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Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
is the world's second largest religion

Major religious groups

File:Major religions distribution.pngFile:Religion in the world.PNGThe world's principal religions and spiritual traditions may be classified into a small number of major groups or world religions....
after Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
with over 1.0-1.8 billion adherents, comprising 20-25% of the world population while most estimates figures that there are 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide.

Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East

Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
, some parts of Africa

Africa

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Islam

Major religious groups

Christianity

Middle East

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
According to the Encyclopedia Britanica, 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. 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 , as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: , Foreign Policy, May 2007. and Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. Large communities are also found in China

Islam in China

Islam in China has a rich heritage. China has some of the oldest Muslim history, dating back to as early as 650, when the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Sa`ad ibn Abi Waqqas, was sent as an official envoy to Emperor Gaozong of Tang during Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan's era....
, the Balkan Peninsula in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
and Russia

Islam in Russia

Islam is currently the second most widely professed religion in the Russian Federation. According to the most recent estimates by the R&F Agency, there are more than 20 million officially self-identified Muslims in Russia, a number that has risen by 40% in the last 15 years, though no more than 6 million are truly orthodox....
. There are also large Muslim immigrant communities in other parts of the world, such as Western Europe

Western Europe

Western Europe refers to the countries in the western most half of Europe. This concept has had different meanings, political and cultural as well as geographical issues have influenced the area....
, where Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity. About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries

Arab world

The Arab World refers to Arabic-speaking countries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast....
, 30% in the Indian subcontinent

Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
and 15.6% in Indonesia

Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, the largest Muslim country by population.

Around 30 to 40 countries in the world are Muslim-majority

List of Muslim majority countries

This is a list of countries in which Islam is the majority religion of the people. In a geopolitical sense these countries are often considered to form the Muslim world....
. South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
and Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
contain the most populous Muslim countries, with Indonesia

Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
, and Bangladesh

Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
having more than 100 million adherents each. According to U.S. government figures, in 2006 there were 20 million Muslims in China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. In the Middle East

Middle East

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
and Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa

Africa

Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
and Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....
have the most populous Muslim communities.

Demographics

Note: Population counts by religious affiliations, are based upon statistical science
Statistics

Statistics is a Mathematics pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. It also provides tools for prediction and forecasting based on data....
and are subject to observational error
Observational error

Observational error is the difference between a measurement value of quantity and its true value. In statistics, an error is not a "mistake". Variability is an inherent part of things being measured and of the measurement process....
(technically referred to as estimates
Estimation

Estimation is the calculation approximation of a result which is usable even if input data may be incomplete or uncertainty.In statistics, see estimation theory, estimator....
). Likewise, partisans
Partisan

Partisan may refer to:...
may seek to bias
Bias

Bias is a term used to describe a tendency or preference towards a particular perspective , ideology or result, especially when the tendency interferes with the ability to be impartial, unprejudiced, or Objectivity ....
the estimates. The percentage of Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report , the CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook

The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the List of countries....
, and Adherents.com
Adherents.com

Adherents.com is a website that aims to collect and present information about religion including "churches, Religious denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc." As of July 2006, the site contains approximately 44,000 statistics on over 4,300 faith groups....
. 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
United States Census

File:Census Bureau seal.svgThe United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate List of United States Congressional districts , U.S....
.

By country

Region Country or Territory Population (2007) % Muslim Total number of Muslims
South Asia Afghanistan
Islam in Afghanistan

Approximately 99 percent of Afghanistan are Muslims, and out of them, eighty percent are Sunni of the Hanafi School; the rest are Shi'a, the majority of whom are Twelver along with smaller numbers of Ismailis....
32,738,376 99% 31,571,023
Southern Europe Albania
Islam in Albania

During the Ottoman Empire occupation, according to Ottoman data, the majority of Albanians were of Muslim affiliation . However, after Independence, decades of State atheism which ended in 1991, brought a radical decline in religious practice in all traditions....
3,619,778 58% 2,004,480
North Africa Algeria
Islam in Algeria

Islam, the religion of almost all of the Algerian people, pervades most aspects of life. The vast majority of citizens are Sunni Muslims. Islam provides the society with its central social and cultural identity and gives most individuals their basic ethical and attitudinal orientation....
33,769,668 99% 32,999,884
Southern Africa Angola
Islam in Angola

Islam in Angola is a minority religion with 80,000-90,000 adherents, composed largely of migrants from West Africa and families of Lebanese origin....
12,531,357 0.70% 85,845
South America Argentina
Islam in Argentina

Islam in Argentina is represented by one of Latin America's largest Muslim minorities. Although accurate statistics on religion are not available the actual size of Argentina's Muslim community is estimated around 1.5% of the total population ....
40,482,000 1.5% 604,529
Caucasus Armenia
Islam in Armenia

Islam in Armenia has generally been avoided throughout the centuries. During the Arabic invasion, Islam came to the Armenians however, most Armenians never converted to Islam....
2,968,586 n/a n/a
Oceania Australia
Islam in Australia

Islam is the fourth largest religious grouping in Australia after Christianity in Australia, 'Irreligion in Australia' and Buddhism in Australia....
21,007,310 1.7%
347,381
Central Europe Austria
Islam in Austria

Islam is a minority religion in Austria with 4.22% of the population in the 2001 census. Most Muslims came to Austria after 1960 as migrant workers from Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia....
8,199,783 4.2%
344,391
Caucasus Azerbaijan
Islam in Azerbaijan

Approximately 93.4 to 96 percent of the population of Azerbaijan is nominally Muslim. The rest of the population adheres to other faiths or are non-religious, although they are not officially represented....
8,120,247 93.4% - 96%
7,584,311 - 7,795,437
Middle East Bahrain
Islam in Bahrain

Islam is the state religion in Bahrain where the citizens are all Muslims, with the majority of the population belief in Shia Islam. However, due to an influx of immigrants and guest workers from non-Muslim countries, such as India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka, the overall percentage of Muslims in the country has declined since the l...
708,573 81.2% (overall) - 98% (citizen)
575,361 - 463,996
South Asia Bangladesh
Islam in Bangladesh

File:Baitul Aman Mosque.JPGIslam is the largest religion of Bangladesh, the Muslim population is over 130 million , and constitute nearly 90% of the total population, based on the 2001 Census....
150,448,339 88.3% - 89.7% 132,446,365 - 134,952,160
Eastern Europe Belarus
Islam in Belarus

Islam in Belarus was introduced by Lipka Tatars in the 14th -16th centuries, and now also includes Muslim immigrants....
9,724,723 0.1% 9,724
Western Europe Belgium
Islam in Belgium

Islam in Belgium is relatively new, and is mostly practised in the Belgian immigrant communities. It is the largest minority religion in Belgium....
10,392,226 4% 415,689
Central America Belize
Islam in Belize

The statistics for Islam in Belize estimate a total Muslim population of 2,794, representing 1 percent of the total population. The Muslim community is led by the Islamic Mission of Belize headquartered in Belize City....
294,385 0.58% 1,707
West Africa Benin 8,078,314 20% - 24.4% 1,615,663 - 1,971,109
South Asia Bhutan
Islam in Bhutan

According to adherents.com Muslims constitute over 5% of the population However the CIA factbook claims that Muslims are less than 1% in Bhutan. ...
2,327,849 0.5% 11,639
South America Bolivia
Islam in Bolivia

