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This is an article about the population of Muslims around the world. The numbers are broken down by region, by country and by percentage of population. Although the gathering of statistics is considered a science, people use different methodologies and theoretical formulas. Therefore, different people get different numbers. In order to ensure the readers some level of confidence in our figures, we have decided to select one primary source, and then list links to other authoritative sources in order to enable the reader to observe the variances.

The primary source used in these breakdowns is the CIA World Factbook. Some readers may want to know why we have chosen this as our statistical reference. The primary reason the CIA World Factbook is utilized, is because it is not only an authoritative source, but it is also updated weekly. Other sources that were considered were the US State Department figures, Adherents.com, the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report and the US Census Department. The reason the US State Department wasn't chosen, was because their statistics/numbers are updated irregularly. A small number of country departments update their numbers around every six months, while the majority update their numbers every year or so. Also, the US State Department regularly uses and references the figures in the CIA World Factbook. Adherents.com was not chosen as the primary source because it is seriously out of date and very few--if any--sources are quoted. The US Census Department was not chosen because its figures are based on the census, which takes place every ten years. Furthermore, the US Census Department and their International Data Base (IDB) falls under the US Department of Commerce. (optional) The US Department of Commerce is not known for their foreign intelligence gathering or their ability to balance the US Trade Deficit. Please rely on these numbers with caution.

