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.[1][2]
Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East, in northern Africa[3][4], and in some parts of Asia.[5] 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.[6]
Approximately 50 countries are Muslim-majority.[2] 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 Muslims[7]), Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.[2][8] About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.[9] 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.[8]
A demographic study conducted by the Pew Research Center in October 2009[1][2] 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.[10]
Most Muslims are Sunni (87-90%), while the vast majority of the remainder (10-13%) are Shi'a.[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.[1][2]
| Country/Region | Muslim population (2009 est.) |
Muslim percentage (%) of total population |
Percentage (%) of World Muslim population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
Template:Life in OIC
- 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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population: Main Page, Pew Research Center, http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=450
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Miller, Tracy, ed. (October 2009) (PDF), Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/Muslimpopulation/Muslimpopulation.pdf, retrieved 2009-10-08
- ↑ "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. - ↑ Britannica [1], Think Quest [2], Wadsworth.com[3]
- ↑ See:
- Esposito (2004) pp.2,43
- "Islamic World". Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
- "Muslims in Europe: Country guide". BBC News (BBC). 2005-12-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4385768.stm. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- "Religion In Britain". National Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2003-02-13. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=293. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Number of Muslim by country". nationmaster.com. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/rel_isl_num_of_mus-religion-islam-number-of-muslim. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ↑ See:
- Esposito (2002b), p.21
- Esposito (2004), pp.2,43
- ↑ Eric Gorski (2009-10-08) Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Retrieved on 2009-10-11.
- ↑ Richard Allen Greene (2009-10-07) Nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide is Muslim, report says CNN. Retrieved on 2009-10-11.
- US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report
- CIA World Factbook [4]
- Adherents.com[5]
- Religious Freedom page
- Religious Intelligence
- Census.gov [6]
- 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