The Muslim world spans far and wide with majority Muslim countries nestled around the equator and concentrated in many parts of North Africa, the Middle East, South and South East Asia. An estimated 22% of the world’s population is Muslim—spanning approximately 50 countries as a majority and speaking around 60 different first languages.

Region Country Population Islam
% Total
Central Asia Afghanistan 28,226,000 97.890 27,630,431
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Albania 3,208,000 38.790 1,244,383
Middle East and North Africa Algeria 34,373,000 96.680 33,231,816
South Pacific American Samoa 68,000 0.000 0
Western Europe Andorra 75,000 0.630 473
East and Southern Africa Angola 17,499,000 0.000 0
North America and Caribbean Anguilla 13,000 0.550 72
North America and Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda 86,000 0.400 344
Central and South America Argentina 39,934,000 1.950 778,713
Central Asia Armenia 2,996,000 1.200 35,952
North America and Caribbean Aruba 104,000 0.280 291
South Pacific Australia 20,951,000 1.330 278,648
Western Europe Austria 8,391,000 2.230 187,119
Central Asia Azerbaijan 8,534,000 83.670 7,140,398
North America and Caribbean Bahamas 335,000 0.000 0
Middle East and North Africa Bahrain 766,000 82.370 630,954
South Asia Bangladesh 161,318,000 85.600 138,088,208
North America and Caribbean Barbados 295,000 0.750 2,213
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Belarus 9,635,000 0.100 9,635
Western Europe Belgium 10,480,000 3.600 377,280
Central and South America Belize 294,000 0.580 1,705
West and Central Africa Benin 9,309,000 20.030 1,864,593
North America and Caribbean Bermuda 65,000 0.000 0
South Asia Bhutan 667,000 4.000 26,680
Central and South America Bolivia 9,694,000 0.020 1,939
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Bosnia-Herzegovina 3,940,000 60.060 2,366,364
East and Southern Africa Botswana 1,906,000 0.200 3,812
Central and South America Brazil 194,228,000 0.100 194,228
Region Country Population Islam
% Total
South Asia British Indian Ocean Territory 2,000 0.200 4
North America and Caribbean British Virgin Islands 23,000 0.400 92
Southeast Asia Brunei 398,000 64.370 256,193
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Bulgaria 7,584,000 11.870 900,221
West and Central Africa Burkina Faso 15,213,000 50.000 7,606,500
East and Southern Africa Burundi 8,856,000 3.000 265,680
Southeast Asia Cambodia 14,697,000 3.900 573,183
West and Central Africa Cameroon 18,920,000 25.000 4,730,000
North America and Caribbean Canada 33,170,000 1.600 530,720
West and Central Africa Cape Verde 542,000 2.770 15,013
North America and Caribbean Cayman Islands 48,000 0.190 91
West and Central Africa Central African Republic 4,424,000 15.600 690,144
West and Central Africa Chad 11,088,000 55.000 6,098,400
Central and South America Chile 16,803,000 0.030 5,041
Northeast Asia China 1,336,311,000 2.000 26,726,220
Northeast Asia China, Hong Kong 7,279,000 1.500 109,185
Northeast Asia China, Macao 484,000 0.000 0
South Pacific Christmas Island 1,560 27.000 421
South Pacific Cocos (Keeling) Islands 660 51.300 339
Central and South America Colombia 46,741,000 0.110 51,415
East and Southern Africa Comoros 860,000 98.070 843,402
West and Central Africa Congo, Democratic Republic Of 64,704,000 1.100 711,744
West and Central Africa Congo, The Republic Of 3,847,000 1.300 50,011
South Pacific Cook Islands 13,000 0.000 0
Central and South America Costa Rica 4,534,000 0.000 0
West and Central Africa Cote d’Ivoire 19,624,000 38.600 7,574,864
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Croatia 4,550,000 3.000 136,500
North America and Caribbean Cuba 11,265,000 0.080 9,012
Western Europe Cyprus 864,000 23.000 198,720
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Czech Republic 10,183,000 0.200 20,366
Western Europe Denmark 5,453,000 3.020 164,681
East and Southern Africa Djibouti 848,000 93.900 796,272
North America and Caribbean Dominica 67,000 0.200 134
Region Country Population Islam
