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 *
	Tajik	Tajikistan	8,902,000	Tajik	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	178
	Sayyid	India	9,135,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	183
	Shaikh Qureshi	India	9,407,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	188
	Java Banyumasan	Indonesia	9,548,000	Javanese	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	1.18 %	5 Complete Bible	191
	Arab, Saudi - Hijazi	Saudi Arabia	9,729,000	Arabic, Hijazi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	195
	Mappila	India	10,000,000	Malayalam	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	200
	Pashtun, Pathan	India	10,558,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	211
	Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	10,988,000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	220
	Arab, Tunisian	Tunisia	11,295,000	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam	1 ●	0.22 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	226
	Mossi	Burkina Faso	11,494,000	Moore	Islam	5 ●	31.50 %	17.74 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Uyghur	China	11,775,000	Uyghur	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	235
	Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	12,113,000	Dari	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	242
	Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	12,144,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	243
	Ansari	India	12,243,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	245
	Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	12,557,000	Sylheti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	251
	Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	12,638,000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.08 %	3 Bible Portions	253
	Shaikh	Pakistan	12,964,000	Sindhi	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	259
	Hui	China	13,646,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	273
	Kurd, Kurmanji	Türkiye (Turkey)	14,000,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	280
	Malay	Malaysia	14,258,000	Malay	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	285
	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14,508,000	Kazakh	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.17 %	5 Complete Bible	290
	Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	14,565,000	Saraiki	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	291
	Somali	Somalia	14,934,000	Somali	Islam	1 ●	1.11 %	0.94 %	5 Complete Bible	299
	Hausa	Niger	14,944,000	Hausa	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	299
	Arab, Syrian	Syria	15,693,000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam	2 ●	6.00 %	0.16 %	3 Bible Portions	-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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