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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,898,606,000

% of World Population

24.2 %

People Groups

4,037

Unreached Groups

3,468 (85.9 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status ▲		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Kyrgyz Russia 105,000 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 2
Chechen, Nohchi Russia 1,454,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 29
Karakalpak Russia 1,500 Karakalpak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Kazakh Russia 660,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 13
Kist Russia 700 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turk Russia 55,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turk, Meskhetian Russia 62,000 Russian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turkmen Russia 38,000 Turkmen Islam ● 2.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bawean, Madurese Singapore 29,000 Madura Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Bazaar Low Malay Creole Singapore 11,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Buginese Singapore 11,000 Bugis Islam ● 1.50 % 0.90 % Complete Bible 1
Hui Saudi Arabia 35,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Indonesian Saudi Arabia 104,000 Indonesian Islam ● 15.80 % 5.60 % Complete Bible -
Javanese Saudi Arabia 31,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 1.50 % Complete Bible 1
Malay Saudi Arabia 18,000 Malay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Persian Saudi Arabia 243,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 5
Punjabi Saudi Arabia 834,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 17
Somali Saudi Arabia 73,000 Somali Islam ● 0.33 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Saudi Arabia 35,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.40 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 1
Swahili Saudi Arabia 414,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 8
Turk Saudi Arabia 35,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu Saudi Arabia 776,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 16
Fulani, Adamawa Sudan 224,000 Fulfulde, Adamawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 4
Uyghur Saudi Arabia 9,200 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bambara Senegal 94,000 Bamanankan Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 2
Totals: 4,037 Peoples   1,898,606,000     3,468 ●       34,099
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