Islam by country

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 24.1% of the world population. Most Muslims are either of two denominations: Sunni (87–90%, roughly 1.6 billion people) or Shia (10-13%, roughly 180–230 million people). Islam is the dominant religion in Central Asia, Indonesia, Middle East, 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.

South Asia contains the largest population of Muslims in the world. One-third of Muslims are of South Asian origin. Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with about 200 million adherents.

The various Hamito-Semitic, Arab, Berber, Turkic, and Iranic countries of the greater Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, where Islam is the dominant religion in every country other than Israel, host 23% of the world’s 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 the Philippines, Singapore, and East Timor.

About 15% of Muslims reside in Sub-Saharan Africa, and sizeable Muslim communities are also found in the Americas, China, and Europe.

Western Europe hosts many Muslim immigrant communities where Islam is the second-largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6% of the total population or 24 million people.

Denominations

Islam is divided into two major 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. 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 diasporapopulations 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%. (with nearly around 1%), non-denominational Muslims, Quranist Muslims and Wahhabis (with nearly around 1–2% of the world’s total Muslim population) also exist.

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 one billion adherents. The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7% of the world’s Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), and India (10.9%). About 20% of Muslims live in the Arab world. In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Iran and Turkey are the largest Muslim-majority countries, while Egypt and Nigeria in Africa have the same status. The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria. The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has more Muslims than any other Muslim-majority countries except Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran and Turkey.

Countries

This section needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2020)

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 5 facts about the muslim population in Europe, 2017.

