Islam by country

Important note: There is currently no exact mechanism in place anywhere around the world for counting religious denomination membership with precision. Statisticians typically derive their numbers by sampling a small group of people (a few thousands), calculating membership percentages and using those results to extrapolate an estimate for the whole population. This methodology is quite imprecise and often leads to great variances between count estimates. The percentage of Muslim population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [1]. Other sources used were CIA factbook [2] and adherents.com [3]. In a few cases of conflicting estimates, the average of lowest and highest estimates was calculated. The total population of each country was taken from census.gov [4] (2005 estimates).

Contents

1 By country 2 By region 3 Top sixty 4 See also 5 References

By country

Islam by country

Region	Country	Population(2005E)	% of Muslims	Muslim total
Central Asia	Islam in Afghanistan	29,928,987	99%	29,629,697
Balkans	Islam in Albania	3,563,112	70%	2,494,178
North Africa	Islam in Algeria	32,531,853	99%	32,206,534
Southern Africa	Islam in Angola	11,190,786	1%	111,907
South America	Islam in Argentina	39,537,943	1.5%	593,069
Middle East	Islam in Armenia	2,982,904	2%	59,658
Oceania	Islam in Australia	20,090,437	1.5%	301,356
Central Europe	Islam in Austria	8,184,691	4.7%	384,680
Middle East	Islam in Azerbaijan	7,911,974	93.4%	7,389,783
Middle East	Islam in Bahrain	688,345	85%	585,093
South Asia	Islam in Bangladesh	144,319,628	88%	127,001,272
Eastern Europe	Islam in Belarus	10,300,483	0.5%	51,502
Western Europe	Islam in Belgium	10,364,388	3.5%	362,753
Central America	Islam in Belize	279,457	1%	2,794
West Africa	Islam in Benin	7,460,025	20%	1,492,005
South Asia	Islam in Bhutan	2,232,291	1%	22,322
South America	Islam in Bolivia	8,857,870	0.01%	885
Balkans	Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,025,476	40%	1,610,190
Southern Africa	Islam in Botswana	1,640,115	1%	16,401
South America	Islam in Brazil	186,112,794	0.016%	29,778
Southeast Asia	Islam in Brunei	372,361	67%	249,481
Balkans	Islam in Bulgaria	7,450,349	12.2%	908,942
West Africa	Islam in Burkina Faso	13,925,313	55%	7,658,922
Central Africa	Islam in Burundi	6,370,609	10%	637,060
Southeast Asia	Islam in Cambodia	13,607,069	3.5%	476,247
West Africa	Islam in Cameroon	16,380,005	20%	3,276,001
North America	Islam in Canada	32,805,041	2%	656,100
Central Africa	Islam in Central African Republic	3,799,897	15%	569,984
Central Africa	Islam in Chad	9,826,419	54%	5,306,266
South America	Islam in Chile	15,980,912	0.02%	3,196
East Asia	Islam in China	1,306,313,812	3%	39,189,414
South America	Islam in Colombia	42,954,279	0.2%	85,908
East Africa	Islam in Comoros	671,247	99%	664,534
Central Africa	Islam in Congo (Brazzaville)	3,039,126	2%	60,782
Central Africa	Islam in Congo (Kinshasa)	60,085,004	10%	6,008,500
Central America	Islam in Costa Rica	4,016,173	0.1%	4,016
Balkans	Islam in Croatia	4,495,904	1.3%	58,446
North America	Islam in Cuba	11,346,670	0.008%	907
Middle East	Islam in Cyprus	780,133	18%	140,423
Central Europe	Islam in Czech Republic	10,241,138	0.2%	20,482
West Africa	Islam in Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040	38.6%	6,677,043
Western Europe	Islam in Denmark	5,432,335	3%	162,970
East Africa	Islam in Djibouti	476,703	99%	471,935
Caribbean	Islam in Dominican Republic	8,950,034	0.02%	1,790
Southeast Asia	Islam in East Timor	1,040,880	4%	41,635
South America	Islam in Ecuador	13,363,593	0.003%	400
