Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,987,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,054

Unreached Groups

3,505 (86.5 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population ▲	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Sindhi Sama	Pakistan	1,590,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	32
	Berber, Rif	Morocco	1,594,000	Tarifit	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	32
	Alawite	Syria	1,594,000	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	32
	Bashkir	Russia	1,602,000	Bashkort	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	4 New Testament	32
	Bosniak	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1,626,000	Bosnian	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Fulani, Adamawa	Nigeria	1,643,000	Fulfulde, Adamawa	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.88 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Silt'e	Ethiopia	1,647,000	Silt'e	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	33
	Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,666,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	33
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Syria	1,669,000	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	33
	Serer-Sine	Senegal	1,672,000	Serer-Sine	Islam	2 ●	22.00 %	0.81 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Aimaq	Afghanistan	1,685,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	34
	Berber, Imazighen	Algeria	1,686,000	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	34
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Yemen	1,697,000	Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	34
	Tajik	Uzbekistan	1,731,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	35
	Deaf	Pakistan	1,763,000	Pakistan Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	2.45 %	-1	0 Unspecified	35
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Syria	1,793,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	36
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,825,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Egypt	1,838,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.10 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	37
	Kazakh	China	1,863,000	Kazakh	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Iraq	1,891,000	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	38
	Malay, Riau	Indonesia	1,894,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	0.04 %	5 Complete Bible	38
	Arab, Sudanese	Egypt	1,906,000	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	0.26 %	4 New Testament	38
	Nupe	Nigeria	1,910,000	Nupe-Nupe-Tako	Islam	4 ●	5.00 %	2.21 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Fulani, Fulakunda	Senegal	1,913,000	Pulaar	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	38
	Jula	Côte d'Ivoire	1,919,000	Jula	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	38
Totals:	4,054 Peoples		1,957,987,000			3,505 ●				35,733

* 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%