Statistics for Islam in Bolivia estimate a Muslim population of around a thousand, representing 0.01 percent of the total population, although Muslims in the country claim the actual number is much larger....
9,119,152 0.01% 912
Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina
Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The modern Bosniaks, often referred to as Bosnian Muslims,descend from Slavic converts to Islam in the 15th and 16th centuries, that lived in the medieval Bosnian Kingdom ....
4,552,198 40% - 45% 1,820,879 - 2,048,489
Southern Africa Botswana
Islam in Botswana

Islam in Botswana comprises only 2-3 percent of the population. Of those 2-3 percent, the vast majority are from the Indian subcontinent and have immigrated during British colonial rule....
1,815,508 0.2% 3,631
South America Brazil
Islam in Brazil

Islam in Brazil was first practiced by African slaves. The early Brazilian Muslims led the largest slave revolt in Brazil, which then had the largest slave population of the world....
190,010,647 0.016% 30,402
Southeast Asia Brunei
Islam in Brunei

Islam is Brunei's official religion, 64 percent of the population is Muslim, mostly Sunnis of Malay people origin who follow the Shafi school of Islamic law....
374,577 64% 239,729
Balkans Bulgaria
Islam in Bulgaria

The Muslim population of Bulgaria, including Turkish people, Muslim Bulgarians, Pomaks, Roma in Bulgaria, and Crimean Tatars in Bulgaria, lives mainly in northeastern Bulgaria and in the Rhodope Mountains....
7,322,858 12.2% 893,389
West Africa Burkina Faso
Islam in Burkina Faso

Islam in Burkina Faso has a long and varied history. As of today, the population of the country is 50 percent Muslim.Until the end of the 19th century, the Upper Volta was dominated by the Mossi kingdom, who are believed to have come from central or eastern Africa sometime in the 11th century....
14,326,203 50% - 55% 7,163,102 - 7,879,412
Central Africa Burundi
Islam in Burundi

Muslims in Burundi are officially around 1% of the total population, however the CIA World Factbook puts the figure at 10%. Burundi is by constitution a secular state, although Eid Al-Fitr is among several national holidays....
8,390,505 10%
839,051
Southeast Asia Cambodia
Islam in Cambodia

Islam is the religion of a majority of the Cham people and Malay people minorities in Cambodia. According to Po Dharma, there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975....
13,995,904 3.5% 489,857
West Africa Cameroon
Islam in Cameroon

Muslims comprise roughly 22 percent of Cameroon's 18 million inhabitants. The Fula people, a pastoral nomadic group, spread Islam in early 19th century West Africa largely through commercial activity and Sufi brotherhoods ....
18,060,382 20% - 22% 3,612,076 - 3,973,284
North America Canada
Islam in Canada

According to Canada 2001 Census, there were 579,640 Muslims in Canada, just under 2% of the population. In 2006, Muslim population is estimated to be 783,700 or about 2.5%....
33,390,141 2% 667,803
Central Africa Central African Republic 4,369,038 15% - 20% 655,356 - 873,808
Central Africa Chad
Islam in Chad

The earliest Islamic presence in Chad can be traced back to the legendary Uqba ibn Nafi, whose descendants can be found settled in the Lake Chad region to this day.....
9,885,661 51% 5,041,678
South America Chile
Islam in Chile

The statistics for Islam in Chile estimate a total Muslim population of 3,196, representing 0.02 percent of the population. There are a number of Islamic organizations in Chile, including Sociedad Musulmana de Chile y Mezquita As-Salam in Santiago de Chile, Mezquita Bilal in Iquique and the Centro Cultural Mohammed VI of Morocco in Coquimb...
16,284,741 0.02% 3,257
East Asia China
Islam in China

Islam in China has a rich heritage. China has some of the oldest Muslim history, dating back to as early as 650, when the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Sa`ad ibn Abi Waqqas, was sent as an official envoy to Emperor Gaozong of Tang during Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan's era....
1,321,851,888 1.5% 19,827,778
South America Colombia
Islam in Colombia

The statistics for Islam in Colombia estimate a total Muslim population of 10,000, representing 0.02 percent of the population. There are a number of Islamic organizations in Colombia, including Islamic centers in San Andr?s, Bogot?, Guajira, Nari?o, and Santa Marta....
44,379,598 0.024% 10,651
East Africa Comoros
Islam in Comoros

According to the 2006 estimate by the U.S. Department of State, roughly 98% of the population in the Comoros are Muslim. Islam and its institutions have helped to integrate Comorian society and provide identification with a world beyond the islands' shores....
711,417 98% 657,822
Central Africa Republic of the Congo
Islam in the Republic of the Congo

Islam spread to the Republic of the Congo from North Africa in the mid-19th century.There is a growing Muslim community in the country, estimated at 2 percent of the population....
3,800,610 2% 76,012
Central Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo
Islam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Islam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not a recent phenomenon, as it has been present within the area since the 18th century, when Arab traders from East Africa pushed into the interior for ivory and slave trading purposes....
65,751,512 5% - 10% 3,287,576 - 6,575,151
Central America Costa Rica
Islam in Costa Rica

The statistics for Islam in Costa Rica is 4,000. There are a number of Islamic organizations in San Jos?, Costa Rica including the Centro Isl?mico de Costa Rica led by Dr....
4,133,884 0.1% 4,134
West Africa Côte d'Ivoire
Islam in Côte d'Ivoire

According to the CIA factbook, Muslims make up about 35-40% of the population of C?te d'Ivoire.In C?te d'Ivoire, only the devout Muslims pray, fast, and give alms as required by tenets of Islam, and only the wealthy perform the hajj being made compulsory....
18,013,409 35% - 40%
6,304,693 - 7,205,364
Balkans Croatia
Islam in Croatia

Islam in Croatia was introduced by the Muslim Ottoman Empire. The Muslims constitute about 1.3% of the population of Croatia.The Muslim Ottoman civilization conquered part of Croatia from the 15th to the 19th century and left a deep imprint....
4,493,312 1.3% 58,413
North America Cuba
Islam in Cuba

The latest statistics for Islam in Cuba claim a population of under a thousand Muslims representing 0.008 percent of the population. Outside sources claim this number may be artificially low given the Cuban government's state atheism attitudes towards religion....
11,394,043 0.008% 912
Southern Europe Cyprus
Islam in Cyprus

Islam in Cyprus was introduced when Uthman the 3rd Caliph conquered Cyprus in 649. Muslims were concentrated over whole area of Cyprus but after the 1974 events they are concentrated in Northern Cyprus....
788,457 18% 141,922
Central Europe Czech Republic 10,228,744 0.1% 10,229
Western Europe Denmark
Islam in Denmark

PopulationApproximately 3-4% of the population of Denmark are Muslims. Islam is the largest minority religion in Denmark. Denmark has a predominantly Christian population, with Evangelical Lutheran making up more than 95% of Danes....
5,468,120 2% - 3.7% 109,362 - 202,320
East Africa Djibouti
Islam in Djibouti

Islam in Djibouti has a long history, first appearing in East Africa during the lifetime of Muhammad. Today, 96 percent of Djibouti's 490,000 people are Sunni Muslims adhering largely to the Shafi legal tradition....
496,374 94% - 99% 466,592 - 491,410
Caribbean Dominican Republic
Islam in the Dominican Republic

Statistics for Islam in the Dominican Republic estimate that 0.02 percent of the population are Muslim, but accurate statistics of religious affiliation are difficult to calculate and there is a wide variation concerning the actual numerical amount....
9,365,818 0.02% 1,873
South East Asia East Timor
Islam in East Timor

Islam is a minority religion in East Timor. The US State Department and the CIA World Factbook estimate that Muslims make up 1% of the population, although some organizations, such as...
1,084,971 1% 10,850
South America Ecuador
Islam in Ecuador

