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Muslim Population% of World Muslims

Muslim Population

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Indonesia

242,700,000

Pakistan

240,760,000

India

200,000,000

Bangladesh

150,800,000

Nigeria

97,000,000

	Indonesia	242,700,000	12.27%
	Pakistan	240,760,000	12.17%
	India	200,000,000	10.11%
	Bangladesh	150,800,000	7.62%
	Nigeria	97,000,000	4.9%	Population estimate is range: 95,000,000-97,000,000
	Egypt	90,000,000	4.55%	Population estimate is range: 85,000,000-90,000,000
	Turkey	84,400,000	4.27%	Population estimate is range: 78,000,000-84,400,000
	Iran	82,500,000	4.17%
	China	50,000,000	2.53%	Population estimate is range: 6,255,000-50,000,000
	Algeria	43,737,096	2.21%
	Iraq	39,653,447	2%	Population estimate is range: 38,439,566-39,653,447
	Sudan	38,585,777	1.95%
	Afghanistan	37,025,000	1.87%
	Morocco	36,370,847	1.84%
	Ethiopia	34,702,632	1.75%
	Saudi Arabia	31,535,000	1.59%
	Uzbekistan	29,920,000	1.51%
	Yemen	26,784,498	1.35%
	Niger	21,101,926	1.07%
	Malaysia	20,063,500	1.01%
	Tanzania	19,426,814	0.98%
	Mali	17,508,398	0.89%
	Senegal	17,421,191	0.88%
	Russia	16,000,000	0.81%	Population estimate is range: 14,000,000-16,000,000; Population estimate for Total Population is range: 144,350,000-146,750,000
	Syria	15,000,000	0.76%
	Burkina Faso	13,513,840	0.68%
	Kazakhstan	13,158,672	0.67%
	DR Congo	12,792,153	0.65%
	Philippines	12,000,000	0.61%	Population estimate is range: 5,450,000-12,000,000
	Ivory Coast	11,265,789	0.57%
	Somalia	10,978,000	0.55%
	Guinea	10,563,171	0.53%
	Tunisia	10,190,000	0.52%
	Jordan	10,165,577	0.51%
	Azerbaijan	10,073,758	0.51%
	Tajikistan	9,253,000	0.47%
	Chad	9,183,207	0.46%
	Cameroon	7,692,289	0.39%
	France	6,700,000	0.34%
	Libya	6,551,871	0.33%
	Ghana	6,442,205	0.33%
	United Arab Emirates	6,251,627	0.32%
	Sierra Leone	6,067,706	0.31%
	Kyrgyzstan	5,850,000	0.3%	Population estimate is range: 5,200,000-5,850,000
	Mozambique	5,837,839	0.3%
	Turkmenistan	5,610,000	0.28%
	Kenya	5,500,000	0.28%
	Uganda	5,435,234	0.27%
	Germany	4,600,000	0.23%	Population estimate is range: 4,300,000-4,600,000
	Palestine	4,298,000	0.22%
	Mauritania	4,157,425	0.21%
	Malawi	3,968,512	0.2%
	United Kingdom	3,868,133	0.2%
	Thailand	3,640,000	0.18%
	Lebanon	3,567,211	0.18%
	United States	3,450,000	0.17%
	Benin	3,141,319	0.16%
	Eritrea	3,100,000	0.16%	Population estimate is range: 2,160,000-3,100,000
	Italy	2,987,840	0.15%
	Madagascar	2,568,361	0.13%
	South Sudan	2,464,683	0.12%
	Oman	2,427,000	0.12%
	Myanmar	2,391,767	0.12%
	Gambia	2,283,080	0.12%
	Kuwait	2,175,684	0.11%
	Sri Lanka	2,105,000	0.11%
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,955,084	0.1%
	Albania	1,797,645	0.09%
	Canada	1,775,715	0.09%
	Togo	1,593,011	0.08%
	Qatar	1,566,786	0.08%
	Israel	1,516,482	0.08%
	Brazil	1,500,000	0.08%	Population estimate is range: 35,167-1,500,000
	Nepal	1,292,909	0.07%
	Burundi	1,184,452	0.06%
	Spain	1,180,000	0.06%
	Bahrain	1,063,239	0.05%
	South Africa	1,050,000	0.05%
	Liberia	961,953	0.05%
	Singapore	915,118	0.05%
	Guinea-Bissau	911,023	0.05%
	Belgium	879,377	0.04%
	Central African Republic	861,759	0.04%
	Bulgaria	861,015	0.04%
	Djibouti	857,496	0.04%
	Australia	813,392	0.04%
	Comoros	807,204	0.04%
	Austria	720,000	0.04%
	North Macedonia	705,608	0.04%
	Sweden	700,000	0.04%
	Western Sahara	599,633	0.03%
	Rwanda	576,054	0.03%
	Georgia	527,091	0.03%
