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Nearly one in five people in the world today claims the faith of Islam. A diverse community of believers spans the globe. Over fifty countries have Muslim-majority populations, while other groups of believers are clustered in minority communities on nearly every continent.
Although Islam is often associated with the Arab world and the Middle East, fewer than 15% of Muslims are Arab.
Distribution of Muslims
| Africa |
308,660,000 |
27.4% |
| Asia |
778,362,000 |
69.1% |
| Europe |
32,032,000 |
2.8% |
| Latin America |
1,356,000 |
0.1% |
| North America |
5,530,000 |
0.5% |
| Oceania |
385,000 |
0.0% |
| World |
1,126,325,000 |
100% |
Source: Britannica Yearbook, 1997
Countries with Muslim Populations of 10% or more (1996)
| Country |
# in millions |
| Indonesia |
182.2 m |
| Pakistan |
136.9 m |
| Bangladesh |
115.0 m |
| India |
108.6 m |
| Iran |
63.9 m |
| Turkey |
61.0 m |
| Egypt |
51.6 m |
| Nigeria |
40.2 m |
| Algeria |
29.1 m |
| China * |
29.1 m |
| Morocco |
29.1 m |
| Iraq |
21.4 m |
| Sudan |
20.4 m |
| Ethiopia |
18.3 m |
| Afghanistan |
18.0 m |
| Yemen |
16.1 m |
| Saudi Arabia |
16.0 m |
| Uzbekistan |
15.9 m |
| Malaysia |
10.5 m |
| Mali |
9.4 m |
| Tunisia |
9.0 m |
| Somalia |
8.5 m |
| Senegal |
7.7 m |
| Niger |
7.5 m |
| Kazakhstan |
6.9 m |
| Guinea |
6.5 m |
| Azerbaijan |
6.1 m |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
5.9 m |
| Libya |
5.2 m |
| Tajikstan |
5.2 m |
| Burkina Faso |
5.0 m |
| Jordan |
3.6 m |
| Syria |
3.5 m |
| Cameroon |
3.1 m |
| Turkmenistan |
3.1 m |
| Chad |
2.9 m |
| Ghana |
2.8 m |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2.8 m |
| Israel (Palestine) |
2.4 m |
| Mauritania |
2.3 m |
| Mozambique |
2.3 m |
| Sierra Leone |
2.0 m |
| Bosnia |
1.8 m |
| Serbia |
1.8 m |
| United Arab Emirates |
1.8 m |
| Lebanon |
1.7 m |
| Oman |
1.7 m |
| Malawi |
1.5 m |
| Tanzania |
1.5 m |
| Albania |
1.4 m |
| Bulgaria |
1.3 m |
| Brunei |
1.2 m |
| Kuwait |
1.2 m |
| Benin |
0.95 m |
| Gambia |
0.94 m |
| Togo |
0.85 m |
| Macedonia |
0.59 m |
| Bahrain |
0.51 m |
| Comoros |
0.51 m |
| Guinea Bissau |
0.49 m |
| Qatar |
0.47 m |
| Djibouti |
0.45 m |
| Singapore |
0.44 m |
| Liberia |
0.40 m |
| Maldives |
0.25 m |
| Mauritius |
0.19 m |
| Sahara |
0.13 m |
| Suriname |
0.10 m |
| Cyprus |
0.04 m |
| Gibraltar |
0.003 m |
* Muslims in China represent 2.4% of the population |
