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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 *
Azerbaijani Uzbekistan 60,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 1
Batonu, Baruba Benin 928,000 Baatonum Islam ● 16.40 % 13.00 % Complete Bible -
Batonu, Baruba Nigeria 365,000 Baatonum Islam ● 18.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Babalia Chad 12,000 Arabic, Chadian Spoken Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Arab, Bahraini Oman 19,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % Unspecified 1
Bainouk, Banyum Guinea-Bissau 11,000 Bainouk-Gunyuno Islam ● 15.00 % 1.50 % Translation Needed -
Bajau Indonesia 345,000 Bajau, Indonesian Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % Translation Needed 7
Bajau Bukit, Papar Malaysia 2,000 Malay Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
Jama Mapun, Sama Mapun Malaysia 17,000 Mapun Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Jama Mapun, Bajau Kagayan Philippines 50,000 Mapun Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Bajelani Iraq 69,000 Bajelani Islam ● 0.15 % 0.03 % Unspecified 1
Bade Nigeria 394,000 Bade Islam ● 2.00 % 0.02 % Bible Portions 8
Baduy Indonesia 27,000 Badui Islam ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Unspecified 1
Badyara Guinea 12,000 Badyara Islam ● 1.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Badyara Guinea-Bissau 5,800 Badyara Islam ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Translation Started 1
Badyara Senegal 2,800 Badyara Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % Translation Started 1
Baga Sitemu, Tchitem Guinea 41,000 Baga Sitemu Islam ● 7.00 % 1.07 % Bible Portions -
Fulani, Bagirmi Chad 41,000 Fulfulde, Bagirmi Islam ● 0.20 % 0.15 % Translation Started 1
Fulani, Bagirmi Central African Republic 210,000 Fulfulde, Bagirmi Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.03 % Translation Started 4
Bahonsuai Indonesia 300 Bahonsuai Islam ● 0.65 % 0.65 % Unspecified 1
Arab, Bahraini Bahrain 882,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.40 % 0.90 % Unspecified 18
Bajuni Kenya 187,000 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 4
Bajuni Somalia 11,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bajuni Tanzania 24,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bakhtiari Iran 1,247,000 Bakhtiari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 25
Totals: 3,758 Peoples   1,857,557,000     3,220 ●       33,421
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