Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,902,705,000

% of World Population

24.3 %

People Groups

4,042

Unreached Groups

3,490 (86.3 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language ▲	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Kuwait	67,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Qatar	267,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Romani, Domari	United Arab Emirates	70,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Bedouin, Gulf	United Arab Emirates	194,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Arab, general	Bahrain	168,000	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Islam	4 ●	8.50 %	2.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Arab, Hadrami	Kenya	13,000	Arabic, Hadrami Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Arab, Hadrami	Yemen	1,947,000	Arabic, Hadrami Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	39
	Rashaida	Eritrea	51,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	United Arab Emirates	389,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	8
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Qatar	28,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	10,801,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.08 %	0 Unspecified	216
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	United States	77,000	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	2
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Libya	128,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Bedouin, Fezzan	Libya	220,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Bedouin, Kufra	Libya	29,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Cyrenaican	Libya	1,475,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.03 %	0 Unspecified	30
	Berber, Jalo	Libya	51,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Berber, Jofra	Libya	34,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Libyan	United Arab Emirates	46,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Libyan	Belgium	4,600	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Libyan	Canada	5,600	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Libyan	Egypt	439,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	9
	Arab, Libyan	Côte d'Ivoire	19,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	2.60 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Arab, Libyan	Libya	1,611,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.04 %	0 Unspecified	32
	Arab, Libyan	Niger	12,000	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	4,042 Peoples		1,902,705,000			3,490 ●				34,532

* 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%