	Switzerland	440,000	0.02%
	Ukraine	410,000	0.02%	Population estimate is range: 390,000-410,000
	Argentina	400,000	0.02%
	Netherlands	387,000	0.02%
	Maldives	374,775	0.02%
	Brunei	355,045	0.02%
	Denmark	313,713	0.02%
	Greece	313,406	0.02%	Population estimate is range: 215,230-313,406
	Cambodia	311,044	0.02%
	Hong Kong	295,746	0.01%
	Cyprus	275,000	0.01%
	Mayotte	253,439	0.01%
	Mauritius	236,020	0.01%
	Gabon	211,903	0.01%
	Romania	200,000	0.01%	Population estimate is range: 73,000-200,000
	Japan	185,000	0.01%
	Norway	175,507	0.01%
	Zambia	168,877	0.01%
	Mongolia	150,000	0.01%
	Venezuela	125,216	0.01%
	Montenegro	122,849	0.01%
	Serbia	121,460	0.01%
	Republic of the Congo	107,997	0.01%
	Finland	102,000	0.01%
	Zimbabwe	100,000	0.01%
	Belarus	100,000	0.01%	Population estimate is range: 45,000-100,000
	Colombia	96,337	0%
	Vietnam	96,160	0%
	Angola	90,000	0%
	Suriname	85,800	0%
	Equatorial Guinea	79,745	0%
	Trinidad and Tobago	78,000	0%
	South Korea	75,000	0%
	Slovenia	73,568	0%
	Ireland	70,952	0%
	Portugal	65,000	0%
	Croatia	64,057	0%
	Taiwan	60,000	0%
	Hungary	60,000	0%	Population estimate is range: 40,000-60,000
	Fiji	58,355	0%
	Guyana	55,000	0%
	New Zealand	41,000	0%
	Reunion	36,364	0%
	Honduras	30,000	0%
	Panama	25,000	0%
	Czechia	20,000	0%	Population estimate is range: 10,000-20,000
	El Salvador	18,000	0%
	Moldova	15,000	0%
	Luxembourg	15,000	0%
	Malta	11,675	0%
	Cape Verde	11,367	0%
	Cuba	11,116	0%
	Slovakia	10,866	0%
	Namibia	9,654	0%
	Botswana	8,996	0%
	New Caledonia	7,000	0%
	Poland	6,796	0%
	Eswatini	6,000	0%
	Sao Tome and Principe	5,931	0%
	Jamaica	5,624	0%
	Mexico	5,500	0%
	Haiti	5,000	0%
	Barbados	4,396	0%
	Chile	4,000	0%
	North Korea	3,000	0%
	Lithuania	3,000	0%
	Lesotho	3,000	0%
	French Guiana	2,400	0%
	Andorra	2,228	0%
	Liechtenstein	2,050	0%
	Bolivia	2,000	0%
	Dominican Republic	2,000	0%
	Papua New Guinea	2,000	0%
	Latvia	2,000	0%
	Bhutan	2,000	0%	Population estimate. Actual population may be lower.
	Guadeloupe	2,000	0%
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,000	0%
	Estonia	1,508	0%
	Guatemala	1,200	0%
	Gibraltar	1,150	0%
	Armenia	1,038	0%
	Seychelles	1,036	0%
	Peru	1,000	0%
	Ecuador	1,000	0%
	Laos	1,000	0%
	Nicaragua	1,000	0%
	Paraguay	1,000	0%
	Costa Rica	1,000	0%
	Uruguay	1,000	0%
	Puerto Rico	1,000	0%
	Timor-Leste	1,000	0%
	Solomon Islands	1,000	0%
	Macau	1,000	0%
	Belize	1,000	0%
	Bahamas	1,000	0%
	Iceland	1,000	0%
	Vanuatu	1,000	0%
	Martinique	1,000	0%
	French Polynesia	1,000	0%
	Samoa	1,000	0%
	Saint Lucia	1,000	0%
	Guam	1,000	0%
	Kiribati	1,000	0%
	Grenada	1,000	0%
	Micronesia	1,000	0%
	Aruba	1,000	0%
	Tonga	1,000	0%
	Antigua and Barbuda	1,000	0%
	Isle of Man	1,000	0%
	United States Virgin Islands	1,000	0%
	Cayman Islands	1,000	0%
	Dominica	1,000	0%
	Bermuda	1,000	0%
	Faroe Islands	1,000	0%
	Greenland	1,000	0%
	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,000	0%
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,000	0%
	American Samoa	1,000	0%
	Northern Mariana Islands	1,000	0%
	British Virgin Islands	1,000	0%
	Monaco	1,000	0%
	Marshall Islands	1,000	0%
	San Marino	1,000	0%
	Palau	1,000	0%
	Anguilla	1,000	0%
	Cook Islands	1,000	0%
	Nauru	1,000	0%
	Wallis and Futuna	1,000	0%
	Tuvalu	1,000	0%
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1,000	0%
	Montserrat	1,000	0%
	Falkland Islands	1,000	0%
	Tokelau	1,000	0%
	Niue	1,000	0%
	Total	1,978,183,991	100%

