Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,082,758,000

% of World Population

25.4 %

People Groups

4,046

Unreached Groups

3,468 (85.7 %)

Map Notes

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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 *
	Arab, Tajiki	Tajikistan	1,600	Arabic, Tajiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	178
	Shughni, Shugnan-Rushan	Tajikistan	97,000	Shughni	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Sanglechi	Tajikistan	2,200	Sanglechi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Persian	Tajikistan	600	Persian, Iranian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Pashtun, Southern	Tajikistan	37,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Parya	Tajikistan	5,100	Parya	Islam	1 ●	0.59 %	0.59 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Pashtun	Tajikistan	5,400	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Uzbek, Northern	Tajikistan	1,270,000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam	1 ●	0.14 %	0.13 %	5 Complete Bible	25
	Lak	Tajikistan	2,400	Lak	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kyrgyz	Tajikistan	79,000	Kyrgyz	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Kazakh	Tajikistan	900	Kazakh	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hazara	Tajikistan	1,900	Hazaragi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Romani, Domari	Tajikistan	3,500	Russian	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bashkir	Tajikistan	9,500	Bashkort	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Indonesian	Taiwan	318,000	Indonesian	Islam	4 ●	14.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Malay	Taiwan	24,000	Malay	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hui	Taiwan	55,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Turkmen, Middle-Eastern	Syria	2,001,000	Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	40
	Arab, North Iraqi	Syria	512,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	10
	Deaf	Syria	254,000	Language unknown	Islam	2 ●	6.34 %	-1	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	Syria	41,000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Alawite	Syria	1,846,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	37
	Arab, Syrian	Syria	15,693,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	0.16 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Persian	Syria	60,000	Persian, Iranian	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	4,046 Peoples		2,082,758,000			3,468 ●				38,916

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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%

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