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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 *
Albanian Slovenia 6,400 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 30.00 % 0.50 % New Testament -
Arab Somalia 6,500 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions 1
Arab, Omani Somalia 92,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Translation Needed 2
Bajuni Somalia 11,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Aweer Somalia 300 Aweer Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Bible Portions 1
Jiiddo Somalia 34,000 Jiiddu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Rahanweyn Somalia 2,075,000 Maay Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 42
Mahra Somalia 4,300 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Dabarre Somalia 34,000 Dabarre Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Mushunguli Somalia 34,000 Mushungulu Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % Translation Needed 1
Somali Somalia 12,430,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 249
Baloch, Southern Somalia 9,700 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % New Testament 1
Swahili, Barawani Somalia 272,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 5
Arab, Yemeni Somalia 22,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tunni Somalia 34,000 Tunni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Oromo, Southern Somalia 91,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 2
Deaf Somalia 164,000 Language unknown Islam ● 0.33 % Unspecified 3
South Asian, general Somalia 23,000 Gujarati Islam ● 0.25 % 0.09 % Complete Bible 1
Garre Somalia 117,000 Garre Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 2
Somali Bantu Somalia 792,000 Maay Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Bible Portions 16
Arab, Egyptian South Africa 61,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 13.00 % 3.90 % Complete Bible -
Arab, Lebanese South Africa 5,700 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Swahili South Africa 2,500 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu South Africa 15,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 3,821 Peoples   1,892,220,000     3,251 ●       34,002
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