Islam by country

Islam - percentage by country

Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity with over 1.0-1.8 billion adherents, comprising 20-25% of the world population while most estimates figures that there are 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide.

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

Around 30 to 40 countries in the world are Muslim-majority. South Asia and Southeast Asia contain the most populous Muslim countries, with Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh having more than 100 million adherents each. According to U.S. government figures, in 2006 there were 20 million Muslims in China. In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities., the CIA World Factbook, and Adherents.com . 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 .

By country

Region	Country or Territory	Population (2007)	% Muslim	Total number of Muslims
South Asia	Islam	32,738,376	99%	31,571,023
Southern Europe	Islam	3,619,778	58%	2,004,480
North Africa	Islam	33,769,668	99%	32,999,884
Southern Africa	Islam	12,531,357	0.70%	85,845
South America	Islam	40,482,000	1.5%	604,529
Caucasus	Islam	2,968,586	n/a	n/a
Oceania	Islam	21,007,310	1.7%	347,381
Central Europe	Islam	8,199,783	4.2%	344,391
Caucasus	Islam	8,120,247	93.4% - 96%	7,584,311 - 7,795,437
Middle East	Islam	708,573	81.2% (overall) - 98% (citizen)	575,361 - 463,996
South Asia	Islam	150,448,339	88.3% - 89.7%	132,446,365 - 134,952,160
Eastern Europe	Islam	9,724,723	0.1%	9,724
Western Europe	Islam	10,392,226	4%	415,689
Central America	Islam	294,385	0.58%	1,707
West Africa	Islam	8,078,314	20% - 24.4%	1,615,663 - 1,971,109
South Asia	Islam	2,327,849	0.5%	11,639
South America	Islam	9,119,152	0.01%	912
Balkans	Islam	4,552,198	40% - 45%	1,820,879 - 2,048,489
Southern Africa	Islam	1,815,508	0.2%	3,631
South America	Islam	190,010,647	0.016%	30,402
Southeast Asia	Islam	374,577	64%	239,729
Balkans	Islam	7,322,858	12.2%	893,389
West Africa	Islam	14,326,203	50% - 55%	7,163,102 - 7,879,412
Central Africa	Islam	8,390,505	10%	839,051
Southeast Asia	Islam	13,995,904	3.5%	489,857
West Africa	Islam	18,060,382	20% - 22%	3,612,076 - 3,973,284
North America	Islam	33,390,141	2%	667,803
Central Africa	Islam	4,369,038	15% - 20%	655,356 - 873,808
Central Africa	Islam	9,885,661	51%	5,041,678
South America	Islam	16,284,741	0.02%	3,257
East Asia	Islam	1,321,851,888	1.5%	19,827,778
South America	Islam	44,379,598	0.024%	10,651
East Africa	Islam	711,417	98%	657,822
Central Africa	Islam	3,800,610	2%	76,012
Central Africa	Islam	65,751,512	5% - 10%	3,287,576 - 6,575,151
Central America	Islam	4,133,884	0.1%	4,134
West Africa	Islam	18,013,409	35% - 40%	6,304,693 - 7,205,364
Balkans	Islam	4,493,312	1.3%	58,413
North America	Islam	11,394,043	0.008%	912
Southern Europe	Islam	788,457	18%	141,922
Central Europe	Islam	10,228,744	0.1%	10,229
Western Europe	Islam	5,468,120	2% - 3.7%	109,362 - 202,320
East Africa	Islam	496,374	94% - 99%	466,592 - 491,410
Caribbean	Islam	9,365,818	0.02%	1,873
South East Asia	Islam	1,084,971	1%	10,850
