Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,984,162,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,057

Unreached Groups

3,487 (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 *
	Bhil	Pakistan	612,000	Sindhi	Islam	1 ●	3.26 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	12
	Barwala (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	616,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	12
	Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	Pakistan	618,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	12
	Kpelle, Guinea	Guinea	622,000	Kpelle, Guinea	Islam	4 ●	42.00 %	2.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Rufiji	Tanzania	628,000	Rufiji	Islam	2 ●	9.00 %	1.50 %	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Bedouin, Sanusi	Libya	633,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	13
	Jat Sidhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	634,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Oromo, Wollo / Yejju	Ethiopia	636,000	Oromo, West Central	Islam	1 ●	1.30 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Dongxiang	China	636,000	Dongxiang	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	13
	Tekna	Morocco	640,000	Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	13
	Pashtun Durrani	Pakistan	643,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	13
	Pashtun Afridi	Pakistan	645,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	13
	Arab, Egyptian	Libya	648,000	Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	Islam	2 ●	8.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Fulani, West Niger	Niger	649,000	Fulfulde, Western Niger	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	13
	Bhisti	India	653,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Arab, Egyptian	Saudi Arabia	654,000	Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	Islam	2 ●	13.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kazakh	Russia	654,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.10 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Pashtun Ghilzai	Pakistan	656,000	Pashto, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	13
	Konyanka	Guinea	657,000	Maninka, Konyanka	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	13
	Fulani, Western	Niger	657,000	Fulfulde, Western Niger	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	13
	Rufaa, Rufaiyin	Sudan	661,000	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	13
	Aringa	Uganda	670,000	Aringa	Islam	1 ●	1.90 %	1.50 %	4 New Testament	13
	Mallik (Muslim traditions)	India	671,000	Gujarati	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Mum, Bamun	Cameroon	673,000	Bamun	Islam	4 ●	8.50 %	2.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Maninka, Western	Mali	675,000	Maninkakan, Western	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	14
Totals:	4,057 Peoples		1,984,162,000			3,487 ●				36,168

* 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%