List of countries by Muslim population

Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity. According to a 2009 demographic study, Islam has 1.57 billion adherents, making up 23% of the world population. 
Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East, in northern Africa"The Africanization of Missionary Christianity: History and Typology", Steven Kaplan, Journal of Religion in Africa 16 (3) (1986), 165-186. In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing - and blending. Abraham McLaughlin The Christian Science Monitor, 26 January 2006. Encyclopedia Britannica. Britannica Book of the Year 2003. Encyclopedia Britannica, (2003) ISBN 9780852299562 p.306 According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, 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. Ian S. Markham,(A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.) 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 World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here, as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: The List: The World’s Fastest-Growing Religions, Foreign Policy, May 2007., and in some parts of Asia.Britannica , Think Quest , Wadsworth.com Large communities of Muslims are also found in China, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Other parts of the world host large Muslim immigrant communities; in Western Europe, for instance, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity.See:
* Esposito (2004) pp.2,43
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Approximately 50 countries are Muslim-majority. Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in Asia, with over 683 million adherents in such countries as Indonesia (the largest Muslim country by population, home to 15.6% of the world's MuslimsSee these figures), Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.
About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.See:
* Esposito (2002b), p.21
* Esposito (2004), pp.2,43 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.
A demographic study conducted by the Pew Research Center in October 2009
 found that there are 1.57 billion Muslims around the world, accounting for roughly 1 in 4 people. The study found more Muslims in Germany than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria.Eric Gorski (2009-10-08) Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Retrieved on 2009-10-11.
Most Muslims are Sunni (87-90%), while the vast majority of the remainder (10-13%) are Shi'a.Richard Allen Greene (2009-10-07) Nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide is Muslim, report says CNN. Retrieved on 2009-10-11.
==List==
Figures indicated below are based on the demographic study by the Pew Research Center report of Mapping the Global Muslim Population, as of 8 October, 2009.
Country/Region 	Muslim population(2009 est.)	Muslim percentage (%) of totalpopulation	Percentage (%) of World Muslimpopulation
