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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,435,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,756

Unreached Groups

3,219 (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 *
Yao, Muslim Tanzania 614,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 12
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,000 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Yazgul Tajikistan 11,000 Yazgulyam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Yoruba Benin 208,000 Yoruba Islam ● 45.30 % 13.00 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Gambia 11,000 Yoruba Islam ● 27.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Ghana 495,000 Yoruba Islam ● 29.00 % 12.00 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Niger 75,000 Yoruba Islam ● 20.00 % 7.50 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Togo 126,000 Yoruba Islam ● 43.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Burkina Faso 72,000 Yoruba Islam ● 45.00 % 7.50 % Complete Bible -
Bideyat, Beri Chad 9,200 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Bideyat Sudan 12,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Zaghawa Chad 159,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 3
Zaghawa Libya 9,200 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Zaghawa Sudan 118,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 2
Zan Gula Chad 11,000 Zan Gula Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Translation Started 1
Zaramo Tanzania 1,249,000 Zaramo Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 25
Zarma Benin 13,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Ghana 9,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Mali 2,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Niger 4,393,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 88
Zarma Nigeria 152,000 Zarma Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 3
Zarma Burkina Faso 1,500 Zarma Islam ● 10.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Zaza-Alevi Germany 31,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Zaza-Alevi Turkey 200,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 4
Zaza-Dimli Turkey 1,740,000 Zazaki, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 35
Totals: 3,756 Peoples   1,857,435,000     3,219 ●       33,422
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