Islam by country - wikipedia Islam by country World Muslim population by percentage Part of a series on Islam Beliefs Oneness of God Prophets Revealed books Angels Predestination Day of Resurrection Practices Profession of faith Prayer Fasting Alms - giving Pilgrimage Texts and laws Quran Sunnah Hadith Sharia ( law ) Fiqh ( jurisprudence ) Kalam ( dialectic ) History Timeline Muhammad Ahl al - Bayt Sahabah Rashidun Imamate Caliphate Spread of Islam Culture and society Calendar Festivals Academics Art Moral teachings Children Denominations Feminism Women Madrasa Mosque Philosophy Politics Proselytizing Animals LGBT Science Demographics Economics Finance Social welfare Related topics Criticism of Islam Islam and other religions Islamism Islamophobia Glossary Islam portal Adherents of Islam constitute the world 's second largest religious group. According to a study in 2015, Islam has 1.8 billion adherents, making up about 24 % of the world population. Most Muslims are either of two denominations : Sunni ( 80 - 90 %, roughly 1.5 billion people ) or Shia ( 10 -- 20 %, roughly 170 - 340 million people ). Islam is the dominant religion in the Central Asia, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia, North Africa, the Sahel and some other parts of Asia. The diverse Asia - Pacific region contains the highest number of Muslims in the world, easily surpassing the Middle East and North Africa. About 31 % of all Muslims are of South Asian origin, therefore South Asia contains the largest population of Muslims in the world. Within this region, however, Muslims are second in numbers to Hindus, as Muslims are a majority in Pakistan and Bangladesh, but not India. The various Hamito - Semitic ( including Arab, Berber ), Turkic, and Iranic countries of the greater Middle East - North Africa ( MENA ) region, where Islam is the dominant religion in all countries other than Israel, hosts 23 % of world Muslims. The country with the single largest population of Muslims is Indonesia in Southeast Asia, which on its own hosts 13 % of the world 's Muslims. Together, the Muslims in the countries of Southeast Asia constitute the world 's third largest population of Muslims. In the countries of the Malay Archipelago Muslims are majorities in each country other than Singapore, the Philippines, and East Timor. About 15 % of Muslims reside in Sub-Saharan Africa, and sizable Muslim communities are also found in the Americas, Caucasus, China, Europe and Russia. Western Europe hosts large Muslim immigrant communities where Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6 % of the total population or 24 million people. Converts and immigrant communities are found in almost every part of the world. Contents 1 Denominations 2 Countries 2.1 Table 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Denominations Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Economy GDP ( PPP ) GDP ( PPP ) per capita Exports Imports Education Member states By population Largest cities Parliamentary Union Main articles : Islamic denominations and History of Islam Historically, Islam was divided into two major religious denominations : Sunni and Shi'a. Of the total Muslim population, 87 - 90 % are Sunni and 10 - 13 % are Shi'a. Most Shi'as ( between 68 % and 80 % ) live in mainly four countries : Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain and Iraq. Today, many of the Shia sects are extinct. The major surviving Imamah - Muslim Sects are Usulism ( with nearly more than 10 % ), Nizari Ismailism ( with nearly more than 1 % ) and Alevism ( with slightly more than 0.5 % but less than 1 % ). The other existing groups include Zaydi Shi'a of Yemen whose population is nearly more than 0.5 % of the world 's Muslim population, Musta'li Ismaili ( with nearly 0.1 % whose Taiyabi adherents reside in Sindh and Gujarat in South Asia. There are also significant diaspora