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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,933,034,000

% of World Population

24.4 %

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
Needed *
Shaikh Qureshi India 9,577,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 192
Mappila India 10,275,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 206
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 10,416,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 208
Mossi Burkina Faso 10,553,000 Moore Islam ● 31.50 % 17.74 % Complete Bible -
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,955,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % Unspecified 219
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 10,981,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 220
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 11,019,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % New Testament 220
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 11,388,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 228
Shaikh Pakistan 11,466,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 229
Uyghur China 11,956,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 239
Sylhet (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 11,988,000 Sylheti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 240
Arab, Syrian Syria 12,362,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.16 % Bible Portions -
Ansari India 12,518,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 250
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,785,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 256
Somali Somalia 12,796,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 256
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 12,881,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 258
Hausa Niger 13,038,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 261
Malay Malaysia 13,355,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % Complete Bible 267
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 13,569,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 271
Hui China 13,958,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 279
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 14,230,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % Bible Portions 285
Arab, Sudanese Sudan 14,632,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % New Testament 293
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 16,820,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % New Testament 336
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 16,929,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.50 % 1.40 % Complete Bible 339
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 17,664,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ☀ 0.08 % 0.06 % New Testament 353
Totals: 4,041 Peoples   1,933,034,000     3,492 ●       35,367
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