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Islam - percentage by country

Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity with over 1.0-1.8 billion adherents, comprising 20-25% of the world population[1] while most estimates figures that there are 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide[2][3]. As of 2008, Sunni Islam has become the largest single religious sect in the world, overtaking Roman Catholicism,[4][5][6] however when all denominations of Islam and Christianity are taken into consideration, Christians account for a greater amount of the worlds population.

Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East, some parts of Africa[7][8] and Asia.[9] Large communities are also found in China, the Balkan Peninsula in Eastern Europe and Russia. There are also large Muslim immigrant communities in other parts of the world, such as Western Europe, where Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity.[10] About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries,[11] 30% in the Indian subcontinent and 15.6% in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country by population.[12]

Around 30 to 40 countries in the world are Muslim-majority. South Asia and Southeast Asia contain the most populous Muslim countries, with Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh having more than 100 million adherents each.[13] According to U.S. government figures, in 2006 there were 20 million Muslims in China.[14] 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.[13]

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[edit] Demographics

Further information: Demographics of Islam

Note: Population counts by religious affiliations, are based upon statistical science and are subject to observational error (technically referred to as estimates). Likewise, partisans may seek to bias the estimates. The percentage of Muslim population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report [15], the CIA World Factbook, [16] and Adherents.com [17]. In cases of conflicting estimates, the average of lowest and highest estimates was calculated. The total population of each country was taken from 2007 estimates on Census.gov [18].

