World map of Muslim population by percentage
This is a list of countries ordered by the population of
Muslims. 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.
Islam is the predominant religion in the
Middle East, in northern
AfricaEncyclopedia Britannica. Britannica Book of the
Year 2003. Encyclopedia Britannica, (2003) ISBN 9780852299562
p.306
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, as of mid-2002, there
were 376,453,000 Christians, 329,869,000 Muslims and 98,734,000
people who practiced traditional religions in Africa.
Ian S. Markham,(A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA:
Blackwell Publishers, 1996.) is cited by Morehouse University
as giving the mid 1990s figure of 278,250,800 Muslims in Africa,
but still as 40.8% of the total population. These numbers are
estimates, and remain a matter of conjecture. See Amadu Jacky Kaba.
The spread of Christianity and Islam in Africa: a survey and
analysis of the numbers and percentages of Christians, Muslims and
those who practice indigenous religions. The Western Journal of
Black Studies, Vol 29, Number 2, June 2005. Discusses the
estimations of various almanacs and encyclopedium, placing
Britannica's estimate as the most agreed figure. Notes the figure
presented at the
World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here, as
being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal
Christianity are highest, see:
The List: The World’s Fastest-Growing Religions,
Foreign Policy, May 2007., and in some parts of
Asia. Large communities of Muslims are also found in
China,
Eastern Europe, and
Russia. Other parts of the world host large
Muslim immigrant communities; in
Western
Europe, for instance, Islam is the second largest religion
after Christianity.
Approximately 50 countries are
Muslim-majority.
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
15.6% of the world's Muslims), Pakistan
, India
, and
Bangladesh
.About 20% of Muslims live in
Arab countries.
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.
A demographic study conducted by the
Pew Research Center in October 2009
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
.
Most Muslims are
Sunni (87-90%), while the
vast majority of the remainder (10-13%) are
Shi'a.
List
Figures indicated below are based on the demographic study by the
Pew Research Center report of Mapping the Global Muslim Population,
as of 8 October, 2009.
| Country/Region |
Muslim population
(2009 est.)
|
Muslim percentage (%) of total
population
|
Percentage (%) of World Muslim
population
|
| Afghanistan |
28,072,000 |
99.7 |
1.8 |
| Albania |
2,522,000 |
79.9 |
0.2 |
| Algeria |
34,199,000 |
98.0 |
2.2 |
| Angola |
190,000 |
1 |
0 |
| Argentina |
784,000 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
| Armenia |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Australia |
365,000 |
1.7 |
0 |
| Austria |
353,000 |
4.2 |
0 |
| Azerbaijan |
8,765,000 |
99.2 |
0.6 |
| Bahrain |
642,000 |
81.2 |
0 |
| Bangladesh |
145,312,000 |
89.6 |
9.3 |
| Belarus |
19,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Belgium |
281,000 |
3 |
0 |
| Belize |
1,400 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Benin |
2,182,000 |
24.4 |
0.1 |
| Bhutan |
7,000 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Bolivia |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
1,522,000 |
40 |
0.1 |
| Botswana |
8,000 |
0.4 |
0 |
| Brazil |
191,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Brunei |
269,000 |
67.2 |
0 |
| Bulgaria |
920,000 |
12.2 |
0.1 |
| Burkina Faso |
9,292,000 |
59.0 |
0.6 |
| Burundi |
180,000 |
2 |
0 |
| Cambodia |
236,000 |
1.6 |
0 |
| Cameroon |
3,498,000 |