Table

Country/Region	Total Population	Muslim Population	Muslim percentage of total population (%)	Percentage of world Muslim population (%)	Sources
Afghanistan	37,135,000	37,025,000	99.7	2.0
Albania	3,057,220	1,797,645	58.8	0.1
Algeria	41,657,488	41,240,913	99	2.7
American Samoa	50,826	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Andorra	85,708	2,228	2.6	< 0.1
Angola	30,355,880	90,000	0.3	< 0.1
Anguilla	17,422	< 1,000	0.6	< 0.1
Antigua and Barbuda	95,882	< 1,000	0.3	< 0.1
Argentina	44,694,198	400,000	0.9	< 1
Armenia	3,038,217	3,038	0.1	< 0.1
Aruba	116,576	< 1,000	0.4	< 0.1
Australia	25,700,000	666,000	2.6	< 0.1
Austria	9,000,000	720,000	8	< 0.1
Azerbaijan	10,046,516	9,735,074	96.9	0.5
Bahamas	332,634	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Bahrain	1,442,659	1,063,239	73.7	< 0.1
Bangladesh	170,000,000	153,700,000	90.4	9.2
Barbados	293,131	4,396	1.5	< 0.1
Belarus	9,527,543	45,000–100,000	0.5–1.0	< 0.1
Belgium	11,570,762	879,377	7.6	< 0.1
Belize	385,854	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Benin	11,340,504	3,141,319	27.7	0.14
Bermuda	71,176	< 1,000	1	< 0.1
Bhutan	766,397	≤ 2,000	0.2	< 0.1
Bolivia	11,306,341	2,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,849,891	1,955,084	50.7	0.1
Botswana	2,249,104	8,996	0.4	< 0.1
Brazil	210,000,000	35,167–1,500,000	0.02–0.7	< 0.1
British Virgin Islands	35,802	< 1,000	1.2	< 0.1
Brunei	450,565	355,045	80.9	< 0.1
Bulgaria	7,057,504	861,015	13.4	< 0.1
Burkina Faso	19,742,715	12,141,769	61.5	0.6
Burma	55,622,506	2,391,767	4.3	0.1
Burundi	11,844,520	1,184,452	10	< 0.1
Cambodia	17,304,363	190,347	1.1	< 0.1
Cameroon	25,640,965	7,692,289	30	0.4
Canada	35,881,659	1,148,213	3.2	0.1
Cape Verde	568,373	11,367	2	< 0.1
Cayman Islands	59,613	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Central African Republic	5,745,062	861,759	15	< 0.1
Chad	15,833,116	9,183,207	58	0.4
Chile	17,925,262	4,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
China	1,390,000,000	6,255,000–50,000,000	0.45–3	0.4 – 2.8
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596	< 1,000	80	< 0.1
Colombia	48,168,996	96,337	0.2	< 0.1
Comoros	821,164	807,204	98.3	< 0.1
DR Congo	85,281,024	12,792,153	10	0.1
Cook Islands	9,038	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Costa Rica	4,987,142	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Ivory Coast	26,260,582	11,265,789	42.9	0.5
Croatia	4,270,480	64,057	1.5	< 0.1
Cuba	11,116,396	11,116	0.1	< 0.1
Cyprus	1,100,000	275,000	25.3	< 0.1
Czech Republic	10,686,269	10,000–20,000	0.1–0.2	< 0.1
Denmark	5,809,502	313,713	5.4	< 0.1
Djibouti	884,017	857,496	97	0.1
Dominica	74,027	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Dominican Republic	10,298,756	2,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Ecuador	16,498,502	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Egypt	95,000,000	85,000,000–90,000,000	90–94.7	4.9
El Salvador	6,187,271	2,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Equatorial Guinea	797,457	79,745	10	< 0.1
Eritrea	6,000,000	2,160,000–3,100,000	36–51.6	0.1
Estonia	1,244,288	1,508	< 0.1	< 0.1
Ethiopia	105,000,000	35,600,000	33.9	1.8
Faroe Islands	51,018	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Falkland Islands	3,198	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
F.S. Micronesia	103,643	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Fiji	926,276	58,355	6.3	< 0.1
Finland	5,537,364	102,000	1.8	< 0.1
France	67,000,000	5,720,000	8.8	0.3
French Guiana	281,612	2,400	0.9	< 0.1
French Polynesia	290,373	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Gabon	2,119,036	211,903	10	< 0.1
Gambia	2,092,731	2,002,743	95.7	0.1
Georgia	4,926,087	527,091	10.7	< 0.1
Germany	83,100,000	4,500,000–5,000,000	5.4–6	0.2
Ghana	28,102,471	5,058,444	17.6	0.2
Gibraltar	29,461	1,150	4	< 0.1
Greece	10,761,523	215,230–613,406	2–5.7	< 0.1
Greenland	57,691	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Grenada	112,207	< 1,000	0.3	< 0.1
Guadeloupe	402,119	2,000	0.4	< 0.1
Guam	167,772	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Guatemala	16,581,273	1,200	< 0.1	< 0.1
Guinea	11,855,411	10,563,171	89.1	0.5
Guinea-Bissau	1,833,247	826,794	45.1	< 0.1
Guyana	740,685	55,000	7.3	< 0.1
Haiti	10,788,440	5,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Honduras	9,182,766	30,000	0.3	< 0.1
Hong Kong	7,213,338	295,746	4.1	< 0.1
Hungary	9,825,704	40,000–60,000	0.4–0.6	< 0.1
Iceland	343,518	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
India	1,370,000,000	207,000,000	14.2	10.9
Indonesia	266,000,000	231,000,000	86.7	12.7
Iran	83,000,000	82,500,000	99.4	4.6
Iraq	40,194,216	38,465,864	95.7	1.9
Ireland	5,068,050	70,952	1.4	< 0.1
Isle of Man	89,407	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Israel	8,424,904	1,516,482	18	0.1
Italy	62,246,674	2,987,840	4.8	0.1
Jamaica	2,812,090	5,624	0.2	< 0.1
Japan	126,000,000	185,000	0.1	< 0.1
Jordan	10,458,413	10,165,577	97.2	0.4
Kazakhstan	18,744,548	13,158,672	70.2	0.5
Kenya	48,397,527	5,500,000	11.2	0.2
Kiribati	109,367	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Kosovo	1,907,592	1,823,657	95.6	0.1
Kuwait	2,916,467	2,175,684	74.6	0.2
Kyrgyzstan	5,849,296	4,679,436	80	0.3
Laos	7,234,171	1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Latvia	1,923,559	2,000	0.1-0.2	< 0.1
Lebanon	6,100,075	3,519,743	57.7	0.2
Lesotho	1,962,461	3,000	0.1	< 0.1
Liberia	4,809,768	961,953	20	< 0.1
Libya	6,754,507	6,551,871	97	0.4
Liechtenstein	38,000	2,050	5.4	< 0.1