• Muslim population censuses and estimates took place over a number of years (generally 2017-2019). As such, total populations shown have been matched to the year of the census data and will differ from current populations.
• Countries whose Muslim populations are 1,000 or lower are listed with a placeholder population of 1,000. Because their precise Muslim populations are unclear, percentages have not been computed.

Snapshot

• Islam, with over two billion followers, is the second-largest religion globally and projected to outnumber Christians by 2050.
• Majority of Muslims reside in northern and central Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
• Islam includes major denominations like Sunni and Shi’a, and internal conflicts, particularly between these sects, have led to armed conflicts in several regions.

Muslims are followers of the religion Islam, who believe in and live by the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. There are more than two billion Muslims worldwide, making Islam the second-largest religion in the world, exceeded only by Christianity. In fact, many researchers project that Muslims will outnumber Christians by the year 2050.

Although Muslims can be found all over the world, the majority live in northern and central Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Many countries in these regions are more than 90% Muslim, including Egypt, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Turkey, and Iran. Any country in which Muslims make up 50% or more of the population is considered a Muslim majority country.

The country with the largest number of Muslims overall is Indonesia, which is home to over 242 million Muslims. This is about 87% of the Indonesian population and 11.7% of the world’s total population of Muslims. In Indonesia, Islam can be broadly categorized into “modernism,” which follows orthodox theology while embracing modern learning, or “traditionalism,” which follows the interpretations of local religious leaders.

Top 10 Countries with the Largest Number of Muslims (2021)

While the previously mentioned countries possess the highest total number of Muslims, several smaller nations have larger percentages of Muslim inhabitants.

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Percentage of Muslims (2021)

*Note: At 99.4% Muslim, the disputed territory Western Sahara would rank at #8–but as it has not yet been recognized as a country by the United Nations, it was disqualified.

Many Westerners might be surprised to learn that Islam is an Abrahamic religion, meaning Muslims worship the same God as Christians, Jews, and the Bahá’í Faith—though obviously with significant differences in scripture, theology, doctrine, and application.

Just as Christianity encompasses multiple denominations (Catholic, Lutheran, Mormon, Baptist, etc.), Islam includes two major denominations: Sunni (75-90%) and Shi’a (10-13%), as well as a number of smaller branches. For example, Muslims in Indonesia are approximately 99% Sunni, 0.5% Shia, and 0.3% Ahmadi.

The division between Sunni and Shi’a is nearly as old as Islam itself, having stemmed from a disagreement in AD 632 about who should succeed Muhammad as the leader of the faith. In the centuries since that time, additional theological differences have arisen.

The tension between various Muslim groups, particularly Shi’a vs Sunni, has occasionally led to armed conflict and terrorist activity. Muslim extremists are responsible for insurgencies in several African nations, and violence between Muslim sects has escalated into full-blown civil war in countries including Iraq, Yemen, and Syria.

Sources

1. Islam by country – Wikipedia