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CIA WORLD FACTBOOK FIGURES
Continent Country or Territory Total Country Population Estimated % of Muslims Estimated # of Muslims Links to Alternative Figures
World Whole World 6,602,224,175  ?%  ?%
Asia Afghanistan 31,889,923 99% 31,571,024
Asia Akrotiri 6,300 - -
Asia Albania 3,600,523 70% 2,520,366
Africa Algeria 33,333,216 99% 32,999,884
Oceania American Samoa 57,663 - -
Europe Andorra 71,882 - -
Africa Angola 12,263,596 - -
North America Anguilla 13,667 - -
North America Antigua & Barbuda 33,333,216 99% 32,999,884
South America Argentina 40,301,927 - -
Asia Armenia 2,971,650 - -
North America Aruba 100,018 < 10% < 10,001
Asia Ashmore and Cartier Islands 0 0 0
Oceania Australia 20,434,176 1.5% 204,341
Europe Austria 8,199,783 4.2% 344,390
Asia Azerbaijan 8,120,247 93.4% 7,584,310
Asia ' Bahrain 708,573 1% [1] 7,086
South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 0.7% [2] 1,053,138
Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 0.3% [3] 31,177
Central America Belize 294,385 0.35% [4] 1,030
South Asia Bhutan 2,327,849 66% - 75%[5] - 97% (approx)[6] 1,536,380 - 1,745,887 - 2,250,014
South America Bolivia 9,119,152 0.26% [7] 23,710
Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198 0.01% 455
South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.130% [8] 247,014
Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 14.4% [9] 53,939
Eastern Europe Bulgaria 7,322,858 0.015% (approx) 1,098
Southeast Asia Cambodia 13,995,904 95% [10] 13,296,109
North America Canada 33,390,141 1.1%[11] - 3.6% [12][13] 367,292 - 1,202,045
South America Chile 16,284,741 0.04% [14] 6,514
East Asia China 1,321,851,888 8% [15] - 21% [16] - 80% (approx)[[17][18][19][20] 105,748,151 - 277,588,896 - 1,057,481,510
South America Colombia 44,379,598 0.01% [21] 4,438
Central America Costa Rica 4,133,884 2.34% [22] 96,733
West Africa Cote d'Ivoire 18,013,409 0.06% [23] 10,808
Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 0.03% 1,348
Caribbean Cuba 11,394,043 0.25% [24] 28,485
Central Europe Czech Republic 10,228,744 0.2% [25] 20,458
Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 0.1% 5,468
Caribbean Dominican Republic 9,365,818 0.1% [26][27] 9,366
Southeast Asia East Timor 1,084,971 0.1% 1,085
South America Ecuador 13,755,680 0.2% [28][29] 27,511
South America El Salvador 6,948,073 0.03% [30] 2,084
East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 0.1% [31] 4,907
Eastern Europe Estonia 1,315,912 0.4% [32] 5,264
Oceania Fiji 918,675 1% 9,187
Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.1% [33] 5,238
Western Europe France 63,718,187 1.2% [34] 764,618
South America French Guiana 203,321 4% [35][36] 8,132
Oceania French Polynesia 278,963 1% 2,790
Western Europe Germany 82,400,996 1% [37] 824,001
West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 0.05% [38] 11,466
Balkans Greece 10,706,290 0.1% (approx) 10,706
Central America Guatemala 12,728,111 0.1% [39] 12,728
South America Guyana 769,095 0.25% [40] - 0.7%(approx)[41][42] 1,923 - 5,384
Central America Honduras 7,483,763 0.1% [43] 7,484
East Asia Hong Kong 6,980,412 90% [44][45] 6,282,371
Eastern Europe Hungary 9,956,108 0.2% (approx)[46] 19,912
Western Europe Iceland 301,931 0.15% [47] 453
South Asia India 1,129,866,154 1.1% - 1.5% [48] 12,428,528 - 16,947,992
Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 0.8%[49] - 2.3% [50] 1,877,552 - 5,397,962
Western Europe Ireland 4,109,086 0.2% 8,218
Middle East Israel 6,426,679 0.1% [51] 6,426
Western Europe Italy 58,147,733 0.2% 116,295
Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.3% [52][53] 8,340
East Asia Japan 127,433,494 96% [54] 122,336,154
Central Asia Kazakhstan 15,284,929 0.55% [55] 84,067
East Asia North Korea 23,301,725 64.5% (approx) 15,029,613
East Asia South Korea 49,044,790 23.3%[56] - 48% [57] 11,427,436 - 23,541,499
Central Asia Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149 0.35% [58] 18,495
Middle East Kuwait 2,505,559 4% [59] 100,222
Southeast Asia Laos 6,521,998 96%[60] 6,261,118
Eastern Europe Latvia 2,259,810 0.004% [61] 90
Middle East Lebanon 3,925,502 0.1% [62] 3,926
Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx)[63][64] 2,125
West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 0.1% [65] 3,196
Western Europe Liechtenstein 34,247 0.22% [66] 75
East Asia Macau 456,989 85% 388,441
East Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 0.3% (approx)[67] 58,346
Southeast Asia Malaysia 24,821,286 22% [68][69] 5,460,683
East Africa Mauritius 1,250,882 2.5% 31,272
North America Mexico 108,700,891 0.1% (approx)[70][71] 108,701
Central Asia Mongolia 2,951,786 50%[72] - 94%[73][74] 1,475,893 - 2,774,679
Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,373,958 90% [75][76] 42,636,562
Southern Africa Namibia 2,055,080 0.1% [77] 2,055
South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 11% [78][79] 3,179,197
Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 1% [80] 165,706
Caribbean Netherlands Antilles 223,652 0.7% (approx)[81] 1,566
Oceania New Caledonia 221,943 3% [82][83] 6,657
Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 1.2% [84][85] 49,389
Central America Nicaragua 5,675,356 0.1% [86] 5,675
Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 1.5% [87] 69,419
Middle East Oman 3,204,897 1% [88][89] 32,049
South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 0.5% 823,710
Central America Panama 3,242,173 2.1% [90] 68,086
Oceania Papua New Guinea 5,795,887 0.3% [91] 17,388
South America Paraguay 6,669,086 0.5% [92] 33,345
South America Peru 28,674,757 0.31% [93] 88,892
Southeast Asia Philippines 91,077,287 2.5% 2,276,932
Western Europe Portugal 10,642,836 0.03% 3,193
Central Europe Poland 38,518,241 0.1% 38,518
Caribbean Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.03% [94] 1,183
Middle East Qatar 907,229 5% (approx)[95][96] 45,361
East Africa Reunion 784,000 1% 7,840
Eastern Europe Romania 22,276,056 0.01% (approx)[97] 2,228
Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 0.75%[98] - 1.1% - 1.45%[99] 1,060,333 - 1,555,155 - 2,049,977
Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 0.45% [100][101] 124,205
West Africa Senegal 12,521,851 0.01% 1,252
Balkans Serbia 10,150,265 0.01% (approx) 1,015
East Africa Seychelles 81,895 1% 819
Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 51% [102] - 61.1% [103][104] 2,322,035 - 2,781,888
Central Europe Slovakia 5,447,502 0.1% [105] 5,447
Central Europe Slovenia 2,009,245 0.06% (approx) 1,206
Western Europe Spain 40,448,191 0.025% [106] 10,112
Southern Africa South Africa 43,997,828 0.1% [107] 43,998
South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 76.7% 16,050,484
South America Suriname 470,784 1% 4,708
Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 0.2% 18,062
Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 0.29% [108] 21,909
East Asia Taiwan 22,858,872 35%[109] - 75%[110] - 93% [111] 8,000,605 - 17,144,154 - 21,258,751
Central Asia Tajikistan 7,076,598 0.1% [112] 7,076
East Africa Tanzania 39,384,223 0.1% [113] 39,384
Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 95% [114] 61,814,742
Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 0.7% [115] 7,396
Middle East Turkey 71,158,647 0.1% [116] 71,159
Central Asia Turkmenistan 5,097,028 0.1% [117] 50,970
Eastern Europe Ukraine 46,299,862 0.1% (approx)[118] 46,300
Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 5% [119][120] 222,201
Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 1.2% [121] 729,314
North America USA 301,139,947 2% [122] 6,022,799
South America Uruguay 3,460,607 0.1% [123] 3,461
Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,780,059 0.2% [124][125] 55,560
Oceania Vanuatu 211,971 1% [126] 2,120
South America Venezuela 26,023,528 0.2% [127] 52,047
Southeast Asia Vietnam 85,262,356 16%[128] - >50%[129] - 85% (approx)[130] 13,641,977 - >42,631,178 - 72,473,003
Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 0.1% [131] 12,311
Total 6,671,226,000 7.335% – 10.348% - 22.702% (depending on extent of syncretism) 489,325,203 - 690,364,656 - 1,514,475,924

