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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 *
Jat (Muslim traditions) Sri Lanka 1,700 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Javanese Sri Lanka 8,600 Javanese Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Madari (Muslim traditions) Sri Lanka 500 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Malay, Javar Sri Lanka 43,000 Sri Lankan Malay Creole Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Mappila Sri Lanka 11,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Marakkalage Sri Lanka 8,800 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Memon Sri Lanka 2,100 Gujarati Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Moghal Sri Lanka 1,100 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Navait Sri Lanka 17,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Osta (Nasuva) Sri Lanka 8,200 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Pashtun, Pathan Sri Lanka 41,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Rajput (Muslim traditions) Sri Lanka 1,500 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sayyid Sri Lanka 50,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Shaikh Sri Lanka 203,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 4
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) Sri Lanka 1,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sri Lanka Moor Sri Lanka 481,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 10
Tamil (Muslim traditions) Sri Lanka 1,146,000 Tamil Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 23
Arab, Syrian St Vincent and Grenadines 500 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.10 % Bible Portions -
Tama Sudan 80,000 Tama Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 2
Temain, Ronge Sudan 18,000 Temein Islam ● 2.00 % 1.10 % Translation Needed 1
Temein, Arabized Sudan 47,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.40 % New Testament 1
Bideyat Sudan 12,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Birgid, Arabized Sudan 167,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 3
Bokoruge Sudan 8,800 Daju, Dar Sila Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Burun, Arabized Sudan 150,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 3
Totals: 4,037 Peoples   1,898,606,000     3,468 ●       34,099
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