Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,986,346,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,061

Unreached Groups

3,493 (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 *
	Java Pesisir Kulon	Indonesia	5,227,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.16 %	5 Complete Bible	105
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	5,227,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	105
	Awan	Pakistan	5,680,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	114
	Betawi	Indonesia	5,749,000	Betawi	Islam	1 ●	2.23 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	115
	Bugis	Indonesia	5,749,000	Bugis	Islam	1 ●	0.55 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	115
	Wolof	Senegal	5,962,000	Wolof	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	119
	Kurd, Turkish-speaking	Türkiye (Turkey)	6,412,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	128
	Berber, Kabyle	Algeria	6,469,000	Kabyle	Islam	1 ●	0.25 %	0.24 %	5 Complete Bible	129
	Amhara, Wollo	Ethiopia	6,492,000	Amharic	Islam	1 ●	2.90 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	130
	Sayyid	Pakistan	6,615,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	132
	Bambara	Mali	6,831,000	Bamanankan	Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	1.10 %	5 Complete Bible	137
	Minangkabau	Indonesia	6,915,000	Minangkabau	Islam	1 ●	0.26 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	138
	Pashtun, Northern	Afghanistan	7,292,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	146
	Tajik	Tajikistan	7,492,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	150
	Madura	Indonesia	7,681,000	Madura	Islam	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	154
	Oromo, Hararghe	Ethiopia	7,743,000	Oromo, Eastern	Islam	1 ●	5.00 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	155
	Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	7,764,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	155
	Kanuri, Yerwa	Nigeria	7,802,000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	4 New Testament	156
	Azerbaijani	Azerbaijan	7,962,000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.22 %	5 Complete Bible	159
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	7,945,000	Kashmiri	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	159
	Somali	Ethiopia	8,012,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	0.35 %	0.22 %	5 Complete Bible	160
	Shaikh Siddiqi	India	8,967,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	179
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	9,136,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	183
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,274,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	1.18 %	5 Complete Bible	185
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	9,252,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	185
Totals:	4,061 Peoples		1,986,346,000			3,493 ●				36,118

* 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%