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World Muslim population by percentage (Pew Research Center, 2009).
Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity. According to a 2009 demographic study, Islam has 1.57 billion adherents, making up 23% of the world population.[1][2]
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Islam by countryThe AmericasIslam is the predominant religion in the Middle East, in the Horn of africa, in northern Africa,[3][4] and in some parts of Asia.[5] Large communities of Muslims are also found in China, the Balkans, and Russia.[6] Other parts of the world host large Muslim immigrant communities; in Western Europe, for instance, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity, though it represents less than 5% of the total population.[7]
Approximately 50 countries are Muslim-majority.[2] Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in Asia, with over 683 million adherents in such countries as Indonesia (the largest Muslim country by population, home to 12.9% of the world's Muslims[8]), Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.[2][9] About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.[10] In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities.[9]
A demographic study conducted by the Pew Research Center in October 2009[1][2] found that there are 1.57 billion Muslims around the world, accounting for roughly 1 in 4 people. The study found more Muslims in Germany than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria.[11]
The vast majority of Muslims are Sunni, with various estimates showing that 10 – 13%[2] to 10 – 20% are Shia.[12]
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Figures indicated in the first three columns below are based on the demographic study by the Pew Research Center report of Mapping the Global Muslim Population, as of 8 October 2009.[1][2]
Country/Region Muslim population
2009 Pew Report[2]Muslim percentage (%) of total population
2009 Pew Report[2]Percentage (%) of World Muslim population
2009 Pew Report[2]Muslim population
Other sourcesMuslim percentage (%)
Other sources
Afghanistan28,072,000 99.7 1.8 
Albania2,522,000 79.9 0.2 70%[13] 
Algeria34,199,000 98.0 2.2 
Angola190,000 1 < 0.1 
Argentina784,000 1.9 0.1 
Armenia1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Aruba- < 0.2 < 0.1 
Australia365,000 1.7 < 0.1 
Austria353,000 4.2 < 0.1 400-500,000[14] ~6.0%[15] 
Azerbaijan8,765,000 99.2 0.6 
Bahrain642,000 81.2 < 0.1 
Bangladesh145,312,000 89.6 9.3 
Belarus19,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Belgium281,000 3 < 0.1 628,751[16] 6.0%[16] 
Belize1,400 0.1 < 0.1 
Benin2,182,000 24.4 0.1 
Bhutan7,000 1.0 < 0.1 
Bolivia2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Bosnia-Herzegovina1,522,000 40 0.1 45%[17] 
Botswana8,000 0.4 < 0.1 
Brazil191,000 0.1 < 0.1 2%[18] 
Brunei269,000 67.2 < 0.1 
Bulgaria920,000 12.2 0.1 
Burkina Faso9,292,000 59.0 0.6 
Burundi180,000 2 < 0.1 
Cambodia236,000 1.6 < 0.1 
Cameroon3,498,000 17.9 0.2 20.9%[19] 
Canada657,000 2.0 < 0.1 1.9%[20] 
Cape Verde1,000 < 0.1 < 1 
Central African Republic395,000 8.9 < 0.1 15%[21][22] 
Chad6,257,000 55.8 0.4 
Chile4,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 2,894[23] 0.03% (over 15+ pop.)[23] 
China21,667,000 1.6 1.4 50,000,000[24] 
Colombia14,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Comoros664,000 98.3 < 0.1 
Costa Rica- < 0.1 < 0.1 
Democratic Republic of Congo943,000 1.4 0.1 
Croatia18,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Cuba9,000 0.1 < 0.1 
Cyprus198,000 22.7 < 0.1 
Czech Republic1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Denmark88,000 2 < 0.1 210,000[25] 3.7%[25] 
Djibouti838,000 96.9 0.1 
Dominican Republic2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
East Timor43,000 3.8 < 0.1 
Ecuador2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Egypt78,513,000 94.6 5.0 91% [26] 
El Salvador2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Eritrea1,854,000 36.5 0.1 50%[27] 
Estonia2,000 0.1 < 0.1 1,400[28] 
Ethiopia28,063,000 33.9 1.8 
Falkland Islands- < 0.1 < 0.1 
Fiji53,000 6.3 < 0.1 
Finland24,000 0.2 < 0.1 
France3,554,000 6 0.2 8%-10%[29] 
Gabon140,000 9.5 < 0.1 
Gambia1,625,000 95 0.1 
Georgia423,000 9.9 < 0.1 
Germany4,026,000 4 0.3 4,300,000[30] 5,4%[30] 
Ghana3,787,000 15.9 0.2 
Greece310,000 3 < 0.1 
Grenada- 0.3 < 0.1 
Guatemala1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Guinea8,502,000 84.4 0.5 
Guinea-Bissau680,000 42.2 < 0.1 50%[31] 
