Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,022,274,000

% of World Population

25.0 %

People Groups

4,004

Unreached Groups

3,425 (85.5 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Scripture
Status
Est. Workers
Needed *
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) Nepal 1,500 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 88,000 Sindhi Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 2
 Vemgo-Mabas Cameroon 1,700 Vemgo-Mabas Islam 15.00 % 6.00 % Translation Started -
 Vemgo-Mabas, Visik Nigeria 21,000 Vemgo-Mabas Islam 5.00 % 4.00 % Translation Started -
 Vezo Comoros 900 Malagasy, Sakalava Islam 37.00 % 5.00 % Bible Portions -
Vinza Tanzania 32,000 Vinza Islam 40.00 % 0.10 % Unspecified -
 Viri, Belanda Viri South Sudan 67,000 Belanda Viri Islam 15.00 % 5.00 % Bible Portions -
Voro Nigeria Unknown Voro Islam 10.00 % 1.00 % Translation Started -
 Waata Kenya 21,000 Waata Islam 25.00 % 5.00 % New Testament -
Wadalka Sudan 36,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Wakatobi Indonesia 290,000 Tukang Besi South Islam 4.00 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 6
 Wakatobi, Kaledupa Indonesia 170,000 Tukang Besi North Islam 3.00 % 0.40 % Translation Started 3
 Wali Sudan 2,600 Wali (Sudan) Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Wali, Arabized Sudan 65,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam 1.00 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
 Wardei Kenya 204,000 Somali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 4
Warduji Afghanistan 9,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Warji, Warjawa Nigeria 150,000 Warji Islam 20.00 % 10.00 % Bible Portions -
Warnang, Werni Sudan 6,300 Warnang Islam 5.00 % 0.50 % Translation Started 1
 Waru Indonesia 600 Waru Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Wassulu Côte d'Ivoire 18,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Wassulu Mali 233,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ☀︎ 0.04 % 0.03 % New Testament 5
 Wattal (Muslim traditions) India 6,500 Kashmiri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Watubela, Wesi Indonesia 6,200 Watubela Islam 25.00 % 2.00 % Translation Needed -
Watulai, Batuley Indonesia 4,200 Gwatlelir Islam 30.00 % 4.00 % Translation Needed -
Wawa Cameroon 7,600 Wawa Islam 7.00 % 1.00 % Translation Needed -
 Wawonii Indonesia 29,000 Wawonii Islam 1.00 % 0.60 % Unspecified 1
 Waza India 1,800 Kashmiri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Woko, Longa Cameroon 7,800 Longto Islam 2.00 % 1.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Wolane Ethiopia 132,000 Wolane Islam 3.40 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 3
 Wolio Indonesia 251,000 Wolio Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 5
 Wolio Malaysia 1,100 Wolio Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Wolof Belgium 2,000 Wolof Islam 4.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 1
 Wolof Canada 7,800 Wolof Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % New Testament 1
 Wolof France 41,000 Wolof Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Wolof Gambia 391,000 Wolof, Gambian Islam 0.12 % 0.11 % Bible Portions 8
 Wolof Gabon 15,000 Wolof Islam 0.50 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
 Wolof Italy 79,000 Wolof Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 2
 Wolof Côte d'Ivoire 20,000 Wolof Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Wolof Mali 82,000 Wolof Islam 0.40 % 0.00 % New Testament 2
 Wolof Mauritania 21,000 Wolof Islam 1.03 % 0.75 % New Testament 1
 Wolof Guinea-Bissau 11,000 Wolof Islam 1.00 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
 Wolof Senegal 6,016,000 Wolof Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.00 % New Testament 120
 Wolof Türkiye (Turkey) 2,700 Wolof Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Wolof United States 67,000 Wolof Islam 2.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
 Wolof, Lebou Mauritania 1,600 Wolof Islam 0.40 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Wolof, Lebou Senegal 246,000 Wolof Islam 0.40 % 0.10 % New Testament 5
 Worodougou Côte d'Ivoire 136,000 Worodougou Islam 1.70 % 1.60 % Bible Portions 3
Wotapuri-Katarqalai Afghanistan 3,800 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Wotu Indonesia 600 Wotu Islam 0.85 % 0.85 % Unspecified 1
