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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,861,005,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,824

Unreached Groups

3,256 (85.1 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Swahili United States 60,000 Swahili Islam ● 25.00 % 12.00 % Complete Bible -
Arab, Syrian United States 18,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 8.00 % 0.10 % Bible Portions -
Tajik United States 2,000 Tajik Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Yemeni United States 45,000 Arabic, Taizzi-Adeni Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tatar United States 11,000 Tatar Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Cham, Western United States 3,300 Cham, Western Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Wolof United States 20,000 Wolof Islam ● 2.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Arab, Tunisian United States 7,500 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % New Testament 1
Urdu United States 302,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 6
Uyghur United States 8,900 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Uzbek, Southern United States 29,000 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % New Testament 1
Mende United States 6,700 Mende Islam ● 15.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible -
Zigua United States 500 Zigula Islam ● 8.00 % 6.00 % New Testament -
Jat (Muslim traditions) United States 381,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 8
Shaikh United States 201,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.80 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 4
Turk United States 197,000 Turkish Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 4
Indonesian United States 7,500 Indonesian Islam ● 16.00 % 5.60 % Complete Bible -
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk United States 1,100 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Afghani, general United States 99,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 2
Turk, Meskhetian United States 9,700 English Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Somali Bantu United States 52,000 Maay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 1
Avar Uzbekistan 1,300 Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Azerbaijani Uzbekistan 60,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 1
Balkar Uzbekistan 800 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Bashkir Uzbekistan 47,000 Bashkort Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Totals: 3,824 Peoples   1,861,005,000     3,256 ●       33,511
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