populations in Europe, North America, the Far East and East Africa ), and Ibadis from the Kharijites whose population has diminished to a level below 0.15 %. On the other hand, new Muslim sects like the Nation of Islam, Ahmadi Muslims ( with nearly around 1 % ), non-denominational Muslims, Quranist Muslims and Wahhabis ( with nearly around 1 - 2 % of the world 's total Muslim population ) were later independently developed. According to the Pew Research Center in 2010, there were 50 Muslim - majority countries. Around 62 % of the world 's Muslims live in the Asia - Pacific region ( from Turkey to Indonesia ), with over 1 billion adherents. The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a nation home to 12.7 % of the world 's Muslims, followed by Pakistan ( 11.0 % ), and India ( 10.9 % ). About 20 % of Muslims live in Arab countries. In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Iran and Turkey are the largest Muslim - majority countries ; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities. The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria. Countries Most of the percentages of Muslim populations of each country, if not stated otherwise, were taken from the study by the Pew Research Center report of The Future of the Global Muslim Population, as of 27 January 2011. Other studies show variance with Pew figures. The percentage of Muslims in Egypt is given as 93.7 %. However, the figure for Christians in Egypt is usually estimated at 12 - 15 %, but in truth nobody knows since there has been no religious census. Likewise the percentage of Christians in Jordan is usually estimated to be 6 - 7 %. Table Country / Region Muslims Muslim percentage ( % ) of total population Percentage ( % ) of World Muslim population Afghanistan 29,047,100 99.8 1.8 Albania 1,587,608 56.7 0.1 Algeria 40,400,000 98.2 -- 99 2.7 American Samoa < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Andorra < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Angola 90,000 1.0 < 0.1 Anguilla < 1,000 0.3 < 0.1 Antigua and Barbuda < 1,000 0.6 < 0.1 Argentina 784,000 2.5 < 0.1 Armenia < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Aruba < 1,000 0.4 < 0.1 Australia 604,000 2.6 < 0.1 Austria 700,000 8 < 0.1 Azerbaijan 9,872,765 96.9 0.5 Bahamas < 1,000 0.1 < 0.1 Bahrain 866,888 70.2 < 0.1 Bangladesh 148,607,000 90.4 9.2 Barbados 2,000 0.9 < 0.1 Belarus 19,000 0.2 < 0.1 Belgium 658,463 5.9 < 0.1 Belize < 1,000 0.1 < 0.1 Benin 2,710,000 24.5 0.1 Bermuda < 1,000 0.8 < 0.1 Bhutan ≤ 2,000 0.2 < 0.1 Bolivia 2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Bosnia - Herzegovina 1,790,454 50.7 0.1 Botswana 8,000 0.4 < 0.1 Brazil 204,000 0.1 < 0.1 British Virgin Islands < 1,000 < 0.1 Brunei 295,000 67 < 0.1 Bulgaria 577,000 7.8 < 0.1 Burkina Faso 11,270,000 60.5 0.6 Burma ( Myanmar ) 2,237,495 2.3 0.1 Burundi 277,480 2.5 < 0.1 Cambodia 303,187 1.9 < 0.1 Cameroon 4,940,000 20.9 0.2 Canada 1,053,945 3.2 0.1 Cape Verde 10,000 < 0.1 Cayman Islands < 1,000 0.2 < 0.1 Central African Republic 403,000 15 < 0.1 Chad 7,827,653 58 0.4 Chile 2,894 0.03 ( over 15 + pop. ) < 0.1 China 22,000,000 - 50,000,000 1.8 1.4 Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands < 1,000 80 < 0.1 Colombia 40,000 to 80,000 0.2 < 0.1 The Comoros 785,000 98.3 < 0.1 Congo 3,648,267 5 0.1 Cook Islands < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Costa Rica < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Côte d'Ivoire 7,960,000 40 0.5 Croatia 60,000 1.4 < 0.1 Cuba 10,000 0.1 < 0.1 Cyprus 273,000 22.7 < 0.1 Czech Republic 10,500 0.1 < 0.1 Denmark 230,000 4.1 < 0.1 Djibouti 853,000 97.0 0.1 Dominica < 1,000 0.2 < 0.1 Dominican Republic 2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Ecuador 145 < 0.1 < 0.1 Egypt 73,800,000 90 4.9 El Salvador 2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Equatorial Guinea 28,000 4.1 < 0.1 Eritrea 1,909,000 