Wuzlam, Uzam Cameroon 34,000 Wuzlam Islam 20.00 % 4.00 % New Testament -
Xingoni Mozambique 57,000 Xingoni Islam 12.00 % 2.00 % Bible Portions -
 Yadav (Muslim traditions) India 9,700 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Yadav (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 22,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Yadav Ghosi Pakistan 1,000 Saraiki Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Yagnob Tajikistan 31,000 Tajik Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Yakan Malaysia 1,300 Yakan Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Yakan Philippines 206,000 Yakan Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 4
 Yalunka Guinea 131,000 Yalunka Islam 0.30 % 0.17 % Complete Bible 3
 Yalunka Mali 19,000 Yalunka Islam 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
 Yalunka, Dialonke Senegal 16,000 Yalunka Islam 0.15 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 1
 Yalunka, Yalun Soso Sierra Leone 53,000 Yalunka Islam 6.00 % 4.40 % Complete Bible -
 Yao Malawi 2,604,000 Yao Islam 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 52
 Yao Mozambique 322,000 Yao Islam 1.40 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 6
 Yao Tanzania 821,000 Yao Islam 2.06 % 1.26 % Complete Bible 16
 Yao Zambia 5,700 Yao Islam 3.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Yashkun Pakistan 2,000 Balti Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Yazeed Sudan 531,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 11
Yazgul Tajikistan 12,000 Yazgulyam Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Yidghal Pakistan 9,500 Yadgha Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Yoruba Benin 242,000 Yoruba Islam 45.30 % 13.00 % Complete Bible -
 Yoruba Gambia 13,000 Yoruba Islam 27.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
 Yoruba Ghana 554,000 Yoruba Islam 29.00 % 12.00 % Complete Bible -
 Yoruba Niger 87,000 Yoruba Islam 20.00 % 7.50 % Complete Bible -
 Yoruba Togo 141,000 Yoruba Islam 43.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible -
 Yoruba Burkina Faso 83,000 Yoruba Islam 45.00 % 7.50 % Complete Bible -
 Yoruk Bulgaria 900 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Yoruk North Macedonia 4,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Yoruk Türkiye (Turkey) 475,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 10
 Zaghawa Chad 183,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 4
 Zaghawa Libya 9,400 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Zaghawa Sudan 133,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀︎ 0.05 % 0.05 % Unspecified 3
 Zaghawa, Arabized Sudan 169,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 3
Zan Gula Chad 13,000 Zan Gula Islam 3.00 % 1.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Zaramo Tanzania 1,451,000 Zaramo Islam 3.04 % 2.00 % New Testament 29
Zarekari India 1,500 Gujarati Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Zargar (Muslim traditions) India 5,400 Kashmiri Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Zargar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 9,800 Shina Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Zari Nigeria 41,000 Hausa Islam 14.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
 Zarma Benin 15,000 Zarma Islam 2.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
 Zarma Ghana 10,000 Zarma Islam 0.50 % 0.08 % Complete Bible 1
 Zarma Mali 2,700 Zarma Islam 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
 Zarma Niger 5,124,000 Zarma Islam 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 102
 Zarma Nigeria 169,000 Zarma Islam 3.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 3
 Zarma Burkina Faso 1,700 Zarma Islam 10.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
 Zaza-Alevi Germany 30,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Zaza-Alevi Greece 25,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Zaza-Alevi Türkiye (Turkey) 210,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 4
 Zaza-Dimli Türkiye (Turkey) 1,323,000 Zazaki, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 26
 Zeem Nigeria 1,600 Hausa Islam 7.00 % 4.00 % Complete Bible -
 Zigua Tanzania 938,000 Zigula Islam 9.00 % 5.00 % New Testament -
Totals: 4,004 Peoples   2,022,274,000     3,425       36,527


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