• Religion:  

Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,958,378,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,043

Unreached Groups

3,494 (86.4 %)

Map Notes
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Progress Scale: ●●●●●   
☀
 = Frontier peoples
Photo ▼ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Zuwarah Libya 41,000 Nafusi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Zigua Tanzania 885,000 Zigula Islam ● 9.00 % 5.00 % New Testament -
Zigua United States 500 Zigula Islam ● 8.00 % 6.00 % New Testament -
Zeem Nigeria 700 Zeem Islam ● 0.35 % 0.15 % Unspecified 1
Zaza-Dimli Turkey 1,760,000 Zazaki, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 35
Zaza-Alevi Germany 30,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Zaza-Alevi Greece 25,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Zaza-Alevi Turkey 203,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 4
Zarma Benin 14,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Ghana 10,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.50 % 0.08 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Mali 2,500 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Niger 4,756,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 95
Zarma Nigeria 161,000 Zarma Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 3
Zarma Burkina Faso 1,600 Zarma Islam ● 10.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Zari Nigeria 39,000 Hausa Islam ● 14.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
Zargar (Muslim traditions) India 5,600 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Zargar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 9,500 Shina Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Zaramo Tanzania 1,369,000 Zaramo Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 27
Zaghawa Chad 172,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 3
Zaghawa Libya 9,200 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Zaghawa Sudan 126,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Translation Started 3
Yoruk Bulgaria 900 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Yoruk North Macedonia 4,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Yoruk Turkey 469,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 9
Yoruba Benin 230,000 Yoruba Islam ● 45.30 % 13.00 % Complete Bible -
Totals: 4,043 Peoples   1,958,378,000     3,494 ●       35,772
  Download Data   Data Sources   Definitions
  Prayer Cards
  Prayer Guide
Disclaimers:
  1. Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
  2. Joshua Project occasionally adjusts profile text from third party sources. This is done to avoid confusion regarding the current reality of a people group, to fix grammar and spelling and to avoid potentially offensive wording.
  3. A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
  4. Data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
  5. Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. In rare instances a representative photo may be used.
  6. Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site. Please contact us.
  7. On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. Before making travel plans based on data presented here, please confirm with other sources to the extent possible.
Peoples, Countries, Languages People Group
Lists Create
a List Global
Statistics Maps
 Definitions