Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,984,778,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,067

Unreached Groups

3,498 (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 * ▼
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,350,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	247
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,015,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	240
	Uyghur	China	11,768,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	235
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	11,598,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	232
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,507,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	230
	Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	11,395,000	Arabic, Tunisian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	228
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	11,291,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	226
	Mappila	India	10,436,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	209
	Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	9,920,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	198
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	9,727,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	195
	Sayyid	India	9,296,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	186
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	9,252,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	185
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,274,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	1.18 %	5 Complete Bible	185
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	9,215,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	184
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	9,019,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	180
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,012,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.14 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	160
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	8,008,000	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	160
	Azerbaijani	Azerbaijan	7,962,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.22 %	5 Complete Bible	159
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	7,802,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	4 New Testament	156
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	7,764,000	Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	155
	Oromo, Hararghe	Ethiopia	7,743,000	Oromo, Eastern	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	155
	Madura	Indonesia	7,681,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	154
	Tajik	Tajikistan	7,492,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	150
	Pashtun, Northern	Afghanistan	7,292,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	146
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	6,915,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	138
Totals:	4,067 Peoples		1,984,778,000			3,498 ●				36,151

* 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%