The statistics for Islam in Ecuador estimate a total Muslim population of about 275 . The first Muslim settlers in Ecuador were primarily Arabs who immigrated from Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, and Egypt following the two World Wars and the destruction of the Ottoman Empire....
13,755,680 0.002% 275
North Africa Egypt
Islam in Egypt

The republic of Egypt has recognized Islam as the state religion since 1980. Egypt is predominantly Muslim, with Muslims comprising about 90% of a population of around 80 million Egyptians Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunni Islam....
80,335,036 90% 72,301,532 - 75,514,933
Central America El Salvador
Islam in El Salvador

There is a small Muslim community in El Salvador, largely consisting of individuals from the Arab World and Turkey. Others are Salvadoran nationals and converts....
6,948,073 0.03% 2,084
East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 48% - 60% 2,189,567 - 2,943,951
Eastern Europe Estonia
Islam in Estonia

In the most recent census, performed in the year 2000, the number of people who reported themselves to be Muslims was 1,387. However some sources claim that the number of Muslims is much higher, with estimates given of 10,000 or even 20,000 Muslims....
1,315,912 0.4% 5,264
East Africa Ethiopia
Islam in Ethiopia

According to the latest 1994 national census, Islam is the second most widely practiced religion in Ethiopia after Christianity, with over 25 million of Ethiopians adhering to Islam according to the 2007 national census, having arrived in Ethiopia in 615 ....
76,511,887 32.8% - 45% 25,095,899 - 34,430,349
Oceania Fiji
Islam in Fiji

The Muslims of Fiji comprise around 7% of the population . The Islamic community is made up of people of Indian origin, who were brought to the islands in the late 19th century by the British colonial power....
918,675 7% 64,307
Western Europe Finland
Islam in Finland

Islam was introduced to Finland by Baltic Tatars at the end of the 19th century. Since the late 20th century the number of Muslims in Finland has increased rapidly due to immigration....
5,238,460 0.40% 20,654
Western Europe France
Islam in France

StatisticsEstimates of the number of Muslims in France vary widely. In accordance with a law dating from 1872 , the French Republic does not ask about religion in its census....
63,718,187 6.9% - 10% 4,396,555 - 6,371,819
West Africa Gabon
Islam in Gabon

Approximately 12% of the population of Gabon practice Islam .Islamic, Catholic, and Protestant denominations operate primary and secondary schools in Gabon....
1,454,867 1% 14,549
West Africa Gambia
Islam in the Gambia

Islam is the majority religion of The Gambia, with around 90% of the population being Muslims. However, some popular religions practices diverge from mainstream Islam, with a system of marabout societies being very common....
1,688,359 90% - 95% 1,519,523 - 1,603,941
Caucasus Georgia 4,646,003 9.9% 459,954
Western Europe Germany
Islam in Germany

Owing to labour Human migration in the 1960s and several waves of political refugees since the 1970s, Islam has become a visible religion in Germany....
82,400,996 3.9% 3,213,639
West Africa Ghana
Islam in Ghana

The spread of Islam into West Africa, beginning with ancient Ghana in the ninth century, was mainly the result of the commercial activities of North African Muslims....
22,931,299 15.6% 3,577,283
Balkans Greece
Islam in Greece

Islam in Greece is represented by a number of autochthonous and immigrant communities....
10,706,290 1.3% 139,182
Caribbean Grenada
Islam in Grenada

There are over 200 Muslims in Grenada. They make up 0.30% of the population.Notes...
89,971 0.3% 270
Central America Guatemala
Islam in Guatemala

The Muslim population of Guatemala is approximately 1,200. Of this population, 95% are Palestinian Arab immigrants. There is a mosque in the outskirts of Guatemala City called the Islamic Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala which is available for the five daily prayers and offers classes in Islamic studies....
12,728,111 0.008% 1,018
West Africa Guinea
Islam in Guinea

2005 official statistics for Islam in Guinea estimate that 85% of Guinea's 7.8 million people are Muslim. Most are Sunnis who follow the Maliki legal tradition and Qadiri and Tijani Sufi orders....
9,947,814 85% 8,455,642
West Africa Guinea-Bissau
Islam in Guinea-Bissau

Islam is the predominate religion of Guinea-Bissau, numbering an estimated 38-45% of the roughly 1.4 million nationals as followers making it the largest religion of the country....
1,472,780 45% 662,751
South America Guyana
Islam in Guyana

About 7 percent of Guyana's population is Muslim, representing 76,528 individuals, many of whom are descended from indentured labourers from India.The largest Islamic organization in the country is the Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman....
769,095 7.2% 55,375
Caribbean Haiti
Islam in Haiti

The estimated population of Ha?ti Islam is about 3250, representing approximately 0.04 percent of the population, although local Muslims claim the actual number is larger, nearing 5000 due to many Muslims that supposedly aren't counted due to inaccessibility or unavailability....
8,706,497 0.02% 1,741
Central America Honduras
Islam in Honduras

The statistics for Islam in Honduras estimate a total Muslim population of 2,790, representing 0.04 percent of the population. However, although there are no official statistics, it is estimated that between 150,000 and 200,000 of the country's seven million inhabitants are of Arab descent, and of these, the great majority are Palestinian Ara...
7,483,763 0.04% 2,994
Central Europe Hungary
Islam in Hungary

Islam in Hungary has a long history that dates back to at least the twelfth century, predating the Ottoman Empire. The influence of Muslims was especially pronounced in the 16th century during the time of Ottoman Hungary....
9,956,108 0.03% 3,201
Western Europe Iceland
Islam in Iceland

The Nordic country Iceland is estimated to have between 800 and 1000 members by the Association of Muslims in Iceland....
301,931 0.1% 302
South Asia India
Islam in India

Islam in India is the second-most practiced religion after Hinduism. There are approximately Islam by country in India's population as of 2008 , i.e., 13.4% of the population....
1,129,866,154 13.4% 151,402,065
Southeast Asia Indonesia
Islam in Indonesia

Islam is Indonesia dominant religion with approximately 88%, over 200 million, of its population identifying as Muslims, making it the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world....
234,693,997 85.2% - 88.20% 199,959,285 - 207,000,105
Middle East Iran
Islam in Iran

The Islamic conquest of Persia led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrianism religion in Persian Empire. However, the achievements of the previous Persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great extent absorbed by the new Islamic polity....
65,397,521 98% 64,089,570
Middle East Iraq
Islam in Iraq

The history of Islam in Iraq goes back several centuries to the lifetime of Muhammad ....
27,499,638 97% 26,674,649
Western Europe Ireland
Islam in Ireland

The documented history of Islam in Ireland dates to the 1950s. The number of muslims in Ireland increased considerably since the 1990s....
4,109,086 0.49% 20,135
Middle East Israel 6,426,679 12% - 16% 771,201 - 1,028,269
Western Europe Italy
Islam in Italy

The history of Islam in Italy dates back to the 7th and 8th centuries, when some of the Lombards, a Germanic tribes that ruled parts of northern Italy, converted from Arianism to Islam instead of to Catholicism....
58,147,733 1.4% 814,068
Caribbean Jamaica
Islam in Jamaica

The statistics for Islam in Jamaica estimate a total Muslim population of 5,000. There are several Islamic organizations and mosques in Jamaica, including the Islamic Council of Jamaica and the Islamic Education and Dawah Center, both located in Kingston, Jamaica and offering classes in Islamic studies and daily prayers in congregation....
2,780,132 0.2%
5,560
East Asia Japan
Islam in Japan