South America	Islam	13,755,680	0.002%	275
North Africa	Islam	80,335,036	90%	72,301,532 - 75,514,933
Central America	Islam	6,948,073	0.03%	2,084
East Africa	Islam	4,906,585	48% - 60%	2,189,567 - 2,943,951
Eastern Europe	Islam	1,315,912	0.4%	5,264
East Africa	Islam	76,511,887	32.8% - 45%	25,095,899 - 34,430,349
Oceania	Islam	918,675	7%	64,307
Western Europe	Islam	5,238,460	0.40%	20,654
Western Europe	Islam	63,718,187	6.9% - 10%	4,396,555 - 6,371,819
West Africa	Islam	1,454,867	1%	14,549
West Africa	Islam	1,688,359	90% - 95%	1,519,523 - 1,603,941
Caucasus	Islam	4,646,003	9.9%	459,954
Western Europe	Islam	82,400,996	3.9%	3,213,639
West Africa	Islam	22,931,299	15.6%	3,577,283
Balkans	Islam	10,706,290	1.3%	139,182
Caribbean	Islam	89,971	0.3%	270
Central America	Islam	12,728,111	0.008%	1,018
West Africa	Islam	9,947,814	85%	8,455,642
West Africa	Islam	1,472,780	45%	662,751
South America	Islam	769,095	7.2%	55,375
Caribbean	Islam	8,706,497	0.02%	1,741
Central America	Islam	7,483,763	0.04%	2,994
Central Europe	Islam	9,956,108	0.03%	3,201
Western Europe	Islam	301,931	0.1%	302
South Asia	Islam	1,129,866,154	13.4%	151,402,065
Southeast Asia	Islam	234,693,997	85.2% - 88.20%	199,959,285 - 207,000,105
Middle East	Islam	65,397,521	98%	64,089,570
Middle East	Islam	27,499,638	97%	26,674,649
Western Europe	Islam	4,109,086	0.49%	20,135
Middle East	Islam	6,426,679	12% - 16%	771,201 - 1,028,269
Western Europe	Islam	58,147,733	1.4% - 10%	11,331 - 113,307
Western Europe	Islam	9,031,088	3%	270,933
Western Europe	Islam	7,554,661	4.3%	324,850
Middle East	Islam	19,314,747	90%	17,383,272
East Asia	Islam	22,858,872	0.3%	45,717
Central Asia	Islam	7,076,598	90%	6,368,938
East Africa	Islam	39,384,223	35% - 40%	13,784,478 - 15,753,689
Southeast Asia	Islam	65,068,149	4.6%	2,993,135
West Africa	Islam	5,701,579	13.7% - 20%	781,116 - 1,140,316
Central America	Islam	1,056,608	5.8%	61,283
North Africa	Islam	10,276,158	98%	10,070,635
Southern Europe	Islam	71,517,100	99%	70,800,000
Central Asia	Islam	5,097,028	89%	4,536,355
East Africa	Islam	30,262,610	12.1%	3,661,775
Eastern Europe	Islam	46,299,862	1.1%	500,000
Middle East	Islam	4,444,011	61.75% - 76%	2,744,177 - 3,377,448
Western Europe	Islam	60,776,238	2.7% - 3.3%	1,640,958 - 2,000,000
North America	Islam	301,139,947	0.6% - 1%	1,806,840 - 3,011,399
Caribbean	Islam	3,944,259	0.13%	5,128
South America	Islam	3,460,607	0.01%	346
Central Asia	Islam	27,780,059	88%	24,446,452
Oceania	Islam	208,900	0.1%	209
South America	Islam	26,023,528	0.35%	91,082
Southeast Asia	Islam	85,262,356	0.079%	67,357
Middle East	Islam	4,018,332	83.74%	3,365,079
North Africa	Islam	382,617	99.8%	381,852
Middle East	Islam	22,230,531	99%	22,008,225
Southern Africa	Islam	11,477,447	less than 1%	114,774
Southern Africa	Islam	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 countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Central Africa			15.714%	0.852%
East Africa			28.859%	4.497%
North Africa			89.579%	12.199%
Southern Africa			1.639%	0.605%
West Africa			50.783%	9.077%
Total			45.762%	27.23%

