Muslim population
Description: Muslim Population: Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Egypt (Master, Doctorate)
- Muslim population: 1.57 billion people (23% of the world's population - 6.8 billion), 20% of the World's population.
- Only 15% of Muslims are Arab (Middle East)
- 62% of the World Muslim population lives in Asia and 20% in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa)
- 300 million Muslims, live in countries where Islam is not the largest religion: China (more Muslims than in Syria), India (the third-largest population of Muslims worldwide) (more Muslims than in Jordan and Libya).
Countries with the largest Muslim Populations:
| Estimated
Muslim
population 2009 | % of Muslim pop. | % of the world
Muslim pop. | Asia-Pacific |
972,537,000 |
24,1 |
61,9 | MENA (Middle East and North Africa) |
315,322,000 |
92,1 |
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 |
The countries with the largest Number of Muslims Living as Minorities.
|
Estimated
Muslim Population |
Percentage of
Population that
is Muslim |
Percentage of
World Muslim
Population |
India | 160,945,000 | 13.4% | 10.3% | Ethiopia | 28,063,000 | 33.9 | 1.8 | China | 21,667,000 | 1.6 | 1.4 | Russia | 16,482,000 | 11.7 | 1.0 | Tanzania | 13,218,000 | 30.2 | 0.8 | Ivory Coast | 7,745,000 | 36.7 | 0.5 | Mozambique | 5,224,000 | 22.8 | 0.3 | the Philippines | 4,654,000 | 5.1 | 0.3 | Germany* | 4,026,000 | ~5 | <1 | Uganda | 3,958,000 | 12.1 | 0.3 |
Source: Pew Research centre's Forum on Religion. Country |
Total Population |
Muslim percentage |
Number of Muslims | Afghanistan |
33,609,937 |
99% |
33,273,838 | Albania |
3,639,453 |
70% |
2,547,617 | Algeria |
34,178,188 |
99% |
33,836,406 | Angola |
12,799,293 |
0% |
- | Antigua Barbuda |
85,632 |
0% |
- | Argentina |
40,913,584 |
2.1% |
859,185 | Armenia |
2,967,004 |
0% |
- | Aruba |
103,065 |
5% |
5,153 | Australia |
21,262,641 |
1.7% |
361,465 | Austria |
8,210,281 |
4.2% |
344,832 | Azerbaijan |
8,238,672 |
93.4% |
7,694,920 | Bahamas, The |
309,156 |
0% |
- | Bahrain |
727,785 |
81.2% |
590,961 | Bangladesh |
156,050,883 |
83% |
129,522,233 | Barbados |
284,589 |
0% |
817 | Belarus |
9,648,533 |
5% |
482,427 | Belgium |
10,414,336 |
3.6% |
374,916 | Belize |
307,899 |
0% |
- | Benin |
8,791,832 |
24.4% |
2,145,207 | Bhutan |
691,141 |
0% |
- | Bolivia |
9,775,246 |
0% |
- | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4,613,414 |
40% |
1,845,366 | Botswana |
1,990,876 |
5% |
99,544 | Brazil |
198,739,269 |
1.1% |
2,186,132 | Brunei |
388,190 |
67% |
260,087 | Bulgaria |
7,204,687 |
12.2% |
878,972 | Burkina-Faso |
15,746,232 |
50% |
7,873,116 | Burma |
48,137,741 |
4% |
1,925,510 | Burundi |
8,988,091 |
10% |
898,809 | Cambodia |
14,494,293 |
2.1% |
304,380 | Cameroon |
18,879,301 |
20% |
3,775,860 | Canada |
33,487,208 |
1.9% |
636,257 |
Cape Verde |
429,474 |
0% |
- | Central African Republic |
4,511,488 |
15% |
676,723 | Chad |
10,329,208 |
