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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,824,925,000

% of World Population

23.8 %

People Groups

3,637

Unreached Groups

3,095 (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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Hausa Niger 10,956,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 219
Somali Somalia 10,859,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 217
Ansari India 10,711,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 214
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,697,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % New Testament 214
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,246,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 205
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,338,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 187
Mappila India 9,246,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 185
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,043,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 181
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,839,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % Complete Bible 177
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,814,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 176
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,570,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % New Testament 171
Baloch Pakistan 8,202,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 164
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,175,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 163
Sayyid Pakistan 8,149,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 163
Sayyid India 7,935,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 159
Madura Indonesia 7,490,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 150
Somali Ethiopia 7,097,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 142
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,006,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 140
Tajik Tajikistan 6,956,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 139
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 6,859,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % New Testament 137
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,796,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 136
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,743,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % New Testament 135
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,376,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 128
Kurd, Turkish-Speaking Turkey 6,233,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 125
Wolof Senegal 6,018,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % New Testament 120
Totals: 3,637 Peoples   1,824,925,000     3,095 ●       32,865
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