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Central Asia			82.707%	5.155%
East Asia			2.592%	2.683%
Middle East			91.791%	17.085%
South Asia			28.947%	28.184%
Southeast Asia			41.931%	16.228%
Total			26.222%	69.336%

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Balkans			12.483%	0.553%
Central Europe			0.7%	0.035%
Eastern Europe			10.256%	1.479%
Western Europe			3.613%	0.92%
Total			6.052%	2.987%

Islam in Islam and Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Caribbean			0.067%	0.001%
Central America			0.199%	0.006%
North America			1.147%	0.347%
South America			1.073%	0.269%
Total			1.101%	0.822%

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Oceania			1.22%	0.025%

By largest population

Following is a list of countries with largest Muslim 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	207,000,105	88.20%	Saudi Arabia	100%	26,417,599
2	Pakistan	159,799,666	97%	Afghanistan	99%	31,571,023
3	India	151,402,065	13.4%	Somalia	100%	8,591,629
4	Bangladesh	132,446,365	88%	Maldives	99.9%	348,756
5	Egypt	70,530,237	85%	Western Sahara	99.8%	272,461
6	Turkey	70,800,000	99%	Turkey	99%	70,800,000
7	Nigeria	64,385,994	45%	Iran	98%	67,337,681
8	Iran	64,089,571	98%	Algeria	99%	32,206,534
9	Algeria	32,999,883	99%	Mauritania	99%	3,083,772
10	Morocco	32,300,410	99%	Yemen	99%	20,519,792
11	Afghanistan	31,571,023	99%	Tunisia	99%	9,974,201
12	Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	100%	Oman	99%	2,971,567
13	Sudan	26,121,865	65%	Comoros	99%	664,534
14	Iraq	25,292,658	97%	Djibouti	99%	471,935
15	Uzbekistan	23,897,563	89%	Morocco	98.7%	32,300,410
16	Ethiopia	22,533,500	31.2%	Pakistan	98%	162,487,489
17	Russia	21,513,046	15%	Libya	97%	5,592,596
18	Yemen	20,519,792	99%	Iraq	97%	25,292,658
19	China	19,594,707	1.5%	Tajikistan	95%	6,805,330
20	Syria	16,234,901	88%	Jordan	95%	5,471,745
21	Malaysia	14,467,694	60.4%	Qatar	95%	819,898
22	Tanzania	12,868,224	35%	Senegal	94%	10,459,222
23	Mali	11,062,376	90%	Azerbaijan	93.4%	7,584,311
24	Niger	10,499,343	90%	Bahrain	93.1%	659,682
25	Senegal	10,459,222	94%	Egypt	91%	70,530,237
26	Tunisia	9,974,201	99%	Mali	90%	11,062,376
27	Somalia	8,548,670	99%	Niger	90%	10,499,343
28	Guinea	8,047,686	85%	Gambia	95%	1,433,930
29	Azerbaijan	7,584,311	93.4%	Uzbekistan	89%	23,897,563
30	Burkina Faso	7,449,626	52%	Turkmenistan	89%	4,407,352
31	Kazakhstan	7,137,346	47%	Indonesia	88.2%	207,000,105
32	Tajikistan	6,805,330	95%	Bangladesh	88%	127,001,272
33	Côte d'Ivoire	6,677,043	38.6%	Syria	88%	16,234,901
34	Congo (Kinshasa)	6,008,500	10%	Guinea	85%	8,047,686
35	Libya	5,592,596	97%	Kuwait	85%	1,985,300
36	Jordan	5,471,745	95%	West Bank and Gaza	84%	3,159,999
37	Chad	5,306,266	54%	Kyrgyzstan	80%	4,117,024
38	United States	4,558,068	1.5%	United Arab Emirates	76%	1,948,041
39	Turkmenistan	4,407,352	89%	Albania	70%	2,508,277
40	Philippines	4,392,873	5%	Brunei	64.5%	241,602
41	France	4,214,790	6.9%	Sudan	65%	26,121,865
42	Kyrgyzstan	4,117,024	80%	Malaysia	60.4%	14,467,694
43	Uganda	4,090,422	15%	Sierra Leone	60%	3,610,585
44	Mozambique	3,881,340	20%	Lebanon	55%	2,142,570
45	Sierra Leone	3,610,585	60%	Burkina Faso	52%	7,449,626
46	Ghana	3,364,776	16%	Chad	54%	5,306,266
47	Cameroon	3,276,001	20%	Nigeria	50%	64,385,994
48	Thailand	3,272,218	5%	Eritrea	50%	2,280,799
50	Mauritania	3,083,772	99.9%	Ethiopia	50%	37,533,500
51	Germany	3,049,961	3.7%	Bosnia	40%	1,820,879
52	Oman	2,971,567	99%	Côte d'Ivoire	38.6%	6,677,043
53	Albania	2,004,480	58%	Guinea	38%	538,090
54	Malawi	2,431,784	20%	Tanzania	35%	12,868,224
55	Kenya	2,368,071	7%	Macedonia	33.3%	685,305
56	Eritrea	2,280,799	50%	Suriname	22%	96,391
57	Serbia and Montenegro	2,274,126	21%	Serbia and Montenegro	21%	2,274,126
58	Lebanon	2,142,570	55%	Mozambique	20%	3,881,340
59	Kuwait	1,985,300	85%	Cameroon	20%	3,276,001
60	United Arab Emirates	1,948,041	76%	Malawi	20%	2,431,784

See also

• Muslim Peoples
• Muslim world
• these figures
• Muslim population growth
• List of religious populations
• Religions by country
• Buddhism by country
• Hinduism by country
• Judaism by country
• Roman Catholics by country
• Protestantism by country
• Christianity
• Irreligion by country
• Category:Bahá'í Faith by country and Bahá'í statistics

References

• US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 [1]
• CIA FactBook [2]
• adherents.com [3]
• Religious Freedom page [4]
• Religious Intelligence [5]
• Population of Country from census.gov[6]
• Muslim Population Percentage from U.S Dept. of State[7]

External links

• Muslim Population-A Site with Extensive information regarding worldwide muslim Population.
• Articles about Islam in Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, and Ecuador
• Europe: European Muslim Union
• Qantara.de Dossier: Democracy and Civil Society in Muslim countries