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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,984,091,000

% of World Population

24.8 %

People Groups

4,032

Unreached Groups

3,463 (85.9 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Shaikh Pakistan 11,953,000 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 239
Sylhet (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 12,350,000 Sylheti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 247
Ansari India 12,675,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 254
Kazakh Kazakhstan 13,053,000 Kazakh Islam ● 2.00 % 1.70 % Complete Bible 261
Jat (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 13,429,000 Saraiki Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 269
Hausa Niger 13,598,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 272
Hui China 13,738,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 275
Somali Somalia 13,785,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 276
Malay Malaysia 13,951,000 Malay Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % Complete Bible 279
Arab, Syrian Syria 14,227,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam ● 6.00 % 0.16 % Bible Portions -
Arab, Saudi - Najdi Saudi Arabia 14,668,000 Arabic, Najdi Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % Bible Portions 293
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 15,004,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 300
Arab, Sudanese Sudan 15,305,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 4.50 % 0.80 % New Testament 306
Arab, Iraqi Iraq 17,152,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % New Testament 343
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk Iran 17,549,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ● 1.80 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 351
Javanese Indonesia 17,613,000 Javanese Islam ● 19.00 % 9.44 % Complete Bible -
Fulani, Nigerian Nigeria 17,726,000 Fulfulde, Nigerian Islam ● 0.28 % 0.28 % New Testament 355
Java Mancanegari Indonesia 21,091,000 Javanese Islam ● 1.00 % 0.22 % Complete Bible 422
Arab, Moroccan Morocco 24,511,000 Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Islam ☀ 0.09 % 0.08 % New Testament 490
Java Negarigung Indonesia 24,612,000 Javanese Islam ● 20.00 % 10.62 % Complete Bible -
Arab, Saidi Egypt 26,913,000 Arabic, Saidi Spoken Islam ● 14.00 % 5.11 % Bible Portions -
Uzbek, Northern Uzbekistan 28,516,000 Uzbek, Northern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 570
Pashtun Pakistan 32,097,000 Pashto, Central Islam ☀ 0.00 % Unspecified 642
Algerian, Arabic-speaking Algeria 33,118,000 Arabic, Algerian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 662
Java Pesisir Lor Indonesia 37,732,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 0.06 % Complete Bible 755
Totals: 4,032 Peoples   1,984,091,000     3,463 ●       36,086
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