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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,893,296,000

% of World Population

24.2 %

People Groups

4,040

Unreached Groups

3,470 (85.9 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical ▲		 Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Soninke United States 25,000 Soninke Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions 1
Arab, Sudanese Australia 37,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 11.00 % 0.50 % New Testament -
Arab, Sudanese Canada 13,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Arab, Sudanese Ethiopia 20,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Arab, Sudanese Italy 2,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Arab, Sudanese Sudan 14,287,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 10.00 % 0.50 % New Testament -
Swahili Uganda 5,200 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Wolof United States 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Arab, Uzbeki Kazakhstan 700 Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % Unspecified 1
Arab, Uzbeki Ukraine 5,900 Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken Islam ● 10.00 % 0.50 % Unspecified -
Arab, Uzbeki Uzbekistan 1,100 Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken Islam ● 0.60 % 0.50 % Unspecified 1
Warnang, Werni Sudan 5,700 Warnang Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % Translation Needed 1
Yao, Muslim Malawi 2,053,000 Yao Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 41
Mende United States 6,800 Mende Islam ● 15.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible -
Shaikh Canada 31,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.90 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Shaikh United States 203,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.80 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 4
Turk United States 199,000 Turkish Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 4
Sama-Bajau Malaysia 20,000 Sama, Central Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Dhaiso Tanzania 10,000 Dhaiso Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Unspecified 1
Arab, general Ireland 22,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 33.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Arab, general Hungary 5,200 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions 1
Albanian, general Italy 468,000 Italian Islam ● 30.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible -
Albanian, general Switzerland 109,000 Albanian, Gheg Islam ● 30.00 % 0.50 % New Testament -
South Asian, general Denmark 53,000 Urdu Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
South Asian, general Italy 424,000 Urdu Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 8
Totals: 4,040 Peoples   1,893,296,000     3,470 ●       34,029
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