The history of Islam in Japan is relatively brief in relation to the religion's longstanding presence in other countries around the world.There are few and isolated records of contact between Islam and Japan before the opening of the country in 1853, although some Muslims did arrive in Nagasaki, Nagasaki in earlier centuries....
127,433,494 0.095%
121,062
Middle East Jordan
Islam in Jordan

More than 90 percent of population in Jordan adhered to Sunni Islam in the late 1980s. Although observance was not always orthodox, devotion to and identification with the faith was high....
6,053,193 95% 5,750,533
Central Asia Kazakhstan
Islam in Kazakhstan

Islam is the largest religion practiced in Kazakhstan. Ethnic Kazakhs are historically Sunni Muslims of the Hanafi school. Statistics based on the Muslim population in Kazakhstan varies a lot, it contributes to around 50% of the population or more, it is stated Islam is practiced by 47% of the population by the CIA and US Department of State...
15,284,929 47% 7,183,917
East Africa Kenya
Islam in Kenya

File:Mengo mosque.jpgIslam is the religion of approximately 10% of the Kenyan population, or approximately 3.4 million people. The Kenyan coast is mostly populated by Muslims....
36,913,721 10% 3,691,372
East Asia Korea
Islam in Korea

In South Korea, the Muslim population has been steadily increasing since the introduction of the Islamic faith shortly after the Korean War. The Muslim community is centered around Seoul, where the first large 20th-century mosque was built in 1976 using the funds of the Malaysian Islamic Mission and other Muslim world....
23,301,725 n/a n/a
East Asia South Korea
Islam in Korea

In South Korea, the Muslim population has been steadily increasing since the introduction of the Islamic faith shortly after the Korean War. The Muslim community is centered around Seoul, where the first large 20th-century mosque was built in 1976 using the funds of the Malaysian Islamic Mission and other Muslim world....
49,044,790 0.071% 35,000
Balkans Kosovo
Islam in Kosovo

Islam in Kosovo has a long standing tradition dating back to the conquering of the Balkans, including Kosovo, by the Ottoman Empire. Before the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the entire Balkan region had been Christianized by both the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empires....
2,126,708 90% 1,914,037
Middle East Kuwait
Islam in Kuwait

Islam is the main religion of the citizens of Kuwait. Sunni Islam is dominant in Kuwait, with 60% of the total population. The Shi'is have a representation of about 30%, and is therefore a large minority....
2,505,559 67.5%
- 80% 1,691,252 - 2,004,447
Central Asia Kyrgyzstan
Islam in Kyrgyzstan

The vast majority of today's Kyrgyz are Muslims of the Sunni branch, which came into the region during the 8th century. Some Kyrgyz Muslims practice their religion in a specific way influenced by tribal customs....
5,284,149 75%
- 80% 3,963,112 - 4,227,319
Southeast Asia Laos
Islam in Laos

Muslims are a small minority in this Buddhist majority country. Muslims are visible in the capital, Vientiane, that also has a Jama Masjid.The Muslim population is mostly engaged in trade and manage meat shops....
6,521,998 0.0065% 424
Eastern Europe Latvia
Islam in Latvia

The presence of Muslims in Latvia was first recorded in the early 19th century. The Muslims had mainly Tatar and Turkic peoples backgrounds, and most had been brought to Latvia against their will....
2,259,810 0.017% 384
Middle East Lebanon
Islam in Lebanon

Islam in Lebanon is divided between four Muslim sects; Shiites, Sunnis, Alawites, and Ismailis including the Druze. All but Ismailis enjoy proportional representation in Parliament of Lebanon....
3,826,018 55%
2,142,570
Southern Africa Lesotho
Islam in Lesotho

According to , the Muslim population of Lesotho in 2000 was 1000 or 0.05% of the population.References...
2,125,262 >1% (approx) 21,256
West Africa Liberia
Islam in Liberia

Islam in Liberia is practiced by 20% of the population. The vast majority of Liberian Muslims are Sunni, with only a few Shi'ites. The primary Muslim ethnic groups are the Vai and Mandingo....
3,195,931 20%
639,186
North Africa Libya
Islam in Libya

Most Libyans adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam, which provides both a spiritual guide for individuals and a keystone for government policy. Its tenets stress a unity of religion and state rather than a separation or distinction between the two, and even those Muslims who have ceased to believe fully in Islam retain Islamic habits and attitudes....
6,036,914 97% 5,855,807
Eastern Europe Lithuania
Islam in Lithuania

In Lithuania, unlike many other northern and western European countries, Islam came long ago. It was so because the medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania, stretching from Baltic to Black seas, included some Muslim lands in the south, inhabited by Crimean Tatars....
3,575,439 0.075% 2,682
Western Europe Luxembourg
Islam in Luxembourg

Muslims in Luxembourg are a super-minority together with: Protestantism, Orthodox Church, and Judaism. Since 2008, Islam is legally recognized in the country....
480,222 2% 9,604
Balkans Republic of Macedonia
Islam in the Republic of Macedonia

Muslims in the Republic of Macedonia form 33% of the Republic of Macedonia's total population. It has the fourth largest Muslim population in Europe by percentage after Kosovo , Albania , and Bosnia-Herzegovina ....
2,055,915 32% 657,893
Southern Africa Madagascar
Islam in Madagascar

Islam has been well-established in what is now known as Madagascar for centuries and today Muslims represent 7% of the population, or approximately 1.2 million Malagasy....
19,448,815 7% 1,361,417
Southern Africa Malawi
Islam in Malawi

Islam is the second largest religion in Malawi after Christianity; nearly all of Malawi's Muslims adhere to Sunni Islam. According to the CIA Factbook, 12.8% of the country's population is Muslim ....
13,603,181 12.8% - 20% 1,741,207 - 2,720,636
Southeast Asia Malaysia
Islam in Malaysia

Islam is the official religion of Malaysia, and the Government actively promotes the spread of Islam in the country and its friendship with other Muslim countries....
24,821,286 60.4% 14,992,057
South Asia Maldives 369,031 99.41% 366,853
West Africa Mali
Islam in Mali

Muslims currently make up approximately 90 percent of the population of Mali, the largest country in West Africa. The bolaka majority of Muslims in Mali are Sunni....
11,995,402 90% 10,795,862
North Africa Mauritania
Islam in Mauritania

Virtually all Mauritanians are Sunni Muslims. They adhere to the Maliki madhab, one of the four Sunni schools of law. Since independence in 1960, Mauritania has been an Islamic republic....
3,270,065 99.9% 3,266,795
Southern Africa Mauritius
Islam in Mauritius

The 1968 constitution of Mauritius recognized four religious categories: Hindus, Muslims, Sino-Mauritians, and the general population. According to a 1989 estimate of a total population of 1,080,000, Muslims constituted about 16 percent ....
1,250,882 17%
212,650
North America Mexico
Islam in Mexico

Official data estimates in the 2000 census show that there are 1,500 Muslims in Mexico, representing 0.0015 percent of the total population. In recent years, conversions to Islam may have increased this number by between 1,500 and 3,000 people....
108,700,891 0.26%
282,622
Eastern Europe Moldova
Islam in Moldova

According to the US Department of State, there is a small community of Muslims in Moldova, numbering a few thousand.In 2005 the Spiritual Organisation of Muslims in Moldova headed by Talgat Masaev was denied registration despite of the appeal of the Mission to Moldova of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe....
4,328,816 0.07% 3,030
Central Asia Mongolia
Islam in Mongolia

