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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 *
Swahili United Kingdom 15,000 Swahili Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu Fiji 4,500 Urdu Islam ● 3.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Umm Heitan Sudan 29,000 Koalib Islam ● 2.00 % 0.70 % New Testament 1
South Asian, general Greece 119,000 Urdu Islam ● 4.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 2
South Asian, general Norway 27,000 Urdu Islam ● 3.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Jula, Dyula Ghana 32,000 Jula Islam ● 1.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Wolof Mauritania 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 1.00 % 0.71 % New Testament 1
Kryz, Dzhek Azerbaijan 5,800 Kryts Islam ● 0.72 % 0.72 % Translation Needed 1
Antankarana Madagascar 202,000 Malagasy, Antankarana Islam ● 5.00 % 0.74 % Bible Portions 4
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Canada 78,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 1.90 % 0.80 % New Testament 2
Bauchi Nigeria 40,000 Bauchi Islam ● 5.00 % 0.80 % Unspecified 1
Baggara, Fertit Sudan 14,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % New Testament 1
Dek Cameroon 5,300 Dek Islam ● 33.00 % 0.80 % Translation Needed -
Fulfulde, Borgu Benin 650,000 Fulfulde, Borgu Islam ● 1.40 % 0.80 % New Testament 13
Jumjum, Berin Sudan 87,000 Jumjum Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % Unspecified 2
Kotokoli, Tem Benin 19,000 Tem Islam ● 9.00 % 0.80 % New Testament -
Lak Azerbaijan 1,600 Lak Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % Bible Portions 1
Lak Tajikistan 2,200 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Bible Portions 1
Mandingo, Mandinka Guinea-Bissau 184,000 Mandinka Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 4
Kotoko, Mpade Chad 5,400 Mpade Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % Bible Portions 1
Persian Bahrain 226,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 5
Punjabi New Zealand 20,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Shatt Sudan 33,000 Shatt Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % Bible Portions 1
Swahili New Zealand 1,600 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Sudanese Qatar 57,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 1.20 % 0.80 % New Testament 1
Totals: 4,040 Peoples   1,893,296,000     3,470 ●       34,029
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