Islam

Unreached peoples of Islam

1.871 unreached peoples whose main religion is Islam: peoples with little or no access to the gospel, from largest to smallest.

Overview

How reached these peoples are

1.871unreached
1.9Bpeople
85countries
1.417frontier peoples
  • 95.6% Unreached (2K)
  • 4.2% Minimally reached (79)
  • 0.1% Superficially reached (2)
  • 0.1% Partially reached (2)

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

The Bible in these peoples’ languages

594Complete Bible
913Only portions of the Bible
328No book translated
  • 32.4% Complete Bible (594)
  • 36.7% New Testament complete (673)
  • 13.1% Portions translated (240)
  • 17.9% No book translated (328)

Source: Joshua Project and Progress.Bible. Estimates, may vary.

Unreached people groups · 1.871
People Country Population Language Evang. Chr.
Muslim Bengali Bangladesh 133.4M Bengali 0.2% 0.2%
Shaikh Frontier India 103.9M Urdu 0% 0%
Egyptian Arab Egypt 73.6M Egyptian Arabic 0.5% 1.4%
Turk Frontier Türkiye 66.8M Turkish < 0.1% < 0.1%
Hausa Nigeria 59.1M Hausa 1.4% 1.7%
Persian Iran 48.4M Iranian Persian 1.5% 1.8%
Pesisir Lor Javanese Indonesia 38.5M Javanese 0.1% 2.8%
Arabic-Speaking Algerian Frontier Algeria 38.2M Algerian Arabic < 0.1% < 0.1%
Sunda Indonesia 37.3M Sundanese 0.1% 0.5%
Northern Uzbek Frontier Uzbekistan 34.5M Northern Uzbek < 0.1% < 0.1%
Pashtun Frontier Pakistan 34.2M Central Pashto 0% 0%
Muslim Jat Frontier Pakistan 33.1M Saraiki 0% 0%
Moroccan Arab Frontier Morocco 31.5M Moroccan Arabic 0.1% 0.1%
Somali Frontier Somalia 28.9M Somali 0.1% 0.2%
Muslim Sa’idi Arab Frontier Egypt 23.7M Sa'idi Arabic < 0.1% < 0.1%
Syrian Arab Syria 23.5M Levantine Arabic 0.3% 8.5%
Iraqi Arab Iraq 22.4M Mesopotamian Arabic 0.2% 1.2%
Sudanese Arab Frontier Sudan 21.8M Sudanese Arabic 0.1% 0.4%
Mancanegari Javanese Indonesia 21M Javanese 0.2% 1%
Nigerian Fulani Nigeria 20.8M Nigerian Fulfulde 0.3% 0.3%
Northern Yemeni Arab Frontier Yemen 20M Sanaani Arabic 0% 0%
Muslim Rajput Frontier Pakistan 19.8M Western Punjabi 0% 0%
Malay Frontier Malaysia 18.9M Malay 0.1% 0.1%
Turkish Azeri Iran 18.6M South Azerbaijani 1.6% 1.8%
Kazakh Kazakhstan 18M Kazakh 0.2% 0.4%
Kurmanji Kurd Frontier Türkiye 16.5M Northern Kurdish < 0.1% 0.1%
Sayyid Frontier India 16.3M Urdu 0% 0%
Ansari Frontier India 15.7M Urdu 0% 0%
Hui Frontier China 13.9M Mandarin Chinese < 0.1% < 0.1%
Najdi Arabs Frontier Saudi Arabia 13M Najdi Arabic 0.1% 0.1%

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