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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,898,606,000

% of World Population

24.2 %

People Groups

4,037

Unreached Groups

3,468 (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 *
Malay Malaysia 13,192,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % Complete Bible 264
Hausa Niger 12,562,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 251
Somali Somalia 12,430,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 249
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,199,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 244
Uyghur China 11,921,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 238
Arab, Syrian Syria 11,667,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.16 % Bible Portions -
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,482,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 230
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,917,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % New Testament 218
Sylhet Muslim Bangladesh 10,875,000 Sylheti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 218
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,831,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 217
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,801,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % Unspecified 216
Ansari India 10,700,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 214
Shaikh Pakistan 10,559,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 211
Mossi Burkina Faso 10,264,000 Moore Islam ● 31.50 % 17.74 % Complete Bible -
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,881,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 198
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 9,830,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 197
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,235,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 185
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 9,035,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 181
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,977,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % New Testament 180
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,810,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % Complete Bible 176
Mappila India 8,761,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 175
Indonesian Indonesia 8,327,000 Indonesian Islam ● 17.00 % 11.80 % Complete Bible -
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,187,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 164
Sayyid India 7,866,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 157
Madura Indonesia 7,649,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 153
Totals: 4,037 Peoples   1,898,606,000     3,468 ●       34,099
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