Population of Muslims around the World

Important NOTES:

• Many current sources estimate the total world muslim population to be around 1.2 billion.
• No one authentic data source of the population of Muslims exists, therefore I have tried only to gather data from sources that are well known, in the following order:
  • cia = CIA World Factbook Website http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
  • library = Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
  • census = U.S. Census Bureau - International Data Base (IDB) http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbnew.html
  • islamicweb = Islamic Web http://websolution.net/islamicweb/population.htm
  • brittanica = 1997 Britannica Book of the Year.
  • riseap = Muslim Almanac - Asia Pacific, by RISEAP.
  • gov't = Official Government Statistics Website
  • islamicweb = Islamic Web. http://websolution.net/islamicweb/population.htm
  • unknown = Books, missionary websites, etc.
• The percentage was taken from the source and applied to the estimated population in 1998 to attain the number of Muslims.

Country	Est. Pop. Muslim	Est. Pop. in 1998	Percent Muslim	Data Source
Indonesia	185259375	212941810	87	cia
India	137760516	984003683	14	cia
Bangladesh	112641663	127567002	88.3	cia
Pakistan	131081139	135135195	97	cia
Turkey	64437378	64566511	99.8	cia
Iran	68270332	68959931	99	cia
Egypt	62087004	66050004	94	cia
China	37107440	1236914658	3	cia
Ethiopia	29195175	58390351	50	cia
Russian Federation	6902468	146861022	4.7	islamicweb
Nigeria	55266121	110532242	50	cia
Morocco	28736009	29114497	98.7	cia
Algeria	30175985	30480793	99	cia
Sudan	23485386	33550552	70	cia
Uzbekistan	20930202	23784321	88	cia
Saudi Arabia	20785955	20785955	100	cia
Iraq	21070618	21722287	97	cia
Afghanistan	24544451	24792375	99	cia
Yemen	16224083	16387963	99	cia
Syrian Arab Rep.	15005954	16673282	90	cia
Malaysia	12141082	20932901	58	cia
Somalia	6841695	6841695	100	cia
Kazakhstan	7918000	16846808	47	cia
Tunisia	9192795	9380404	98	cia
Tanzania	10713069	30608769	35	cia
Mali	9097712	10108569	90	cia
Azerbaijan	7337108	7855576	93.4	cia
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	9267738	15446231	60	cia
Senegal	8945297	9723149	92	cia
Niger	7737478	9671848	80	cia
United States	5676546	270311756	2.1	brittanica
Burkina Faso	5633196	11266393	50	cia
Tajikistan	5117080	6020095	85	cia
Libya Arab Jamahiriy	5520005	5690727	97	cia
Jordan	4257579	4434978	96	cia
Ghana	5549162	18497206	30	cia
Kyrgyzstan	3391710	4522281	75	cia
Philippines	3886293	77725862	5	cia
Turkmenistan	3824889	4297629	89	cia
Zaire	4900051	49000511	10	cia
Chad	3679756	7359512	50	cia
Guinea	6355543	7477110	85	cia
Mozambique	3728293	18641469	20	cia
Uganda	3546751	22167195	16	cia
Thailand	2281419	60037366	3.8	cia
Mauritania	2511473	2511473	100	cia
Serbia and Montenegro	2129147	11,206,039	19	cia
Oman	2292683	2363591	97	cia
Sierra Leone	3048002	5080004	60	cia
Burma	1892213	47,305,319	4	cia
Kuwait	1626292	1913285	85	cia
Malawi	1968094	9840474	20	cia
Eritrea	1921218	3842436	50	www.NetAfrica.org/eritrea/
