List of countries by Muslim population

Spread of Islam

The following list sorts countries and territories according to their percentage of Muslim population. It also shows the total number of Muslims within a country and, if figures are available, their sectoral distribution. All figures for the Muslim population are for 2010 and come from a study by the Pew Research Center . It should be noted that some of the figures are based on estimates. In addition, national statistics on religious affiliation also include non-practicing Muslims in the Muslim population in some countries.

States with an Islamic population of more than 5%
Green : Sunni , red : Shiite , blue : Ibadi (Oman)

In 2010 Islam was the second largest religion, after Christianity, with around 1.6 billion followers worldwide. It is also the fastest growing of all the major world religions. The countries with the most Muslims in 2010 were Indonesia (209.1 million), India (176.2 million), Pakistan (167.4 million), Bangladesh (134.4 million) and Nigeria (77.3 million .). The vast majority of the Muslim population lives in the Middle East , Africa , South Asia , Central Asia and Southeast Asia . In the Arab countries where Islam originated and was first spread, only around 15 to 20% of the world's Muslim population still live today.

The largest religious group in Islam are the Sunnis , who make up the majority of the Muslim population in most countries (figures are, however, controversial or unclear for some countries). The second largest community are the Shiites with a share of around 10 to 15% of the global Muslim population. Small minorities within the Islamic community are the Ibadites , Ahmadiyya , Alevis and Alawites (the last two are sometimes also counted among the Shiites).

