Malay people group in all countries

Malay

The Malay people group is reported in 27 countries

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Population All Countries

18,875,100

People Cluster

Malay

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Islam

Progress

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Map Notes

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Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Australia	185,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.30 %	0.25 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	4
Brunei	50,000		Malay	Islam	0	0.10 %	0.08 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Cambodia	19,000		Malay	Islam	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Canada	2,700		Malay	Islam	1	0.11 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
China, Hong Kong	20,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.50 %	0.45 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Christmas Island	300		Malay	Islam	1	0.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Comoros	1,100	●	Malay	Islam	1	0.90 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Denmark	800		Malay	Islam	1	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Egypt	3,200		Malay	Islam	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Indonesia	3,396,000	●	Malay	Islam	0	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	68
Ireland	3,700		Malay	Islam	1	0.50 %	0.45 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Japan	9,600		Malay	Islam	1	0.60 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Korea, South	9,600		Malay	Islam	1	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Libya	8,500		Malay	Islam	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Madagascar	39,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Malaysia	14,258,000	●	Malay	Islam	0	0.10 %	0.08 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	285
Myanmar (Burma)	27,000		Malay	Islam	0	0.03 %	0.02 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Netherlands	1,600		Malay	Islam	1	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
New Zealand	21,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.90 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Saudi Arabia	16,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.80 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Singapore	546,000	●	Malay	Islam	1	0.60 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	11
Sri Lanka	56,000		Sri Lankan Malay Creole	Islam	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified				1
Taiwan	24,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Arab Emirates	34,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.30 %	0.20 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United Kingdom	62,000		Malay	Islam	1	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United States	21,000		Malay	Islam	1	1.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Yemen	60,000		Malay	Islam	1	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Totals: 27	18,875,100			Islam	27 ◼︎ (8 ✸︎)	0.11 %	0.07 %					391

Other reported countries: 3

Malay

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
India	-1 Unknown	1	Malay	Islam
Maldives	300	1	Malay	Islam
Mayotte	100	1	Malay	Islam
Totals: 3

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* 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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