North Africa	Islam in Egypt	77,505,756	91%	70,530,237
Central America	Islam in El Salvador	6,704,932	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Islam in Eritrea	4,561,599	50%	2,280,799
Eastern Europe	Islam in Estonia	1,332,893	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Islam in Ethiopia	73,053,286	47.5%	34,700,310
Oceania	Islam in Fiji	893,354	7%	62,534
Western Europe	Islam in Finland	5,223,442	0.2%	10,446
Western Europe	Islam in France	60,656,178	7.5%	4,549,213
West Africa	Islam in Gabon	1,389,201	1%	13,892
West Africa	Islam in Gambia	1,593,256	90%	1,433,930
Middle East	Islam in Georgia	4,677,401	9.9%	463,062
Western Europe	Islam in Germany	82,431,390	3.7%	3,049,961
West Africa	Islam in Ghana	21,029,853	16%	3,364,776
Balkans	Islam in Greece	10,668,354	1.3%	138,688
Caribbean	Islam in Grenada	89,502	0.3%	268
Central America	Islam in Guatemala	14,655,189	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Islam in Guinea	9,467,866	85%	8,047,686
West Africa	Islam in Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027	38%	538,090
South America	Islam in Guyana	765,283	10%	76,528
Caribbean	Islam in Haiti	8,121,622	0.04%	3,248
Central America	Islam in Honduras	6,975,204	0.04%	2,790
Central Europe	Islam in Hungary	10,006,835	0.6%	60,041
Western Europe	Islam in Iceland	296,737	0.1%	321
South Asia	Islam in India	1,080,264,388	12%	129,631,726
Southeast Asia	Islam in Indonesia	241,973,879	88.22%	213,469,356
Middle East	Islam in Iran	68,017,860	99%	67,337,681
Middle East	Islam in Iraq	26,074,906	97%	25,292,658
Western Europe	Islam in Ireland	4,015,676	0.49%	19,676
Middle East	Islam in Israel	6,276,883	14.6%	916,424
Western Europe	Islam in Italy	58,103,033	1.7%	987,751
Caribbean	Islam in Jamaica	2,731,832	0.2%	5,463
East Asia	Islam in Japan	127,417,244	0.2%	254,834
Middle East	Islam in Jordan	5,759,732	95%	5,471,745
Central Asia	Islam in Kazakhstan	15,185,844	47%	7,137,346
East Africa	Islam in Kenya	33,829,590	7%	2,368,071
East Asia	Islam in Korea, North	22,912,177	n/a	n/a
East Asia	Islam in Korea, South	48,422,644	0.01%	4,842
Middle East	Islam in Kuwait	2,335,648	85%	1,985,300
Central Asia	Islam in Kyrgyzstan	5,146,281	80%	4,117,024
Southeast Asia	Islam in Laos	6,217,141	1%	62,171
Eastern Europe	Islam in Latvia	2,290,237	0.02%	458
Middle East	Islam in Lebanon	3,826,018	70%	2,678,212
Southern Africa	Islam in Lesotho	1,867,035	2%	37,340
West Africa	Islam in Liberia	3,482,211	20%	696,442
North Africa	Islam in Libya	5,765,563	97%	5,592,596
Eastern Europe	Islam in Lithuania	3,596,617	0.6%	21,579
Western Europe	Islam in Luxembourg	468,571	2%	9,371
Balkans	Islam in Macedonia	2,045,262	30%	613,578
Southern Africa	Islam in Madagascar	18,040,341	7%	1,262,823
Southern Africa	Islam in Malawi	12,158,924	20%	2,431,784
Southeast Asia	Islam in Malaysia	23,953,136	60.4%	14,467,694
South Asia	Islam in Maldives	349,106	99.9%	348,756
West Africa	Islam in Mali	12,291,529	90%	11,062,376
North Africa	Islam in Mauritania	3,086,859	99.9%	3,083,772
Southern Africa	Islam in Mauritius	1,230,602	16.6%	204,279
North America	Islam in Mexico	106,202,903	0.3%	318,608
Eastern Europe	Islam in Moldova	4,455,421	0.07%	3,118
Central Asia	Islam in Mongolia	2,791,272	4%	111,650
North Africa	Islam in Morocco	32,725,847	98.7%	32,300,410
Southern Africa	Islam in Mozambique	19,406,703	20%	3,881,340
Southeast Asia	Islam in Myanmar	42,909,464	4%	1,716,378
Southern Africa	Islam in Namibia	2,030,692	3%	60,920
South Asia	Islam in Nepal	27,676,547	4.2%	1,162,414
