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 %)

Map Notes

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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 *
	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
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,864,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	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	New Zealand	1,900	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shaikh	United States	208,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	9,100	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tarafdar	Bangladesh	5,400	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Ahmadi	Bangladesh	3,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Madari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	5,500	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hajam	Bangladesh	574,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Ganak	Bangladesh	13,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Dahiara	India	3,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kahar Kamkar (Muslim traditions)	India	2,500	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions)	India	4,700	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	19,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	India	22,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	India	4,600	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jat Atra	Bangladesh	3,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jat Atra	India	30,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	144,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Bengali Muslim Shaikh Siddiqi	Bangladesh	8,300	Bengali	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%