Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,014,463,000

% of World Population

24.9 %

People Groups

4,001

Unreached Groups

3,431 (85.8 %)

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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 *
	Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	9,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	14,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	124,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Tanti (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	1,500	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Naliya (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	1,800	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nikari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	79,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Peshakar	Bangladesh	1,300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Pinjara	Bangladesh	50,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Qassab	Bangladesh	31,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rasua	Bangladesh	1,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	9,700	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sardar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	85,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,737,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	35
	Shanan	Bangladesh	26,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shaikh	Bangladesh	510,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	10
	Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	8,500	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	1,200	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tarafdar	Bangladesh	5,100	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Deaf	Bangladesh	1,309,000	West Bengal Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	26
	Ahmadi	Bangladesh	3,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Madari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	5,100	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bihari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	900,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	18
	Hajam	Bangladesh	535,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Ganak	Bangladesh	12,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rohingya Zerbadi	Bangladesh	78,000	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	2
Totals:	4,001 Peoples		2,014,463,000			3,431 ●				36,539

* 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%