% Total
North America and Caribbean Dominican Republic 9,904,000 0.020 1,981
Southeast Asia East Timor 1,193,000 2.100 25,053
Central and South America Ecuador 13,481,000 0.020 2,696
Middle East and North Africa Egypt 76,840,000 86.520 66,481,968
Central and South America El Salvador 6,953,000 0.000 0
West and Central Africa Equatorial Guinea 520,000 0.600 3,120
East and Southern Africa Eritrea 5,006,000 50.000 2,503,000
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Estonia 1,331,000 0.700 9,317
East and Southern Africa Ethiopia 85,219,000 31.000 26,417,890
Central and South America Falkland Islands 3,000 0.000 0
Western Europe Faroe Islands 49,000 0.000 0
South Pacific Fiji 844,000 7.000 59,080
Western Europe Finland 5,293,000 0.180 9,527
Western Europe France 61,946,000 10.000 6,194,600
Central and South America French Guiana 207,000 1.900 3,933
South Pacific French Polynesia 266,000 0.000 0
West and Central Africa Gabon 1,350,000 6.500 87,750
West and Central Africa Gambia 1,754,000 88.800 1,557,552
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Georgia 4,361,000 20.000 872,200
Western Europe Germany 82,534,000 3.700 3,053,758
West and Central Africa Ghana 23,947,000 21.000 5,028,870
Western Europe Gibraltar 29,000 8.500 2,465
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Greece 11,172,000 3.300 368,676
North America and Caribbean Greenland 58,000 0.000 0
North America and Caribbean Grenada 106,000 0.300 318
North America and Caribbean Guadeloupe 448,000 0.400 1,792
South Pacific Guam 176,000 0.000 0
Central and South America Guatemala 13,686,000 0.000 0
West and Central Africa Guinea 9,572,000 85.410 8,175,445
West and Central Africa Guinea-Bissau 1,746,000 43.000 750,780
Central and South America Honduras 7,246,000 0.160 11,594
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Hungary 10,000,000 0.100 10,000
Western Europe Iceland 303,000 0.040 121
South Asia India 1,186,186,000 12.500 148,273,250
Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,342,000 80.300 188,176,626
Central Asia Iran 72,212,000 99.020 71,504,322
Middle East and North Africa Iraq 29,492,000 96.850 28,563,002
Western Europe Ireland 4,380,000 0.010 438
Region Country Population Islam
% Total
Western Europe Monaco 33,000 0.500 165
Northeast Asia Mongolia 2,654,000 4.000 106,160
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Montenegro 598,000 16.200 96,876
North America and Caribbean Montserrat 6,000 0.000 0
Middle East and North Africa Morocco 31,606,000 99.850 31,558,591
East and Southern Africa Mozambique 21,813,000 18.100 3,948,153
Southeast Asia Myanmar (Burma) 49,221,000 3.800 1,870,398
East and Southern Africa Namibia 2,102,000 0.000 0
South Pacific Nauru 10,000 0.000 0
South Asia Nepal 28,757,000 5.000 1,437,850
Western Europe Netherlands 16,450,000 5.400 888,300
North America and Caribbean Netherlands Antilles 194,000 0.310 601
South Pacific New Caledonia 245,000 3.500 8,575
South Pacific New Zealand 4,215,000 0.460 19,389
Central and South America Nicaragua 5,676,000 0.000 0
West and Central Africa Niger 14,731,000 97.590 14,375,983
West and Central Africa Nigeria 149,229,090 50.000 74,615,000
South Pacific Niue 2,000 0.000 0
South Pacific Norfolk Island 2,200 0.000 0
South Pacific Northern Mariana Islands 85,000 0.000 0
Western Europe Norway 4,727,000 1.040 49,161
Middle East and North Africa Oman 3,418,000 92.660 3,167,119
Central Asia Pakistan 166,961,000 96.080 160,416,129
South Pacific Palau 20,000 0.000 0
Middle East and North Africa Palestine (West Bank / Gaza) 4,147,000 86.560 3,589,643
Central and South America Panama 3,399,000 3.500 118,965
South Pacific Papua New Guinea 6,458,000 0.000 0
Central and South America Paraguay 6,238,000 0.050 3,119
Central and South America Peru 28,221,000 0.000 0
Southeast Asia Philippines 89,651,000 5.000 4,482,550
South Pacific Pitcairn Islands 50 0.000 0
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Poland 38,022,000 0.010 3,802
Western Europe Portugal 10,662,000 0.500 53,310
