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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,957,650,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,054

Unreached Groups

3,505 (86.5 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Shughni, Shugnan-Rushan Tajikistan 90,000 Shughni Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 2
Sanglechi Tajikistan 2,000 Sanglechi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Persian Tajikistan 600 Persian, Iranian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Parya Tajikistan 4,700 Parya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Pashtun, Southern Tajikistan 35,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Pashtun Tajikistan 5,000 Pashto, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Uzbek, Northern Tajikistan 1,171,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ● 0.14 % 0.13 % Complete Bible 23
Lak Tajikistan 2,200 Lak Islam ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Bible Portions 1
Kyrgyz Tajikistan 73,000 Kyrgyz Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Kazakh Tajikistan 800 Kazakh Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Hazara Tajikistan 1,700 Hazaragi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Romani, Domari Tajikistan 3,200 Russian Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bashkir Tajikistan 8,800 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % New Testament 1
Indonesian Taiwan 257,000 Indonesian Islam ● 14.00 % 5.00 % Complete Bible -
Malay Taiwan 21,000 Malay Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Hui Taiwan 57,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Turkmen, Middle-Eastern Syria 360,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 7
Arab, North Iraqi Syria 442,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % New Testament 9
Deaf Syria 220,000 Language unknown Islam ● 6.34 % Unspecified -
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Syria 45,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Alawite Syria 1,594,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 32
Arab, Syrian Syria 14,124,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.16 % Bible Portions -
Persian Syria 68,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Palestinian Syria 23,000 Arabic, South Levantine Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions 1
Ossette Syria 68,000 Ossetic Islam ● 30.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible -
Totals: 4,054 Peoples   1,957,650,000     3,505 ●       35,726
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