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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,366,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,756

Unreached Groups

3,213 (85.5 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
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Ansari India 10,555,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 211
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,585,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 212
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,640,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % Unspecified 213
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,810,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % New Testament 216
Somali Somalia 11,175,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 224
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,313,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 226
Hausa Niger 11,377,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 228
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,419,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 228
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 238
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,059,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 241
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,990,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 260
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % Complete Bible 261
Shaikh Pakistan 13,327,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % New Testament 267
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 13,821,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.12 % Bible Portions 276
Hui China 13,870,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 277
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,045,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % New Testament 321
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 16,384,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % New Testament 328
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,530,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % Complete Bible 331
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 16,680,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 334
Moroccan, Arabic-speaking Morocco 23,940,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % New Testament 479
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 27,199,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 544
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 29,618,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 592
Pashtun Pakistan 30,315,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 606
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 32,942,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 659
Hausa Nigeria 34,783,000 Hausa Islam ● 0.15 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 696
Totals: 3,756 Peoples   1,857,366,000     3,213 ●       33,384
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