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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,984,162,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,057

Unreached Groups

3,487 (86.0 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Rahanweyn Somalia 2,301,000 Maay Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 46
Mahra Somalia 4,700 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Dabarre Somalia 38,000 Dabarre Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Mushunguli Somalia 38,000 Mushungulu Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % Unspecified 1
Somali Somalia 13,785,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 276
Baloch, Southern Somalia 11,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.10 % New Testament 1
Swahili, Barawani Somalia 301,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 6
Arab, Yemeni Somalia 25,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tunni Somalia 38,000 Tunni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Oromo, Southern Somalia 101,000 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Islam ● 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 2
Deaf Somalia 181,000 Language unknown Islam ● 0.33 % Unspecified 4
South Asian, general Somalia 25,000 Gujarati Islam ● 0.25 % 0.09 % Complete Bible 1
Garre Somalia 130,000 Garre Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 3
Somali Bantu Somalia 878,000 Maay Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Bible Portions 18
Arab, Egyptian South Africa 61,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 13.00 % 3.90 % Complete Bible -
Arab, Lebanese South Africa 5,700 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Somali South Africa 24,000 Somali Islam ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Swahili South Africa 2,500 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu South Africa 15,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Malay, Cape South Africa 327,000 Afrikaans Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 7
Aja, Ajagbe South Sudan 300 Gbaya Islam ● 6.00 % 2.00 % New Testament -
Kresh, Kparla South Sudan 13,000 Gbaya Islam ● 17.00 % 4.00 % New Testament -
Gweri, Mo'da South Sudan 1,300 Mo'da Islam ● 15.00 % 5.00 % Unspecified -
Homa South Sudan 4,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 4.00 % New Testament -
Indri, Yanderika South Sudan 600 Indri Islam ● 25.00 % 5.00 % Unspecified -
Totals: 4,057 Peoples   1,984,162,000     3,487 ●       36,168
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