Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,082,758,000

% of World Population

25.4 %

People Groups

4,046

Unreached Groups

3,468 (85.7 %)

Map Notes

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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 *
	Swahili, Congo	Zambia	53,000	Swahili, Congo	Islam	4 ●	16.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yao	Zambia	6,000	Yao	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Swahili	Zambia	55,000	Swahili	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab, Lebanese general	Zambia	4,500	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	32.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Razihi	Yemen	99,000	Razihi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	South Asian, general	Yemen	442,000	Hindi	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	9
	Deaf	Yemen	418,000	Language unknown	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	-1	0 Unspecified	8
	Arab, Tihami	Yemen	3,118,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	62
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	8,598,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	172
	Arab, Sudanese	Yemen	464,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	4 New Testament	9
	Somali	Yemen	559,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Socotran	Yemen	155,000	Soqotri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Yemen	19,689,000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	394
	Persian	Yemen	30,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab, Palestinian	Yemen	44,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Malay	Yemen	60,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahra	Yemen	125,000	Mehri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.05 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Arab, Lebanese general	Yemen	30,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Arab, Iraqi	Yemen	54,000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Hobyot	Yemen	500	Hobyot	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Hadrami	Yemen	6,049,000	Arabic, Hadrami	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	121
	Arab, Egyptian general	Yemen	22,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Yemen	1,344,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	27
	Arab, Omani	Yemen	211,000	Arabic, Omani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Yemen	22,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	1
Totals:	4,046 Peoples		2,082,758,000			3,468 ●				38,916

* 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 >0.1% 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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