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, Shawiya	Algeria	2,428,000	Tachawit	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	49
	Turkmen	Afghanistan	2,419,000	Turkmen	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	48
	Guhayna	Sudan	2,388,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.70 %	4 New Testament	48
	Rahanweyn	Somalia	2,373,000	Maay	Islam	1 ●	1.09 %	0.91 %	3 Bible Portions	47
	Oromo, Bale	Ethiopia	2,354,000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam	1 ●	1.50 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	47
	Hajam	Pakistan	2,347,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	47
	Malay, Sumatera North	Indonesia	2,318,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	46
	Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,267,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	45
	Kurd, Turkish	Iraq	2,261,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	1.20 %	1.10 %	5 Complete Bible	45
	Arab, Hadrami	Yemen	2,250,000	Arabic, Hadrami	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	45
	Hajam	India	2,242,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	45
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	India	2,224,000	Hindi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	44
	Afar	Ethiopia	2,209,000	Afar	Islam	1 ●	0.90 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	44
	Mirasi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,137,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	43
	Pashtun, Southeast	Afghanistan	2,109,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	42
	Deaf	Indonesia	2,098,000	Indonesian Sign Language	Islam	2 ●	15.85 %	-1	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Makonde	Tanzania	2,086,000	Makonde	Islam	4 ●	9.00 %	6.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,080,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	42
	Temne	Sierra Leone	2,077,000	Themne	Islam	4 ●	7.00 %	4.18 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Algerian, Arabic-speaking	Egypt	2,059,000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	41
	Soninke	Mali	2,057,000	Soninke	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	41
	Nyamwezi, Nyanyembe	Tanzania	2,036,000	Nyamwezi	Islam	4 ●	34.00 %	8.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Jula	Côte d'Ivoire	2,017,000	Jula	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	40
	Fulani, Fulakunda	Senegal	2,013,000	Pulaar	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	40
	Arab, Moroccan	Egypt	2,012,000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	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%