Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,962,210,000

% of World Population

24.3 %

People Groups

4,000

Unreached Groups

3,430 (85.8 %)

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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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 *
	Bushi	Mayotte	87,000	Bushi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	Belide	Indonesia	88,000	Musi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	South Asian, Bengali-speaking	Malaysia	88,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Tama	Sudan	88,000	Tama (Chad)	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	2
	Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	88,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Pashtun Nurzai	Pakistan	88,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Valmiki (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	88,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Makrani (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	89,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Iraq	90,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Beja, Bedawi	Egypt	90,000	Bedawiyet	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Bosniak	Slovenia	90,000	Bosnian	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.04 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Arab, Lebanese	Mexico	90,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	32.00 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Mofu, North	Cameroon	90,000	Mofu, North	Islam	2 ●	8.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Tatar	Turkmenistan	90,000	Tatar	Islam	1 ●	0.75 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Deaf	Sierra Leone	90,000	Sierra Leone Sign Language	Islam	2 ●	13.15 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Pashtun Ibrahim Khel	Pakistan	90,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	2
	Acehnese	Malaysia	91,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	South Asian, Bengali-speaking	Italy	91,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Hui	Thailand	91,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Jara	Nigeria	91,000	Jara	Islam	2 ●	10.00 %	0.50 %	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Mesmedje	Chad	91,000	Masmaje	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	1 Translation Needed	2
	Sahrawi	Morocco	91,000	Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Swahili	Tanzania	91,000	Swahili	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Maninka, Wassulu	Guinea	91,000	Maninkakan, Eastern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Fulani, Nigerian	Cameroon	92,000	Fulfulde, Nigerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	2
Totals:	4,000 Peoples		1,962,210,000			3,430 ●				35,463

* 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%