Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,962,210,000

% of World Population

24.3 %

People Groups

4,000

Unreached Groups

3,430 (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 *
	Shanan	Bangladesh	129,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Bengali Muslim	Bangladesh	2,513,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	50
	Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	42,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	5,800	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tarafdar	Bangladesh	25,000	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	0 Unspecified	26
	Ahmadi	Bangladesh	15,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Madari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	25,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bihari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	4,431,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	89
	Hajam	Bangladesh	2,637,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	53
	Ganak	Bangladesh	59,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rohingya Zerbadi	Bangladesh	383,000	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	8
	Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	88,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Jat Atra	Bangladesh	15,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	668,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Bengali Muslim Shaikh Siddiqi	Bangladesh	38,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jola	Bangladesh	6,360,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	127
	Maimal	Bangladesh	710,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	14
	Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	Bangladesh	114,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Bengali Muslim Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	Bangladesh	6,400	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	57,294,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1,146
	Baidya	Bangladesh	4,900	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hazra	Bangladesh	5,300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Baul	Bangladesh	40,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab, Bahraini	Bahrain	777,000	Arabic, Baharna	Islam	1 ●	3.40 %	0.90 %	2 Translation Started	16
Totals:	4,000 Peoples		1,962,210,000			3,430 ●				35,463

* 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%