Malay

The Malay people group is reported in 24 countries

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Population All Countries

17,309,300

People Cluster

Malay

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

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%

Map Notes

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Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Australia	143,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.25 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	3
Cambodia	17,000		Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Canada	2,600		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
China, Hong Kong	15,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.45 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Christmas Island	400		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Comoros	1,000	●	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Denmark	800		Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Indonesia	3,251,000	●	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	65
Ireland	3,500		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.45 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Japan	9,900		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Korea, South	9,600		Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Madagascar	33,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Malaysia	13,027,000	●	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.52 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	261
Myanmar (Burma)	27,000		Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.02 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Netherlands	1,500		Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
New Zealand	5,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Saudi Arabia	17,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Singapore	544,000	●	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	11
Sri Lanka	51,000		Sri Lankan Malay Creole	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Trans Needed				1
Taiwan	21,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Arab Emirates	30,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.40 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Kingdom	36,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United States	20,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Yemen	43,000		Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Totals: 24	17,309,300				24 ●	0.49 %	0.40 %					360

Other reported countries: 3

Malay

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
India	-1 Unknown	1 ●	Malay	Islam
Maldives	300	1 ●	Malay	Islam
Mayotte	100	1 ●	Malay	Islam
Totals: 3

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* 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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