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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,366,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,756

Unreached Groups

3,213 (85.5 %)

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 *
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Turkey 590,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Alawite Turkey 554,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 11
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,301,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 126
Turk Turkey 59,258,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1,185
Yoruk Turkey 463,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 9
Uzbek, Southern Turkey 4,200 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % New Testament 1
Uyghur Turkey 900 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu Turkey 24,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turkmen Turkey 1,600 Turkmen Islam ● 1.50 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tatar Turkey 29,000 Tatar Islam ● 0.50 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Syrian Turkey 587,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 0.40 % Bible Portions 12
Shikaki Turkey 26,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Romani, Balkan Turkey 73,000 Romani, Balkan Islam ● 4.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Pontic Greek Turkey 5,000 Pontic Islam ● 5.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Pomak Turkey 376,000 Bulgarian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 8
Persian Turkey 685,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.30 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 14
Ossetic Turkey 41,000 Ossetic Islam ● 6.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible -
Laz, Lazuri Turkey 103,000 Laz Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Unspecified 2
Lezgin Turkey 3,300 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Arab, Lebanese Turkey 100,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 2
Kyrgyz Turkey 1,700 Kyrgyz Islam ● 5.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,960,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 179
Kumyk Turkey 1,600 Kumyk Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Kazakh, Qazaqi Turkey 8,500 Kazakh Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 1
Karakalpak Turkey 74,000 Karakalpak Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 3,756 Peoples   1,857,366,000     3,213 ●       33,384
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