Demographics of Islam
The following table analyzes the Demographics of Islam as of mid-year 2005.
Distribution of Islam per country. Green represents a
Sunni majority and blue represents a
Shia majority.
Muslim percentage of population by country
Map showing distribution of Shia and Sunni Muslims in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Discrepancy
The exact percentage of the world's Muslim population that adheres to the various Shi'a sects, as opposed to the majority Sunni group, is indeterminate. No Sunni-Shi'a breakdown is available for many countries. The CIA World Factbook gives a Sunni-Shi'a breakdown only for countries where Shi'a are a significant minority. When no breakdown is given, all the country's Muslims have been enrolled, provisionally, in the Sunni column. This is certain to have exaggerated the proportion of Sunni Muslims. Much further work will be required before the Sunni-Shi'a statistics given here can be considered reliable. At present, the figures indicate 85% Sunni and 15% Shi'a.
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No columns have been provided for other sects, such as the Ibadi branch of Islam. Ibadis are found primarily in Oman .
There is also discrepancy between the Muslim total derived from adding up the figures for the various countries (1,363,000,000) and the Muslim total given by the CIA World Factbook (1,283,000,000). The CIA estimates that Muslims constitute some 20.12% of the world population. If the larger figure is used, the percentage would be 23.1%. The discrepancy may be due to rounding errors, since in many cases the Muslim population was calculated from the general population multiplied by the Muslim percentage. Replacing the CIA figures with figures from national censuses, if available, could reduce this discrepancy.
Data
Data is estimated as of mid-2005 for countries with the largest Muslim population, representing about 92% of the total world Muslim population.
Country Population
Muslim (%)
Muslim
Shia to Muslim (%)
Shia Population
Sunni to Muslim (%)
Sunni Population
Saudi Arabia 24,600,000
100%
24,600,000
15%
2,460,000
85%
22,140,000
Turkey 72,900,000
99%
72,750,000
25%
14,550,000
75%
58,200,000
Morocco 30,700,000
99%
30,393,000
0.02%
607,860
99.98%
29,785,140
Afghanistan 29,900,000
99%
29,601,000
25%
5,328,180
75%
24,272,820
Yemen 20,700,000
99%
20,680,000
45%
8,685,600
55%
11,994,400
Somalia 8,600,000
99%
8,600,000
0.02%
86,000
99.98%
8,514,000
Mauritania 3,100,000
99%
3,100,000
0%
31,000
100%
3,069,000
Kuwait 2,600,000
81.17%
2,600,000
35.87%
910,000
64.13%
1,690,000
Oman 2,400,000
91.81%
2,376,000
7%
118,800
44.22%
1,306,800
Bahrain 700,000
99%
700,000
80%
490,000
20%
210,000
Maldives 300,000
99%
300,000
5%
15,000
95%
285,000
Western Sahara 300,000
99%
300,000
0%
9,000
100%
291,000
Iran 69,500,000
98%
68,805,000
100%
68,805,000
0%
0
Tunisia 10,000,000
99.21%
9,800,000
0.73%
196,000
99.17%
9,604,000
Algeria 33,800,000
97.34%
32,472,000
0.01%
32,800
97.39%
32,296,720
Comoros 700,000
98%
686,000
1%
6,860
99%
679,140
Pakistan 165,803,560
98%
160,829,450
35%
33,160,712
65%
127,668,738
Iraq 28,800,000
97%
27,936,000
70%
18,158,400
30%
9,777,600
Niger 14,000,000
97%
13,580,000
0.5%
407,400
99.5%
13,172,600
Libya 5,800,000
97%
5,626,000
0.02%
56,260
99.98%
5,569,740
Azerbaijan 8,587,000
88.12%
8,329,390
85%
7,329,863
15%
999,526
UAE 4,600,000
82.74%
4,416,000
16%
662,400
84%
3,753,600
Gambia 1,600,000
95%
1,520,000
1%
30,400
99%
1,489,600
Qatar 800,000
95%
760,000
13%
76,000
87%
684,000