Lithuania	2,793,284	3,000	0.1	< 0.1
Luxembourg	605,764	18,172	3	< 0.1
Macau	606,340	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Madagascar	25,683,610	2,568,361	10	< 0.1
Malawi	19,842,560	3,968,512	20	0.1
Malaysia	31,809,660	16,318,355	61.3	1.1
Maldives	374,775	374,775	100	< 0.1
Mali	18,429,893	17,508,398	95	0.8
Malta	449,043	11,675	2.6	< 0.1
Marshall Islands	75,684	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Martinique	385,551	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Mauritania	3,845,430	3,840,430	99.9	0.2
Mauritius	1,364,283	236,020	17.3	< 0.1
Mayotte	256,518	253,439	97	< 0.1
Mexico	127,000,000	5,500	0.01	< 0.01
Moldova	3,437,720	15,000	0.4	< 0.1
Monaco	30,727	< 1,000	0.8	< 0.1
Mongolia	3,103,428	150,000	5	< 0.1
Montenegro	614,249	122,849	19.1	< 0.1
Montserrat	5,315	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Morocco	38,314,130	37,930,989	99	2.1
Mozambique	27,233,789	3,830,063	17.9	0.3
Namibia	2,413,643	9,654	0.4	< 0.1
Nauru	10,084	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Nepal	29,218,867	1,292,909	4.2	0.1
Netherlands	17,400,000	887,000	5.1	0.1
Netherlands Antilles	304,759	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
New Caledonia	278,500	7,000	2.8	< 0.1
New Zealand	4,903,800	41,000	0.9	< 0.1
Nicaragua	6,284,757	1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Niger	21,466,863	21,101,926	98.3	1
Nigeria	200,000,000	95,000,000–103,000,000	53.5	5.3
Niue	1,611	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
North Korea	25,610,672	3,000	0.1	< 0.1
North Macedonia	2,118,945	705,608	33.3	< 0.1
Northern Mariana Islands	56,200	< 1,000	0.7	< 0.1
Norway	5,328,212	175,507	3.2	< 0.1
Oman	4,633,752	2,427,000	86	0.2
Pakistan	210,000,000	202,650,000	96.5	11.1
Palau	17,900	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Palestine	4,780,978	4,298,000	97.5	0.3
Panama	4,158,783	25,000	0.7	< 0.1
Papua New Guinea	8,558,800	2,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Paraguay	7,052,983	1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Peru	31,237,385	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Philippines	109,000,000	5,450,000–12,000,000	5–11	0.3 – 0.6
Poland	38,430,000	6,796	0.02	< 0.1
Portugal	10,291,027	65,000	0.4	< 0.1
Puerto Rico	3,337,177	1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Qatar	2,450,285	1,566,786	77.5	0.1
Congo	5,399,895	107,997	2	< 0.1
Réunion	865,826	36,364	4.2	< 0.1
Romania	19,524,000	73,000–200,000	0.3–1.0	< 0.1
Russia	144,350,000-146,750,000	14,000,000-22,000,000	10-15	1.7
Rwanda	12,001,136	576,054	4.8	< 0.1
Saint Helena	4,534	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,204	< 1,000	0.3	< 0.1
Saint Lucia	178,844	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,286	< 1,000	0.2	< 0.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,557	2,000	1.7	< 0.1
Samoa	199,052	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
San Marino	33,344	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
São Tomé and Príncipe	199,910	5,931	3	< 0.1
Saudi Arabia	34,220,000	33,535,000	98.2	1.8
Senegal	15,726,037	15,112,721	96.1	0.8
Serbia	7,001,444	221,460	3.1	< 0.1
Seychelles	94,205	1,036	1.1	< 0.1
Sierra Leone	7,719,729	6,067,706	78.6	0.3
Singapore	5,612,253	721,000–842,116	14.7	< 0.1
Slovakia	5,443,120	10,866	0.1–0.2	< 0.1
Slovenia	2,066,880	73,568	3.6	< 0.1
Solomon Islands	667,044	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Somalia	11,000,000	10,978,000	99.8	0.6
South Africa	57,725,600	1,050,000	1.9	< 0.1
South Korea	51,635,256	35,000	0.1	< 0.1
South Sudan	12,323,419	2,464,683	20	< 0.1
Spain	46,659,302	1,180,000	2.6	0.1
Sri Lanka	21,700,000	2,105,000	9.7	0.1
Sudan	40,825,770	39,585,777	97	1.9
Suriname	600,000	83,400	13.9	< 0.1
Swaziland	1,159,250	129,230	10	< 0.1
Sweden	10,182,291	800,000	8.1	< 0.1
Switzerland	8,492,956	440,000	5.2	< 0.1
Syria	18,000,000	16,000,000	87	1
Taiwan	23,576,705	60,000	0.3	< 0.1
Tajikistan	9,540,000	9,253,000	97.9	0.4
Tanzania	54,199,163	19,426,814	35.2	0.8
Thailand	70,000,000	3,000,000	4.3	0.2
East Timor	1,261,407	1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Togo	7,352,000	1,593,011	20	0.1
Tokelau	1,499	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Tonga	100,651	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Trinidad and Tobago	1,356,633	78,000	5.8	< 0.1
Tunisia	11,446,300	11,190,000	99.8	0.6
Turkey	83,155,000	74,423,725	89.5	4.6
Turkmenistan	6,031,187	5,610,000	93.7	0.3
Turks and Caicos Islands	37,910	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Tuvalu	10,640	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Uganda	38,823,100	5,435,234	14	0.3
Ukraine	42,263,873	390,000–1,000,000	0.9–2.5	< 0.1
United Arab Emirates	9,541,615	7,251,627	76	0.2
United Kingdom	66,040,229	4,130,000	6.3	0.2
United States	327,827,000	3,450,000	1.1	0.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	104,914	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Uruguay	3,505,985	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Uzbekistan	34,036,800	29,920,000	88.7	1.7
Vanuatu	304,500	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Vatican City	800	0	0	0
Venezuela	31,304,016	125,216	0.4	< 0.1
Vietnam	96,160,163	96,160	0.1	< 0.1
Wallis and Futuna	15,714	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Western Sahara	603,253	599,633	99.4	< 0.1
Yemen	28,036,829	27,784,498	99.2	1.5
Zambia	16,887,720	168,877	1	< 0.1
Zimbabwe	14,000,000	100,000	0.7	< 0.1

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