List of Muslim-majority countries

This is a list of countries in which Islam is the majority religion of the people. In a geopolitical sense these countries are often considered to form the Muslim world. The list contains only countries where more than 50% of the population is Muslim. The table is presorted by the largest population by country. It can be sorted on other criteria by clicking the tab of the appropriate column at the top of the table. The percentage shows the proportional amount of Muslims out of the total population of each country. In total, there are about 50 Muslim-majority countries, depending on a few disputed states.

Contents

Table explanation

The table is currently sorted by the total population but can be sorted in various ways. The Muslim % column is the percentage of Muslims of a country out of the total population. The higher the percentage is of a country, then the higher the Muslim majority. Mauritania, Maldives, Saudi Arabia and Somalia have the highest Muslim percentages with 100% of their countries population as Muslims. For the Maldives and Saudi Arabia this figure only applies to citizens of the respective countries. The foreign workers are excluded from this count; there are no official statistics available regarding the exact number of foreign workers in either of these two countries.a

The Muslim population shows the estimated number of Muslims in a given country and is obtained from the Pew Research Center's The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Next is the percentage of Muslims as given by the Pew Reserch Center.[1]

The column Main sect shows whether the predominant denomination of Muslims is Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, or other sects and is followed by the estimated percentage in each country.[2] Religion and state is the role of religion in politics based on the constitutions: Islamic state indicates use of Sharia or the Quran as a form of legislation (e.g., Saudi Arabia); state religion indicates that Islam as the official religion of a country, where Sharia courts may be used (e.g., Malaysia); secular indicates that government institutions are formally separated from religion (e.g., Turkey); and none indicates that the state has neither adopted a state religion, declared an Islamic state, nor declared a secular state (e.g., Indonesia).

The military power or strength of the countries is shown by the numbers of active troops, the powerful of these include Iran, Pakistan and Turkey. The GDP (PPP) per capita is the data for the economy of the Muslim countries. The data can be used to compare rich or poor countries or to compare the economies. The GDP per capita (PPP) have been obtained from the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Database for 2007. All information and data are estimates.[3]