17.9 |
0.2 |
| Canada |
657,000 |
2.0 |
0 |
| Central African
Republic |
395,000 |
8.9 |
0 |
| Chad |
6,257,000 |
55.8 |
0.4 |
| Chile |
4,000 |
0 |
0 |
| China |
21,667,000 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
| Colombia |
14,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Comoros |
664,000 |
98.3 |
0 |
| Costa Rica |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Congo |
943,000 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
| Croatia |
18,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Cuba |
9,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Cyprus |
198,000 |
22.7 |
0 |
| Czech Republic |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Denmark |
88,000 |
2 |
0 |
| Djibouti |
838,000 |
96.9 |
0.1 |
| Dominican
Republic |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| East Timor |
43,000 |
3.8 |
0 |
| Ecuador |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Egypt |
78,513,000 |
94.6 |
5.0 |
| El Salvador |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Eritrea |
1,854,000 |
36.5 |
0.1 |
| Estonia |
2,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Ethiopia |
28,063,000 |
33.9 |
1.8 |
| Fiji |
53,000 |
6.3 |
0 |
| Finland |
24,000 |
0.5 |
0 |
| France |
3,554,000 |
6 |
0.2 |
| Gabon |
140,000 |
9.5 |
0.1 |
| Gambia |
1,625,000 |
95 |
0.1 |
| Georgia |
423,000 |
9.9 |
0 |
| Germany |
4,026,000 |
5 |
0.3 |
| Ghana |
3,787,000 |
15.9 |
0.2 |
| Greece |
310,000 |
3 |
0 |
| Grenada |
- |
0.3 |
0 |
| Guatemala |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Guinea |
8,502,000 |
84.4 |
0.5 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
680,000 |
42.2 |
0 |
| Guyana |
55,000 |
7.2 |
0 |
| Haiti |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Honduras |
11,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Hungary |
24,000 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Iceland |
- |
0.1 |
0 |
| India |
160,945,000 |
13.4 |
10.3 |
| Indonesia |
202,867,000 |
88.2 |
12.9 |
| Iran |
73,777,000 |
99.4 |
4.7 |
| Iraq |
30,428,000 |
99 |
2 |
| Ireland |
22,000 |
0.5 |
0 |
| Israel |
1,194,000 |
16.7 |
0.1 |
| Italy |
36,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Ivory Coast |
7,745,000 |
36.7 |
0.5 |
| Jamaica |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Japan |
183,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Jordan |
6,202,000 |
98.2 |
0.4 |
| Kazakhstan |
8,822,000 |
56.4 |
0.6 |
| Kenya |
2,793,000 |
7.0 |
0.2 |
| Kuwait |
2,824,000 |
95 |
0.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
4,734,000 |
86.3 |
0.3 |
| Laos |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Latvia |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Lebanon |
2,504,000 |
59.3 |
0.2 |
| Lesotho |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Liberia |
483,000 |
12.2 |
0 |
| Libya |
6,203,000 |
96.6 |
0.4 |
| Lithuania |
3,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Luxembourg |
13,000 |
3 |
0 |
| Macedonia |
680,000 |
33.3 |
0 |
| Madagascar |
215,000 |
1.1 |
0 |
| Malawi |
1,955,000 |
12.8 |
0.1 |
| Malaysia |
16,581,000 |
60.4 |
1.1 |
| Maldives |
304,000 |
98.4 |
0 |
| Mali |
12,040,000 |
92.5 |
0.8 |
| Mauritania |
3,261,000 |
99.1 |
0.2 |
| Mauritius |
214,000 |
16.6 |
0 |
| Mexico |
110,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Moldova |
17,000 |
0.5 |
0 |
| Mongolia |
133,000 |
5.0 |
0 |
| Montenegro |
111,000 |
17.7 |
0 |
| Morocco |
31,993,000 |
99 |
2 |
| Mozambique |
5,224,000 |
22.8 |
0.3 |
| Myanmar |
1,889,000 |
3.8 |
0.1 |
| Namibia |
8,000 |
0.4 |
0 |
| Nepal |
1,231,000 |
4.2 |
0.1 |
| Netherlands |
946,000 |
5.7 |
0.1 |
| New Caledonia |
7,000 |
2.8 |
0 |
| New Zealand |