Guyana55,000 7.2 < 0.1 
Haiti2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Honduras11,000 0.1 < 0.1 
Hungary24,000 0.2 < 0.1 
Iceland- < 0.1 < 0.1 
India160,945,000 13.4 10.3 14.6[32] 
Indonesia202,867,000 88.2 12.9 
Isle of Man- < 0.2 < 0.1 
Iran73,777,000 99.4 4.7 
Iraq30,428,000 99 2 
Ireland22,000 0.5 < 0.1 84,064[14] 2%[14] 
Israel1,194,000 16.7 0.1 
Italy36,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 825,000[15] 1.4%[15] 
Ivory Coast7,745,000 36.7 0.5 40%[33][34][35] 
Jamaica1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Japan183,000 0.1 < 0.1 
Jordan6,202,000 98.2 0.4 
Kazakhstan8,822,000 56.4 0.6 65%[36] 
Kenya2,793,000 7.0 0.2 10%[37] 
Kosovo1,999,000 89.6 0.1 1,584,000[38] 
Kuwait2,824,000 95 0.2 
Kyrgyzstan4,734,000 86.3 0.3 
Laos2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Latvia2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Lebanon2,504,000 59.3 0.2 
Lesotho1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Liberia483,000 12.2 < 0.1 
Libya6,203,000 96.6 0.4 
Lithuania3,000 0.1 < 0.1 
Luxembourg13,000 3 < 0.1 
Macedonia680,000 33 < 0.1 
Madagascar215,000 1.1 < 0.1 
Malawi1,955,000 12.8 0.1 
Malaysia16,581,000 60.4 1.1 
Maldives304,000 98.4 < 0.1 
Mali12,040,000 92.5 0.8 
Malta1,000 < 0.2 < 0.1 
Mauritania3,261,000 99.1 0.2 
Mauritius214,000 16.6 < 0.1 
Mexico110,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Moldova17,000 0.5 < 0.1 
Mongolia133,000 5.0 < 0.1 
Montenegro111,000 17.7 < 0.1 
Morocco31,993,000 99 2 
Mozambique5,224,000 22.8 0.3 
Myanmar1,889,000 3.8 0.1 
Namibia8,000 0.4 < 0.1 
Nepal1,231,000 4.2 0.1 
Netherlands946,000 5.7 0.1 5.8%[39] 
New Caledonia7,000 2.8 < 0.1 
New Zealand37,000 0.9 < 0.1 
Nicaragua1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Niger15,075,000 98.6 1.0 
Nigeria78,056,000 50.4 5.0 
North Korea2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Norway65,000 1 < 0.1 163,180 in 2008[40] 
Oman2,494,000 87.7 0.2 
Pakistan174,082,000 96.3 11.1 
Palestine4,173,000 98 < 0.1 99.3% (Gaza Strip),[41] 75% (West Bank)[42] 
Panama24,000 0.7 < 0.1 
Papua New Guinea2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Paraguay1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Peru1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Philippines4,654,000 5.1 0.3 
Poland48,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Portugal15,000 0.1 < 0.1 
Puerto Rico1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Qatar1,092,000 77.5 0.1 
Congo59,000 1.6 < 0.1 
Romania66,000 0.3 < 0.1 
Russia16,482,000 11.7 1.0 15%[43] 
Rwanda182,000 1.8 < 0.1 
Saudi Arabia24,949,000 97 2 
Senegal12,028,000 96.0 0.8 
Serbia244,000 3.2 < 0.1 
Seychelles1,000 1.1 < 0.1 
Sierra Leone4,059,000 71.3 0.3 
Singapore706,000 14.9 < 0.1 
Slovakia- < 0.1 < 0.1 
Slovenia49,000 2.4 < 0.1 
Somalia8,995,000 98.5 0.6 
South Africa731,000 1.5 < 0.1 
South Korea71,000 0.1 < 0.1 
Spain650,000 1 < 0.1 1,000,000[15] 2.3%[15] 
Sri Lanka1,711,000 8.5 0.1 
Sudan30,121,000 71.3 1.9 
Suriname83,000 15.9 < 0.1 19.6%[44] 
Swaziland2,000 0.2 < 0.1 
Sweden149,000 2 < 0.1 450-500,000[45] ~5%[45] 
Switzerland323,000 4.3 < 0.1 400,000[46] 5%[46] 
Syria20,196,000 92.2 1.3 
Taiwan23,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Tajikistan5,848,000 84.1 0.4 
Tanzania13,218,000 30.2 0.8 35%[47] 
Thailand3,930,000 5.8 0.3 
Togo809,000 12.2 0.1 20%[48] 
Trinidad and Tobago78,000 5.8 < 0.1 
Tunisia10,216,000 99.5 0.7 
Turkey73,619,000 98 4.7 
Turkmenistan4,757,000 93.1 0.3 
Uganda3,958,000 12.1 0.3 
Ukraine456,000 1.0 < 0.1 
United Arab Emirates3,504,000 76.2 0.2 
United Kingdom1,647,000 2.7 0.1 2,422,000[14] 2.4%[15] 
United States2,454,000 0.8 0.2 7,000,000[49] 
Uruguay1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 
Uzbekistan26,469,000 96.3 1.7 
Vanuatu- < 0.1 < 0.1 
Vatican City- < 0.1 < 0.1 
Venezuela94,000 0.3 < 0.1 
Vietnam157,000 .2 < 0.1 71,200[50] 
Western Sahara510,000 99.4 < 0.1 
Yemen23,363,000 99.1 1.5 
Zambia58,000 0.4 < 0.1 
Zimbabwe109,000 0.9 < 0.1 Asia-Pacific 972,537,000 24.1 61.9 Middle East-North Africa 315,322,000 91.2 20.1 Sub-Saharan Africa 240,632,000 30.1 15.3 Europe 38,112,000 5.2 2.4 Americas 4,596,000 0.5 0.3 World Total 1,571,198,000 22.9 100 See also
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External links
- Official website of the Pew Forum study on Global Muslim Population
- Muslim Population-A Site with Extensive information regarding worldwide muslim Population.
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