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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,828,955,000

% of World Population

23.9 %

People Groups

3,729

Unreached Groups

3,186 (85.4 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Yao, Muslim Zambia 4,900 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Swahili Zambia 44,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Lebanese Zambia 3,700 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Razihi Yemen 69,000 Razihi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
South Asian, general Yemen 309,000 Hindi Islam ● 1.00 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 6
Deaf Yemen 292,000 Language unknown Islam ☀ 0.08 % Unspecified 6
Arab, Tihami Yemen 4,251,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 85
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,376,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 128
Arab, Sudanese Yemen 525,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % New Testament 10
Somali Yemen 1,143,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 23
Socotran Yemen 133,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 3
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,212,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 244
Persian Yemen 46,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Palestinian Yemen 31,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Malay Yemen 62,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Mahra Yemen 59,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % Bible Portions 1
Arab, Lebanese Yemen 46,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 40,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
Hobyot Yemen Unknown Hobyot Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % Unspecified 0
Arab, Hadrami Yemen 1,532,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 31
Arab, Egyptian Yemen 102,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % New Testament 2
Muhamasheen, Akhdam Yemen 1,469,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 29
Arab, Omani Yemen 216,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % Translation Needed 4
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Yemen 21,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 1
Deaf Western Sahara 5,800 Language unknown Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Totals: 3,729 Peoples   1,828,955,000     3,186 ●       32,978
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