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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 *
Madura Indonesia 7,570,000 Madura Islam ● 0.11 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 151
Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,500,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 150
Somali Ethiopia 7,280,000 Somali Islam ● 0.14 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 146
Kanuri, Yerwa Nigeria 7,186,000 Kanuri, Yerwa Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 144
Tajik Tajikistan 7,118,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 142
Oromo, Hararghe Ethiopia 7,036,000 Oromo, Eastern Islam ● 5.00 % 0.05 % New Testament 141
Minangkabau Indonesia 6,815,000 Minangkabau Islam ● 0.26 % 0.01 % New Testament 136
Arab, Yemeni Yemen 6,722,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 134
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) India 6,681,000 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 134
Oromo, Arsi Ethiopia 6,309,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 10.00 % 3.80 % Complete Bible -
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,301,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 126
Berber, Kabyle Algeria 6,029,000 Kabyle Islam ● 0.25 % 0.24 % Complete Bible 121
Bambara Mali 6,026,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 4.00 % 1.10 % Complete Bible 121
Amhara, Wollo Ethiopia 5,899,000 Amharic Islam ● 2.90 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 118
Fula Jalon Guinea 5,759,000 Pular Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % New Testament 115
Betawi Indonesia 5,666,000 Betawi Islam ● 2.23 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 113
Bugis Indonesia 5,666,000 Bugis Islam ● 0.55 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 113
Wolof Senegal 5,620,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % New Testament 112
Awan Pakistan 5,554,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 111
Tatar Russia 5,416,000 Tatar Islam ● 3.00 % 0.49 % Complete Bible 108
Java Pesisir Kulon Indonesia 5,151,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.00 % 0.11 % Complete Bible 103
Gujar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 4,937,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 99
Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan 4,698,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.09 % Complete Bible 94
Ansari Pakistan 4,664,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 93
Kurd, Central Iraq 4,652,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 93
Totals: 3,758 Peoples   1,857,557,000     3,220 ●       33,421
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