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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,892,220,000

% of World Population

24.1 %

People Groups

3,821

Unreached Groups

3,251 (85.1 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Laz, Lazuri Turkey 104,000 Laz Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Unspecified 2
Ossetic Turkey 41,000 Ossetic Islam ● 6.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible -
Persian Turkey 690,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.30 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 14
Pomak Turkey 379,000 Bulgarian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 8
Pontic Greek Turkey 5,000 Pontic Islam ● 5.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Romani, Balkan Turkey 74,000 Romani, Balkan Islam ● 4.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Shikaki Turkey 26,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Syrian Turkey 592,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.40 % Bible Portions 12
Tatar Turkey 29,000 Tatar Islam ● 0.50 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turkmen Turkey 1,600 Turkmen Islam ● 1.50 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu Turkey 25,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Uyghur Turkey 15,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Uzbek, Southern Turkey 4,200 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % New Testament 1
Yoruk Turkey 467,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 9
Turk Turkey 59,753,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1,195
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,354,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 127
Alawite Turkey 559,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 11
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Turkey 595,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Hemshin Turkey 23,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Deaf Turkey 425,000 Turkish Sign Language Islam ● 0.21 % Translation Needed 9
Gajal, Gadzhal Turkey 18,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, North Iraqi Turkey 573,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % New Testament 11
Yazidi Turkey 2,800 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turk, Meskhetian Turkey 23,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Avar Turkmenistan 900 Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 3,821 Peoples   1,892,220,000     3,251 ●       34,002
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