File:?lgii Mosque.jpgIslam in Mongolia is mainly practised by the ethnic Kazakhs of Bayan-?lgii Province and Khovd Province Aimags of Mongolia in western Mongolia....
2,951,786 4% - 6% 118,071 - 177,107
Balkans Montenegro
Islam in Montenegro

Muslims in Montenegro form the largest minority religion in the country. Montenegro's 110,000 Muslims make up 17.74% of the total population. They are divided into these main groups: Slavic Muslims split among Bosnian language-speaking Bosniaks, Muslims by nationality, Montenegrin language-speaking Montenegrins, and ethnic Albanians....
684,736 18% - 21% 123,252 - 143,795
North Africa Morocco
Islam in Morocco

Islam is the largest religion in Morocco, with roughly 98.7% of the population adhering to it....
33,757,175 98.7%
- 99.9% 33,318,332 - 33,723,418
Southern Africa Mozambique
Islam in Mozambique

Islam in Mozambique is the religion of approximately four million Mozambicans, or about 17.8% to 20% of the total population. This figure is disputed by some Muslim clerics, who say Islam is practiced by a much larger number of people....
20,905,585 20% 4,181,117
Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,373,958 4% 1,894,958
Southern Africa Namibia
Islam in Namibia

Islam is the third largest religion in Namibia after Christianity and indigenous beliefs....
2,055,080 1% 20,055
South Asia Nepal
Islam in Nepal

Islam is a minority religion in Nepal.According to a 2006 Nepali people census 4.2% of the population is Muslim. Islam generally thought to have been introduced by Islam in India that traveled to Nepal and began living there....
28,901,790 4% 1,156,072
Western Europe Netherlands
Islam in the Netherlands

History...
16,570,613 5.5% - 6% 911,384 - 994,237
Oceania New Caledonia
Islam in New Caledonia

Islam in New Caledonia arrived more than a 100 years ago. The first Muslims in New Caledonia were the Arabs who were brought there by the France forces took them there during the colonisation in the Maghreb....
221,943 4% 8,878
Oceania New Zealand
Islam in New Zealand

Islam in New Zealand began with the arrival of Muslim Chinese golddiggers in the 1870s. Small numbers of Muslim immigrants from India and eastern Europe settled from the early 1900s until the 1960s....
4,115,771 0.58% 23,871
Central America Nicaragua
Islam in Nicaragua

According to 2007 statistics released by the U.S. Department of State concerning Islam in Nicaragua, there are approximately 1,200 to 1,500 Muslims, mostly Sunnis who are resident aliens or naturalized from Palestine, Libya, and Iran....
5,675,356 0.008% 454
West Africa Niger
Islam in Niger

Islam in Niger accounts for the vast majority of the nations religious adherents. The faith is practiced by more than 90% of the population, although this figure varies by source and percentage of population who are classified as Animist....
12,894,865 80% - 95% 10,315,892 - 12,250,122
West Africa Nigeria
Islam in Nigeria

Fifty percent of the population of Nigeria adheres to Islam. Islam came to Northern Nigeria as early as the ninth century, and was well established in the Kanem-Bornu Empire during the reign of Humme Jilmi....
135,031,164 50% 67,515,582
Western Europe Norway
Islam in Norway

Islam is the largest minority religion in Norway with over 2% of the population. In 2007, government statistics registered 79,068 members of Islamic congregations in Norway, about 10% more than in 2006.....
4,627,926 1.8% 83,303
Middle East Oman
Islam in Oman

The majority of Omanis are Ibadi Muslims, followers of Abd Allah ibn Ibad. Approximately 25 percent are Sunni Muslims and live primarily in Sur, Oman and the surrounding area and in Dhofar....
3,204,897 92.66% 2,969,658
South Asia Pakistan
Islam in Pakistan

Islam is the official religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In the 1998 census, it found 96% of the total population were Muslims, and in 2007 at 96% and out of Muslim population ....
164,741,924 96% - 97% 158,152,247 - 159,799,666
Central America Panama
Islam in Panama

Islam in Panama has a long and unique history. Official data estimates 0.3 percent of the population of Panama is Muslim....
3,242,173 0.3% 9,727
Oceania Papua New Guinea
Islam in Papua New Guinea

Islam in Papua New Guinea is a minority religion; the US department of state estimates that there are about 2000 muslims in the country....
5,795,887 0.035% 2,029
South America Paraguay
Islam in Paraguay

The latest statistics for Islam in Paraguay estimate a total Muslim population of 507, representing 0.008 percent of the population. Most of the Muslims are descendants of immigrants from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine....
6,669,086 0.008% 534
South America Peru
Islam in Peru

The statistics for Islam in Peru estimate a total Muslim population of 1000, representing 0.002 percent of the population. The religion came to Peru by Middle Eastern settlers: Arabs and Iranians....
28,674,757 0.003% 860
Southeast Asia Philippines
Islam in the Philippines

Islam is one of the oldest organized religions to be established in the Philippines. Islam reached the islands in the 14th century with the arrival of Indian, Malay and Javanese people merchants, and Arab missionaries from various Sultan#Southeast_.26_East_Asia in the Malay Archipelago, although the Spread_of_islam#Southeast_Asia is due to t...
91,077,287 5% 4,553,864
Central Europe Poland
Islam in Poland

The first noticeable presence of Islam in Poland began in the 14th century. From this time it was primarily associated with the Tatars, many of whom settled in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth while continuing their traditions and religious beliefs....
38,518,241 0.01% 3,852
Western Europe Portugal
Islam in Portugal

According to the Instituto Nacional de Estat?stica , there were, according to the 1991 Census, 9134 Islam in Portugal, about 0.1% of the total population....
10,642,836 0.33% 35,121
Middle East Qatar
Islam in Qatar

Qatar is a Muslim-majority country with Islam as the state religion. The population of Muslims in Qatar of Qataris are all Muslims but, there are high numbers of foreign workers in Qatar which varies the Muslim population....
907,229 77.5% 703,102
Balkans Romania
Islam in Romania

Islam in Romania is followed by only 0.3 percent of population, but has 700 years of tradition in Northern Dobruja, a region on the Black Sea coast which was part of the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries ....
22,276,056 0.2% 44,552
Eastern Europe Russia
Islam in Russia

Islam is currently the second most widely professed religion in the Russian Federation. According to the most recent estimates by the R&F Agency, there are more than 20 million officially self-identified Muslims in Russia, a number that has risen by 40% in the last 15 years, though no more than 6 million are truly orthodox....
141,377,752 10% - 14%
14,137,775 - 19,792,885
East Africa Rwanda
Islam in Rwanda

Islam was first introduced into Rwanda by Muslim traders from the East Coast of Africa in the 18th century. Since its introduction, Muslims have been a minority in the territory, while the Roman Catholic Church, introduced to Rwandans during the Belgium Invasion, military occupation and colonisation by France missionaries in the late 19th cen...
9,907,509 4.6% 455,745
Middle East Saudi Arabia
Islam in Saudi Arabia

The vast majority of Saudis are Sunni Muslims. Around 10% of citizens are Shia Muslims, most of whom live in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, with the largest concentrations in Qatif, Al-Ahsa, and Dammam, another large concentrations is found in Najran, in addition to a small minority in Medina....
27,601,038 90% (overall) - 100% (citizen only) 24,564,924 - 22,024,962
West Africa Senegal
Islam in Senegal

Islam is the predominant religion in Senegal. Ninety-four percent of the country's population is estimated to be Muslim. Most Muslims in Senegal are members of one of the Sufi brotherhoods....
12,521,851 94% - 95% 11,770,540 - 11,895,758
Balkans Serbia
Islam in Serbia

