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Arab World Studies Notebook
'Muslim Populations Worldwide'
 
Country Total Population
% Muslim Total Muslim
Population
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Austria
Azerbaijan

Bahrain
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Bosnia
Brunei

Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Cameroon
Cen. African Republic
Chad

China (PRC)2
Comoros
Cyprus
Denmark
Djibouti
Egypt

Ethiopia
Eritrea
Fiji
Gambia
Germany
Ghana

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Iran

Iraq
Israel3
Ivory Coast4
Jordan
Kampuchea
Kazakhstan

Kenya
Kuwait
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar

Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius

Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
Niger

Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Philippines
Qatar

Reunion
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore

Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Switzerland
Syria

Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia

Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
U.S.A
Yemen
29,928,987
3,600,000
32,231,853
11,190,786
8,184,691
8,000,000

688,345
144,319,628
7,460,025
2,232,291
4,025,476
372,361

7,450,349
13,925,313
42,909,464
16,380,005
3,799,897
9,826,419

1,306,313,812
671,247
780,133
5,432,335
476,703
77,505,756

73,053,286
4,561,599
893,354
1,593,256
82,431,390
21,029,853

9,467,866
1,416,027
765,283
1,080,264,388
241,973,879
68,017,860

26,074,906
6,276,883
17,298,040
5,759,732
8,570,000
15,185,844

33,829,590
2,335,648
3,826,018
3,482,211
5,765,563
18,040,341

12,158,924
23,953,136
349,106
12,291,529
3,086,859
1,236,000

2,791,272
32,725,847
19,406,703
27,676,547
16,407,491
11,665,937

128,771,988
3,001,583
162,419,946
3,039,150
87,857,473
863,051

776,948
8,440,820
26,417,599
11,126,832
6,017,643
4,425,720

8,591,629
20,064,776
40,187,486
438,144
7,489,370
18,448,752

7,163,506
36,766,356
65,444,371
5,681,519
1,088,644
10,074,951

69,660,553
27,269,482
2,563,212
60,441,457
259,734,134
20,727,063

99%
70%
99%
25%
4%
94%

99%
83%
20%
5%
40%
67%

12%
50%
4%
20%
15%
51%

1.55%
98%
18%
2%
94%
94%

45%
51%
8%
90%
4%
30%

85%
45%
10%
13%
88%
98%

97%
16%
55%
92%
3%
47%

10%
85%
70%
20%
97%
7%

20%
58%
100%
90%
100%
17%

4%
99%
18%
4%
6%
80%

50%
80%
97%
5%
5%
95%

3%
5%
100%
94%
60%
15%

100%
8%
70%
20%
4%
90%

90%
35%
5%
20%
6%
98%

99%
16%
96%
3%
3%
99%

29,629,697
2,520,000
32,206,534
2,797,697
343,757
7,520,000

681,462
119,785,291
1,492,005
111,615
1,610,190
249,482

894,042
6,962,657
1,716,379
3,276,001
569,985
5,011,474

20,247,864
657,822
140,424
108,647
448,101
72,855,411

32,873,979
2,326,415
71,468
1,433,930
3,049,961
3,364,776

8,047,686
637,212
76,528
140,434,370
212,937,014
66,657,503

25,292,659
1,004,301
6,573,255
5,298,953
257,100
7,137,347

3,382,959
1,985,301
2,295,611
696,442
5,592,596
1,262,824

2,431,785
13,892,819
349,106
11,062,376
3,086,859
210,120

111,651
32,300,411
3,493,207
1,107,062
902,412
9,332,750

64,385,994
2,401,266
157,547,348
151,958
4,392,874
819,898

23,308
388,278
26,417,599
10,459,222
3,610,586
663,858

8,591,629
1,524,923
28,131,240
87,629
322,043
16,603,877

6,447,155
12,868,225
3,010,441
1,136,304
65,319
9,873,452

68,963,947
4,363,117
2,460,684
1,631,919
8,872,024
20,519,792

* Last Updated December 1, 2005.
1. An estimated 2.5 million Afghan refugees are included in Pakistan, not Afghanistan.
2. Countries with less than 2% Muslim population have not been listed except for China, where the sheer number of Muslims is significant.
3. Includes about 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,900 in the Gaza strip and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem.
4. The actual percentage given was 35-40%, so the average (38%) was used.
 
Other notes: Principle source for statistics: The CIA World Fact Book
 
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