Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,021,235,000

% of World Population

25.0 %

People Groups

4,002

Unreached Groups

3,432 (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 *
	Bajelani	Iraq	79,000	Bajelani	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.03 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	Hausa	Nigeria	38,924,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	778
	Arab, Moroccan	Algeria	191,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	4 New Testament	4
	Soninke	Mauritania	255,000	Soninke	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.12 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Yalunka, Dialonke	Senegal	16,000	Yalunka	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Baga Fore, Black Baga	Guinea	10,000	Mbulungish	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	1
	Aralle	Indonesia	6,200	Aralle-Tabulahan	Islam	1 ●	0.17 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Deaf	Maldives	2,500	Language unknown	Islam	1 ●	0.17 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Uzbek, Northern	Kyrgyzstan	995,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.18 %	0.18 %	5 Complete Bible	20
	Arab, Moroccan	Western Sahara	8,600	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	1 ●	0.18 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	1
	Loloan-Malay Bali	Indonesia	29,000	Malay, Balinese	Islam	1 ●	0.18 %	0.18 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Izarguien	Morocco	19,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	1 ●	0.19 %	0.19 %	4 New Testament	1
	Archi	Russia	2,000	Archi	Islam	1 ●	0.19 %	0.19 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Bintauna	Indonesia	15,000	Bintauna	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Subanon, Kolibugan	Philippines	33,000	Subanon, Kolibugan	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Abaza	Türkiye (Turkey)	14,000	Abaza	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tuareg, Air	Niger	523,000	Tamajeq, Tayart	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	10
	Arab	Malaysia	16,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Saudi Arabia	1,070,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	21
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Niger	12,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Fulani, Bagirmi	Chad	47,000	Fulfulde, Bagirmi	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.15 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Bakhtiari	Iran	1,334,000	Bakhtiari	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	27
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Qatar	53,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Belait, Lakiput	Brunei	1,300	Belait	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.15 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Berber, Rif	France	129,000	Tarifit	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	3
Totals:	4,002 Peoples		2,021,235,000			3,432 ●				36,672

* 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%