Islam people group listing

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,074,608,000

% of World Population

25.4 %

People Groups

4,113

Unreached Groups

3,549 (86.3 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Malay, Bacanese	Indonesia	3,600	Malay, Bacanese	Islam	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Malay, Banda	Indonesia	22,000	Malay, Banda	Islam	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malay, Cape	South Africa	350,000	Afrikaans	Islam	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	7
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Australia	1,400	Malay, Cocos Islands	Islam	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	400	Malay, Cocos Islands	Islam	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Christmas Island	400	Malay, Cocos Islands	Islam	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malay, Cocos Islands	Malaysia	6,500	Malay	Islam	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malay, Javar	Sri Lanka	56,000	Sri Lankan Malay Creole	Islam	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malay, Kedah	Thailand	1,000	Malay, Kedah	Islam	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malay, Ketapang	Indonesia	323,000	Malay	Islam	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	6
	Malay, Larantuka	Indonesia	25,000	Malay, Larantuka	Islam	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Malay, North Moluccan	Indonesia	141,000	Malay, North Moluccan	Islam	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Malay, Pattani	Thailand	1,567,000	Malay, Pattani	Islam	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	31
	Malay, Pontianak	Indonesia	334,000	Malay	Islam	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	7
	Malay, Riau	Indonesia	1,964,000	Malay	Islam	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	39
	Malay, Riau	Singapore	16,000	Malay	Islam	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Malay, Sambas	Indonesia	527,000	Malay	Islam	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	11
	Malay, Singkil	Indonesia	76,000	Batak Karo	Islam	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Malay, Sumatera North	Indonesia	2,368,000	Malay	Islam	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	47
	Malay-Indonesian, English-speaking	Singapore	16,000	English	Islam	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Malayali, Malayalam	Malaysia	387,000	Malayalam	Islam	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Maldivian, Divehi	Maldives	489,000	Maldivian	Islam	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	10
	Maldivian, Divehi	Malaysia	2,900	Maldivian	Islam	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mali (Muslim traditions)	India	15,000	Hindi	Islam	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mali (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	78,000	Punjabi, Western	Islam	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
Totals:	4,113 Peoples		2,074,608,000				3,549 ◼︎ (2,513 ✸︎)			39,031

* 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
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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