Majority Muslim countries

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Map of the majority Muslim countries in the world.
Map of the majority Muslim countries in the world.

This is a list of countries which have a majority of Muslim people using data from the CIA World Factbook. The table represents all the predominantly Muslim countries of the world, viewing the amount of Muslim population in the country, with the percentage. The economy of the countries are also shown to view how the economy of the Muslim world is today.

  • The population column of the table, is not the population of the country but is the Muslim population of the country, all data of population have been found by working out by the percentage of Muslims with the country population. Note some Muslim majority countries may appear in low figures, this is due to high population of foreign workers, which may not represent the indigenous population (†), and some are also estimates (~).
  • The percentage column, shows the Muslim percentage of the countries. If a country has over 90% then it has the largest and majority amount of Muslims but is not the largest of all. All data of percentages of Muslims can be found on the Demography pages of the countries.
  • The GDP (PPP) and GDP per capita is the data for the economy of the Muslim majority countries. The data can be used to compare rich or poor countries or compare the economy, all data of GDP (PPP) can be found in the main article of List of countries by GDP (PPP). The GDP per capita (PPP) have been obtained from IMF, from the World Economic Outlook Database for 2007, all information are estimates.[1]
Rank Country Muslim population Percentage (approx) GDP (PPP) $m by IMF GDP per capita (PPP) $ by IMF
1 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 207,000,105 85-88%[2][3] 1,053,696 4,684
2 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 159,799,666 97%[4] 465,416 2,943
3 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 132,446,360 88-90%[5][6] 360,965 2,270
4 Flag of Egypt Egypt 72,301,532 90%[7] 387,900 5,272
5 Flag of Turkey Turkey 70,047,060 94-99%[8][9] 722,581 10,380
6 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria* 67,515,582 50%[10] 196,760 1,281
7 Flag of Iran Iran 64,089,571 98%[11] 647,592 9,127
8 Flag of Morocco Morocco 33,723,418 98-99%[12][13] 184,489 6,003
9 Flag of Algeria Algeria 32,999,884 99%[14] 278,889 8,203
10 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 31,571,023 99%[15] 41,717 1,522
11 Flag of Sudan Sudan 27,565,551 70%[16] 114,929 3,093
12 Flag of Iraq Iraq 26,674,649 97%[17] - -
13 Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia* 25,095,899 33-45%[18][19] 95,583 1,239
14 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 24,564,924 89-92%~†[20][21] 417,669 17,196
15 Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 24,446,452 88%[22] 68,069 2,542
16 Flag of Yemen Yemen 22,008,225 99%[23] 22,615 1,015
17 Flag of Syria Syria 17,383,272 90%[24] 87,288 4,498
18 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 16,750,240 60.4%†[25] 342,344 12,754
19 Flag of Niger Niger 12,226,000 80-95%[26][27] 13,514 1,012
20 Flag of Tanzania Tanzania* 13,247,197 35-40% [28][29] 33,860 869
21 Flag of Senegal Senegal 11,759,151 94-95%[30][31] 25,508 2,086
22 Flag of Mali Mali 10,795,860 90%[32] 99,228 9,630
23 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 10,121,446 98%[33] 99,228 9,630
24 Flag of Somalia Somalia 9,118,000 99.9%[34] - -
25 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 8,212,990 93-96%[35][36] 72,858 6,476
26 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan* 8,065,381 47-53%[37][38] 161,155 10,658
27 Flag of Guinea Guinea 7,991,700 85%[39] 23,997 2,438
28 Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso* 7,113,000 50%[40] 20,511 1,494
29 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire* 7,113,000 35-40%[41] 32,355 1,726
30 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 6,533,920 97%[42] 10,510 1,637
31 Flag of Libya Libya 6,036,811 97%[43] 85,904 14,108
33 Flag of Jordan Jordan 5,568,565 95%[44] 34,158 5,964
34 Flag of Chad Chad* 5,041,690 51-53%[45][46] 16,864 1,777
35 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 4,547,920 89%[47] 49,180 9,483
36 Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 3,528,000 60%[48] 5,502 959
37 Flag of Mauritania Mauritania 3,119,928 99.98%[49] 7,493 2,530
38 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3,416,960 76-96%[50][51] 159,329 35,516
39 Palestinian flag Palestine 3,365,079 83.7%[52][53] - -
40 Flag of Oman Oman 2,580,054 93%†[54] 52,268 19,879
41 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 2,460,000 60%[55] 22,373 5,965
42 Flag of Eritrea Eritrea* 2,220,000 48-60%[56][57] 4,915 1,011
43 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 2,004,447 85%†[58] 68,629 21,418
44 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina* 1,972,013 40%[59] 39,673 9,964
45 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo 1,914,037 90%~[60] 4000 1,800
46 Flag of The Gambia The Gambia 1,572,306 90%[61] 3,816 2,402
47 Flag of Qatar Qatar 802,750 78%†[62] 35,971 38,672
48 Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau* 713,704 45%[63] 1,311 780
49 Flag of the Comoros Comoros 668,361 98%[64] 1,327 2,078
50 Flag of Bahrain Bahrain 619,100 81%†[65] 19,752 25,851
51 Flag of Djibouti Djibouti 471,555 94-99%[66][67][68] 2,039 2,665
51 Flag of Western Sahara Western Sahara 381,852 99.8% [69] - -
51 Flag of the Maldives Maldives 306,000 99.8% [70] 3,288 9,531
52 Flag of Brunei Brunei 234,608 67%[71] 10,169 26,411

