Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,984,091,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,032

Unreached Groups

3,463 (85.9 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Deaf	Chad	183,000	Chadian Sign Language	Islam	2 ●	38.46 %	-1	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Gola	Liberia	185,000	Gola	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.82 %	4 New Testament	4
	Bedouin, Gulf	United Arab Emirates	185,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Deaf	Saudi Arabia	185,000	Saudi Arabian Sign Language	Islam	2 ●	5.43 %	-1	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Afghani, general	Türkiye (Turkey)	185,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Gimma, Jam'a	Sudan	186,000	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	4
	Kimr	Sudan	186,000	Tama	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	4
	Nyiman, Ama	Sudan	186,000	Ama	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Jat Ghatwal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	186,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Pashtun Utmanzai (Wazir)	Pakistan	186,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Tatar, Crimean	Uzbekistan	187,000	Crimean Tatar	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Jat Ponwar	Pakistan	187,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Arab, Moroccan	Algeria	188,000	Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	4 New Testament	4
	Somali	United States	188,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	South Asian, Bengali-speaking	Oman	189,000	Bengali	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Sahrawi	Western Sahara	190,000	Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀	0.04 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	4
	Baloch Lishari	Pakistan	190,000	Balochi, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	4
	Pashtun Ghoryakhel	Pakistan	190,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Ajuran, Borana-speaking	Kenya	191,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Ajuran, Somali-speaking	Kenya	191,000	Somali	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Tuareg, Tamasheq	Burkina Faso	191,000	Tamasheq	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	4
	Pashtun Kamalzai	Pakistan	191,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Persian	Bahrain	192,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Rajput Dhudhi	Pakistan	192,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Senoufo, Dyimini	Côte d'Ivoire	193,000	Senoufo, Djimini	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	4
Totals:	4,032 Peoples		1,984,091,000			3,463 ●				36,086

* 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%