37,000 |
0.9 |
0 |
| Nicaragua |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Niger |
15,075,000 |
98.6 |
1.0 |
| Nigeria |
78,056,000 |
50.4 |
5.0 |
| North Korea |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Norway |
65,000 |
1 |
0 |
| Oman |
2,494,000 |
87.7 |
0.2 |
| Pakistan |
174,082,000 |
96.3 |
11.1 |
| Panama |
24,000 |
0.7 |
0 |
| Papua New Guinea |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Paraguay |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Peru |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Philippines |
4,654,000 |
5.1 |
0.3 |
| Poland |
48,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Portugal |
15,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Puerto Rico |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Qatar |
1,092,000 |
77.5 |
0.1 |
| Republic of
Congo |
59,000 |
1.6 |
0 |
| Romania |
66,000 |
0.3 |
0 |
| Russia |
16,482,000 |
11.7 |
1.0 |
| Rwanda |
182,000 |
1.8 |
0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
24,949,000 |
97 |
2 |
| Senegal |
12,028,000 |
96.0 |
0.8 |
| Serbia |
244,000 |
3.2 |
0 |
| Seychelles |
1,000 |
1.1 |
0 |
| Sierra Leone |
4,059,000 |
71.3 |
0.3 |
| Singapore |
706,000 |
14.9 |
0 |
| Slovakia |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Slovenia |
49,000 |
2.4 |
0 |
| Somalia |
8,995,000 |
98.5 |
0.6 |
| South Africa |
731,000 |
1.5 |
0 |
| South Korea |
71,000 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Spain |
650,000 |
1 |
0 |
| Sri Lanka |
1,711,000 |
8.5 |
0.1 |
| Sudan |
30,121,000 |
71.3 |
1.9 |
| Suriname |
83,000 |
15.9 |
0 |
| Swaziland |
2,000 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Sweden |
149,000 |
2 |
0 |
| Switzerland |
323,000 |
4.3 |
0 |
| Syria |
20,196,000 |
92.2 |
1.3 |
| Taiwan |
23,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Tajikistan |
5,848,000 |
84.1 |
0.4 |
| Tanzania |
13,218,000 |
30.2 |
0.8 |
| Thailand |
3,930,000 |
5.8 |
0.3 |
| Togo |
809,000 |
12.2 |
0.1 |
| Trinidad and
Tobago |
78,000 |
5.8 |
0 |
| Tunisia |
10,216,000 |
99.5 |
0.7 |
| Turkey |
73,619,000 |
98 |
4.7 |
| Turkmenistan |
4,757,000 |
93.1 |
0.3 |
| Uganda |
3,958,000 |
12.1 |
0.3 |
| Ukraine |
456,000 |
1.0 |
0 |
| United Arab
Emirates |
3,504,000 |
76.2 |
0.2 |
| United Kingdom |
1,647,000 |
2.7 |
0.1 |
| United States |
2,454,000 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
| Uruguay |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
| Uzbekistan |
26,469,000 |
96.3 |
1.7 |
| Vanuatu |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Venezuela |
94,000 |
0.3 |
0 |
| Vietnam |
157,000 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Western Sahara |
510,000 |
99.4 |
0 |
| Yemen |
23,363,000 |
99.1 |
1.5 |
| Zambia |
58,000 |
0.4 |
0 |
| Zimbabwe |
109,000 |
0.9 |
0 |
| 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
Other religions:
References
- "The Africanization of Missionary Christianity: History and
Typology", Steven Kaplan, Journal of Religion in Africa 16 (3)
(1986), 165-186. In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing - and
blending. Abraham McLaughlin The Christian Science Monitor,
26 January 2006.
- Britannica [1], Think Quest [2], Wadsworth.com[3]
- See: * Esposito (2004) pp.2,43 * * *
- See these figures
- See: * Esposito (2002b), p.21 * Esposito (2004), pp.2,43
- Eric Gorski (2009-10-08) Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion Pew
Forum on Religion & Public Life. Retrieved on 2009-10-11.
- Richard Allen Greene (2009-10-07) Nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide is Muslim, report
says CNN. Retrieved on 2009-10-11.
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