[edit] By country

Region Country or Territory Population (2007)  % Muslim Total number of Muslims
South Asia Afghanistan 32,738,376 99% [19] 31,571,023
Southern Europe Albania 3,619,778 70%[20][21][22] 2,691,388
North Africa Algeria 33,769,668 99%[23] 32,999,884
Southern Africa Angola 12,531,357 0.70% [24] 85,845
South America Argentina 40,482,000 1.5%[25] 604,529
Caucasus Armenia 2,968,586 n/a n/a
Oceania Australia 21,007,310 1.7%[26][27] 347,381
Central Europe Austria 8,199,783 4.2%[28] 344,391
Caucasus Azerbaijan 8,120,247 93.4%[29][30] - 96%[31] 7,584,311 - 7,795,437
Middle East Bahrain 708,573 81.2% (overall)[32] - 98% (citizen)[33] 575,361 - 463,996
South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 88.3%[34] - 89.7%[35] 132,446,365 - 134,952,160
Eastern Europe Belarus 9,724,723 0.1%[36] 9,724
Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 4%[37] 415,689
Central America Belize 294,385 0.58%[38] 1,707
West Africa Benin 8,078,314 20%[39] - 24.4%[40][41] 1,615,663 - 1,971,109
South Asia Bhutan 2,327,849 0.5% 11,639
South America Bolivia 9,119,152 0.01% 912
Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198 40%[42][43][44] - 45%[45] 1,820,879 - 2,048,489
Southern Africa Botswana 1,815,508 0.2%[46] 3,631
South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.016%[47] 30,402
Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 64%[48][49] 239,729
Balkans Bulgaria 7,322,858 12.2%[50][51][52] 893,389
West Africa Burkina Faso 14,326,203 50%[53] - 55%[54] 7,163,102 - 7,879,412
Central Africa Burundi 8,390,505 10%[55][56][57] 839,051
Southeast Asia Cambodia 13,995,904 3.5% 489,857
West Africa Cameroon 18,060,382 20%[58][59] - 22%[60] 3,612,076 - 3,973,284
North America Canada 33,390,141 2%[61] 667,803
Central Africa Central African Republic 4,369,038 15%[62][63] - 20%[64] 655,356 - 873,808
Central Africa Chad 9,885,661 51%[65] 5,041,678
South America Chile 16,284,741 0.02% 3,257
East Asia China 1,321,851,888 1.5%[66] 19,827,778
South America Colombia 44,379,598 0.024%[67] 10,651
East Africa Comoros 711,417 98%[68] 657,822
Central Africa Republic of the Congo 3,800,610 2%[69][70] 76,012
Central Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 65,751,512 5%[71] - 10%[72][73] 3,287,576 - 6,575,151
Central America Costa Rica 4,133,884 0.1% 4,134
West Africa Côte d'Ivoire 18,013,409 35% - 40% [74][75][76] 6,304,693 - 7,205,364
Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 1.3%[77][78] 58,413
North America Cuba 11,394,043 0.008% 912
Southern Europe Cyprus 788,457 18%[79][80] 141,922
Central Europe Czech Republic 10,228,744 0.1%[81] 10,229
Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 2%[82][83] - 3.7%[84] 109,362 - 202,320
East Africa Djibouti 496,374 94%[85][86] - 99%[87] 466,592 - 491,410
Caribbean Dominican Republic 9,365,818 0.02% 1,873
South East Asia East Timor 1,084,971 1%[88] 10,850
South America Ecuador 13,755,680 0.002% 275
North Africa Egypt 80,335,036 90%[89][90][91] 72,301,532 - 75,514,933
Central America El Salvador 6,948,073 0.03% 2,084
East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 48%[92] - 60%[93] 2,189,567 - 2,943,951
Eastern Europe Estonia 1,315,912 0.4%[94] 5,264
East Africa Ethiopia 76,511,887 32.8% [95][96] - 45%[97][98] 25,095,899 - 34,430,349
Oceania Fiji 918,675 7%[99][100] 64,307
Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.40%[101] 20,654
Western Europe France 63,718,187 6.9% - 10%[102][103] 4,396,555 - 6,371,819
West Africa Gabon 1,454,867 1%[104] 14,549
West Africa Gambia 1,688,359 90%[105][106] - 95%[107] 1,519,523 - 1,603,941
Caucasus Georgia 4,646,003 9.9%[108][109] 459,954
Western Europe Germany 82,400,996 3.9%[110] 3,213,639
West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 15.6%[111][112] 3,577,283
Balkans Greece 10,706,290 1.3%[113][114] 139,182
Caribbean Grenada 89,971 0.3% 270
Central America Guatemala 12,728,111 0.008% 1,018
West Africa Guinea 9,947,814 85%[115][116] 8,455,642
West Africa Guinea-Bissau 1,472,780 45%[117] 662,751
South America Guyana 769,095 7.2%[118] 55,375
Caribbean Haiti 8,706,497 0.02%[119] 1,741
Central America Honduras 7,483,763 0.04% 2,994
Central Europe Hungary 9,956,108 0.03% 3,201[120]
Western Europe Iceland 301,931 0.1% 302
South Asia India 1,129,866,154 13.4%[121][122][123] 151,402,065
Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 85.2% - 88.20%[124][125] 199,959,285 - 207,000,105
Middle East Iran 65,397,521 98%[126][127][128] 64,089,570
Middle East Iraq 27,499,638 97%[129][130] 26,674,649
Western Europe Ireland 4,109,086 0.49%[131][132] 20,135
Middle East Israel 6,426,679 12%[133] - 16%[134] 771,201 - 1,028,269
Western Europe Italy 58,147,733 1.4%[37] 814,068
Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.2% [135] 5,560
East Asia Japan 127,433,494 0.095% [136] 121,062
Middle East Jordan 6,053,193 95%[137][138][139] 5,750,533
Central Asia Kazakhstan 15,284,929 47%[140][141] 7,183,917
East Africa Kenya 36,913,721 10%[142][143] 3,691,372
East Asia Korea 23,301,725 n/a n/a
East Asia South Korea 49,044,790 0.071% 35,000[144][145][146]
Balkans Kosovo 2,126,708 90%[147][37] 1,914,037
Middle East Kuwait 2,505,559 67.5% [148] - 80%[149] 1,691,252 - 2,004,447
Central Asia Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149 75% [150] - 80%[151] 3,963,112 - 4,227,319
Southeast Asia Laos 6,521,998 0.0065%[152] 424
Eastern Europe Latvia 2,259,810 0.017%[153] 384
Middle East Lebanon 3,826,018 55%[154] 2,142,570
Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 >1% (approx) 21,256
