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Islam

A religious bloc covering every tradition grouped under Islam.

2,461people groups
2.07 مليارpeople
2,238unreached groups
1,020unengaged and unreached

Unengaged and Unreached 1,020Engaged yet Unreached 1,218No Longer Unreached 223

People groups

The 100 largest of 2,461. See all 2,461 on the map and filter them.

People groupCountryLanguageReligionPopulationStatus
Western PunjabisباكستاناللاهنداSunni Islam97,410,000Engaged yet Unreached
Bengali Sunni MuslimsبنغلاديشالبنغاليةSunni Islam92,480,000Engaged yet Unreached
Egyptian ArabsمصرEgyptian ArabicSunni Islam68,840,000Engaged yet Unreached
TurksتركياالتركيةSunni Islam64,250,000Engaged yet Unreached
Shaikh (Urdu)الهندالأورديةSunni Islam61,950,000Engaged yet Unreached
SundaإندونيسياالسوندانيةSunni Islam46,970,000Engaged yet Unreached
HausaنيجيرياالهوساFolk Islam40,540,000Engaged yet Unreached
Pesisir LorإندونيسياالجاويةSunni Islam37,950,000Engaged yet Unreached
Algerian ArabsالجزائرAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam34,960,000Engaged yet Unreached
Bengali Sufi MuslimsبنغلاديشالبنغاليةFolk Islam31,940,000Engaged yet Unreached
PersiansإيرانالفارسيةShia Islam29,490,000Engaged yet Unreached
UzbeksأوزبكستانالأوزبكيةSunni Islam28,540,000Engaged yet Unreached
Shaikh (Bengali)الهندالبنغاليةSunni Islam28,460,000Engaged yet Unreached
SindhiباكستانالسنديةSunni Islam28,290,000Engaged yet Unreached
Saidi ArabsمصرSaidi ArabicSunni Islam27,110,000Engaged yet Unreached
Southern PunjabisباكستانSaraikiSunni Islam24,380,000Engaged yet Unreached
NegarigungإندونيسياالجاويةSunni Islam22,770,000No Longer Unreached
Moroccan ArabsالمغربMoroccan ArabicSunni Islam21,280,000Engaged yet Unreached
MancanegariإندونيسياالجاويةSunni Islam20,600,000Engaged yet Unreached
Iraqi Shia ArabsالعراقMesopotamian ArabicShia Islam19,730,000Engaged yet Unreached
Northern PashtunsباكستانالبشتوSunni Islam19,220,000Engaged yet Unreached
Nigerian FulbeنيجيرياNigerian FulfuldeSunni Islam18,910,000Engaged yet Unreached
UrduباكستانالأورديةSunni Islam17,560,000Engaged yet Unreached
South AzeriإيرانSouth AzerbaijaniShia Islam17,550,000Engaged yet Unreached
Javanese TransmigrantsإندونيسياالجاويةSunni Islam16,260,000Engaged yet Unreached
HausaالنيجرالهوساFolk Islam16,130,000Engaged yet Unreached
Sudanese ArabsالسودانSudanese ArabicSunni Islam15,820,000Engaged yet Unreached
Syrian Sunni ArabsسورياLevantine ArabicSunni Islam15,630,000Engaged yet Unreached
Northern Yemeni ArabsاليمنSanaani ArabicShia Islam15,290,000Unengaged and Unreached
ChattagramiبنغلاديشChittagonianSunni Islam14,750,000Engaged yet Unreached
Southern PashtunsأفغانستانSouthern PashtoSunni Islam13,760,000Engaged yet Unreached
SomalisالصومالالصوماليةSunni Islam13,740,000Engaged yet Unreached
MalaysماليزياMalay (individual language)Sunni Islam13,670,000Engaged yet Unreached
Saudi Arabsالسعوديةاللهجة النجديةSunni Islam13,000,000Engaged yet Unreached
KazakhكازاخستانالكازاخستانيةSunni Islam12,520,000Engaged yet Unreached
Southern Yemeni ArabsاليمنTa'izzi-Adeni ArabicSunni Islam12,170,000Engaged yet Unreached
MappillaالهندالمالايالاميةSunni Islam12,030,000Engaged yet Unreached
Hijazi Saudi ArabsالسعوديةHijazi ArabicSunni Islam12,030,000Engaged yet Unreached
HuiالصينالصينيةSunni Islam11,510,000Engaged yet Unreached
TajiksأفغانستانالداريةSunni Islam11,460,000Engaged yet Unreached
Tunisian ArabsتونسTunisian ArabicSunni Islam11,420,000Engaged yet Unreached
Ansari-Momin (Urdu)الهندالأورديةSunni Islam10,750,000Engaged yet Unreached
RangpuriبنغلاديشRangpuriSunni Islam10,560,000Engaged yet Unreached
Iraqi Sunni ArabsالعراقMesopotamian ArabicSunni Islam10,510,000Engaged yet Unreached
Deaf PakistanisباكستانPakistan Sign LanguageSunni Islam10,260,000Unengaged and Unreached