North America and Caribbean Puerto Rico 4,012,000 0.130 5,216
Middle East and North Africa Qatar 856,000 79.430 679,921
East and Southern Africa Reunion 817,000 2.150 17,566
Region Country Population Islam
% Total
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Romania 21,344,000 1.000 213,440
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Russia 141,780,000 10.200 14,461,560
East and Southern Africa Rwanda 10,009,000 10.500 1,050,945
East and Southern Africa Saint Helena 7,000 0.000 0
North America and Caribbean Saint Kitts and Nevis 51,000 0.000 0
North America and Caribbean Saint Lucia 167,000 0.500 835
North America and Caribbean Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,000 0.000 0
South Pacific Samoa 189,000 0.000 0
Western Europe San Marino 31,000 0.000 0
West and Central Africa Sao Tome and Principe 160,000 0.300 480
Middle East and North Africa Saudi Arabia 25,293,000 92.830 23,479,492
West and Central Africa Senegal 12,688,000 92.070 11,681,842
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Serbia 8,032,300 2.500 200,808
East and Southern Africa Seychelles 87,000 0.210 183
West and Central Africa Sierra Leone 5,969,000 70.000 4,178,300
Southeast Asia Singapore 4,490,000 14.900 669,010
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Slovakia 5,392,000 0.020 1,078
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Slovenia 2,002,000 1.550 31,031
South Pacific Solomon Islands 507,000 0.000 0
East and Southern Africa Somalia 8,956,000 99.950 8,951,522
East and Southern Africa South Africa 48,832,000 1.450 708,064
Western Europe Spain 44,593,000 1.200 535,116
South Asia Sri Lanka 19,394,000 8.000 1,551,520
North America and Caribbean St Vincent and Grenadines 121,000 1.000 1,210
East and Southern Africa Sudan 39,445,000 65.000 25,639,250
Central and South America Suriname 461,000 19.400 89,434
Western Europe Svalbard 3,980 0.000 0
East and Southern Africa Swaziland 1,148,000 0.950 10,906
Western Europe Sweden 9,160,000 3.100 283,960
Western Europe Switzerland 7,512,000 3.100 232,872
Middle East and North Africa Syria 20,447,000 90.320 18,467,730
Northeast Asia Taiwan 23,308,370 0.350 81,579
Central Asia Tajikistan 6,839,000 89.500 6,120,905
East and Southern Africa Tanzania 41,464,000 31.800 13,185,552
Southeast Asia Thailand 64,316,000 5.240 3,370,158
West and Central Africa Togo 6,762,000 24.000 1,622,880
South Pacific Tokelau 1,000 0.000 0
Region Country Population Islam
% Total
South Pacific Tonga 101,000 0.000 0
North America and Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,338,000 5.700 76,266
Middle East and North Africa Tunisia 10,440,000 99.660 10,404,504
Central Asia Turkey 71,500,000 99.640 71,242,600
Central Asia Turkmenistan 5,031,000 91.840 4,620,470
North America and Caribbean Turks and Caicos Islands 26,000 0.000 0
South Pacific Tuvalu 11,000 0.000 0
East and Southern Africa Uganda 31,903,000 6.000 1,914,180
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Ukraine 45,859,000 0.450 206,366
Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates 4,503,000 65.450 2,947,214
Western Europe United Kingdom 61,019,000 2.000 1,220,380
North America and Caribbean United States 308,798,000 1.490 4,601,090
Central and South America Uruguay 3,350,000 0.000 0
Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,769,000 83.500 23,187,115
South Pacific Vanuatu 232,000 0.000 0
Western Europe Vatican City 1,000 0.000 0
Central and South America Venezuela 28,122,000 0.350 98,427
Southeast Asia Vietnam 88,537,000 0.700 619,759
North America and Caribbean Virgin Islands (US) 111,000 0.000 0
South Pacific Wallis and Futuna Islands 15,000 0.000 0
Middle East and North Africa Western Sahara 497,000 99.900 496,503
Middle East and North Africa Yemen 23,066,000 99.940 23,052,160
East and Southern Africa Zambia 12,154,000 1.400 170,156
East and Southern Africa Zimbabwe 13,481,000 1.000 134,810
T O T A L 6,773,254,236 21.839 1,479,200,275

COMPILED BY MOHAMMAD HUSNI NAGHAWI – 2008

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