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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,984,162,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,057

Unreached Groups

3,487 (86.0 %)

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 *
Shirazi Tanzania 726,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 15
Somali Tanzania 77,000 Somali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 2
Swahili Tanzania 89,000 Swahili Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 2
Tongwe Tanzania 68,000 Tongwe Islam ● 20.00 % 1.10 % Translation Started -
Swahili, Tumbatu Tanzania 96,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 2
Va-Ma'a Tanzania 73,000 Mbugu Islam ● 10.00 % 3.50 % Unspecified -
Vinza Tanzania 31,000 Vinza Islam ● 40.00 % 0.10 % Translation Started -
Yao Tanzania 797,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 16
Swahili, Zanzibari Tanzania 768,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 15
Zaramo Tanzania 1,410,000 Zaramo Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 28
Zigua Tanzania 911,000 Zigula Islam ● 9.00 % 5.00 % New Testament -
Dhaiso Tanzania 11,000 Dhaiso Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Unspecified 1
Nyika, Tanzania Tanzania 43,000 Nyika, Tanzania Islam ● 10.00 % 0.20 % Translation Started -
Kami Tanzania 36,000 Kami Islam ● 0.58 % 0.58 % Unspecified 1
Mwera, Nyasa Tanzania 12,000 Mwera Islam ● 25.00 % 6.00 % Translation Started -
Subi Tanzania 120,000 Subi Islam ● 10.00 % 5.00 % Translation Started -
Matambwe Tanzania 61,000 Matambwe Islam ● 10.00 % 8.00 % Translation Needed -
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Thailand 36,000 Bengali Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Rohingya Thailand 5,100 Rohingya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Hui Thailand 91,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 2
Malay, Kedah Thailand 1,100 Malay, Kedah Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Malay, Pattani Thailand 1,571,000 Malay, Pattani Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 31
Cham, Western Thailand 4,700 Cham, Western Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Urdu Thailand 7,500 Urdu Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Islam Thailand 1,366,000 Thai Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 27
Totals: 4,057 Peoples   1,984,162,000     3,487 ●       36,168
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