[edit] Legend

  • Hint: If viewing by order doesn't work, then click on other columns twice then back again twice..
  • Note countries which have approximately 50% number of Muslims appear in * and is the majority religion.
  • If ~ appears on a country then it is an estimate of the percentage.
  • If † appears on a country then it has a high foreign population which affects the Muslim percentage, and does not present the indigenous population. (ie - Gulf States)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2007
  2. ^ Republik Indonesia - Profil Indonesia
  3. ^ Indonesia: International Religious Freedom Report 2007. U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2007-09-14). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  4. ^ CIA Factbook - Pakistan
  5. ^ [2] 2001 Bangladesh Census
  6. ^ BANBEIS - BANGLADESH: COUNTRY PROFILE
  7. ^ CIA Factbook -Egypt
  8. ^ ReportDGResearchSocialValuesEN2.PDF
  9. ^ Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs: Turkey
  10. ^ CIA World Factbook - Nigeria
  11. ^ CIA World Factbook - Iran
  12. ^ CIA World Factbook - Morocco
  13. ^ Morocco: International Religious Freedom Report 2006. U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2006-09-15). Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
  14. ^ Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs - Background Note: Algeria
  15. ^ Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs - Background Note: Afghanistan
  16. ^ CIA World Factbook - Sudan
  17. ^ CIA World Factbook - Iraq
  18. ^ CIA Factbook - Ethiopia
  19. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Ethiopia
  20. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Saudi Arabia
  21. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Saudi Arabia
  22. ^ CIA World Factbook - Uzbekistan
  23. ^ CIA World Factbook - Yemen
  24. ^ CIA World Factbook - Syria
  25. ^ [3] Department of Statistics Malaysia
  26. ^ CIA Factbook - Niger
  27. ^ - International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Niger
  28. ^ CIA Factbook - Tanzania
  29. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Tanzania
  30. ^ CIA Factbook - Senegal
  31. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Senegal
  32. ^ [4] CIA World Factbook - Mali
  33. ^ [5] CIA World Factbook - Tunisia
  34. ^ [6] CIA World Factbook - Somalia
  35. ^ Azerbaijan (07/07)
  36. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Azerbaijan
  37. ^ CIA Factbook - Kazakhstan
  38. ^ {{cite book| last = Dzhalilov| first = Z. | title = Islam and Society in Modern Kazakhstan| publisher = Daik-Press| date = 2006| location = Almaty
  39. ^ [7] CIA World Factbook - Guinea
  40. ^ [8] CIA World Factbook - Burkina Faso
  41. ^ [9] CIA World Factbook - Côte d'Ivoire
  42. ^ [10] CIA World Factbook - Tajikistan
  43. ^ [11] CIA World Factbook - Libya
  44. ^ [12] CIA World Factbook - Jordan
  45. ^ Bureau of African Affairs - Background Note: Chad
  46. ^ [13] CIA World Factbook - Chad
  47. ^ [14] Background Note - Turkmenistan (01/08) - US Department of State
  48. ^ [15] CIA World Factbook - Sierra Leone
  49. ^ [16] CIA World Fatbook - Mauritania
  50. ^ [17] US Department of State - International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - UAE
  51. ^ [18] CIA World Factbook - UAE
  52. ^ CIA Factbook - West Bank
  53. ^ CIA World Factbook - Gaza Strip
  54. ^ Religious Intelligence - Country Profile: Oman (Sultanate of Oman)
  55. ^ [19] CIA World Factbook - Lebanon
  56. ^ Bureau of African Affairs - Background Note: Eritrea
  57. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Eritrea
  58. ^ [20] CIA World Factbook - Kuwait
  59. ^ [21] Background Note - Bosnia & Herz.(10/07) - US Department of State
  60. ^ US Department of State figures
  61. ^ [22] CIA World Factbook - Gambia
  62. ^ [23] 2004 Census - CIA World Factbook - Qatar
  63. ^ Bureau of African Affairs - Background Note: Guinea-Bissau
  64. ^ Bureau of African Affairs - Background Note: Comoros
  65. ^ [24] 2001 Census - CIA World Factbook - Bahrain
  66. ^ CIA factbook - Djibouti
  67. ^ Bureau of African Affairs - Background Note: Djibouti
  68. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Djibouti
  69. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Western Sahara
  70. ^ [25] CIA World Factbook - Maldives
  71. ^ [26] CIA World Factbook - Brunei