Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,986,346,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,061

Unreached Groups

3,493 (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 *
	Malay	Cambodia	18,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay	Indonesia	3,298,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	66
	Malay	Malaysia	13,951,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	279
	Malay, Banda	Indonesia	5,000	Malay, Banda	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Australia	1,300	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	600	Malay, Cocos Islands	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Malaysia	6,200	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay, Javar	Sri Lanka	44,000	Sri Lankan Malay Creole	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Malay, Kedah	Thailand	1,100	Malay, Kedah	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Malay, Ketapang	Indonesia	314,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Malay, Pattani	Thailand	1,571,000	Malay, Pattani	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	31
	Malay, Riau	Indonesia	1,908,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	0.04 %	5 Complete Bible	38
	Malay, Sambas	Indonesia	512,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	10
	Malay, Singkil	Indonesia	74,000	Batak Karo	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malay, Sumatera North	Indonesia	2,300,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	46
	Maldivian	Malaysia	2,700	Maldivian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Maldivian, Malki	Maldives	481,000	Maldivian	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	10
	Mali (Muslim traditions)	India	17,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mali (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	76,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Malimpung	Indonesia	9,700	Malimpung	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Mallah (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	16,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mallah (Muslim traditions)	India	54,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mallah (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	456,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	9
	Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions)	India	4,600	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	4,061 Peoples		1,986,346,000			3,493 ●				36,118

* 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%