The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks and Albanians, but also members of the smaller ethnic groups like Muslims by nationality, Ashkali, Egyptians , Gorani , Roma people, and Turkish people....
8,023,557 3.2% 256,754
East Africa Seychelles
Islam in Seychelles

Islam in the Indian Ocean was established by Muslim sea merchants well before the European discovery of Seychelles. However, unlike in other island states including the Comoros and Maldives, there were no permanent inhabitants in Seychelles until the French settlement in 1770....
81,895 0.21% 172
West Africa Sierra Leone
Islam in Sierra Leone

Statistics for Islam in Sierra Leone estimate a Muslim population of 3,610,585, representing around 60 percent of the country's total population....
6,144,562 60% 3,686,737
Southeast Asia Singapore
Islam in Singapore

File:Masjid Sultan 7.JPGFile:Hajjah Fatimah Mosque, Dec 05.JPGSunni Islam is the religion of about 15% of Singapore's population; mainly the sizeable Malay Singaporean minority, who constitute about 13.9% of the country's population....
4,553,009 15% 682,951
Central Europe Slovakia
Islam in Slovakia

The number of Muslims in Slovakia according to the 2001 census is negligible . In the 17th century a small part of central southern Slovakia was occupied by Ottoman Empire for some time after Turkish settlements were established for example in N?gr?d , other regions of Slovakia were subjects to permanent Turkish raids and pillaging....
5,447,502 0.0056% - 0.056% 305 - 3,051
Central Europe Slovenia
Islam in Slovenia

The Muslims in Slovenia are ethnically Bosniaks and Albanians. The Muslims constitute 2.4% of Slovenian population. The Islamic Centre of Ljubljana is headed by Nevzet Poric, general secretary of the Muslim community of Slovenia....
2,009,245 2.4% 48,222
Oceania Solomon Islands
Islam in the Solomon Islands

The United States Department of State's International Religious Freedom Report states that according to the most recent reports, there are approximately 350 Muslims in the Solomon Islands....
566,842 0.04% 200
East Africa Somalia
Islam in Somalia

Nearly all Somalis are Sunni Islam Muslims. Practicing Islam reinforces distinctions that further set Somalis apart from their immediate African neighbors, many of whom are either Christians or adherents of indigenous faiths....
9,118,773 99.9% 9,109,654
Southern Africa South Africa
Islam in South Africa

Islam in South Africa predates the colonial period, and consisted of isolated contact with Arab and East African traders. Many South African Muslims are described as Coloureds, notably in the Western Cape, including those whose ancestors came as slaves from the Indonesian archipelago ....
43,997,828 1.5% 659,967
Western Europe Spain
Islam in Spain

Islam in Spain has had a fundamental presence in the culture and history of the nation. The religion was dominant in southern Spain from 711 until 1492 under the rule of the Arabs and Moors of al-Andalus....
40,448,191 2.3% 930,308
South Asia Sri Lanka
Islam in Sri Lanka

Islam in Sri Lanka is practiced by a group of minorities who make up approximately 8% of the population. The Muslim community is divided into three main ethnic groups: the Sri Lankan Moors, the Indian Muslims, and the Malays, each with its own history and traditions....
20,926,315 7%
1,464,842
North Africa Sudan
Islam in Sudan

Sudan is a religiously mixed country, although Muslims have dominated national government institutions since independence in 1956. Statistics indicate that the Muslim population is approximately 75%-80%, including numerous Arab and non-Arab groups....
39,379,358 70% 27,565,551
South America Suriname
Islam in Suriname

According to the most recent census, the Muslim population of Suriname represents about 13 percent of the country's total population, but various unofficial sources cite a number as high as 20% giving the country one of the highest percentages of Muslims on the American continent....
470,784 13.5% - 19.6% 63,556 - 92,274
Southern Africa Swaziland
Islam in Swaziland

The nation of Swaziland is home to nearly 1 million people, of which, approximately 10% or 100,000 are identified as Muslims, making Islam the 3rd largest religion in the country....
1,133,066 1% - 10% 11,331 - 113,307
Western Europe Sweden
Islam in Sweden

Sweden has today, almost exclusively due to immigration, a significant Muslim population....
9,031,088 3% 270,933
Western Europe Switzerland
Islam in Switzerland

According to the Confederate census of 2001, a total number of 310,807 Islam were living in Switzerland which made up 4.26% of the total population. Islam is not an officially recognized religion in Switzerland....
7,554,661 4.3% 324,850
Middle East Syria
Islam in Syria

HistoryIn March 1963 a military coup installed a secular, Baath socialist regime dominated by minority sects. In 1970, an Alawi ruler, Hafez al-Assad, seized the presidency ....
19,314,747 90% 17,383,272
East Asia Taiwan
Islam in Taiwan

Islam in Taiwan is a slowly growing religion with an estimated 100 converts annually. There are about 45,000 registered Muslims in Taiwan, as of 2007....
22,858,872 0.3% 45,717
Central Asia Tajikistan
Islam in Tajikistan

Islam in Tajikistan....
7,076,598 90% 6,368,938
East Africa Tanzania
Islam in Tanzania

Islam is, as of 2007, the largest religion in Tanzania with 35% of the population of the mainland being Muslim and more than 99% of the population in Zanzibar are Muslims too....
39,384,223 35% - 40% 13,784,478 - 15,753,689
Southeast Asia Thailand
Islam in Thailand

Islam is most popular in southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia, where the vast majority of the country's Muslims, predominantly Malays in origin, are found....
65,068,149 4.6% 2,993,135
West Africa Togo
Islam in Togo

Muslims in Togo represent between 13.7 and 55% of the national population. Islam came to Togo about the same time as it did much of West Africa....
5,701,579 13.7% - 20% 781,116 - 1,140,316
Central America Trinidad and Tobago
Islam in Trinidad and Tobago

Muslims constitute 6 percent of the population on Trinidad and Tobago, representing 65,318 individuals. The majority live in Trinidad but there are a handful in Tobago as well....
1,056,608 5.8% 61,283
North Africa Tunisia
Islam in Tunisia

Islam is the official state religion in Tunisia. Approximately 98 percent of the population of Tunisia is nominally Muslim. Most of them are Sunni belonging to the Malikite madhab, but a small number of Ibadi still exist among the Berber people-speakers of Jerba Island....
10,276,158 98%
10,070,635
Southern Europe Turkey
Islam in Turkey

The region comprising modern Turkey has a long and rich Islamic tradition stretching back to the dawn of the Seljuk period and Ottoman Empire. The country has many historical mosques present throughout the cities and towns, including many in Istanbul....
71,517,100 99%
70,800,000
Central Asia Turkmenistan
Islam in Turkmenistan

Traditionally, the Turkmen people of Turkmenistan, like their kin in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, are Sunni Islam. Shia Islam, the other main branch of Islam, are not numerous in Turkmenistan, and the Shia religious practices of the Azerbaijani people and Kurdish people minorities are not politicized....
5,097,028 89% 4,536,355
East Africa Uganda
Islam in Uganda

According to the National Census 2002 Islam is practiced by 12.1 percent of the population....
30,262,610 12.1% 3,661,775
Eastern Europe Ukraine
Islam in Ukraine

The majority of Muslims in Ukraine are of Crimean Tatars in ethnicity and live in the Crimean peninsula.History of Muslims in Ukraine ...
46,299,862 1.1% 500,000
Middle East United Arab Emirates
Islam in the United Arab Emirates

