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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,557,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,758

Unreached Groups

3,220 (85.7 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Swahili, Congo Zambia 44,000 Swahili, Congo Islam ● 16.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,000 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Swahili Zambia 46,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Lebanese Zambia 3,800 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Razihi Yemen 71,000 Razihi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
South Asian, general Yemen 316,000 Hindi Islam ● 1.00 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 6
Deaf Yemen 298,000 Language unknown Islam ☀ 0.08 % Unspecified 6
Arab, Tihami Yemen 4,447,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 89
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,722,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 134
Arab, Sudanese Yemen 379,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % New Testament 8
Somali Yemen 447,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 9
Socotran Yemen 110,000 Soqotri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 2
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,990,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 260
Persian Yemen 22,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Palestinian Yemen 32,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Malay Yemen 43,000 Malay Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Mahra Yemen 89,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % Bible Portions 2
Arab, Lebanese Yemen 22,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 39,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
Hobyot Yemen 100 Hobyot Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Arab, Hadrami Yemen 1,905,000 Arabic, Hadrami Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 38
Arab, Egyptian Yemen 15,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % New Testament 1
Arab, Omani Yemen 151,000 Arabic, Omani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % Translation Needed 3
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Yemen 15,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 1
Muhamasheen, Akhdam Yemen 1,502,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 30
Totals: 3,758 Peoples   1,857,557,000     3,220 ●       33,421
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