Western Europe	Islam in the Netherlands	16,407,491	6%	984,449
Oceania	Islam in New Zealand	4,035,461	0.17%	6,860
Central America	Islam in Nicaragua	5,465,100	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Islam in Niger	11,665,937	90%	10,499,343
West Africa	Islam in Nigeria	128,771,988	50%	64,385,994
Western Europe	Islam in Norway	4,593,041	1.6%	73,488
Middle East	Islam in Oman	3,001,583	99%	2,971,567
South Asia	Islam in Pakistan	162,419,946	96.35%	156,491,617
Middle East	Islam in Palestinian Territories	3,761,904	84%	3,159,999
Central America	Islam in Panama	3,039,150	0.3%	9,117
Oceania	Islam in Papua New Guinea	5,545,268	0.04%	2,218
South America	Islam in Paraguay	6,347,884	0.008%	507
South America	Islam in Peru	27,925,628	0.003%	837
Southeast Asia	Islam in Philippines	87,857,473	5%	4,392,873
Central Europe	Islam in Poland	38,635,144	0.008%	3,090
Western Europe	Islam in Portugal	10,566,212	0.35%	36,981
Middle East	Islam in Qatar	863,051	95%	819,898
Balkans	Islam in Romania	22,329,977	0.3%	66,989
Eastern Europe	Islam in Russia	143,420,309	15%	21,513,046
East Africa	Islam in Rwanda	8,440,820	4.6%	388,277
Middle East	Islam in Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	95.7%	25,281,642
West Africa	Islam in Senegal	11,126,832	94%	10,459,222
Balkans	Islam in Serbia and Montenegro	10,829,175	21%	2,274,126
East Africa	Islam in Seychelles	81,188	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Islam in Sierra Leone	6,017,643	60%	3,610,585
Southeast Asia	Islam in Singapore	4,425,720	16%	708,115
Central Europe	Islam in Slovakia	5,431,363	0.05%	2,715
Central Europe	Islam in Slovenia	2,011,070	2.5%	50,276
East Africa	Islam in Somalia	8,591,629	99.5%	8,548,670
Southern Africa	Islam in South Africa	44,344,136	1.5%	665,162
Western Europe	Islam in Spain	40,341,462	2.5%	1,008,536
South Asia	Islam in Sri Lanka	20,064,776	7%	1,404,534
North Africa	Islam in Sudan	40,187,486	65%	26,121,865
South America	Islam in Suriname	438,144	22%	96,391
Southern Africa	Islam in Swaziland	1,173,900	1%	11,739
Western Europe	Islam in Sweden	9,001,774	4%	360,070
Western Europe	Islam in Switzerland	7,489,370	4.4%	329,532
Middle East	Islam in Syria	18,448,752	88%	16,234,901
East Asia	Islam in Taiwan	22,894,384	0.7%	160,260
Central Asia	Islam in Tajikistan	7,163,506	95%	6,805,330
East Africa	Islam in Tanzania	36,766,356	35%	12,868,224
Southeast Asia	Islam in Thailand	65,444,371	5%	3,272,218
West Africa	Islam in Togo	5,681,519	13.7%	778,368
Central America	Islam in Trinidad and Tobago	1,088,644	6%	65,318
North Africa	Islam in Tunisia	10,074,951	99%	9,974,201
Middle East	Islam in Turkey	69,660,559	99%	68,963,953
Central Asia	Islam in Turkmenistan	4,952,081	89%	4,407,352
East Africa	Islam in Uganda	27,269,482	15%	4,090,422
Eastern Europe	Islam in Ukraine	47,425,336	0.5%	237,126
Middle East	Islam in the United Arab Emirates	2,563,212	76%	1,948,041
Western Europe	Islam in the United Kingdom	60,441,457	2.7%	1,631,919
North America	Islam in the United States	295,734,134†	1.4%†	4,140,277†
Caribbean	Islam in Puerto Rico (U.S.)	3,916,632	0.13%	5,091
South America	Islam in Uruguay	3,415,920	0.01%	341
Central Asia	Islam in Uzbekistan	26,851,195	89%	23,897,563
South America	Islam in Venezuela	25,375,281	0.5%	126,876
Southeast Asia	Islam in Vietnam	83,535,576	0.85%	710,052
North Africa	Islam in Western Sahara	273,008	99.8%	272,461
Middle East	Islam in Yemen	20,727,063	99%	20,519,792
Southern Africa	Islam in Zambia	11,261,795	1.1%	123,879
Southern Africa	Islam in Zimbabwe	12,746,990	1%	127,469
Total		6,430,856,221	22.955%	1,476,233,470

