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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,898,606,000

% of World Population

24.2 %

People Groups

4,037

Unreached Groups

3,468 (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 *
Kaligi, Feroge South Sudan 24,000 Feroge Islam ● 20.00 % 4.00 % Unspecified -
Kresh, Kparla South Sudan 14,000 Gbaya Islam ● 17.00 % 4.00 % New Testament -
Lafon, Pari South Sudan 71,000 Pari Islam ● 12.00 % 4.00 % New Testament -
Njalgulgule South Sudan 2,000 Njalgulgule Islam ● 4.00 % 1.00 % Unspecified 1
Olubogo, Ondoe Luloba South Sudan 30,000 Olu'bo Islam ● 15.00 % 2.50 % Translation Needed -
Hui Saudi Arabia 35,000 Chinese, Mandarin Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Indonesian Saudi Arabia 104,000 Indonesian Islam ● 15.80 % 5.60 % Complete Bible -
Javanese Saudi Arabia 31,000 Javanese Islam ● 2.80 % 1.50 % Complete Bible 1
Kabardian Saudi Arabia 28,000 Kabardian Islam ● 1.50 % 0.18 % New Testament 1
Mahra, South Arabic Saudi Arabia 24,000 Mehri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Malay Saudi Arabia 18,000 Malay Islam ● 0.80 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Persian Saudi Arabia 243,000 Persian, Iranian Islam ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 5
Punjabi Saudi Arabia 834,000 Punjabi, Eastern Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 17
Rohingya Saudi Arabia 534,000 Rohingya Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 11
Shahari, Jibbali Saudi Arabia 42,000 Shehri Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Somali Saudi Arabia 73,000 Somali Islam ● 0.33 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
South Asian, Bengali-speaking Saudi Arabia 35,000 Bengali Islam ● 0.40 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 1
Swahili Saudi Arabia 414,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 8
Turk Saudi Arabia 35,000 Turkish Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Urdu Saudi Arabia 776,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 16
Tama Sudan 80,000 Tama Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 2
Temain, Ronge Sudan 18,000 Temein Islam ● 2.00 % 1.10 % Translation Needed 1
Temein, Arabized Sudan 47,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ● 1.00 % 0.40 % New Testament 1
Bideyat Sudan 12,000 Zaghawa Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Birgid, Arabized Sudan 167,000 Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 3
Totals: 4,037 Peoples   1,898,606,000     3,468 ●       34,099
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