islam	1 ●	1.83 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Aimaq	Turkmenistan	269,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	5
	Nubi	Uganda	39,000	Nubi	Islam	1 ●	0.54 %	0.54 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Arab, Lebanese	Uganda	16,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	32.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Swahili	Uganda	5,400	Swahili	Islam	5 ●	11.00 %	10.90 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Aringa	Uganda	670,000	Aringa	Islam	1 ●	1.90 %	1.50 %	4 New Testament	13
	Avar	Ukraine	1,100	Avar	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Azerbaijani	Ukraine	34,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bashkir	Ukraine	3,200	Bashkort	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chechen	Ukraine	2,200	Chechen	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tatar, Crimean	Ukraine	245,000	Crimean Tatar	Islam	1 ●	0.12 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Dargin	Ukraine	1,200	Dargwa	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Albanian	Ukraine	2,500	Albanian, Gheg	Islam	2 ●	15.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
Totals:	4,061 Peoples		1,986,346,000			3,493 ●				36,118

* 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%