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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,933,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,041

Unreached Groups

3,492 (86.4 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
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Oromo, Jima Ethiopia 3,911,000 Oromo, West Central Islam ● 2.00 % 1.30 % Complete Bible 78
Pinjara India 3,906,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 78
Kumhar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 3,888,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 78
Moor Mauritania 3,851,000 Arabic, Hassaniyya Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % New Testament 77
Kurd, Behdini Iraq 3,759,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 1.20 % 1.10 % Complete Bible 75
Gaaliin Sudan 3,747,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % New Testament 75
Pashtun Yusafzai Pakistan 3,554,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 71
Kurd, Southern Iran 3,548,000 Kurdish, Southern Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.03 % Bible Portions 71
Hazara Afghanistan 3,535,000 Hazaragi Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % Bible Portions 71
Kurd, Central Iran 3,571,000 Kurdish, Central Islam ● 0.20 % 0.11 % Complete Bible 71
Mochi (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 3,495,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 70
Tamil (Muslim traditions) India 3,435,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 69
Berber, Southern Shilha Morocco 3,436,000 Tachelhit Islam ● 0.20 % 0.16 % New Testament 69
Palembang Indonesia 3,452,000 Musi Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 69
Baggara, Shuwa Arab Chad 3,382,000 Arabic, Chadian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 68
Sasak Indonesia 3,372,000 Sasak Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % New Testament 67
Maninka, Eastern Guinea 3,324,000 Maninkakan, Eastern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.00 % New Testament 66
Malay Indonesia 3,274,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 65
Banten Indonesia 3,217,000 Sunda Islam ● 0.12 % 0.12 % Complete Bible 64
Arab, Palestinian Jordan 3,136,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 1.80 % 0.30 % Bible Portions 63
Assamese (Muslim traditions) India 3,172,000 Assamese Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 63
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 3,123,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 62
Gilaki, Gilani Iran 3,071,000 Gilaki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 61
Teli (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 2,982,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 60
Pashtun, Northern Afghanistan 2,905,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 58
Totals: 4,041 Peoples   1,957,933,000     3,492 ●       35,771
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