HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD MUSLIM
http://www.the-prophet-muhammad.net/islam/statistics_of_the_muslims_population.html
Number of muslims in the word:
There are between 1.2 billion to 1.8 billion
Muslims in the world now, making
Islam the second-largest religion in the world
after Christianity.
Nearly one in five people
in the world today claims the faith of Islam
when Christianity now is followed by
about 33% of all people, a percentage
that has remained stable for decades.
If current trends continue
Islam will become the most popular
world religion in less than 50 years.
Although Islam is often associated with
the Arab world and the Middle East
only 20% of Muslims are Arab.
Muslim's distribution:
From Wikipedia
| Africa |
308,660,000 |
27.4% |
| Asia |
778,362,000 |
69.1% |
| Europe |
32,032,000 |
2.8% |
| Latin America |
1,356,000 |
0.1% |
| North America |
5,530,000 |
0.5% |
| Oceania |
385,000 |
0.0% |
| World |
1,126,325,000 |
100% |
Source: Britannica Yearbook, 1997
See more at:
Institute of Islamic Information and education
The Muslim World
Wikipedia: Islam
Muslim population Statistics
http://www.islamicweb.com/begin/population.htm
This
report includes all the countries
of the world and shows how many
Muslims are in each one.
| Country Name |
Total Population |
Muslims Percentage |
Number of Muslims |
| Afghanistan |
22,664,136 |
100% |
22,664,136 |
| Albania |
3,249,136 |
75% |
2,436,852 |
| Algeria |
29,183,032 |
99% |
28,891,202 |
| Angola |
10,342,899 |
25% |
2,585,725 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
65,647 |
n/a |
|
| Argentina |
34,672,997 |
2 |
693,460 |
| Aruba |
67,794 |
5 |
3,390 |
| Australia |
18,260,863 |
2.09 |
382,000 |
| Azerbaijan |
7,676,953 |
93.4 |
7,170,274 |
| Bahrain |
590,042 |
100 |
590,042 |
| Benin |
5,709,529 |
15 |
856,429 |
| Bangladesh |
123,062,800 |
85 |
104,603,380 |
| Bhutan |
1,822,625 |
5 |
91,131 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2,656,240 |
40 |
1,062,496 |
| Botswana |
1,477,630 |
5 |
73,882 |
| Brazil |
162,661,214 |
0.6 |
1,000,000 |
| Brunei |
299,939 |
63 |
188,962 |
| Bulgaria |
8,612,757 |
14 |
1,205,786 |
| Burkina Faso |
10,623,323 |
50 |
5,311,662 |
| Burma |
45,975,625 |
10 |
4,597,563 |
| Burundi |
5,943,057 |
20 |
1,188,611 |
| Cambodia |
10,861,218 |
1 |
108,612 |
| Cameroon |
14,261,557 |
55 |
7,843,856 |
| Canada |
|
28,820,671 |
|
1.48 |
400,000 |
| Central African Republic |
3,274,426 |
55 |
1,800,934 |
| Chad |
6,976,845 |
85 |
5,930,318 |
| China |
1,210,004,956 |
11 |
133,100,545 |
| Christmas Island |
813 |
10 |
81 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Island |
609 |
57 |
347 |
| Comoros |
569,237 |
86 |
489,544 |
| Congo |
2,527,841 |
15 |
379,176 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
14,762,445 |
60 |
8,857,467 |
| Croatia |
5,004,112 |
1.2 |
60,049 |
| Cyprus |
744,609 |
33 |
245,721 |
| Djibouti |
427,642 |
94 |
401,983 |
| Egypt |
63,575,107 |
94 |
59,760,601 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
431,282 |
25 |
107,821 |
| Eritrea |
3,427,883 |
80 |
2,742,306 |
| Ethiopia |
57,171,662 |
65 |
37,161,580 |
| Fiji |
782,381 |
11 |
86,062 |
| France |
58,317,450 |
7 |
4,082,222 |
| Gabon |
1,172,798 |
1 |
11,728 |
| Gambia |
1,204,984 |
90 |
1,084,486 |
| Gaza Strip |
923,940 |
98.7 |
911,929 |
| Georgia |
5,219,810 |
11 |
574,179 |
| Germany |
83,536,115 |
3.4 |
2,840,228 |
| Ghana |
17,698,271 |
30 |
5,309,481 |
| Gibraltar |
28,765 |
8 |
2,301 |
| Greece |
10,538,594 |
1.5 |
158,079 |
| Guinea |
7,411,981 |
95 |
7,041,382 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,151,330 |
70 |
805,931 |
| Guyana |
712,091 |
15 |
106,814 |
| Hong Kong |
6,305,413 |
1 |
63,054 |
| India |
952,107,694 |
14 |
133,295,077 |
| Indonesia |
206,611,600 |
95 |
196,281,020 |
| Iran |
66,094,264 |
99 |
65,433,321 |
| Iraq |
21,422,292 |
97 |
20,779,623 |
| Israel |
5,421,995 |
14 |
759,079 |
| Italy |
57,460,274 |
1 |
574,603 |
| Japan |
125,449,703 |
1 |
1,254,497 |
| Jordan |
4,212,152 |
95 |
4,001,544 |
| Kazakstan |
16,916,463 |
51.2 |
8,661,229 |
| Kenya |
28,176,686 |
