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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,190,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,042

Unreached Groups

3,494 (86.4 %)

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 *
Turk, Meskhetian Turkey 23,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, North Iraqi Turkey 575,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % New Testament 12
Gajal, Gadzhal Turkey 18,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Afghani, general Turkey 10,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Deaf Turkey 427,000 Turkish Sign Language Islam ● 0.21 % Translation Needed 9
Hemshin Turkey 23,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Turkey 597,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 12
Alawite Turkey 561,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 11
Kurd, Turkish-speaking Turkey 6,376,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 128
Turk Turkey 59,962,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1,199
Yoruk Turkey 469,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 9
Uzbek, Southern Turkey 4,200 Uzbek, Southern Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Uyghur Turkey 25,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu Turkey 25,000 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 594,000 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 74,000 Romani, Balkan Islam ● 4.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Pontic Greek Turkey 5,100 Pontic Islam ● 5.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Pomak Turkey 381,000 Bulgarian Islam ● 2.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 8
Persian Turkey 693,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.30 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 14
Ossette Turkey 41,000 Ossetic Islam ● 6.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible -
Laz, Lazuri Turkey 104,000 Laz Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 2
Lezgin Turkey 3,400 Lezgi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 4,042 Peoples   1,957,190,000     3,494 ●       35,721
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