West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 20% [155][156] 639,186
North Africa Libya 6,036,914 97%[157][158] 5,855,807
Eastern Europe Lithuania 3,575,439 0.075%[159] 2,682
Western Europe Luxembourg 480,222 2%[160] 9,604
Balkans Republic of Macedonia 2,055,915 32%[161] 657,893
Southern Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 7%[162][163] 1,361,417
Southern Africa Malawi 13,603,181 12.8%[164] - 20%[165][166] 1,741,207 - 2,720,636
Southeast Asia Malaysia 24,821,286 60.4%[167][168] 14,992,057
South Asia Maldives 369,031 99.41%[169][170] 366,853
West Africa Mali 11,995,402 90%[171] 10,795,862
North Africa Mauritania 3,270,065 99.9% 3,266,795
Southern Africa Mauritius 1,250,882 17% [172] 212,650
North America Mexico 108,700,891 0.26% [173] 282,622
Eastern Europe Moldova 4,328,816 0.07% 3,030
Central Asia Mongolia 2,951,786 4%[174][175] - 6%[176] 118,071 - 177,107
Balkans Montenegro 684,736 18%[177] - 21%[178] 123,252 - 143,795
North Africa Morocco 33,757,175 98.7% [179] - 99.9%[180] 33,318,332 - 33,723,418
Southern Africa Mozambique 20,905,585 20%[181][182] 4,181,117
Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,373,958 4%[183][184] 1,894,958
Southern Africa Namibia 2,055,080 1%[185] 20,055
South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 4%[186] 1,156,072
Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 5.5%[187] - 6%[188][37] 911,384 - 994,237
Oceania New Caledonia 221,943 4%[189] 8,878
Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 0.58%[190] 23,871
Central America Nicaragua 5,675,356 0.008% 454
West Africa Niger 12,894,865 80%[191] - 95%[192] 10,315,892 - 12,250,122
West Africa Nigeria 135,031,164 50%[193] 67,515,582
Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 1.8%[194][195] 83,303
Middle East Oman 3,204,897 92.66%[196] 2,969,658
South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 96%[197] - 97%[198][199] 158,152,247 - 159,799,666
Central America Panama 3,242,173 0.3%[200] 9,727
Oceania Papua New Guinea 5,795,887 0.035% 2,029[201]
South America Paraguay 6,669,086 0.008% 534
South America Peru 28,674,757 0.003% 860
Southeast Asia Philippines 91,077,287 5%[202][203] 4,553,864
Central Europe Poland 38,518,241 0.01% 3,852
Western Europe Portugal 10,642,836 0.33%[204] 35,121
Middle East Qatar 907,229 77.5%[205] 703,102
Balkans Romania 22,276,056 0.2%[206] 44,552
Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 10% - 14%[207] [208] 14,137,775 - 19,792,885
East Africa Rwanda 9,907,509 4.6%[209][210] 455,745
Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 90% (overall)[211][212] - 100% (citizen only)[213] 24,564,924 - 22,024,962
West Africa Senegal 12,521,851 94%[214][215] - 95%[216] 11,770,540 - 11,895,758
Balkans Serbia 8,023,557 3.2%[217][218] 256,754
East Africa Seychelles 81,895 0.21%[219] 172
West Africa Sierra Leone 6,144,562 60%[220][221] 3,686,737
Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 15%[222][223] 682,951
Central Europe Slovakia 5,447,502 0.0056% - 0.056%[224] 305 - 3,051
Central Europe Slovenia 2,009,245 2.4%[225][226] 48,222
Oceania Solomon Islands 566,842 0.04% 200[227]
East Africa Somalia 9,118,773 99.9%[228] 9,109,654
Southern Africa South Africa 43,997,828 1.5%[229] 659,967
Western Europe Spain 40,448,191 2.3%[37] 930,308
South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 7% [230][231] 1,464,842
North Africa Sudan 39,379,358 70%[232][233] 27,565,551
South America Suriname 470,784 13.5%[234] - 19.6%[235] 63,556 - 92,274
Southern Africa Swaziland 1,133,066 1%[236][237] - 10%[238] 11,331 - 113,307
Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 3% [239] 270,933
Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 4.3% [240][241] 324,850
Middle East Syria 19,314,747 90% [242][243][244] 17,383,272
East Asia Taiwan 22,858,872 0.3% [245][246] 45,717
Central Asia Tajikistan 7,076,598 90% [247][248] 6,368,938
East Africa Tanzania 39,384,223 35%[249] - 40%[250][251] 13,784,478 - 15,753,689
Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 4.6% [252][253] 2,993,135
West Africa Togo 5,701,579 13.7% [254] - 20%[255] 781,116 - 1,140,316
Central America Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 5.8% [256][257] 61,283
North Africa Tunisia 10,276,158 98% [258] 10,070,635
Southern Europe Turkey 71,158,647 99% [259][260] 70,047,060
Central Asia Turkmenistan 5,097,028 89% [261][262] 4,536,355
East Africa Uganda 30,262,610 12.1% [263][264] 3,661,775
Eastern Europe Ukraine 46,299,862 1.1% [265] 500,000
Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 61.75% - 76% [266] 2,744,177 - 3,377,448
Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 2.7%[267][268] - 3.3%[269] 1,640,958 - 2,000,000
North America United States 301,139,947 0.6%[270] - 1%[271] 1,806,840 - 3,011,399
Caribbean Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.13% [272] 5,128
South America Uruguay 3,460,607 0.01% 346
Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,780,059 88% [273][274] 24,446,452
Oceania Vanuatu 208,900 0.1% 209[275]
South America Venezuela 26,023,528 0.35% [276] 91,082
Southeast Asia Vietnam 85,262,356 0.079% [277] 67,357
Middle East West Bank and Gaza 4,018,332 83.74% [278][279] 3,365,079
North Africa Western Sahara 382,617 99.8% [280] 381,852
Middle East Yemen 22,230,531 99% [281] 22,008,225
Southern Africa Zambia 11,477,447 less than 1% [282] 114,774
Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 less than 1% [283] 123,111
Total 6,671,226,000 21.731% - 22.674% 1,449,765,439 - 1,512,655,647

