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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,557,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,758

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 *
Malay Malaysia 13,027,000 Malay Islam ● 0.60 % 0.52 % Complete Bible 261
Arab, Northern Yemeni Yemen 12,990,000 Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 260
Somali Somalia 12,075,000 Somali Islam ● 0.30 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 242
Kazakh Kazakhstan 12,059,000 Kazakh Islam ● 0.10 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 241
Uyghur China 11,881,000 Uyghur Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 238
Pashtun, Pathan India 11,419,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 228
Hausa Niger 11,377,000 Hausa Islam ● 2.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 228
Arain (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 11,313,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 226
Arab, Syrian Syria 11,172,000 Arabic, North Levantine Spoken Islam ● 6.00 % 0.16 % Bible Portions -
Arab, Tunisian Tunisia 10,810,000 Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Islam ● 0.22 % 0.00 % New Testament 216
Arab, Saudi - Hijazi Saudi Arabia 10,640,000 Arabic, Hijazi Spoken Islam ● 0.30 % 0.12 % Unspecified 213
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,585,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 212
Ansari India 10,555,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % Complete Bible 211
Mossi Burkina Faso 9,980,000 Moore Islam ● 31.50 % 17.74 % Complete Bible -
Pashtun, Southern Afghanistan 9,656,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 193
Java Banyumasan Indonesia 9,140,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 183
Kurd, Kurmanji Turkey 8,960,000 Kurdish, Northern Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 179
Baloch Pakistan 8,925,000 Balochi, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 178
Arab, North Iraqi Iraq 8,768,000 Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken Islam ● 0.70 % 0.20 % New Testament 175
Azerbaijani Azerbaijan 8,738,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ● 0.40 % 0.22 % Complete Bible 175
Mappila India 8,709,000 Malayalam Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 174
Indonesian Indonesia 8,242,000 Indonesian Islam ● 17.00 % 11.80 % Complete Bible -
Shaikh Qureshi India 8,060,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 161
Sayyid Pakistan 8,015,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 160
Sayyid India 7,819,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 156
Totals: 3,758 Peoples   1,857,557,000     3,220 ●       33,421
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