Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,986,367,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,060

Unreached Groups

3,492 (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 *
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Syria	1,583,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	32
	Arab, Libyan	Libya	1,594,000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.04 %	0 Unspecified	32
	Maninka, Western	Senegal	1,580,000	Maninkakan, Western	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	32
	Sindhi Sama	Pakistan	1,593,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	32
	Chechen, Nohchi	Russia	1,675,000	Chechen	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Romani, Iranian	Iran	1,650,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	0 ☀	0.06 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	33
	Alawite	Syria	1,674,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	33
	Silt'e	Ethiopia	1,689,000	Silt'e	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	34
	Fulani, Adamawa	Nigeria	1,683,000	Fulfulde, Adamawa	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	34
	Berber, Imazighen	Algeria	1,712,000	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.09 %	3 Bible Portions	34
	Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,689,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	34
	Muhamasheen, Akhdam	Yemen	1,735,000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	35
	Tajik	Uzbekistan	1,757,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	35
	Aimaq	Afghanistan	1,730,000	Aimaq	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	35
	Deaf	Pakistan	1,798,000	Pakistan Sign Language	Islam	1 ●	2.45 %	-1	0 Unspecified	36
	Turkmen, Middle-Eastern	Syria	1,814,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	36
	Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	Egypt	1,867,000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam	1 ●	1.10 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	37
	Kazakh	China	1,862,000	Kazakh	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Bengali Muslim Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,846,000	Bengali	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	37
	Malay, Riau	Indonesia	1,908,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	0.04 %	5 Complete Bible	38
	Arab, Omani	Oman	1,967,000	Arabic, Omani	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	39
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Iraq	1,934,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	39
	Fulani, Fulakunda	Senegal	1,963,000	Pulaar	Islam	1 ●	0.80 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	39
	Jula	Côte d'Ivoire	1,968,000	Jula	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	39
	Arab, Sudanese	Egypt	1,935,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	0.26 %	4 New Testament	39
Totals:	4,060 Peoples		1,986,367,000			3,492 ●				36,117

* 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%