Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,987,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,054

Unreached Groups

3,505 (86.5 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country ▲	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Patwa (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	14,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	28,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	9,700	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	15,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	130,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Tanti (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	1,600	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nalband	Bangladesh	300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Naliya (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	1,900	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nikari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	83,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Peshakar	Bangladesh	1,300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Pinjara	Bangladesh	52,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Qassab	Bangladesh	32,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rasua	Bangladesh	1,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	10,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sardar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	89,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,825,000	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 Shaikh	Bangladesh	132,871,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2,657
	Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	8,900	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	1,200	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tarafdar	Bangladesh	5,300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Deaf	Bangladesh	1,283,000	West Bengal Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	0 Unspecified	26
	Ahmadi	Bangladesh	3,200	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Madari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	5,300	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bihari (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	946,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	19
Totals:	4,054 Peoples		1,957,987,000			3,505 ●				35,733

* 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%