36.6 - 48 / 50 0.1 Estonia 1,508 < 0.1 < 0.1 Ethiopia 25,037,646 34 1.8 Faroe Islands < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Falkland Islands < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Federated States of Micronesia < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Fiji 54,000 6.3 < 0.1 Finland 42,000 0.8 < 0.1 France 5,020,000 7.5 0.3 French Guiana 2,000 0.9 < 0.1 French Polynesia < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Gabon 145,000 9.7 < 0.1 Gambia 1,669,000 95.3 0.1 Georgia 442,000 10.5 < 0.1 Germany 3,551,802 - 4,700,000 4.4 - 5.8 0.2 Ghana 4,914,000 18 0.2 Gibraltar 1,000 4.0 < 0.1 Greece 610,000 5.3 < 0.1 Greenland < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Grenada < 1,000 0.3 < 0.1 Guadeloupe 2,000 0.4 < 0.1 Guam < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Guatemala 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Guinea 8,693,000 84.2 0.5 Guinea Bissau 705,000 45 < 0.1 Guyana 55,000 7.2 < 0.1 Haiti 2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Honduras 11,000 0.1 < 0.1 Hong Kong 220,000 3.1 < 0.1 Hungary 5,579 0.3 < 0.1 Iceland 770 0.2 < 0.1 India 180,000,000 14.2 9.6 Indonesia 225,000,000 87.2 12.7 Iran 80,750,000 99.7 4.6 Iraq 31,108,000 99 1.9 Ireland 70,158 1.3 < 0.1 Isle of Man < 1,000 0.2 < 0.1 Israel 1,287,000 17.7 0.1 Italy 2,220,000 3.7 0.1 Jamaica 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Japan 185,000 0.1 < 0.1 Jordan 6,397,000 93.8 0.4 Kazakhstan 11,200,000 70.2 ( official census ) 0.5 Kenya 2,868,000 10 0.2 Kiribati < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Kosovo 1,584,000 95.6 0.1 Kuwait 2,636,000 74.1 0.2 Kyrgyzstan 4,927,000 88.8 0.3 Laos 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Latvia 2,000 0.1 < 0.1 Lebanon 2,542,000 59.7 0.2 Lesotho 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Liberia 523,000 12.8 < 0.1 Libya 6,325,000 96.6 0.4 Liechtenstein 2,000 4.8 < 0.1 Lithuania 3,000 0.1 < 0.1 Luxembourg 11,000 2.3 < 0.1 Macau < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Macedonia 500,000 33.3 < 0.1 Madagascar 220,000 7 < 0.1 Malawi 2,011,000 12.8 0.1 Malaysia 19,500,000 61.4 1.1 Maldives 309,000 100 < 0.1 Mali 15,667,704 95 0.8 Malta 1,000 0.2 < 0.1 Marshall Islands < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Martinique < 1,000 0.2 < 0.1 Mauritania 4,171,633 100 0.2 Mauritius 230,118 17.3 < 0.1 Mayotte 197,000 98.8 < 0.1 Mexico 3,700 - 111,000 0.1 < 0.1 Moldova 15,000 0.4 < 0.1 Monaco < 1,000 0.5 < 0.1 Mongolia 200,000 6 < 0.1 Montenegro 118,477 19.11 < 0.1 Montserrat < 1,000 0.1 < 0.1 Morocco 32,381,000 99 2.0 Mozambique 5,340,000 22.8 0.3 Namibia 9,000 0.4 < 0.1 Nauru < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Nepal 1,253,000 4.2 0.1 Netherlands 825,000 / 1,000,000 5 - 6 0.1 Netherlands Antilles < 1,000 0.2 < 0.1 New Caledonia 7,000 2.8 < 0.1 New Zealand 41,000 0.9 < 0.1 Nicaragua 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Niger 19,502,214 98.3 1.0 Nigeria 93,839,000 41 - 50 4.7 Niue < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 North Korea 3,000 0.1 < 0.1 Northern Mariana Islands < 1,000 0.7 < 0.1 Norway 100,000 - 185,000 2 - 4 ( 2016 Dec. ) < 0.1 Oman 2,427,000 85.9 0.2 Pakistan 200,294,136 96.4 11.0 Palau < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Palestinian Territories 4,298,000 97.5 0.3 Panama 25,000 0.7 < 0.1 Papua New Guinea 2,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Paraguay 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Peru < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Philippines 5,000,000 - 10,700,000 5 - 11 0.3 - 0.6 Poland 20,000 0.1 < 0.1 Portugal 65,000 0.6 < 0.1 Puerto Rico 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Qatar 1,168,000 77.5 0.1 Republic of Congo 77,736 1.6 < 0.1 Reunion 35,000 4.2 < 0.1 Romania 73,000 0.3 < 0.1 Russia 9,400,000 - 20,000,000 6.5 - 15 1.0 Rwanda 589,429 4.8 < 0.1 St. Helena < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 St. Kitts and Nevis < 1,000 0.3 < 0.1 St. Lucia < 1,000 0.1 < 0.1 St. Pierre and Miquelon < 1,000 0.2 < 0.1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2,000 1.7 < 0.1 Samoa < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 San Marino < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 São Tomé and Príncipe < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Saudi Arabia 31,878,000 97.1 1.6 Senegal 14,584,931 95.9 0.8 Serbia 221,460 3.1 < 0.1 Seychelles < 1,000 1.1 < 0.1 Sierra Leone 4,171,000 71.5 0.3 Singapore 721,000 14.7 < 0.1 Slovakia 10,866 0.2 < 0.1 Slovenia 73,568 3.6 < 0.1 Solomon Islands < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Somalia 9,231,000 98.9 0.6 South Africa 654,064 1.5 < 0.1 South Korea 35,000 0.1 < 0.1 South Sudan 610,000 6.2 < 0.1 Spain 1,887,906 4.1 0.1 Sri Lanka 1,967,227 9.71 0.1 Sudan 39,027,950 97.0 1.9 Suriname 84,000 19.6 < 0.1 Swaziland 129,230 10 < 0.1 Sweden 450,000 - 500,000 5 < 0.1 Switzerland 400,000 5 < 0.1 Syria 17,376,000 82.9 1.0 Taiwan 60,000 0.3 < 0.1 Tajikistan 6,506,000 96.7 0.4 Tanzania 19,426,814 35 0.8 Thailand 3,952,000 5.8 0.2 Timor - Leste 1,000 0.1 < 0.1 Togo 827,000 20 0.1 Tokelau < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Tonga < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Trinidad and Tobago 78,000 5.8 < 0.1 Tunisia 11,190,000 99.8 0.6 Turkey 74,660,000 98.6 4.6 Turkmenistan 4,830,000 93.3 0.3 Turks and Caicos Islands < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Tuvalu < 1,000 0.1 < 0.1 Uganda 5,030,000 12.0 0.3 Ukraine 393,000 0.9 < 0.1 United Arab Emirates 3,262,000 67 0.2 United Kingdom 3,106,368 4.8 0.2 United States 2,595,000 0.8 - 0.9 0.2 U.S. Virgin Islands < 1,000 0.1 < 0.1 Uruguay < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Uzbekistan 26,833,000 96.5 1.7 Vanuatu < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Vatican City 0 0 0 Venezuela 95,000 0.3 < 0.1 Vietnam 71,200 0.2 < 0.1 Wallis and Futuna < 1,000 < 0.1 < 0.1 Western Sahara 528,000 99.6 < 0.1 Yemen 24,023,000 99.0 1.5 Zambia 140,000 < 0.1 Zimbabwe 488,656 < 0.1 Zh ! Central Asia 54,000,000 81 3.0 Zi ! South Asia 600,000,000 31.4 30.6 Zj ! Southeast - East Asia 257,000,000 12.0 15.0 Zk ! Middle East - North Africa ( MENA ) 315,322,000 91.2 22.9 Zl ! Sub-Saharan Africa 242,544,000 29.6 15.0 Zm ! Europe 44,138,000 6.0 2.7 Zn ! Americas 5,256,000 0.6 0.3 Zo ! World Total 1,800,000,000 24.1 100.0 See also Islam by country Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Ivory Coast Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea - Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Asia Afghanistan Armenia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma Cambodia Central Asia China Hong Kong Macau Tibet East Timor Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Maldives Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Asia Southeast Asia Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Europe Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Macedonia Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales USSR Americas Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador French Guiana Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad & Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Oceania Australia Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Islam portal Islam : Muslim world Muslim population growth Shia Muslims in the Arab world Ahmadiyya by country Other religions by country : Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Judaism Sikhism General List of religious populations References ^ `` Why Muslims are the world 's fastest - growing religious group ''. 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Question: where do the majority of islamic followers live
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