Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,986,367,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,060

Unreached Groups

3,492 (86.0 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Pashtun Khalil	Pakistan	127,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Pashtun Khan	India	126,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Pashtun Kharoti	Pakistan	137,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Pashtun Khostwal	Pakistan	173,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Pashtun Kohistani	Pakistan	157,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Pashtun Lohani	Pakistan	158,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Pashtun Mamozai	Pakistan	127,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Pashtun Shinwari	Pakistan	135,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Pashtun Shirani	Pakistan	166,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Pashtun Suleiman Khel	Pakistan	126,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Pashtun Syed Khel	Pakistan	161,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Pashtun Zhmaryani	Pakistan	132,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Shaikh Nashya	India	153,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Lampung Abung	Indonesia	209,000	Lampung Nyo	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Ajuran, Borana-speaking	Kenya	182,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Zaza-Alevi	Türkiye (Turkey)	209,000	Zazaki, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Antankarana	Madagascar	216,000	Malagasy, Antankarana	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.74 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Nyimang, Arabized	Sudan	177,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	4
	Beja, Hedareb	Eritrea	209,000	Bedawiyet	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	South Asian, Bengali-speaking	Oman	189,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Birgid, Arabized	Sudan	179,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	4
	Bole, Bolewa	Nigeria	180,000	Bole	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Brunei Malay	Brunei	200,000	Brunei	Islam	0 ☀	0.06 %	0.05 %	1 Translation Needed	4
	Bedouin, Fezzan	Libya	218,000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Tatar, Crimean	Uzbekistan	187,000	Crimean Tatar	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
Totals:	4,060 Peoples		1,986,367,000			3,492 ●				36,117

* 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%