List of countries

Country Population Muslim % Muslim Population
Pew est.[1]		 Muslim %
Pew est.[1]		 Main sect  % Sunni
Pew Est.[2]		  % Shia
Pew Est.[2]		 Main fiqh Religion and state Military power (active troops) GDP (PPP) per capita (US$)
Indonesia 228,582,000 86.1%[4] 204,847,000 88.1% Sunni >99 <1 Shafi'i None[5] 316,000[6] 3,725
Pakistan 172,800,000[7] 97.0%[8] 178,097,000 96.4% Sunni 85 – 90 10 – 15 Hanafi Islamic state[9] 612,000[10] 2,592
Nigeria 155,215,573 50.4% 75,728,000 47.9% Sunni >95 <5 Maliki Secular 80,000 2,422
Bangladesh 142,319,000[11] 89.0%[12] 148,607,000 90.4% Sunni >99 <1 Hanafi State religion[13] 157,053[14] 1,378
Egypt 79,089,650[15] 90.0%[16] 80,024,000 94.7% Sunni >99 <1 Shafi'i State religion[17] 450,000[18] 5,491
Iran 76,923,300[19] 98.0%[20] 74,819,000 99.6% Shia 5 – 10 90 – 95 Jafari Islamic state[21] 545,000[22] 10,624
Turkey 73,722,988[23] 99.0%[23] 74,660,000 98.6% Sunni 85 – 90 10 – 15 Hanafi/Alevi Secular[24] 514,850[25] 13,392
Sudan 43,939,598 70.0%[26] 30,855,000 71.4% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki None 104,500[27] 2,172
Algeria 34,895,000[28] 99.0%[29] 34,780,000 98.2% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki State religion[30] 127,500[31] 6,538
Morocco 33,723,418 99.0%[32] 32,381,000 99.9% Sunni/Sufi >99 <1 Maliki State religion[33] 196,300[34] 4,076
Iraq 31,234,000[35] 97.0%[36] 31,108,000 98.9% Shia 30 – 35 65 – 70 Jafari/Hanafi Secular 254,418[37] 3,600
Afghanistan 28,395,716[38] 99.0%[39] 29,047,000 99.8% Sunni 85 – 90 10 – 15 Hanafi/Jafari Islamic state[40] 70,000[41] 724
Malaysia 28,300,000[42] 60.4%[43] 17,139,000 61.4% Sunni >98 <2 Shafi'i State religion[44] 110,000[45] 13,315
Uzbekistan 27,606,007 88.0%[46] 26,833,000 96.5% Sunni ~99 ~1 Hanafi Secular 53,000[47] 2,344
Saudi Arabia 27,601,038[48] 100.0%[1][49] 25,493,000 97.1% Sunni 85 – 90 10 – 15 Hanbali Islamic state[50] 199,500[51] 23,243
Yemen 23,580,000 99.0%[52] 24,023,000 99.0% Sunni 60 – 65 35 – 40 Shafi'i/Zaidi Islamic state[53] 65,000[54] 2,335
Syria 22,505,000 90.0%[55] 20,895,000 92.8% Sunni 80 – 85 15 – 20 Hanafi/Alevi None[56] 296,000[57] 4,448
Kazakhstan 16,433,000[58] 70.2%[59] 8,887,000 56.4% Sunni >99 <1 Hanafi Secular[60] 65,800[61] 11,086
Niger 13,272,679 90.0%[62] 15,627,000 98.3% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki Secular[63] 5,300[64] 666
Burkina Faso 13,228,000 50.0%[65] 9,600,000 58.9% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki Secular 6,000[66] 1,253
Mali 11,995,402 90.0%[67] 12,316,000 92.4% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki Secular 7,350[68] 1,031
Senegal 11,658,000 94.0%[69] 12,333,000 95.9% Shia/Sufi >99 <1 Maliki Secular 9,400[70] 1,685
Tunisia 10,383,577 98.0%[71] 10,349,000 99.8% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki State religion[72] 35,000[73] 7,473
Guinea 10,211,437 85.0%[74] 8,693,000 84.2% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki Secular 9,700[75] 1,074
Somalia 9,558,666 100.0%[76] 9,231,000 98.6% Sunni >99 <1 Shafi'i Islamic State 10,000 600
Azerbaijan 8,676,000[77] 93.4%[78] 8,795,000 98.4% Shia 25 – 35 65 – 75 Jafari Secular[79] 95,000 7,656
Tajikistan 7,215,700 97.0%[80] 7,006,000 99.0% Sunni ~93 ~7 Hanafi State religion[81] 6,000[82] 1,841
Sierra Leone 6,294,774[83] 60.0%[84] 4,171,000 71.5% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki None 13,000[85] 692
Libya 6,173,579[86] 97.0%[87] 6,325,000 96.6% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki State religion[88] 76,000[89] 12,277
Jordan 5,568,565 95.0%[90] 6,397,000 98.8% Sunni >99 <1 Shafi'i State religion 100,700[91] 4,886
United Arab Emirates 5,432,746[92] 76.0%[93] 3,577,000 76.0% Sunni ~90 ~10 Maliki State religion[94] 50,500[95] 37,293
Kyrgyzstan 5,356,869 75.0%[96] 4,927,000 88.8% Sunni >99 <1 Hanafi Secular[97] 12,500[98] —
Turkmenistan 5,110,023 89.0%[99] 4,830,000 93.3% Sunni ~99 ~1 Hanafi Secular[100] 26,000[101] 5,154
Chad 5,041,690 54.0%[102] 6,404,000 55.7% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki Secular 30,350[103] 1,675
Lebanon 4,196,453 60.0%[104] 2,542,000 59.7% Shia/Sunni 45 – 55 45 – 55 Hanafi/Jafari None 72,100[105] 11,270
Palestine 4,168,858 94.0% 4,298,000 97.5% Sunni >99 <1 Hanafi None 56,100 2,900
Kuwait 3,399,637[106] 85.0%[107] 2,636,000 86.4% Sunni 75 – 80 20 – 25 Maliki State religion[108] 15,500[109] 39,305
Albania 3,170,048[110] 70.0%[111] 2,601,000 82.1% Sunni >95 <5 Hanafi None 9,500[112] 6,897[113]
Mauritania 3,124,000[114] 100.0%[115] 3,338,000 99.2% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki Islamic state[116] 15,750[117] 2,008
Oman 2,577,000[118] 93.0%[119] 2,547,000 87.7% Kharijite 90 – 95 5 – 10 Ibadi State religion[120] 41,700[121] 23,967
Kosovo[b] 1,733,872[122] 90.0%[123] 2,104,000 91.7% Sunni — — Hanafi Secular[124] — 1,800[125]
The Gambia 1,700,000 90.0%[126] 1,669,000 95.3% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki Secular 800[127] 1,326
Bahrain 1,046,814 81.0%[128] 655,000 81.2% Shia 25 – 35 65 – 75 Maliki/Jafari State religion[129] 11,200[130] 32,604
Comoros 798,000 98.0%[131] 679,000 98.3% Sunni >99 <1 Maliki State religion — 1,125
Qatar 744,029[132] 77.5%[133] 1,168,000 77.5% Sunni ~90 ~10 Hanbali State religion[134] 12,400[135] 80,870
Western Sahara[c] 513,000[136] 99.9% 528,000 99.6% Sunni >99 <1 — — — —
Djibouti 496,374 94.0%[137] 853,000 97.0% Sunni >99 <1 Shafi'i Secular 9,850[138] 2,271
Brunei 381,371[139] 67.0%[140] 211,000 51.9% Sunni >99 <1 Shafi'i State religion 7,000[141] 51,005
Maldives 350,000[142] 100.0%[143] 309,000 98.4% Sunni >99 <1 Shafi'i State religion[144] 1,000[145] 4,604
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[e] 287,856[146] 89.6% — — Sunni — — Hanafi Secular 9,000 16,158
Mayotte[d] 194,000[136] 97.0%[147] 197,000 98.8% Sunni >99 <1 — — — —

See also

Notes

Footnotes

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