Egypt 74,000,000
75%
55,500,000
1.3%
695,600
98.7%
54,804,400
Senegal 11,700,000
94%
10,998,000
1.5%
549,900
98.5%
10,448,100
Jordan 5,800,000
90%
5,452,000
0.6%
109,040
99.4%
5,042,960
Djibouti 800,000
94%
752,000
0.05%
7,520
99.95%
744,480
Syria 18,400,000
82%
16,560,000
40%
2,484,000
60%
13,076,000
Tajikistan 6,800,000
90%
6,120,000
5%
306,000
95%
5,814,000
Turkmenistan 5,200,000
89%
4,628,000
4%
185,120
96%
4,442,880
Indonesia 221,900,000
88%
195,272,000
1%
1,952,720
99%
193,319,280
Bangladesh 147,365,000
88%
129,681,509
5%
6,484,075
95%
123,197,434
Uzbekistan 26,400,000
88%
23,232,000
6%
1,393,920
94%
21,838,080
Guinea 9,500,000
85%
8,075,000
1%
242,250
99%
7,832,750
Kyrgyzstan 5,200,000
75%
3,900,000
3%
117,000
97%
3,783,000
Sudan 40,200,000
63%
29,346,000
1%
586,920
99%
24,759,080
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,500,000
41%
2,700,000
0%
0
100%
2,511,000
Ivory Coast 18,200,000
60%
10,920,000
1%
436,800
99%
10,483,200
Lebanon 3,800,000
56.76%
1,850,000
60%
1,000,000
40%
850,000
Nigeria 131,500,000
46.56%
65,750,000
4.77%
3,287,500
95.23%
56,462,500
Tanzania 36,500,000
50%
18,250,000
6%
1,095,000
94%
17,155,000
Burkina Faso 13,900,000
50%
6,950,000
1%
208,500
99%
6,741,500
Eritrea 4,700,000
50%
2,350,000
1%
23,500
99%
2,326,500
Kazakhstan 15,100,000
57%
8,607,000
5%
354,850
95%
8,252,150
Ghana 22,000,000
20.36%
9,900,000
12.72%
1,118,000
87.28%
8,712,000
Ethiopia 75,067,000
41.18%
24,471,842
40%
387,000
60%
23,135,000
Macedonia 2,000,000
32%
630,000
1%
6,300
99%
623,700
Kenya 33,800,000
24%
8,000,000
7%
560,000
93%
7,440,000
Benin 8,400,000
20%
1,680,000
1%
50,400
99%
1,629,600
Russia 143,000,000
13.09%
15,250,000
8%
1,212,000
92%
13,488,000
Serbia /Montenegro & Kosovo 10,700,000
19%
2,030,000
15%
304,500
85%
1,725,500
Uganda 26,900,000
16%
4,304,000
7%
301,280
93%
4,002,720
Israel -West Bank -Gaza Strip 10,100,000
39%
4,000,000
0.54%
21,760
99.46%
3,973,240
India 1,103,060,000
14%
154,500,000
20%
30,900,000
80%
123,600,000
Malaysia 23,000,000
53%
14,030,000
2%
280,600
98%
11,749,400
Bulgaria 7,700,000
12%
890,000
10%
89,000
90%
801,000
France 60,700,000
6.5%
5,980,000
6%
358,800
94%
4,621,200
Albania 3,200,000
63%
2,120,000
30%
540,000
70%
1,580,000
Mongolia 2,600,000
6%
160,000
5%
8,000
95%
152,000
Germany 82,500,000
4%
3,060,000
20%
306,000
80%
2,754,000
China 1,303,700,000
3%
39,111,000
8%
3,128,880
92%
35,982,120
United Kingdom 59,668,000
6.7%
4,000,000
10%
400,000
90%
3,600,000
United States 296,500,000
2%
6,960,000
20%
2,300,000
80%
4,640,000
South Africa 46,900,000
2%
938,000
10%
93,800
90%
844,200
Canada 32,200,000
2%
620,000
10%
62,000
90%
558,000
Brazil 184,200,000
1%
921,000
30%
276,300
70%
644,700
Argentina 38,600,000
1%
500,000
10%
50,000
90%
450,000
Australia 20,400,000
1%
280,000
10%
28,000
90%
252,000
Italy 58,700,000
0.51%
50,000
5%
2,500
95%
47,500
TOTAL
4,992,663,560
29%
1,461,813,559
25%
380,000,000
75%
1,141,813,559
Table sorted by country names: Demographics of Islam - Data by Country Name
References
The majority of the figures have been taken from, or calculated from, the CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ and the website Adherents.com http://www.adherents.com/ . When these sources fail to provide any numerical information, other sources have been used as specified below:
Encyclopedia Britannica 1997 editionRegistered religious communities in Finland (2003)
The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 654.
See also
External links
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