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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,650,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,054

Unreached Groups

3,505 (86.5 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Sylhet (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 12,224,000 Sylheti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 244
Baidya Bangladesh 1,000 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Hazra Bangladesh 1,100 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Bahraini Bahrain 763,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.40 % 0.90 % Translation Needed 15
Kerinci Bahrain 22,000 Kerinci Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Bible Portions 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Bahrain 51,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
Persian Bahrain 191,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 4
Urdu Bahrain 66,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
Turk Bahrain 1,500 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Deaf Bahrain 2,900 Language unknown Islam ● 9.81 % Unspecified -
Arab, general Bahrain 142,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 8.50 % 2.50 % Bible Portions -
Avar, Maarulal Azerbaijan 114,000 Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 2
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 7,920,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % Complete Bible 158
Budug Azerbaijan 2,100 Budukh Islam ● 4.00 % 3.49 % Unspecified -
Kryz, Dzhek Azerbaijan 13,000 Kryts Islam ● 0.72 % 0.72 % Unspecified 1
Chechen Azerbaijan 5,300 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Dargin Azerbaijan 3,200 Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Gilaki, Gilani Azerbaijan 4,800 Gilaki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Inghiloi Azerbaijan 33,000 Georgian Islam ● 10.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible -
Kazakh Azerbaijan 9,400 Kazakh Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Khinalug, Ketsh Khalkh Azerbaijan 4,100 Khinalugh Islam ● 1.50 % 1.42 % Translation Needed 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Azerbaijan 53,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Lak Azerbaijan 1,800 Lak Islam ● 0.80 % 0.80 % Bible Portions 1
Lezgin Azerbaijan 363,000 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % New Testament 7
Mussulman Tat Azerbaijan 115,000 Tat, Muslim Islam ● 1.30 % 1.20 % Bible Portions 2
Totals: 4,054 Peoples   1,957,650,000     3,505 ●       35,726
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