[edit] By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Muslim in a region (Muslims in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Muslim percentage compared to the total Muslim population of the world (Muslims in the region * 100/total Muslim population of the world).

(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and the Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

Islam in Africa
Region Total Population Muslims  % Muslim  % of Muslim total
Central Africa &0000000097665660.00000097,665,660 &0000000015347332.00000015,347,332 15.714% 0.852%
East Africa &0000000283765021.000000283,765,021 &0000000081890564.00000081,890,564 28.859% 4.497%
North Africa &0000000200519502.000000200,519,502 &0000000179623477.000000179,623,477 89.579% 12.199%
Southern Africa &0000000054055000.00000054,055,000 &0000000000885474.000000885,474 1.639% 0.605%
West Africa &0000000265005740.000000265,005,740 &0000000134577785.000000134,577,785 50.783% 9.077%
Total &0000000901010923.000000901,010,923 &0000000412324632.000000412,324,632 45.762% 27.23%
Islam in Asia
Region Total Population Muslims  % Muslim  % of Muslim total
Central Asia &0000000092019166.00000092,019,166 &0000000076105962.00000076,105,962 82.707% 5.155%
East Asia &0000001527960261.0000001,527,960,261 &0000000039609350.00000039,609,350 2.592% 2.683%
Middle East &0000000274775527.000000274,775,527 &0000000252219832.000000252,219,832 91.791% 17.085%
South Asia &0000001437326682.0000001,437,326,682 &0000000456062641.000000456,062,641 28.947% 28.184%
Southeast Asia &0000000571337070.000000571,337,070 &0000000239566220.000000239,566,220 41.931% 16.228%
Total &0000003903418706.0000003,903,418,706 &0000001023564005.0000001,023,564,005 26.222% 69.336%
Islam in Europe
Region Total Population Muslims  % Muslim  % of Muslim total
Balkans &0000000065407609.00000065,407,609 &0000000008165137.0000008,165,137 12.483% 0.553%
Central Europe &0000000074510241.00000074,510,241 &0000000000521284.000000521,284 0.7% 0.035%
Eastern Europe &0000000212821296.000000212,821,296 &0000000021826829.00000021,826,829 10.256% 1.479%
Western Europe &0000000375832557.000000375,832,557 &0000000013577116.00000013,577,116 3.613% 0.92%
Total &0000000728571703.000000728,571,703 &0000000044090366.00000044,090,366 6.052% 2.987%
Islam in North and South America
Region Total Population Muslims  % Muslim  % of Muslim total
Caribbean &0000000023809622.00000023,809,622 &0000000000015860.00000015,860 0.067% 0.001%
Central America &0000000042223849.00000042,223,849 &0000000000084035.00000084,035 0.199% 0.006%
North America &0000000446088748.000000446,088,748 &0000000005115892.0000005,115,892 1.147% 0.347%
South America &0000000371075531.000000371,075,531