Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,016,481,000

% of World Population

25.0 %

People Groups

4,061

Unreached Groups

3,491 (86.0 %)

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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 *
	Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	80,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Thakuria	India	12,000	Bhojpuri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thakuria	Nepal	2,900	Bhojpuri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sandhai	India	1,800	Gujarati	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sardar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	91,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Sardar (Muslim traditions)	India	16,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Saryara (Muslim traditions)	India	2,300	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Saryara (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,900	Shina	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,864,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Sayyid	Sri Lanka	51,000	Tamil	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sayyid	India	9,418,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	188
	Sayyid	Nepal	78,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Sayyid	Pakistan	6,745,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	135
	Shabi	India	2,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shanan	Bangladesh	28,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bengali Muslim	Bangladesh	135,600,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	2,712
	Shaikh	Bhutan	9,300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shaikh	Canada	31,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shaikh	Sri Lanka	208,000	Tamil	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Shaikh unspecified	India	72,208,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1,444
	Shaikh	Nepal	959,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	19
	Shaikh	New Zealand	1,900	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,188,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	244
	Shaikh	United States	208,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Shakhsaz	India	3,200	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	4,061 Peoples		2,016,481,000			3,491 ●				36,618

* 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%