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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,893,666,000

% of World Population

24.2 %

People Groups

4,034

Unreached Groups

3,466 (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 *
Uzbek, Southern Turkey 4,200 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Yoruk Turkey 467,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 9
Turk Turkey 59,753,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1,195
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,354,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 127
Alawite Turkey 559,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 11
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Turkey 595,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Hemshin Turkey 23,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Deaf Turkey 425,000 Turkish Sign Language Islam ● 0.21 % Translation Needed 9
Gajal, Gadzhal Turkey 18,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, North Iraqi Turkey 573,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % New Testament 11
Yazidi Turkey 2,800 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turk, Meskhetian Turkey 23,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Avar Turkmenistan 900 Avar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Azerbaijani Turkmenistan 51,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Bashkir Turkmenistan 8,100 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % New Testament 1
Brahui Turkmenistan 1,200 Brahui Islam ● 0.11 % 0.10 % New Testament 1
Chechen Turkmenistan 1,000 Chechen Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tatar, Crimean Turkmenistan 1,700 Crimean Tatar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Dargin Turkmenistan 3,100 Dargwa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Karakalpak Turkmenistan 5,800 Karakalpak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Kazakh Turkmenistan 30,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.80 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Kumyk Turkmenistan 600 Kumyk Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkmenistan 50,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Kyrgyz Turkmenistan 1,500 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Lak Turkmenistan 4,600 Lak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Totals: 4,034 Peoples   1,893,666,000     3,466 ●       34,031
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