Afghanistan 	28,072,000 	99.7 	1.8
Albania 	2,522,000 	79.9 	0.2
Algeria 	34,199,000 	98.0 	2.2
Angola 	190,000 	1 	0
Argentina 	784,000 	1.9 	0.1
Armenia 	1,000 	0 	0
Australia 	365,000 	1.7 	0
Austria 	353,000 	4.2 	0
Azerbaijan 	8,765,000 	99.2 	0.6
Bahrain 	642,000 	81.2 	0
Bangladesh 	145,312,000 	89.6 	9.3
Belarus 	19,000 	0 	0
Belgium 	281,000 	3 	0
Belize 	1,400 	0.1 	0
Benin 	2,182,000 	24.4 	0.1
Bhutan 	7,000 	1.0 	0
Bolivia 	2,000 	0 	0
Bosnia-Herzegovina 	1,522,000 	40 	0.1
Botswana 	8,000 	0.4 	0
Brazil 	191,000 	0.1 	0
Brunei 	269,000 	67.2 	0
Bulgaria 	920,000 	12.2 	0.1
Burkina Faso 	9,292,000 	59.0 	0.6
Burundi 	180,000 	2 	0
Cambodia 	236,000 	1.6 	0
Cameroon 	3,498,000 	17.9 	0.2
Canada 	657,000 	2.0 	0
Central African Republic	395,000 	8.9 	0
Chad 	6,257,000 	55.8 	0.4
Chile 	4,000 	0 	0
China 	21,667,000 	1.6 	1.4
Colombia 	14,000 	0 	0
Comoros 	664,000 	98.3 	0
Costa Rica 	- 	0 	0
Congo 	943,000 	1.4 	0.1
Croatia 	18,000 	0 	0
Cuba 	9,000 	0.1 	0
Cyprus 	198,000 	22.7 	0
Czech Republic 	1,000 	0 	0
Denmark 	88,000 	2 	0
Djibouti 	838,000 	96.9 	0.1
Dominican Republic 	2,000 	0 	0
East Timor 	43,000 	3.8 	0
Ecuador 	2,000 	0 	0
Egypt 	78,513,000 	94.6 	5.0
El Salvador 	2,000 	0 	0
Eritrea 	1,854,000 	36.5 	0.1
Estonia 	2,000 	0.1 	0
Ethiopia 	28,063,000 	33.9 	1.8
Fiji 	53,000 	6.3 	0
Finland 	24,000 	0.5 	0
France 	3,554,000 	6 	0.2
Gabon 	140,000 	9.5 	0.1
Gambia 	1,625,000 	95 	0.1
Georgia 	423,000 	9.9 	0
Germany 	4,026,000 	5 	0.3
Ghana 	3,787,000 	15.9 	0.2
Greece 	310,000 	3 	0
Grenada 	- 	0.3 	0
Guatemala 	1,000 	0 	0
Guinea 	8,502,000 	84.4 	0.5
Guinea-Bissau 	680,000 	42.2 	0
Guyana 	55,000 	7.2 	0
Haiti 	2,000 	0 	0
Honduras 	11,000 	0.1 	0
Hungary 	24,000 	0.2 	0
Iceland 	- 	0.1 	0
India 	160,945,000 	13.4 	10.3
Indonesia 	202,867,000 	88.2 	12.9
Iran 	73,777,000 	99.4 	4.7
Iraq 	30,428,000 	99 	2
Ireland 	22,000 	0.5 	0
Israel 	1,194,000 	16.7 	0.1
Italy 	36,000 	0 	0
Ivory Coast 	7,745,000 	36.7 	0.5
Jamaica 	1,000 	0 	0
Japan 	183,000 	0.1 	0
Jordan 	6,202,000 	98.2 	0.4
Kazakhstan 	8,822,000 	56.4 	0.6
Kenya 	2,793,000 	7.0 	0.2
Kosovo 	1,999,000 	89.6 	0.1
Kuwait 	2,824,000 	95 	0.2
Kyrgyzstan 	4,734,000 	86.3 	0.3
Laos 	2,000 	0 	0
Latvia 	2,000 	0 	0
Lebanon 	2,504,000 	59.3 	0.2
Lesotho 	1,000 	0 	0
Liberia 	483,000 	12.2 	0
Libya 	6,203,000 	96.6 	0.4
Lithuania 	3,000 	0.1 	0
Luxembourg 	13,000 	3 	0
Macedonia 	680,000 	33.3 	0
Madagascar 	215,000 	1.1 	0
Malawi 	1,955,000 	12.8 	0.1
Malaysia 	16,581,000 	60.4 	1.1
Maldives 	304,000 	98.4 	0
Mali 	12,040,000 	92.5 	0.8
Mauritania 	3,261,000 	99.1 	0.2
Mauritius 	214,000 	16.6 	0
Mexico 	110,000 	0 	0
Moldova 	17,000 	0.5 	0
Mongolia 	133,000 	5.0 	0
Montenegro 	111,000 	17.7 	0
Morocco 	31,993,000 	99 	2
Mozambique 	5,224,000 	22.8 	0.3
Myanmar 	1,889,000 	3.8 	0.1
Namibia 	8,000 	0.4 	0
Nepal 	1,231,000 	4.2 	0.1