53.1% |
5,484,809 | Chile |
16,601,707 |
1% |
166,017 | China |
1,338,612,968 |
2% |
26,772,259 | Colombia |
45,644,023 |
0% |
- | The Comoros |
752,438 |
98% |
737,389 | Congo, Dem. Rep. Of the |
68,692,542 |
10% |
6,869,254 |
Republic of the Congo |
4,012,809 |
2% |
80,256 | Costa Rica |
4,253,877 |
0% |
- | Ivory Coast |
20,617,068 |
38.6% |
7,958,188 | Croatia |
4,489,409 |
1.3% |
58,362 | Cuba |
11,451,652 |
0% |
- | Cyprus |
796,740 |
18% |
143,413 | Czech Republic |
10,211,904 |
2% |
204,238 | Denmark |
5,500,510 |
2% |
110,010 | Djibouti |
516,055 |
94% |
485,092 | Dominican Republic |
9,650,054 |
0% |
- | Ecuador |
14,573,101 |
0% |
- | Egypt |
83,082,869 |
90% |
74,774,582 | El Salvador |
7,185,218 |
0% |
- | Equatorial Guinea |
633,441 |
25% |
158,360 | Eritrea |
5,647,168 |
80% |
4,517,734 | Estonia |
1,299,371 |
0.7% |
9,096 | Ethiopia |
85,237,338 |
32.8% |
27,957,847 | Fiji |
944,720 |
6.3% |
59,517 | Finland |
5,250,275 |
0.2% |
9,450 | France |
64,057,792 |
10% |
6,405,779 | Gabon |
1,514,993 |
0.9% |
13,635 | The Gambia |
1,782,893 |
90% |
1,604,604 | Gaza Strip |
1,551,859 |
99.3% |
1,540,996 | Georgia |
4,615,807 |
9.9% |
456,965 | Germany |
82,329,758 |
3.7% |
3,046,201 | Ghana |
23,832,495 |
15.9% |
3,789,367 | Gibraltar |
28,034 |
4% |
1,121 | Greece |
10,737,428 |
1.3% |
139,587 | Greenland |
57,600 |
0% |
- | Guatemala |
12,974,361 |
0% |
- | Guinea |
10,057,975 |
85% |
8,549,279 | Guinea-Bissau |
1,533,964 |
50% |
766,982 | Guyana |
772,298 |
7.2% |
55,605 | Haiti |
9,035,536 |
0% |
- | Honduras |
7,792,854 |
0% |
- | Hong Kong |
7,055,071 |
1% |
70,551 | Hungary |
9,905,596 |
6% |
594,336 | Iceland |
306,694 |
0% |
- | India |
1,166,079,217 |
13.4% |
156,254,615 | Indonesia |
240,271,522 |
86.1% |
206,873,780 | Iran |
66,429,284 |
99% |
65,764,991 | Iraq |
28,945,657 |
97% |
28,077,287 | Ireland |
4,203,200 |
2% |
84,064 | Israel |
7,233,701 |
16% |
1,157,392 | Italy |
58,126,212 |
3% |
1,743,786 | Jamaica |
2,825,928 |
0% |
- | Japan |
127,078,679 |
1% |
1,270,787 | Jordan |
6,342,948 |
95% |
6,025,801 | Kazakhstan |
15,399,437 |
47% |
7,237,735 | Kenya |
39,002,772 |
10% |
3,900,277 | Korea, North |
22,665,345 |
0% |
- | Korea, South |
48,508,972 |
1% |
485,090 | Kuwait |
2,691,158 |
85% |
2,287,484 | the Kyrgyz Republic |
5,431,747 |
75% |
4,073,810 | Laos |
6,834,942 |
2% |
136,699 | Latvia |
2,231,503 |
0.4% |
8,480 | Lebanon |
4,017,095 |
60% |
2,410,257 | Lesotho |
2,130,819 |
10% |
213,082 | Liberia |
3,441,790 |
30% |
1,032,537 | Libya |
6,310,434 |
100% |
6,310,434 | Lithuania |
3,555,179 |
0.1% |
4,977 | Macedonia |
2,066,718 |
30% |
620,015 | Madagascar |
20,653,556 |
20% |
4,130,711 | Malawi |
14,268,711 |
35% |
4,994,049 | Malaysia |
25,715,819 |
52% |
13,372,226 | Maldives |
396,334 |
100% |
396,334 | Mali |
12,666,987 |
90% |
11,400,288 | Malta |
405,165 |
14% |
56,723 | Mauritania |
3,129,486 |
100% |
3,129,486 | Mauritius |
1,284,264 |
16.7% |
213,958 | Mayotte |