† Figures do not include the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Muslim in a region (Muslims in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Muslim percentage compared to the total Muslim population of the world (Muslims in the region * 100/total Muslim population of the world).

(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and the Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

Islam in Africa

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% of Muslims	% of Muslim total
Central Africa	83,121,055	12,582,592	15.138%	0.852%
East Africa	193,741,900	66,381,242	34.263%	4.497%
North Africa	202,151,323	180,082,076	89.083%	12.199%
Southern Africa	137,092,019	8,935,043	6.518%	0.605%
West Africa	268,997,245	133,994,675	49.813%	9.077%
Total	885,103,542	401,975,628	45.416%	27.23%

Islam in Asia

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% of Muslims	% of Muslim total
Central Asia	92,019,166	76,105,962	82.707%	5.155%
East Asia	1,527,960,261	39,609,350	2.592%	2.683%
Middle East	274,775,527	252,219,832	91.791%	17.085%
South Asia	1,437,326,682	416,062,641	28.947%	28.184%
Southeast Asia	571,337,070	239,566,220	41.931%	16.228%
Total	3,903,418,706	1,023,564,005	26.222%	69.336%

Islam in Europe

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% of Muslims	% of Muslim total
Balkans	65,407,609	8,165,137	12.483%	0.553%
Central Europe	74,510,241	521,284	0.7%	0.035%
Eastern Europe	212,821,296	21,826,829	10.256%	1.479%
Western Europe	375,832,557	13,577,116	3.613%	0.92%
Total	728,571,703	44,090,366	6.052%	2.987%

Islam in The Americas

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% of Muslims	% of Muslim total
Caribbean	23,809,622	15,860	0.067%	0.001%
Central America	42,223,849	84,035	0.199%	0.006%
North America	446,088,748	5,115,892	1.147%	0.347%
South America	371,075,531	1,014,716	0.273%	0.069%
Total	883,197,750	6,230,503	0.705%	0.422%

Islam in Oceania

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% of Muslims	% of Muslim total
Oceania	30,564,520	372,968	1.22%	0.025%

Top sixty

Top sixty by population on the left and by percentage on the right.

