Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,082,758,000

% of World Population

25.4 %

People Groups

4,046

Unreached Groups

3,468 (85.7 %)

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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 *
	Malay	United Kingdom	62,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay	United States	21,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay	Yemen	60,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay, Cape	South Africa	350,000	Afrikaans	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	7
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Australia	1,400	Malay, Cocos Islands	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	400	Malay, Cocos Islands	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Christmas Island	400	Malay, Cocos Islands	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Malaysia	6,500	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay, Javar	Sri Lanka	56,000	Sri Lankan Malay Creole	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Malay, Kedah	Thailand	1,000	Malay, Kedah	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Malay, Ketapang	Indonesia	323,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Malay, Larantuka	Indonesia	25,000	Malay, Larantuka	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Malay, North Moluccan	Indonesia	141,000	Malay, North Moluccan	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	3
	Malay, Pattani	Thailand	1,567,000	Malay, Pattani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	31
	Malay, Pontianak	Indonesia	334,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	7
	Malay, Riau	Indonesia	1,964,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	39
	Malay, Riau	Singapore	16,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay, Sambas	Indonesia	527,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	11
	Malay, Singkil	Indonesia	76,000	Batak Karo	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Malay, Sumatera North	Indonesia	2,368,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	47
	Malay-Indonesian, English-speaking	Singapore	16,000	English	Islam	4 ●	9.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Malayali, Malayalam	Malaysia	387,000	Malayalam	Islam	5 ●	23.00 %	12.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Maldivian	Malaysia	2,900	Maldivian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Maldivian, Malki	Maldives	489,000	Maldivian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	10
	Malimpung	Indonesia	10,000	Malimpung	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.22 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	4,046 Peoples		2,082,758,000			3,468 ●				38,916

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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%

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