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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
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Yao, Muslim Tanzania 632,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 13
Berber, Tekna Morocco 632,000 Tachelhit Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 13
Shirazi Tanzania 662,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 13
Bedouin, Sanusi Libya 639,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 13
Baggara, Messiria Sudan 642,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 13
Kazakh Russia 660,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 13
Fulfulde, Borgu Benin 650,000 Fulfulde, Borgu Islam ● 1.40 % 0.80 % New Testament 13
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Turkey 595,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Sindhi Mohana Pakistan 623,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Memon India 610,000 Gujarati Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Barwala (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 591,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 12
Badhai (Muslim traditions) India 592,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Oromo, Yejju Ethiopia 592,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 1.30 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 12
Arab, Syrian Turkey 592,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.40 % Bible Portions 12
Baloch, Southern Oman 613,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.85 % 0.20 % New Testament 12
Rufaa, Rufaiyin Sudan 617,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.20 % 0.03 % New Testament 12
Maninka, Western Mali 604,000 Maninkakan, Western Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 12
Kabardian, East Circassian Russia 587,000 Kabardian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.02 % New Testament 12
Azerbaijani Russia 615,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 12
Arab, North Iraqi Turkey 573,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % New Testament 11
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 533,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 11
Maninka, Kita Mali 539,000 Maninkakan, Kita Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 11
Nubian, Fedicca-Mohas Sudan 569,000 Nobiin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 11
Alawite Turkey 559,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 11
Turk Bulgaria 546,000 Turkish Islam ● 0.10 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 11
Totals: 3,821 Peoples   1,892,220,000     3,251 ●       34,002
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