More than 80% of the population of the United Arab Emirates are non-citizens. Virtually all of the country's citizens are Muslims; approximately 85% are Sunni and the remaining 15% are Shi'a Islam....
4,444,011 61.75% - 76% 2,744,177 - 3,377,448
Western Europe United Kingdom
Islam in the United Kingdom

Islam is the second largest religion in the United Kingdom with recent estimates suggesting Muslim numbers as high as 2.4 million. Islam was not legalized until the Trinitarian Act 1812 in 1812, though Muslims were present in the UK before this: During the 18th century, lascars who worked for the East India Company settled in port...
60,776,238 2.7% - 3.3% 1,640,958 - 2,000,000
North America United States
Islam in the United States

The history of Islam in the United States starts in the early 16th century, with Estevanico being the first Muslim to enter the historical record in North America....
301,139,947 0.6% - 1% 1,806,840 - 3,011,399
Caribbean Puerto Rico
Islam in Puerto Rico

Islam in Puerto Rico: As in 2004, official data estimated there were 5,091 Muslims in Puerto Rico, representing 0.13 percent of the population, although many Muslims on the island claim the numbers are much larger....
3,944,259 0.13% 5,128
South America Uruguay
Islam in Uruguay

The statistics for Islam in Uruguay estimate a total Muslim population of 300 to 400, representing 0.01 percent of the population. There are two Islamic centers in Canelones and Montevideo....
3,460,607 0.01% 346
Central Asia Uzbekistan
Islam in Uzbekistan

Islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan. In the early 1990s, many of the Russians remaining in the republic were Orthodox Christians....
27,780,059 88% 24,446,452
Oceania Vanuatu
Islam in Vanuatu

Islam in Vanuatu is practised by about 200 members of the small island nation of Vanuatu in Oceania....
208,900 0.1% 209
South America Venezuela
Islam in Venezuela

There are approximately 100,000 Muslims in Venezuela, 0.4 percent of the nation's population. Venezuela has a small but influential Muslim population, many of them Arabs of Lebanon, Palestinian Authority, and Syrian descent, Turkish people, and demographics of Iran ....
26,023,528 0.35% 91,082
Southeast Asia Vietnam
Islam in Vietnam

Islam in Vietnam is primarily the religion of the Cham people, a minority ethnic group related to Malays ; however, roughly one-third of the Muslims in Vietnam are of other ethnic groups....
85,262,356 0.079% 67,357
Middle East West Bank and Gaza 4,018,332 83.74% 3,365,079
North Africa Western Sahara
Islam in Western Sahara

According to the CIA World Factbook, Muslims make up nearly 100% of the population of the Western Sahara....
382,617 99.8% 381,852
Middle East Yemen
Islam in Yemen

Islam was introduced into the region by Ali ibn Abu Talib in about 630 when Prophet Muhammad was still alive. It was during this period that the mosques in al Janad and the great mosque in San'a were built....
22,230,531 99% 22,008,225
Southern Africa Zambia
Islam in Zambia

The arrival of Islam in Zambia dates to the fourth Hijri century when Muslims established emirates on the coast of East Africa. During that period Muslim slave merchants extended their business to the interior regions reaching Zambia in the period of the Omani dynasty Al Bu Sa'id Dynasty....
11,477,447 less than 1% 114,774
Southern Africa Zimbabwe
Islam in Zimbabwe

Estimates on the number Muslims in Zimbabwe vary from as low as 120,000 to as many as 1.2 million. According the United States State Department:"The Muslim community consists primarily of South Asian immigrants , a small but growing number of indigenous Zimbabweans, Zimbabweans who descend from European migrants, migrants from other southern and...
12,311,143 less than 1% 123,111
Total 6,671,226,000 21.731% - 22.674% 1,449,765,439 - 1,512,655,647

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
Maghreb

The Maghreb , also rendered Maghrib , meaning "place of sunset" or "western" in Arabic, is a region in North Africa. The term is generally applied to all of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, but in older Arabic usage pertained only to the area of the three countries between the high ranges of the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea....
countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

Islam in Africa
Islam in Africa

The precise number of Muslims in Africa is unknown, as statistics regarding religious demography in Africa are incomplete. According to the World Book Encyclopedia, Islam is the largest religion in Africa, followed by Christianity....

Region Total Population Muslims % Muslim % of Muslim total
Central Africa
Central Africa

Central Africa is a core region of the African continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
15.714% 0.852%
East Africa
East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN subregion, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
28.859% 4.497%
North Africa
North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Northern Africa includes the following seven countries or territories:...
89.579% 12.199%
Southern Africa
Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, consisting of numerous territories....
1.639% 0.605%
West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
50.783% 9.077%
Total 45.762% 27.23%

Islam in Asia
Islam in Asia

Islam began in Asia in the 7th century during the life of Muhammad. The greatest number of adherents of Islam has lived in Asia since the beginning of Islamic history....

Region Total Population Muslims % Muslim % of Muslim total
Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
82.707% 5.155%
East Asia
East Asia

East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either Geography or cultural terms. Geography and geopolitically, it covers about 12,000,000 km?, or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe, though some categorize Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia as Central Asia....
2.592% 2.683%
Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
91.791% 17.085%
South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
28.947% 28.184%
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
41.931% 16.228%
Total 26.222% 69.336%

Islam in Europe
Islam in Europe

This article deals with the history and evolution of the Islamic religion in Europe....

Region Total Population Muslims % Muslim % of Muslim total
Balkans
Balkans

The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic subregion of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia....
12.483% 0.553%
Central Europe
Central Europe

Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern Europe and Western Europe Europe. In addition, Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe....
0.7% 0.035%
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
10.256% 1.479%
Western Europe
Western Europe

Western Europe refers to the countries in the western most half of Europe. This concept has had different meanings, political and cultural as well as geographical issues have influenced the area....
3.613% 0.92%
Total 6.052% 2.987%

Islam in North and South America
Region Total Population Muslims % Muslim % of Muslim total
Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
0.067% 0.001%
Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
0.199% 0.006%
North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
1.147% 0.347%
South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
1.073% 0.269%
Total 1.101% 0.822%

Islam in Oceania
Islam in Oceania

Islam in Oceania refers to Islam and Muslims in Oceania. Some countries in Oceania, notably Australia, have Islam as their third largest religion, after Christianity and Buddhism....

Region Total Population Muslims % Muslim % of Muslim total
Oceania
Oceania

Oceania is a geography, often geopolitics, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville....
1.22% 0.025%

By largest population

Following is a list of countries with largest Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
population on left and highest percentage of Muslim population in the country on the right.

By Population By Percentage (citizens only)
Rank Country Muslim Population % Muslim Country % Muslim Muslim Population
1
Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....

207,000,105
88.20%
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....

100%
26,417,599
2
Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...

159,799,666
97%
Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....

99%
31,571,023
3 India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....

151,402,065
13.4%
Somalia
Somalia

Somalia , officially the Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa....

100%
8,591,629
4
Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....

132,446,365
88%
Maldives
Maldives

The Maldives , or Maldive Islands, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a Atolls of the Maldivess stretching south of India's Lakshadweep islands between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago, and about seven hundred kilometres south-west of Sri Lanka in the Laccadive Sea of Indian Ocean....

99.9%
348,756
5
Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....

70,530,237
90%
Western Sahara
Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a territory of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west....

99.8%
272,461
6
Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....

70,800,000
99%
Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....

99%
70,800,000
7
Nigeria
Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....

64,385,994
45%
Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....

98%
67,337,681
8
Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....

64,089,571
98%
Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....

99%
32,206,534
9
Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....

32,999,883
99%
Mauritania
Mauritania

Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....

99%
3,083,772
10
Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....

