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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,190,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,042

Unreached Groups

3,494 (86.4 %)

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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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Bambara Mali 6,723,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % Complete Bible 134
Sayyid Pakistan 6,519,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 130
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,376,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 128
Amhara, Wollo Ethiopia 6,331,000 Amharic Islam ● 2.90 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 127
Berber, Kabyle Algeria 6,370,000 Amazigh Islam ● 0.25 % 0.24 % Complete Bible 127
Wolof Senegal 5,812,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % New Testament 116
Bugis Indonesia 5,707,000 Bugis Islam ● 0.55 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 114
Betawi Indonesia 5,707,000 Betawi Islam ● 2.23 % 0.13 % Bible Portions 114
Awan Pakistan 5,598,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 112
Tatar Russia 5,371,000 Tatar Islam ● 3.00 % 0.49 % Complete Bible 107
Java Pesisir Kulon Indonesia 5,188,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.00 % 0.16 % Complete Bible 104
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 5,152,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 103
Kurd, Central Iraq 5,146,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 103
Gujar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 5,105,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 102
Arab, Tihami Yemen 5,025,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 100
Turkmen Turkmenistan 4,881,000 Turkmen Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 98
Ansari Pakistan 4,854,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 97
Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan 4,807,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.09 % Complete Bible 96
Zarma Niger 4,756,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 95
Arab, Jordanian Jordan 4,696,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.50 % 0.30 % Bible Portions 94
Uzbek, Southern Afghanistan 4,636,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 93
Arab, Palestinian West Bank / Gaza 4,646,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.04 % Bible Portions 93
Fulbe Guinea 4,570,000 Pular Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % New Testament 91
Banjar Indonesia 4,383,000 Banjar Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.04 % Bible Portions 88
Acehnese Indonesia 3,995,000 Aceh Islam ● 0.12 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 80
Totals: 4,042 Peoples   1,957,190,000     3,494 ●       35,721
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