Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,987,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,054

Unreached Groups

3,505 (86.5 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population ▼	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Kyrgyz	Kyrgyzstan	4,807,000	Kyrgyz	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.09 %	5 Complete Bible	96
	Zarma	Niger	4,756,000	Zarma	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	95
	Arab, Jordanian	Jordan	4,696,000	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	1 ●	2.50 %	0.30 %	3 Bible Portions	94
	Arab, Palestinian	West Bank / Gaza	4,646,000	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.04 %	3 Bible Portions	93
	Uzbek, Southern	Afghanistan	4,636,000	Uzbek, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	93
	Fulbe	Guinea	4,570,000	Pular	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	91
	Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	4,500,000	Pashto, Southern	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	90
	Banjar	Indonesia	4,383,000	Banjar	Islam	0 ☀	0.09 %	0.04 %	3 Bible Portions	88
	Acehnese	Indonesia	3,995,000	Aceh	Islam	1 ●	0.12 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	80
	Oromo, Jima	Ethiopia	3,911,000	Oromo, West Central	Islam	1 ●	2.00 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	78
	Pinjara	India	3,906,000	Urdu	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	78
	Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,888,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	78
	Moor	Mauritania	3,851,000	Arabic, Hassaniyya	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	77
	Kurd, Behdini	Iraq	3,759,000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam	1 ●	1.20 %	1.10 %	5 Complete Bible	75
	Gaaliin	Sudan	3,747,000	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Islam	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	75
	Kurd, Central	Iran	3,571,000	Kurdish, Central	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	71
	Pashtun Yusafzai	Pakistan	3,554,000	Pashto, Northern	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	71
	Kurd, Southern	Iran	3,548,000	Kurdish, Southern	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	3 Bible Portions	71
	Hazara	Afghanistan	3,535,000	Hazaragi	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	3 Bible Portions	71
	Arab, Lebanese	Lebanon	3,515,000	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Islam	2 ●	34.00 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Mochi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,495,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	70
	Palembang	Indonesia	3,452,000	Musi	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.02 %	3 Bible Portions	69
	Berber, Southern Shilha	Morocco	3,436,000	Tachelhit	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.16 %	4 New Testament	69
	Tamil (Muslim traditions)	India	3,435,000	Tamil	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	69
	Sasak	Indonesia	3,372,000	Sasak	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	67
Totals:	4,054 Peoples		1,957,987,000			3,505 ●				35,733

* 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%