Shia population

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WORLD SHI'A POPULATION

Includes all branches - Twelvers, Ismailis, Zaidi, Alevis, Alawite, Bohri, Imami, Bektashi, etc.
- The list is based on about 92% of global Muslim population (2005). Actual number of Shi'as could be marginally higher.

Country	Population	Total Muslim (%)	Total Muslim	Shi'a to Total Muslim (%)	Shi'a Population
Iran	69,500,000	99%	68,805,000	90%	61,924,500
Pakistan	165,803,560	98%	162,487,489	20%	33,160,712
India	1,080,264,388	14%	154,500,000	18%	30,900,000
Iraq	28,800,000	97%	27,936,000	65%	18,158,400
Turkey	72,900,000	99%	72,750,000	20%	14,550,000
Yemen	20,700,000	99%	20,680,000	42%	8,685,600
Bangladesh	147,365,352	88%	129,681,509	5%	6,484,075
Azerbaijan	8,400,000	93%	7,845,600	80%	6,276,480
Afghanistan	29,900,000	99%	29,601,000	18%	5,328,180
Nigeria	131,500,000	50%	65,750,000	5%	3,287,500
Russia	143,000,000	15%	21,513,046	3%	2,212,000
Syria	18,400,000	90%	16,560,000	15%	2,484,000
Saudi Arabia	24,600,000	100%	24,600,000	10%	2,460,000
China	1,303,700,000	3%	39,111,000	6%	2,346,660
Indonesia	221,900,000	88%	195,272,000	1%	1,952,720
Oman	2,400,000	99%	2,376,000	10%	237,600
Uzbekistan	26,400,000	88%	23,232,000	6%	1,393,920
Lebanon	3,800,000	60%	2,270,000	60%	1,362,000
Algeria	32,800,000	99%	32,472,000	4%	1,298,880
Tanzania	36,500,000	50%	18,250,000	6%	1,095,000
Kuwait	2,600,000	100%	2,600,000	35%	910,000
United States	296,500,000	2%	6,000,000	15%	900,000
Egypt	74,000,000	94%	69,560,000	1%	695,600
UAE	4,600,000	96%	4,416,000	15%	662,400
Albania	3,200,000	68%	2,170,000	20%	640,000
Morocco	30,700,000	99%	30,393,000	2%	607,860
Sudan	40,200,000	73%	29,346,000	2%	586,920
Kenya	33,800,000	24%	8,000,000	7%	560,000
Senegal	11,700,000	94%	10,998,000	5%	549,900
Bahrain	700,000	100%	700,000	70%	490,000
Ivory Coast	18,200,000	60%	10,920,000	4%	436,800
Niger	14,000,000	97%	13,580,000	3%	407,400
Ethiopia	77,400,000	50%	38,700,000	1%	387,000
France	60,700,000	10%	5,980,000	6%	358,800
Kazakhstan	15,346,500	65%	10,000,000	1.9%	88,000
Tajikistan	6,800,000	90%	6,120,000	5%	306,000
Uganda	26,900,000	16%	4,304,000	7%	301,280
Guinea	9,500,000	85%	8,075,000	3%	242,250
Burkina Faso	13,900,000	50%	6,950,000	3%	208,500
Ghana	22,000,000	45%	9,900,000	12%	1,188,000
Tunisia	10,000,000	98%	9,800,000	2%	196,000
Turkmenistan	5,200,000	89%	4,628,000	4%	185,120
Kyrgyzstan	5,200,000	75%	3,900,000	3%	117,000
Jordan	5,800,000	94%	5,452,000	2%	109,040
South Africa	46,900,000	2%	938,000	10%	93,800
Germany	82,500,000	4%	3,060,000	12%	367,200
Bulgaria	7,700,000	12%	890,000	10%	89,000
Somalia	8,600,000	100%	8,600,000	1%	86,000
Canada	32,200,000	2%	620,000	10%	62,000
Libya	5,800,000	97%	5,626,000	1%	56,260
Benin	8,400,000	20%	1,680,000	3%	50,400
Argentina	38,600,000	1%	500,000	10%	50,000
Serbia & Montenegro	10,700,000	19%	2,030,000	2%	40,600
Qatar	800,000	95%	760,000	10%	76,000
Mauritania	3,100,000	100%	3,100,000	1%	31,000
Gambia	1,600,000	95%	1,520,000	2%	30,400
Australia	20,400,000	1%	280,000	10%	28,000
Eritrea	4,700,000	50%	2,350,000	1%	23,500
Bosnia & Herzegovina	3,800,000	62%	2,340,000	1%	23,400
Maldives	300,000	100%	300,000	5%	15,000
Djibouti	800,000	94%	752,000	1%	7,520
Comoros	700,000	98%	686,000	1%	6,860
FYR Macedonia	2,000,000	32%	630,000	1%	6,300
Mongolia	2,600,000	6%	160,000	4%	6,400
Western Sahara	300,000	100%	300,000	3%	9,000
TOTAL	4,882,733,300		1,457,568,612	15%	215,959,328