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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,435,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,756

Unreached Groups

3,219 (85.7 %)

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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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Yoruba Niger 75,000 Yoruba Islam ● 20.00 % 7.50 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Togo 126,000 Yoruba Islam ● 43.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Burkina Faso 72,000 Yoruba Islam ● 45.00 % 7.50 % Complete Bible -
Yazidi Turkey 2,800 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Yazeed Sudan 472,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 9
Yashkun Pakistan 2,000 Shina Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Yao, Muslim Malawi 1,999,000 Yao Islam ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 40
Yao, Muslim Mozambique 197,000 Yao Islam ● 1.40 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 4
Yao, Muslim Tanzania 614,000 Yao Islam ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 12
Yao, Muslim Zambia 5,000 Yao Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Yalunka, Yalun Soso Sierra Leone 47,000 Yalunka Islam ● 6.00 % 4.40 % Complete Bible -
Yalunka, Dialonke Senegal 14,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.15 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 1
Yalunka Guinea 119,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.30 % 0.17 % Complete Bible 2
Yalunka Mali 16,000 Yalunka Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Yakan Malaysia 1,200 Yakan Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Yakan Philippines 189,000 Yakan Islam ● 0.15 % 0.15 % New Testament 4
Yagnob Tajikistan 29,000 Tajik Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Yadav (Muslim traditions) India 8,600 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Yadav (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 21,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Worodougou Côte d'Ivoire 121,000 Worodougou Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 2
Wolof, Lebou Mauritania 1,500 Wolof Islam ● 0.40 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Wolof, Lebou Senegal 226,000 Wolof Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % New Testament 5
Wolof Belgium 1,900 Wolof Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 1
Wolof Canada 2,000 Wolof Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % New Testament 1
Wolof France 41,000 Wolof Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 3,756 Peoples   1,857,435,000     3,219 ●       33,422
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