Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,021,235,000

% of World Population

25.0 %

People Groups

4,002

Unreached Groups

3,432 (85.8 %)

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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 *
	Berber, Rif	Morocco	1,626,000	Tarifit	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	33
	Senoufo, Mamara	Mali	1,654,000	Senoufo, Mamara	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	4 New Testament	33
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Syria	1,660,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Romani, Iranian	Iran	1,662,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Chechen, Nohchi	Russia	1,669,000	Chechen	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,722,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	34
	Fulani, Adamawa	Nigeria	1,723,000	Fulfulde, Adamawa	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	34
	Silt'e	Ethiopia	1,732,000	Silt'e	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Berber	Algeria	1,737,000	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Alawite	Syria	1,755,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Serer-Sine	Senegal	1,759,000	Serer-Sine	Islam	2 ●	22.00 %	0.81 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Yemen	1,774,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Aimaq	Afghanistan	1,777,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	36
	Tajik	Uzbekistan	1,783,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	36
	Deaf	Pakistan	1,833,000	Pakistan Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	2.45 %	-1	0 Unspecified	37
	Kazakh	China	1,862,000	Kazakh	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,866,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Egypt	1,896,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	1.10 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	38
	Turkmen, Middle-Eastern	Syria	1,902,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	38
	Teli (Muslim traditions)	India	1,918,000	Hindi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	38
	Malay, Riau	Indonesia	1,923,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.08 %	0.04 %	5 Complete Bible	38
	Arab, Omani	Oman	1,957,000	Arabic, Omani	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	39
	Arab, Sudanese	Egypt	1,966,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	0.26 %	4 New Testament	39
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Iraq	1,977,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	40
	Bengali Muslim Moghal	India	1,982,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	40
Totals:	4,002 Peoples		2,021,235,000			3,432 ●				36,672

* 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%