29.5 |
8,312,122 |
| Kuwait |
1,950,047 |
89 |
1,735,542 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
4,529,648 |
76.1 |
3,447,062 |
| Lebanon |
3,776,317 |
70 |
2,643,422 |
| Liberia |
2,109,789 |
30 |
632,937 |
| Libya |
5,445,436 |
100 |
5,445,436 |
| Lesotho |
1,970,781 |
10 |
197,078 |
| Macedonia |
2,104,035 |
30 |
631,211 |
| Madagascar |
13,670,507 |
20 |
2,734,101 |
| Malawi |
9,452,844 |
35 |
3,308,495 |
| Malaysia |
19,962,893 |
52 |
10,380,704 |
| Maldives |
270,758 |
100 |
270,758 |
| Mali |
9,653,261 |
90 |
8,687,935 |
| Malta |
375,576 |
14 |
52,581 |
| Mauritania |
2,336,048 |
100 |
2,336,048 |
| Mauritius |
1,140,256 |
19.5 |
222,350 |
| Mayotte |
100,838 |
99 |
99,830 |
| Mongolia |
2,496,617 |
4 |
99,865 |
| Morocco |
29,779,156 |
98.7 |
29,392,027 |
| Mozambique |
17,877,927 |
29 |
5,184,599 |
| Namibia |
1,677,243 |
5 |
83,862 |
| Nepal |
22,094,033 |
4 |
883,761 |
| Netherlands |
15,568,034 |
3 |
467,041 |
| Niger |
9,113,001 |
91 |
8,292,831 |
| Nigeria |
103,912,489 |
75 |
77,934,367 |
| Norway |
4,438,547 |
1.5 |
66,578 |
| Oman |
2,186,548 |
100 |
2,186,548 |
| Pakistan |
129,275,660 |
97 |
125,397,390 |
| Panama |
2,655,094 |
4 |
106,204 |
| Philippines |
74,480,848 |
14 |
10,427,319 |
| Qatar |
547,761 |
100 |
547,761 |
| Reunion |
679,198 |
20 |
135,840 |
| Romania |
21,657,162 |
20 |
4,331,432 |
| Russia |
148,178,487 |
18 |
26,672,127 |
| Rwanda |
6,853,359 |
1 |
68,534 |
| Saudi Arabia |
19,409,058 |
100 |
19,409,058 |
| Senegal |
9,092,749 |
95 |
8,638,112 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
10,614,558 |
19 |
2,016,766 |
| Sierra Leone |
4,793,121 |
65 |
3,115,529 |
| Singapore |
3,396,924 |
17 |
577,477 |
| Slovenia |
1,951,443 |
1 |
19,514 |
| Somalia |
9,639,151 |
100 |
9,639,151 |
| South Africa |
41,743,459 |
2 |
834,869 |
| Sri Lanka |
18,553,074 |
9 |
1,669,777 |
| Sudan |
31,547,543 |
85 |
26,815,412 |
| Suriname |
436,418 |
25 |
109,105 |
| Swaziland |
998,730 |
10 |
99,873 |
| Sweden |
9,800,000 |
3.6 |
320,000 |
| Syria |
15,608,648 |
90 |
14,047,783 |
| Tajikistan |
5,916,373 |
85 |
5,028,917 |
| Tanzania |
29,058,470 |
65 |
18,888,006 |
| Thailand |
58,851,357 |
14 |
8,239,190 |
| Togo |
4,570,530 |
55 |
2,513,792 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,272,385 |
12 |
152,686 |
| Tunisia |
9,019,687 |
98 |
8,839,293 |
| Turkey |
62,484,478 |
99.8 |
62,359,509 |
| Turkmenistan |
4,149,283 |
87 |
3,609,876 |
| Uganda |
20,158,176 |
36 |
7,256,943 |
| United Arab Emirates |
3,057,337 |
96 |
2,935,044 |
| United Kingdom |
58,489,975 |
2.7 |
1,579,229 |
| United States |
266,476,278 |
3.75 |
9,992,860 |
| Uzbekistan |
23,418,381 |
88 |
20,608,175 |
| West Bank |
1,427,741 |
75 |
1,070,806 |
| Western Sahara |
222,631 |
100 |
222,631 |
| Yemen |
13,483,178 |
99 |
13,348,346 |
| Zaire |
46,498,539 |
10 |
4,649,854 |
| Zambia |
9,159,072 |
15 |
1,373,861 |
| Zimbabwe |
11,271,314 |
15 |
1,690,697 |
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The number of the total population has been taken from The CIA World's Facts Book which can be found at: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
The CIA World's Facts Book was used it to verify the total number of population in every country. But since it lacks the percentage of Muslims in each country, we used another statistic located at: http://www.flash.net/~royal/country.html
In 1986, the Muslim Education Trust organization (MET) located in the United Kingdom and directed by Ghulam Sarwar, obtained the 1971 census and information given by Embassies of the respective countries in London. The 1971 census showed the Independent Muslim countries population was around 784.5 Million and the Muslim Minorities countries had around 308 Million Muslim.
As for the U.N., the Briticana Encyclopidia for 1994 and for 1995 was used to get the growth rates. Briticana took those statistics from the U.N.
The final numbers were obtained by plugging in the percentage of Muslims (taken from MET) and the number of people (taken from CIA) in each country using Microsoft Excel.
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