Cameroon	2404709	15029433	16	cia
Lebanon	1488428	3505794	70	cia
Bosnia And Herzegovina	1346290	3365727	40	cia
Sri Lanka	1514684	18933558	8	cia
Germany	1395350	82079454	1.7	cia
Kenya	1700224	28337071	6	cia
Bulgaria	1071255	8240426	13	cia
West Bank	1167689	1,556,919	75	cia
Albania	2331527	3330754	70	cia
Gaza Strip	1040469	1,054,173	98.7	cia
United Kingdom	1002492	58970119	1.7	cia
Zambia	1135288	9460736	12	cia
United Arab Emirates	827520	862000	96	cia
Israel	790155	5643966	14	cia
Italy	681392	56782748	1.2	brittanica
Argentina	725309	36265463	2	islamicweb
Benin	915119	6100799	15	cia
South Africa	856690	42834520	2	cia
Gambia	1162672	1291858	90	cia
Macedonia	602816	2009387	30	cia
Netherlands	629244	15731112	4	brittanica
Georgia	561938	5108527	11	cia
France	588049	58804944	1	cia
Madagascar	1012375	14462509	7	cia
Bahrain	520653	520653	100	cia
Nepal	710952	23698421	3	cia
Spain	391340	39133996	1	cia
Singapore	536118	3490356	15.36	census
Guinea Bissau	542839	1206311	45	cia
Liberia	554380	2771901	20	cia
Central African Republic	506365	3375771	15	cia
Qatar	662269	697126	95	cia
Comoros	469154	545528	86	cia
Belgium	282862	10174922	2.78	unknown
Canada	246680	27408898	0.9	www.statcan.ca
Maldives	290211	290211	100	cia
Romania	227890	22788969	1	unknown
Belarus	208181	10409050	2	cia
Togo	490582	4905827	10	cia
Australia	204744	18613087	1.1	www.abs.gov.au
Congo	53162	2658123	2	cia
Chile	207028	14787781	1.4	library
Mauritius	193930	1168256	16.6	cia
Brunei Darussalam	198633	315292	63	cia
Japan	149342	124451938	0.12	riseap
Mayotte	140525	141,944	99	cia
Greece	138607	10662138	1.3	cia
Cyprus	134817	748982	18	cia
Panama	109438	2735943	4	islamicweb
Cambodia	113395	11339562	1	islamicweb
Venezuela	101244	22803409	0.5	unknown
Denmark	96005	5333617	1.8	islamicweb
Sweden	88867	8886738	1	unknown
Zimbabwe	110441	11044147	1	cia
Mongolia	103141	2578530	4	cia
Bhutan	95415	1908307	5	library
Western Sahara	233730	233730	100	cia
Trinidad & Tobago	66996	1116595	6	cia
Armenia	68435	3421775	2	unknown
Rwanda	79561	7956172	1	cia
Suriname	83884	427980	19.6	cia
Switzerland	68754	7260357	1	unknown
Guyana	63716	707954	9	cia
Vanuatu	0	185204	0	riseap
Djibouti	414283	440727	94	cia
Taiwan	61343	21908135	0.28	riseap
Fiji	64208	802611	8	cia
Croatia	56059	4671584	1.2	cia
Burundi	55373	5537387	1	cia
Norway	42007	4286401	0.98	www.ssb.no/english
Vietnam	45741	76236259	0.06	riseap
Hong Kong	36888	6,706,965	0.55	census
Korea Dem. People's Rep.	34572	23048000	0.15	riseap
Hungary	30971	10323708	0.3	unknown
Laos	29324	5260842	0.99	census
Slovenia	19717	1971739	1	cia
Reunion	14101	705053	2	cia
Austria	10288	7914127	0.13	census
New Zealand	9983	3442500	0.29	riseap
New Caledonia	4999	166640	3	riseap
Gabon	4158	462000	0.9	cia
Poland	3831	38309226	0.01	unknown
Equatorial Guinea	3482	348150	1	uknown
Gibraltar	2300	28744	8	cia
Macau	2017	429,152	0.47	census
Guadeloupe	1844	368796	0.5	unknown
Aruba (Neth.)	1667	66687	2.5	cia
Finland	1014	5067620	0.02	census
Barbados	817	255200	0.32	census
Anguilla	16	10500	0.2	Anguilla Islamic Society: http://axaislam.homestead.com