UyghursالصينالأويغوريةSunni Islam9,610,000Engaged yet Unreached
AzerbaijaniأذربيجانالأذربيجانيةShia Islam9,610,000Engaged yet Unreached
BanyumasanإندونيسياالجاويةSunni Islam9,215,000Engaged yet Unreached
Kurmanji KurdsتركياالكرديةSunni Islam9,000,000Engaged yet Unreached
Yerwa KanuriنيجيرياالكانوريFolk Islam8,745,000Engaged yet Unreached
Mossiبوركينا فاسوالموسيSunni Islam8,420,000No Longer Unreached
SomalisإثيوبياالصوماليةSunni Islam8,300,000Engaged yet Unreached
SayyidالهندالأورديةShia Islam8,265,000Engaged yet Unreached
MaduraإندونيسياالمادريزSunni Islam8,130,000Engaged yet Unreached
MinangkabauإندونيسياالمينانجكاباوSunni Islam8,130,000Engaged yet Unreached
BugisإندونيسياالبجينيزيةSunni Islam7,805,000Engaged yet Unreached
BambaraماليالبامباراSunni Islam7,780,000Engaged yet Unreached
Bengali Muslims (Sylhetti)بنغلاديشSylhetiSunni Islam7,555,000Engaged yet Unreached
TajiksطاجيكستانالطاجيكيةSunni Islam7,405,000Engaged yet Unreached
MachaإثيوبياالأوروميةSunni Islam7,195,000Engaged yet Unreached
ArsiإثيوبياBorana-Arsi-Guji OromoSunni Islam7,175,000Engaged yet Unreached
TatarsروسياالتتريةSunni Islam7,085,000Engaged yet Unreached
WolofالسنغالالولوفيةFolk Islam7,035,000Engaged yet Unreached
KabyleالجزائرالقبيليةFolk Islam6,820,000Engaged yet Unreached
Hararghe OromoإثيوبياEastern OromoSunni Islam6,395,000Unengaged and Unreached
Shaikh (Sindhi)باكستانالسنديةSunni Islam6,185,000Engaged yet Unreached
KyrgyzقيرغيزستانالقيرغيزيةSunni Islam6,080,000Engaged yet Unreached
Assamese MuslimsالهندالأساميةSunni Islam5,935,000Engaged yet Unreached
BetawiإندونيسياBetawiSunni Islam5,625,000Engaged yet Unreached
BrahuiباكستانBrahuiSunni Islam5,570,000Engaged yet Unreached
Sorani Kurdsالعراقالسورانية الكرديةSunni Islam5,515,000Engaged yet Unreached
Fula JalonغينياPularSunni Islam5,475,000Engaged yet Unreached
Pesisir KulonإندونيسياالجاويةSunni Islam5,420,000Engaged yet Unreached
TurkmenتركمانستانالتركمانيةSunni Islam5,355,000Engaged yet Unreached
ZermaالنيجرالزارميةFolk Islam5,180,000Engaged yet Unreached
HindkoباكستانNorthern HindkoSunni Islam5,175,000Engaged yet Unreached
BanjarإندونيسياBanjarSunni Islam5,095,000Engaged yet Unreached
Ishelhayn ImazighenالمغربتشلحيتSunni Islam5,050,000Engaged yet Unreached
AcehneseإندونيسياالأتشينيزيةSunni Islam4,880,000Engaged yet Unreached
Pathan (Urdu)الهندالأورديةSunni Islam4,785,000Engaged yet Unreached
Southern BalochباكستانالبلوشيةSunni Islam4,590,000Engaged yet Unreached
BengaliالهندالبنغاليةSunni Islam4,585,000Engaged yet Unreached
GaaliinالسودانSudanese ArabicSunni Islam4,550,000Unengaged and Unreached
UzbeksأفغانستانSouthern UzbekSunni Islam4,470,000Engaged yet Unreached
BehdiniالعراقالكرديةSunni Islam4,435,000Engaged yet Unreached
GilakiإيرانGilakiShia Islam4,385,000Engaged yet Unreached
MazanderaniإيرانالمازندرانيةShia Islam4,385,000Engaged yet Unreached
Sudanese ArabsمصرSudanese ArabicSunni Islam4,320,000Unengaged and Unreached
Tihama Yemeni ArabsاليمنTa'izzi-Adeni ArabicSunni Islam4,260,000Unengaged and Unreached
Rajput (Sindhi)باكستانالسنديةSunni Islam4,170,000Engaged yet Unreached
PalembangإندونيسياMusiSunni Islam4,120,000Engaged yet Unreached
Kermanshahi Kurdsإيرانالكردية الجنوبيةSunni Islam3,950,000Engaged yet Unreached
SasakإندونيسياالساساكSunni Islam3,905,000Engaged yet Unreached
Syrian ArabsتركياLevantine ArabicSunni Islam3,900,000Engaged yet Unreached
MoorsموريتانياHassaniyyaSunni Islam3,885,000Engaged yet Unreached
ManinkaغينياالماندينغFolk Islam3,880,000Engaged yet Unreached
BantenإندونيسياالسوندانيةSunni Islam3,795,000Engaged yet Unreached
Punjabi PahariباكستانPahari-PotwariSunni Islam3,745,000Engaged yet Unreached
Pinjara, Behna (Urdu)الهندالأورديةSunni Islam3,675,000Engaged yet Unreached
HazarasأفغانستانHazaragiShia Islam3,635,000Engaged yet Unreached

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