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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,893,296,000

% of World Population

24.2 %

People Groups

4,040

Unreached Groups

3,470 (85.9 %)

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 *
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
Lezgin Turkmenistan 18,000 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Uzbek, Northern Turkmenistan 428,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 9
Pashtun, Northern Turkmenistan 10,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Persian Turkmenistan 16,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Pashtun, Southern Turkmenistan 1,500 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tabasaran Turkmenistan 600 Tabasaran Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Tajik Turkmenistan 10,000 Tajik Islam ● 1.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Tatar Turkmenistan 83,000 Tatar Islam ● 0.75 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 2
Baloch, Western Turkmenistan 50,000 Balochi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Turkmen Turkmenistan 4,643,000 Turkmen Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 93
Uyghur Turkmenistan 2,300 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turk Turkmenistan 54,000 Turkish Islam ● 0.20 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Deaf Turkmenistan 46,000 Language unknown Islam ● 1.83 % Unspecified 1
Aimaq Turkmenistan 253,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 5
Nubian Uganda 38,000 Nubi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Arab, Lebanese Uganda 16,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 32.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions -
Swahili Uganda 5,200 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Aringa Uganda 650,000 Aringa Islam ● 1.90 % 1.50 % New Testament 13
Adyghe Ukraine 600 Adyghe Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 4,040 Peoples   1,893,296,000     3,470 ●       34,029
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