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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 *
Malay, Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 400 Malay, Cocos Islands Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Malay, Cocos Islands Christmas Island 600 Malay, Cocos Islands Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Malay Christmas Island 400 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Hui China, Macau 1,100 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Hui China, Hong Kong 37,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Malay China, Hong Kong 15,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.45 % Complete Bible 1
Persian China, Hong Kong 800 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.90 % Complete Bible 1
Javanese China, Hong Kong 1,500 Javanese Islam ● 19.00 % 8.00 % Complete Bible -
Indonesian China, Hong Kong 134,000 Indonesian Islam ● 17.00 % 10.00 % Complete Bible -
Ainu China 7,700 Ainu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Hui China 13,870,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 277
Tuerke China 300 Ili Turki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Kazakh China 1,880,000 Kazakh Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 38
Kyrgyz China 240,000 Kyrgyz Islam ● 0.20 % 0.18 % Complete Bible 5
Uzbek, Northern China 22,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.29 % Complete Bible 1
Salar China 151,000 Salar Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 3
Tatar China 8,200 Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 238
Purik China 800 Purik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Akto Turkmen China 2,900 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bonan China 12,000 Bonan Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Dongxiang China 642,000 Dongxiang Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 13
Kazakh, Qinghai China 3,800 Kazakh Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Keji China 2,600 Tibetan, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Keriya China 800 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 3,758 Peoples   1,857,557,000     3,220 ●       33,421
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