32,300,410
99%
Yemen
Yemen

Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....

99%
20,519,792
11
Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....

31,571,023
99%
Tunisia
Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....

99%
9,974,201
12
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....

26,417,599
100%
Oman
Oman

Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....

99%
2,971,567
13
Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....

26,121,865
65%
Comoros
Comoros

The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel between northern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique....

99%
664,534
14
Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

25,292,658
97%
Djibouti
Djibouti

Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast....

99%
471,935
15
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan , is a Landlocked_country#Doubly_landlocked_country country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union....

23,897,563
89%
Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....

98.7%
32,300,410
16
Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....

22,533,500
31.2%
Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...

98%
162,487,489
17
Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....

21,513,046
15%
Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

97%
5,592,596
18
Yemen
Yemen

Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....

20,519,792
99%
Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

97%
25,292,658
19
China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....

19,594,707
1.5%
Tajikistan
Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east....

95%
6,805,330
20
Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....

16,234,901
88%
Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....

95%
5,471,745
21
Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....

14,467,694
60.4%
Qatar
Qatar

Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....

95%
819,898
22
Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....

12,868,224
35%
Senegal
Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the S?n?gal River in West Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south....

94%
10,459,222
23
Mali
Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....

11,062,376
90%
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....

93.4%
7,584,311
24
Niger
Niger

Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....

10,499,343
90%
Bahrain
Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....

93.1%
659,682
25
Senegal
Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the S?n?gal River in West Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south....

10,459,222
94%
Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....

91%
70,530,237
26
Tunisia
Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....

9,974,201
99%
Mali
Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....

90%
11,062,376
27
Somalia
Somalia

Somalia , officially the Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa....

8,548,670
99%
Niger
Niger

Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....

90%
10,499,343
28
Guinea
Guinea

Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....

8,047,686
85%
Gambia
95%
1,433,930
29
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....

7,584,311
93.4%
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan , is a Landlocked_country#Doubly_landlocked_country country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union....

89%
23,897,563
30
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso , also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and C?te d'Ivoire to the south west....

7,449,626
52%
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a Turkic peoples country in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ....

89%
4,407,352
31
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....

7,137,346
47%
Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....

88.2%
207,000,105
32
Tajikistan
Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east....

6,805,330
95%
Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....

88%
127,001,272
33
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire

, formerly Ivory Coast, officially the , is a country in West Africa. The government officially discourages the use of the name Ivory Coast in English, preferring the French name to be used in all languages ....

6,677,043
38.6%
Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....

88%
16,234,901
34
Congo (Kinshasa)
6,008,500
10%
Guinea
Guinea

Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....

85%
8,047,686
35
Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

5,592,596
97%
Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....

85%
1,985,300
36
Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....

5,471,745
95%
West Bank and Gaza
84%
3,159,999
37
Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....

5,306,266
54%
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and People's Republic of China to the east....

80%
4,117,024
38
United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

4,558,068
1.5%
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....

76%
1,948,041
39
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a Turkic peoples country in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ....

4,407,352
89%
Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....

70%
2,508,277
40
Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....

4,392,873
5%
Brunei
Brunei

Brunei Darussalam, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace , is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia....

64.5%
241,602
41
France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....

4,214,790
6.9%
Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....

65%
26,121,865
42
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and People's Republic of China to the east....

4,117,024
80%
Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....

60.4%
14,467,694
43
Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....

4,090,422
15%
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest....

60%
3,610,585
44
Mozambique
Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest....

3,881,340
20%
Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....

55%
2,142,570
45
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest....

3,610,585
60%
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso , also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and C?te d'Ivoire to the south west....

52%
7,449,626
46
Ghana
Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....

3,364,776
16%
Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....

54%
5,306,266
47
Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....

3,276,001
20%
Nigeria
Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....

50%
64,385,994
48
Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....

3,272,218
5%
Eritrea
Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the Country of Eritrea, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast....

50%
2,280,799
50
Mauritania
Mauritania

Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....

3,083,772
99.9%
Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....

50%
37,533,500
51
Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....

3,049,961
3.7%
Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...

40%
1,820,879
52
Oman
Oman

Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....

2,971,567
99%
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire

, formerly Ivory Coast, officially the , is a country in West Africa. The government officially discourages the use of the name Ivory Coast in English, preferring the French name to be used in all languages ....

38.6%
6,677,043
53
Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....

2,004,480
58%
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in western Africa, and one of the smallest states in continental Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....

38%
538,090
54
Malawi
Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast and Mozambique, which surrounds it on the east, south and west....

2,431,784
20%
Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....

35%
12,868,224
55
Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....

2,368,071
7%
Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....

33.3%
685,305
56
Eritrea
Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the Country of Eritrea, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast....

2,280,799
50%
Suriname
Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname is a country in northern South America. Originally, the country was spelled Surinam by English settlers who founded the first colony at Marshall's Creek, along the Suriname River, and was Geographical renaming Nederlands Guyana, Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana....

22%
96,391
57
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro

The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro , was a Political union of Serbia and Montenegro, which existed between 2003 and 2006. The two republics, both of which are former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, initially formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992....

2,274,126
21%
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro

The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro , was a Political union of Serbia and Montenegro, which existed between 2003 and 2006. The two republics, both of which are former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, initially formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992....

21%
2,274,126
58
Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....

2,142,570
55%
Mozambique
Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest....

20%
3,881,340
59
Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....

1,985,300
85%
Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....

20%
3,276,001
60
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....

1,948,041
76%
Malawi
Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast and Mozambique, which surrounds it on the east, south and west....

20%
2,431,784

See also

Muslim Peoples
Muslim world
Muslim world

.The term Muslim world has several meanings. In a Culture sense it refers to the worldwide community of Muslims, adherents of Islam. This community Islam by country, roughly one-fifth of the world population....
Demographics of Islam
Demographics of Islam

The following table analyzes the Demographics of Islam as of mid-year 2005....
Muslim population growth
Muslim population growth

Data for the rates of growth of Islam reveal that the growing number of Muslims is due primarily to immigration and higher birth rates .*In 2006, countries with a Muslim majority had an average population growth rate of 2.35% per year ....
List of religious populations
List of religious populations

Religious demographics and Religions by country....
Religions by country
Religions by country

Note that the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will show dual figures; those are the percentage of people who believe in God and the percentage of nominal adherents who celebrate traditional religious holidays although not professing belief in God: Cultural Jews and Cultural Christians as found mainly in Western Europe and Nor...
Buddhism by country
Buddhism by country

Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Shamanism, Shinto, and Taoism often have beliefs comprised of a mix of religious ideas....
Hinduism by country
Hinduism by country

The percentage of Hinduism population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006. Other sources used were CIA Factbook and adherents.com....
Judaism by country
Roman Catholics by country
Protestantism by country
Protestantism by country

The following is a list of Protestants by country. For the purposes of this list, "Protestant" includes the following denominations: Assemblies of God, Anglican/Episcopalian , Baptist, Church of God, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregational church, Calvinist, Holiness movement, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Pentecostal, Pr...
Christianity by country
Christianity by country

File:Christian distribution.pngThe following table pertains to Christianity by country, notably population statistics....
Irreligion by country
Irreligion

File:Irreligion map.pngFile:Religion in the world.PNGFile:Believers - Religion map 2005.svgFile:Religious importance.pngIrreligion is an absence of religion, indifference to religion, or hostility to religion....

Category:Bahá'í Faith by country and Bahá'í statistics
Bahá'í statistics

Statistical estimates of the worldwide Bah?'? Faith population are difficult to judge. The religion is almost entirely contained in a single, organized, hierarchical community, but the Bah?'? population is spread out into almost every country and ethnicity in the world, being recognized as the second-most geographically widespread religion af...

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