[edit] By region

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

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


Buddhism in Africa
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Central Africa 88,166,923 0 0% 0%
East Africa 202,711,873 40,454 0.019%
North Africa 211,584,604 0 0% 0%
Southern Africa 143,871,660 77,127 0.035%
West Africa 280,965,354 0 0% 0%
Total 927,300,414 117,581 0.012%


Buddhism in Asia
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Central Asia 95,398,532 2,879,280 3.018%
East Asia 1,585,083,298 467,848,179 - 1,247,740,793 29.515% - 78.717%
Middle East 285,194,911 585,025 0.205%
South Asia 1,491,019,011 38,601,550 2.588%
Southeast Asia 592,738,430 216,615,239 36.544%
Total 4,049,434,182 726,336,585 - 1,506,229,199 17.936% - 37.196%


Buddhism in Europe
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Balkans 67,379,383
Central Europe 77,052,660
Eastern Europe 212,144,987
Western Europe 389,933,160
Total 746,510,190


Buddhism in The Americas
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Caribbean 24,683,536 43,498 0.176%
Central America 44,030,092 152,228 0.345%
North America 462,382,674 7,241,845 1.566%
South America 384,863,028 499,020 0.129%
Total 915,959,330 7,936,420 0.866%


Buddhism in Oceania
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Oceania 32,021,885 542,920 1.695%

[edit] Top 20

Top 20 by population on the left and by percentage on the right.


Top 20
Rank Country Buddhist Population  % of Buddhists Country  % of Buddhists Buddhist Population
1 China 277,588,896 - 1,057,481,510 21% - 80% Mongolia 98% 2,816,644
2 Japan 122,369,253 96% Bhutan 97% 2,250,014
3 Vietnam 74,268,750 85% Cambodia 96.5% 13,938,460
4 Thailand 61,814,742 95% Japan 96% 122,369,253
5 Myanmar 43,918,200 90% Taiwan 95.5% 22,131,451
6 South Korea 23,531,874 48% Laos 95% 6,195,898
7 Taiwan 22,131,451 95.5% Thailand 95% 61,814,742
8 Sri Lanka 16,050,484 76.7% Hong Kong 93% 6,701,580
9 North Korea 15,106,650 63.5% Myanmar 90% 43,918,200
10 Cambodia 13,938,460 96.5% Vietnam 85% 74,268,750
11 India 12,274,668 1.05% Macau 85% 408,850
12 Hong Kong 6,701,580 93% China 21% - 80% 277,588,896 - 1,057,481,510
13 Laos 6,195,898 95% Sri Lanka 76.7% 16,050,484
14 Nepal 6,069,376 21% North Korea 63.5% 15,106,650
15 United States 6,039,800 2% Singapore 61% 2,777,335
16 Malaysia 5,970,800 22% South Korea 48% 23,531,874
17 Indonesia 5,397,962 2.3% Malaysia 22% 5,970,800
18 Mongolia 2,816,644 98% Nepal 21% 6,069,376
19 Singapore 2,777,335 61% Brunei 14.4% 54,600
20 Philippines 2,276,932 2.5% United Arab Emirates 5% 219,000



Listing of Muslims by country.

Important note: Population counts by religious affiliation, like most demographic characteristics of a population, are based upon statistical science and subject to observational error and are technically referred to as estimates. Likewise, partisans may seek to bias the estimates. The percentage of Muslim population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [132]. Other sources used were the CIA World Factbook [133] and Adherents.com [134]. 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 [135] (2005 estimates).


[edit] By Source

The CIA World Factbook: wiki internal page link

US State Department: wiki internal page link

US Department of Census: wiki internal page link

US State Dept's Freedom of Religion Report: wiki internal page link

Adherents.com: wiki internal page link

Uncle Bob's Religious Info Stuff: wiki internal page link