Top 60

Rank	Country	Muslim Population	% of Muslims	Country	% of Muslims	Muslim Population
1	Indonesia	213,469,356	88.22%	Mauritania	99.9%	3,083,772
2	Pakistan	156,491,617	96.35%	Maldives	99.9%	348,756
3	India	129,631,726	12%	Western Sahara	99.8%	272,461
4	Bangladesh	127,001,272	88%	Somalia	99.5%	8,548,670
5	Egypt	70,530,237	91%	Turkey	99%	68,963,953
6	Turkey	68,963,953	99%	Iran	99%	67,337,681
7	Iran	67,337,681	99%	Algeria	99%	32,206,534
8	Nigeria	64,385,994	50%	Afghanistan	99%	29,629,697
9	China	39,189,414	3%	Yemen	99%	20,519,792
10	Ethiopia	34,700,310	47.5%	Tunisia	99%	9,974,201
11	Morocco	32,300,410	98.7%	Oman	99%	2,971,567
12	Algeria	32,206,534	99%	Comoros	99%	664,534
13	Afghanistan	29,629,697	99%	Djibouti	99%	471,935
14	Sudan	26,121,865	65%	Morocco	98.7%	32,300,410
15	Iraq	25,292,658	97%	Iraq	97%	25,292,658
16	Saudi Arabia	25,281,642	95.7%	Libya	97%	5,592,596
17	Uzbekistan	23,897,563	89%	Pakistan	96.35%	156,491,617
18	Russia	21,513,046	15%	Saudi Arabia	95.7%	25,281,642
19	Yemen	20,519,792	99%	Tajikistan	95%	6,805,330
20	Syria	16,234,901	88%	Jordan	95%	5,471,745
21	Malaysia	14,467,694	60.4%	Qatar	95%	819,898
22	Tanzania	12,868,224	35%	Senegal	94%	10,459,222
23	Mali	11,062,376	90%	Azerbaijan	93.4%	7,389,783
24	Niger	10,499,343	90%	Egypt	91%	70,530,237
25	Senegal	10,459,222	94%	Mali	90%	11,062,376
26	Tunisia	9,974,201	99%	Niger	90%	10,499,343
27	Somalia	8,548,670	99.5%	Gambia	90%	1,433,930
28	Guinea	8,047,686	85%	Uzbekistan	89%	23,897,563
29	Burkina Faso	7,658,922	55%	Turkmenistan	89%	4,407,352
30	Azerbaijan	7,389,783	93.4%	Indonesia	88.22%	213,469,356
31	Kazakhstan	7,137,346	47%	Bangladesh	88%	127,001,272
32	Tajikistan	6,805,330	95%	Syria	88%	16,234,901
33	Côte d'Ivoire	6,677,043	38.6%	Guinea	85%	8,047,686
34	Congo (Kinshasa)	6,008,500	10%	Kuwait	85%	1,985,300
35	Libya	5,592,596	97%	Bahrain	85%	585,093
36	Jordan	5,471,745	95%	Palestine	84%	3,159,999
37	Chad	5,306,266	54%	Kyrgyzstan	80%	4,117,024
38	France	4,549,213	7.5%	United Arab Emirates	76%	1,948,041
39	Turkmenistan	4,407,352	89%	Lebanon	70%	2,678,212
40	Philippines	4,392,873	5%	Albania	70%	2,494,178
41	United States	4,140,277	1.4%	Brunei	67%	249,481
42	Kyrgyzstan	4,117,024	80%	Sudan	65%	26,121,865
43	Uganda	4,090,422	15%	Malaysia	60.4%	14,467,694
44	Mozambique	3,881,340	20%	Sierra Leone	60%	3,610,585
45	Sierra Leone	3,610,585	60%	Burkina Faso	55%	7,658,922
46	Ghana	3,364,776	16%	Chad	54%	5,306,266
47	Cameroon	3,276,001	20%	Nigeria	50%	64,385,994
48	Thailand	3,272,218	5%	Eritrea	50%	2,280,799
49	Palestine	3,159,999	84%	Ethiopia	47.5%	34,700,310
50	Mauritania	3,083,772	99.9%	Kazakhstan	47%	7,137,346
51	Germany	3,049,961	3.7%	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40%	1,610,190
52	Oman	2,971,567	99%	Côte d'Ivoire	38.6%	6,677,043
53	Lebanon	2,678,212	70%	Guinea-Bissau	38%	538,090
54	Albania	2,494,178	70%	Tanzania	35%	12,868,224
55	Malawi	2,431,784	20%	Macedonia	30%	613,578
56	Kenya	2,368,071	7%	Suriname	22%	96,391
57	Eritrea	2,280,799	50%	Serbia and Montenegro	21%	2,274,126
58	Serbia and Montenegro	2,274,126	21%	Mozambique	20%	3,881,340
59	Kuwait	1,985,300	85%	Cameroon	20%	3,276,001
60	United Arab Emirates	1,948,041	76%	Malawi	20%	2,431,784

See also

• Buddhism by country
• Hinduism by country
• Jews by country
• Roman Catholics by country
• Protestants by country

References

• US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [5]
• CIA FactBook [6]
• adherents.com [7]
• Religious Freedom page [8]
• census.gov[9]