Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,083,224,000

% of World Population

25.4 %

People Groups

4,005

Unreached Groups

3,431 (85.7 %)

Map Notes

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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 *
	Cherkess	Russia	115,000	Kabardian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tatar, Astrakhan	Russia	60,000	Tatar	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab	Rwanda	3,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Swahili	Rwanda	6,700	Swahili	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Saudi Arabia	987,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	20
	Arab, Omani	Saudi Arabia	136,000	Arabic, Omani	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Arab, Bedouin	Saudi Arabia	1,311,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	26
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	13,722,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	274
	South Asian, Bengali-speaking	Saudi Arabia	34,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rohingya	Saudi Arabia	522,000	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	10
	Kabardian	Saudi Arabia	27,000	Kabardian	Islam	1 ●	1.50 %	0.18 %	4 New Testament	1
	Arab, Egyptian general	Saudi Arabia	612,000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam	2 ●	13.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Hui	Saudi Arabia	34,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab, Lebanese general	Saudi Arabia	263,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	31.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Mahra, South Arabic	Saudi Arabia	23,000	Mehri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Malay	Saudi Arabia	17,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Arab, Palestinian	Saudi Arabia	426,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	5.60 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Persian	Saudi Arabia	238,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Punjabi	Saudi Arabia	815,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	16
	Arab, Northern Yemeni	Saudi Arabia	271,000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	5
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	10,564,000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	211
	Shahari, Jibbali	Saudi Arabia	41,000	Shehri	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Somali	Saudi Arabia	71,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.33 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Baloch, Southern	Saudi Arabia	17,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Sudanese	Saudi Arabia	167,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	0.13 %	4 New Testament	3
Totals:	4,005 Peoples		2,083,224,000			3,431 ●				38,883

* 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 >.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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