223,765 |
97% |
217,052 | Mexico |
111,211,789 |
0% |
- | Moldova |
4,320,748 |
0.2% |
8,641 | Mongolia |
3,041,142 |
4% |
121,646 | Morocco |
34,859,364 |
98.7% |
34,406,192 | Mozambique |
21,669,278 |
29% |
6,284,091 | Namibia |
2,108,665 |
5% |
105,433 | Nepal |
28,563,377 |
4% |
1,142,535 | Netherlands |
16,715,999 |
5.8% |
969,528 | New Zealand |
4,213,418 |
1% |
42,134 | Nicaragua |
5,891,199 |
0% |
- | Niger |
15,306,252 |
80% |
12,245,002 | Nigeria |
149,229,090 |
75% |
111,921,818 | Norway |
4,660,539 |
1.8% |
83,890 | Oman |
3,418,085 |
100% |
3,418,085 | Pakistan |
176,242,949 |
97% |
170,955,661 | Panama |
3,360,474 |
4% |
134,419 | Papua New Guinea |
6,995,655 |
0% |
- | Paraguay |
5,734,139 |
0% |
- | Peru |
29,546,963 |
0% |
- | The Philippines |
97,976,603 |
14% |
13,716,724 | Poland |
38,482,919 |
2% |
769,658 | Portugal |
10,707,924 |
0.5% |
53,540 | Puerto Rico |
3,971,020 |
0% |
- | Qatar |
833,285 |
100% |
833,285 | Reunion |
802,000 |
20% |
160,400 | Romania |
22,215,421 |
1% |
222,154 | Russia |
140,041,247 |
14% |
19,605,775 | Rwanda |
10,473,282 |
4.6% |
481,771 | Saudi Arabia |
28,686,633 |
100% |
28,686,633 | Senegal |
13,711,597 |
95% |
13,026,017 | Serbia |
7,379,339 |
3.2% |
236,139 | Sierra Leone |
6,440,053 |
60% |
3,864,032 | Singapore |
4,657,542 |
17% |
791,782 | Slovakia |
5,463,046 |
0.2% |
10,926 | Slovenia |
2,005,692 |
1.6% |
31,088 | Somalia |
9,832,017 |
100% |
9,832,017 | South Africa |
49,052,489 |
2% |
981,050 | Spain |
40,525,002 |
1.2% |
486,300 | Sri Lanka |
21,324,791 |
7.6% |
1,620,684 | Sudan |
41,087,825 |
70% |
28,761,478 | Suriname |
481,267 |
19.6% |
94,328 | Eswatini |
1,123,913 |
10% |
112,391 | Sweden |
9,059,651 |
3.1% |
280,849 | Switzerland |
7,604,467 |
3.1% |
235,738 | Syria |
20,178,485 |
74% |
14,932,079 | Taiwan |
22,974,347 |
0% |
- | Tajikistan |
7,349,145 |
90% |
6,614,231 | Tanzania |
41,048,532 |
65% |
26,681,546 | Thailand |
65,905,410 |
14% |
9,226,757 | Togo |
6,019,877 |
55% |
3,310,932 | Trinidad and Tobago |
1,229,953 |
12% |
147,594 | Tunisia |
10,486,339 |
98% |
10,276,612 | Turkey |
76,805,524 |
99.6% |
76,529,024 | Turkmenistan |
4,149,283 |
89% |
3,692,862 | Uganda |
32,369,558 |
12.1% |
3,916,717 | Ukraine |
45,700,395 |
0.5% |
205,652 | Emirates |
4,798,491 |
96% |
4,606,551 | United Kingdom |
61,113,205 |
2.7% |
1,650,057 | U.S. |
307,212,123 |
0.6% |
1,843,273 | Uruguay |
3,494,382 |
0% |
- | Uzbekistan |
27,606,007 |
88% |
24,293,286 | Venezuela |
26,814,843 |
0% |
- | Vietnam |
86,967,524 |
0.1% |
86,968 | West Bank |
2,461,267 |
75% |
1,845,950 | Western Sahara |
405,210 |
100% |
405,210 | Yemen |
23,822,783 |
99% |
23,584,555 | Zambia |
11,862,740 |
15% |
1,779,411 | Zimbabwe |
11,392,629 |
15% |
1,708,894 | World |
6,780,584,602 |
0% |
1,634,948,648 |
Note: in orange, countries with more than 5 million Muslims.
Source: Pop. Data - CIA World Fact book
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