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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,958,378,000

% of World Population

24.7 %

People Groups

4,043

Unreached Groups

3,494 (86.4 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale ▼		 % Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Iran 292,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 1.20 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 6
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Iraq 86,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.90 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 2
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Kuwait 1,345,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.53 % Bible Portions 27
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Oman 734,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.35 % 0.30 % Bible Portions 15
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Qatar 528,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.08 % Bible Portions 11
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken Saudi Arabia 1,039,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 21
Arab, Bahraini Bahrain 763,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.40 % 0.90 % Translation Needed 15
Arab, Bahraini Oman 17,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Translation Needed 1
Arab, Dhofari Oman 117,000 Arabic, Dhofari Spoken Islam ● 0.45 % 0.40 % Translation Needed 2
Arab, Egyptian Yemen 17,000 Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Emirati United Arab Emirates 1,090,000 Arabic, Gulf Spoken Islam ● 0.40 % 0.30 % Bible Portions 22
Arab, general Australia 50,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.30 % New Testament 1
Arab, general Hungary 5,300 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % Bible Portions 1
Arab, general Indonesia 282,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 6
Arab, general Italy 1,210,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.06 % Unspecified 24
Arab, Iranian Iran 1,521,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.29 % New Testament 30
Arab, Iraqi Spain 900 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 5.00 % 1.50 % New Testament 1
Arab, Iraqi Sweden 97,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % New Testament 2
Arab, Iraqi Syria 69,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.60 % New Testament 1
Arab, Iraqi Turkey 113,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % New Testament 2
Arab, Iraqi United Kingdom 71,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
Arab, Iraqi Yemen 43,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 2.00 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
Arab, Iraqi United Arab Emirates 48,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
Arab, Iraqi Algeria 4,800 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.70 % New Testament 1
Arab, Iraqi Australia 71,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 4,043 Peoples   1,958,378,000     3,494 ●       35,772
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