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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,456,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,757

Unreached Groups

3,220 (85.7 %)

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Photo People Group ▲ Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Yoruba Gambia 11,000 Yoruba Islam ● 27.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Yoruba Ghana 495,000 Yoruba Islam ● 29.00 % 12.00 % Complete Bible -
Yoruk Bulgaria 1,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Yoruk North Macedonia 4,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Yoruk Turkey 463,000 Balkan Gagauz Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 9
Zaghawa Chad 159,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 3
Zaghawa Libya 9,200 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Zaghawa Sudan 118,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 2
Zaghawa, Arabized Sudan 150,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 3
Zan Gula Chad 11,000 Zan Gula Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Translation Started 1
Zangwal Nigeria 200 Hausa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Zaramo Tanzania 1,249,000 Zaramo Islam ● 3.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 25
Zarekari India 1,300 Gujarati Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Zargar (Muslim traditions) India 4,700 Kashmiri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Zargar (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 9,400 Shina Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Zari Nigeria 37,000 Hausa Islam ● 14.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
Zarma Benin 13,000 Zarma Islam ● 2.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Ghana 9,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.50 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Mali 2,300 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Zarma Niger 4,393,000 Zarma Islam ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 88
Zarma Nigeria 152,000 Zarma Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 3
Zarma Burkina Faso 1,500 Zarma Islam ● 10.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Zaza-Alevi Germany 31,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Zaza-Alevi Turkey 200,000 Zazaki, Northern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 4
Zaza-Dimli Turkey 1,740,000 Zazaki, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 35
Totals: 3,757 Peoples   1,857,456,000     3,220 ●       33,420
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