Netherlands 	946,000 	5.7 	0.1
New Caledonia 	7,000 	2.8 	0
New Zealand 	37,000 	0.9 	0
Nicaragua 	1,000 	0 	0
Niger 	15,075,000 	98.6 	1.0
Nigeria 	78,056,000 	50.4 	5.0
North Korea 	2,000 	0 	0
Norway 	65,000 	1 	0
Oman 	2,494,000 	87.7 	0.2
Pakistan 	174,082,000 	96.3 	11.1
Panama 	24,000 	0.7 	0
Papua New Guinea 	2,000 	0 	0
Paraguay 	1,000 	0 	0
Peru 	1,000 	0 	0
Philippines 	4,654,000 	5.1 	0.3
Poland 	48,000 	0 	0
Portugal 	15,000 	0.1 	0
Puerto Rico 	1,000 	0 	0
Qatar 	1,092,000 	77.5 	0.1
Republic of Congo 	59,000 	1.6 	0
Romania 	66,000 	0.3 	0
Russia 	16,482,000 	11.7 	1.0
Rwanda 	182,000 	1.8 	0
Saudi Arabia 	24,949,000 	97 	2
Senegal 	12,028,000 	96.0 	0.8
Serbia 	244,000 	3.2 	0
Seychelles 	1,000 	1.1 	0
Sierra Leone 	4,059,000 	71.3 	0.3
Singapore 	706,000 	14.9 	0
Slovakia 	- 	0 	0
Slovenia 	49,000 	2.4 	0
Somalia 	8,995,000 	98.5 	0.6
South Africa 	731,000 	1.5 	0
South Korea 	71,000 	0.1 	0
Spain 	650,000 	1 	0
Sri Lanka 	1,711,000 	8.5 	0.1
Sudan 	30,121,000 	71.3 	1.9
Suriname 	83,000 	15.9 	0
Swaziland 	2,000 	0.2 	0
Sweden 	149,000 	2 	0
Switzerland 	323,000 	4.3 	0
Syria 	20,196,000 	92.2 	1.3
Taiwan 	23,000 	0 	0
Tajikistan 	5,848,000 	84.1 	0.4
Tanzania 	13,218,000 	30.2 	0.8
Thailand 	3,930,000 	5.8 	0.3
Togo 	809,000 	12.2 	0.1
Trinidad and Tobago 	78,000 	5.8 	0
Tunisia 	10,216,000 	99.5 	0.7
Turkey 	73,619,000 	98 	4.7
Turkmenistan 	4,757,000 	93.1 	0.3
Uganda 	3,958,000 	12.1 	0.3
Ukraine 	456,000 	1.0 	0
United Arab Emirates 	3,504,000 	76.2 	0.2
United Kingdom 	1,647,000 	2.7 	0.1
United States 	2,454,000 	0.8 	0.2
Uruguay 	1,000 	0 	0
Uzbekistan 	26,469,000 	96.3 	1.7
Vanuatu 	- 	0 	0
Venezuela 	94,000 	0.3 	0
Vietnam 	157,000 	0.2 	0
Western Sahara 	510,000 	99.4 	0
Yemen 	23,363,000 	99.1 	1.5
Zambia 	58,000 	0.4 	0
Zimbabwe 	109,000 	0.9 	0
Asia-Pacific 	972,537,000 	24.1 	61.9
Middle East-North Africa	315,322,000 	91.2 	20.1
Sub-Saharan Africa 	240,632,000 	30.1 	15.3
Europe 	38,112,000 	5.2 	2.4
Americas 	4,596,000 	0.5 	0.3
World Total 	1,571,198,000 	22.9 	100
==See also==
* Muslim Peoples
* Muslim world
* Muslim population growth
Other religions:
* List of religious populations
* Religions by country
* Buddhism by country
* Hinduism by country
* Judaism by country
* Roman Catholics by country
* Protestantism by country
* Christianity by country
* Irreligion by country
* :Category:Bahá'í Faith by country and Bahá'í statistics
==References==
* US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report
* CIA World Factbook 
* Adherents.com
* Religious Freedom page
* Religious Intelligence
* Census.gov 
* Muslim Population Percentage from U.S Dept. of State
==External links==
* Official website of the Pew Forum study on Global Muslim Population
* 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
* 2010 World Muslim Population by Houssain Kettani
* Qantara.de Dossier: Democracy and Civil Society in Muslim countries