Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

2,022,264,000

% of World Population

25.0 %

People Groups

4,003

Unreached Groups

3,424 (85.5 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Scripture
Status
Est. Workers
Needed *
 Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 13,993,000 Saraiki Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 280
 Hui China 13,733,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 275
 Malay Malaysia 13,600,000 Malay Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.08 % Complete Bible 272
 Kazakh Kazakhstan 13,200,000 Kazakh Islam 2.00 % 1.70 % Complete Bible 264
 Sylhet (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 12,486,000 Sylheti Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 250
 Shaikh Pakistan 12,456,000 Sindhi Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 249
 Ansari India 12,058,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % Complete Bible 241
 Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,983,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 240
 Uyghur China 11,764,000 Uyghur Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 235
 Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,668,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 233
 Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 11,493,000 Arabic, Tunisian Islam 0.22 % 0.00 % New Testament 230
 Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 11,452,000 Arabic, Hijazi Islam ☀︎ 0.09 % 0.08 % Bible Portions 229
 Mossi Burkina Faso 11,382,000 Moore Islam 31.50 % 17.74 % Complete Bible -
 Pashtun, Pathan India 10,399,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % Complete Bible 208
 Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 10,142,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Islam 0.70 % 0.20 % New Testament 203
 Mappila India 9,848,000 Malayalam Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 197
 Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,350,000 Javanese Islam 2.50 % 1.18 % Complete Bible 187
 Kurd, Kurmanji Türkiye (Turkey) 9,299,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 186
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,265,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 185
 Sayyid India 8,997,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 180
 Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 8,746,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 175
 Shaikh Siddiqi India 8,533,000 Bengali Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 171
 Indonesian Indonesia 8,431,000 Indonesian Islam 17.00 % 11.80 % Complete Bible -
 Somali Ethiopia 8,214,000 Somali Islam 0.35 % 0.22 % Complete Bible 164
 Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,000,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam 0.40 % 0.22 % Complete Bible 160
Totals: 4,003 Peoples   2,022,264,000     3,424       36,524


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