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 *
	Yalunka	Mali	20,000	Yalunka	Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yalunka, Dialonke	Senegal	16,000	Yalunka	Islam	1 ●	0.15 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yalunka, Yalun Soso	Sierra Leone	52,000	Yalunka	Islam	4 ●	6.00 %	4.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yao	Malawi	2,693,000	Yao	Islam	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	54
	Yao	Mozambique	329,000	Yao	Islam	1 ●	1.40 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	7
	Yao	Tanzania	834,000	Yao	Islam	1 ●	2.06 %	1.26 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Yao	Zambia	6,000	Yao	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yashkun	Pakistan	2,100	Balti	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Yazeed	Sudan	556,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	11
	Yazgul	Tajikistan	12,000	Yazgulyam	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Yidghal	Pakistan	9,900	Yadgha	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yoruba	Gambia	13,000	Yoruba	Islam	4 ●	27.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yoruba	Ghana	558,000	Yoruba	Islam	5 ●	29.00 %	12.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yoruba	Niger	86,000	Yoruba	Islam	4 ●	20.00 %	7.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yoruba	Togo	148,000	Yoruba	Islam	2 ●	43.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yoruba	Burkina Faso	83,000	Yoruba	Islam	4 ●	45.00 %	7.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yoruba	Benin	255,000	Yoruba	Islam	5 ●	45.30 %	13.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yoruk	Bulgaria	900	Balkan Gagauz Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yoruk	North Macedonia	3,500	Balkan Gagauz Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yoruk	Türkiye (Turkey)	483,000	Balkan Gagauz Turkish	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	10
	Zaghawa	Chad	204,000	Zaghawa	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	4
	Zaghawa	Libya	10,000	Zaghawa	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Zaghawa	Sudan	139,000	Zaghawa	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Zaghawa, Arabized	Sudan	176,000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	4
	Zan Gula	Chad	15,000	Zan Gula	Islam	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	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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