list

country	Share of Muslims in 2010	Number of Muslims in 2010	Denominational distribution of the Muslim population
Algeria	99.9%	42,930,000	Sunni majority <99% (as of 2019)
Somalia	99.8%	9,310,000	Sunni majority <95%
Afghanistan	99.7%	31,330,000	Sunni majority approx. 85–89%, Shiites approx. 10–15% (as of 2009)
Iran	99.5%	73,570,000	Shiite majority approx. 90–95%, Sunnis approx. 5–10% (as of 2011)
Tunisia	99.5%	10,430,000	Sunni majority <95%
Mauritania	99.1%	3,430,000	Sunni majority <95%
Yemen	99.1%	23,830,000	Sunni majority approx. 65%, Shiites approx. 35% (as of 2010)
Iraq	99.0%	31,340,000	Shiite majority approx. 64-69%, Sunnis approx. 29-34% (as of 2015)
Maldives	98.4%	310,000	Sunni majority
Niger	98.4%	15,270,000	Sunni majority <85%, Shiites approx. 7%, Ahmadiyya approx. 6%
Comoros	98.3%	720,000	Sunni majority <95%
Turkey	98.0%	71,330,000	Sunni majority, Shiite and Alevi minorities
Morocco	97.9%	34,730,000	Sunni majority <95% (as of 2010)
Palestine	97.6%	3,940,000	Sunni majority <95% (as of 2010)
Jordan	97.2%	6,010,000	Sunni majority <95%, Shiites approx. 5%
Azerbaijan	96.9%	8,900,000	Shiite majority approx. 80-85%, Sunnis approx. 15-20%
Djibouti	96.9%	860,000	Sunni majority <95%
Tajikistan	96.7%	6,650,000	Sunni majority approx. 96–97%, Shiites approx. 3–4%
Uzbekistan	96.7%	26,550,000	Sunni majority
Libya	96.6%	6,140,000	Sunni majority <95%
Pakistan	96.4%	167,410,000	Sunni majority approx. 80–85%, Shiites approx. 10–15%, Ahmadiyya approx. 1–5% (as of 2010)
Senegal	96.4%	11,980,000	Sunni majority <95%
Gambia	95.1%	1,640,000	Sunni majority
Egypt	94.9%	76,990,000	Sunni majority <95%
Mali	94.4%	14,510,000	Sunni majority
Kosovo	93.8%	1,660,000	Sunni majority
Saudi Arabia	93.0%	25,520,000	Sunni majority approx. 85–90%, Shiites approx. 10–15% (as of 2012)
Turkmenistan	93.0%	4,690,000	Sunni majority, Shiite minority
Syria	92.8%	18,930,000	Sunni majority approx. 80%, Shiites and Alawis approx. 20%
Sudan	90.7%	30,490,000	Sunni majority <95%
Bangladesh	90.4%	134,430,000	Sunni majority approx. 96%, Shiites approx. 2%, others approx. 2%
Kyrgyzstan	88.0%	4,690,000	Sunni majority <95%
Indonesia	87.2%	209,120,000	Sunni majority <95%
Oman	85.9%	2,390,000	Ibadi majority approx. 75%, Sunni and Shiite minorities
Guinea	84.4%	8,430,000	Sunni majority
Albania	56.7%	1,587,608	Sunni majority, Alevi minority (as of 2011)
Sierra Leone	78.0%	4,580,000	Sunni majority approx. 90%, Ahmadiyya approx. 10%
United Arab Emirates	76.9%	5,780,000	Sunni majority approx. 80–85%, Shiites approx. 15–20%
Brunei	75.1%	300,000	Sunni majority
Kuwait	74.1%	2,030,000	Sunni majority approx. 60-70%, Shiites approx. 30-40%
Kazakhstan	70.4%	11,290,000	Sunni majority
Bahrain	70.3%	890,000	Shiite majority approx. 70-75%, Sunnis approx. 25-30%
Qatar	67.7%	1,190,000	Sunni majority approx. 90%, Shiites approx. 10%
Burkina Faso	61.6%	10,150,000	Sunni majority
Malaysia	61.3%	18,100,000	Sunni majority
Lebanon	61.3%	2,590,000	Shiites and Sunnis each approx. 50%, no reliable information
Chad	55.3%	6,210,000	Sunni majority
Nigeria	48.8%	77,300,000	Sunni majority approx. 85%, Shiites approx. 12%, Ahmadiyya approx. 3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.2%	1,700,000	Sunni majority
Guinea-Bissau	45.1%	680,000	Sunni majority <90%
North Macedonia	39.3%	810,000	Sunni majority
Ivory Coast	37.5%	7,390,000	Sunni majority
Eritrea	36.6%	1,920,000	Sunni majority
Tanzania	35.2%	15,770,000	Sunni majority approx. 65%, Shiites approx. 20%, Ahmadiyya approx. 15% (as of 2012)
Ethiopia	34.6%	28,680,000	Sunni majority, Shiite and Ahmadiyya minorities
Cyprus	25.3%	280,000	Sunni majority
Benin	23.8%	2,110,000	Sunni majority <90%
Montenegro	18.7%	120,000	Sunni majority
Israel	18.6%	1,380,000	Sunni majority
Cameroon	18.3%	3,590,000	Sunni majority, Shiite and Ahmadiyya minorities
Mozambique	18.0%	4,200,000	Sunni majority
Mauritius	17.3%	220,000	Sunni majority
Ghana	15.8%	3,860,000	Sunni majority approx. 75%, Ahmadiyya approx. 16%, Shiites approx. 7%
Suriname	15.2%	80,000	Sunni majority
India	14.2%	176,200,000	Sunni majority approx. 80–90%, Shiites approx. 10–20% (as of 2010)
Singapore	14.3%	730,000	Sunni majority
Togo	14.0%	840,000	Sunni majority
Bulgaria	13.7%	1,020,000	Sunni majority approx. 95%, Shiites approx. 5% (as of 2011)
Malawi	13.0%	1,930,000	Sunni majority
Liberia	12.0%	480,000	Sunni majority, Shiite and Ahmadiyya minorities
Uganda	11.5%	3,840,000	Sunni majority
Gabon	11.2%	170,000	Sunni majority
Georgia	10.7%	470,000
Russia	10.0%	14,290,000	Sunni majority approx. 90%, Shiites approx. 10%
Sri Lanka	9.8%	2,040,000	Sunni majority
Kenya	9.7%	3,920,000	Sunni majority
Central African Republic	8.5%	370,000	Sunni majority
France	7.5%	4,710,000	Sunni majority
Guyana	6.4%	50,000
Fiji	6.3%	50,000
South Sudan	6.2%	610,000
Netherlands	6.0%	1,000,000	Sunni majority approx. 80%, Shiites approx. 15–20% (as of 2005)
Belgium	5.9%	630,000	Sunni majority approx. 90%, Shiites approx. 10% (as of 2011)
Trinidad and Tobago	5.9%	80,000
Germany	5.8%	4,760,000	Sunni majority 74.1%, Alevis 12.5%, Shiites 7.1%, others 6.1% (as of 2009)
Philippines	5.5%	5,150,000	Sunni majority
Thailand	5.5%	3,770,000	Sunni majority
Austria	5.4%	400,000	Sunni majority 65%, Alevis 10-20%, Shiites approx. 4%, (as of 2017)
Greece	5.3%	610,000	Sunni majority
Liechtenstein	5.0%	<10,000
Switzerland	4.9%	380,000	Sunni majority
United Kingdom	4.8%	2,960,000	Sunni majority <70%, Shiites approx. 5%, Ahmadiyya approx. 1%, others approx. 20%
Nepal	4.6%	1,370,000	Sunni majority
Sweden	4.6%	430,000	Sunni majority
Denmark	4.1%	230,000	Sunni majority
Serbia	4.1%	330,000	Sunni majority
Myanmar	4.0%	1,900,000
Equatorial Guinea	4.0%	30,000
Italy	3.7%	2,220,000	Sunni majority
Norway	3.7%	180,000	Sunni majority
Slovenia	3.6%	70,000
Mongolia	3.2%	90,000
Madagascar	3.0%	620,000
Burundi	2.8%	230,000
Australia	2.4%	540,000
Luxembourg	2.3%	10,000
Canada	2.1%	710,000	Sunni majority
Spain	2.1%	980,000	Sunni majority
Cambodia	2.0%	280,000
People's Republic of China	1.8%	24,690,000	Sunni majority
Hong Kong	1.8%	130,000
Rwanda	1.8%	190,000
South Africa	1.7%	860,000
Democratic Republic of Congo	1.5%	970,000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.5%	<10,000
Croatia	1.4%	60,000
New Zealand	1.2%	50,000
Republic of the Congo	1.2%	50,000
Ukraine	1.2%	560,000
Ireland	1.1%	50,000
Seychelles	1.1%	<10,000
Argentina	1.0%	400,000
Barbados	1.0%	<10,000
United States	0.9%	2,770,000	Sunni majority / plurality, Shiite minority
Zimbabwe	0.9%	110,000
Andorra	0.8%	<10,000
Finland	0.8%	40,000
Panama	0.7%	30,000
Antigua and Barbuda	0.6%	<10,000
Moldova	0.6%	20,000
Botswana	0.5%	<10,000
Zambia	0.5%	70,000
Monaco	0.4%	<10,000
Grenada	0.3%	<10,000
Namibia	0.3%	<10,000
Portugal	0.3%	30,000
Romania	0.3%	70,000
St. Kitts and Nevis	0.3%	<10,000
Venezuela	0.3%	90,000
Angola	0.2%	40,000
Belarus	0.2%	20,000
Bhutan	0.2%	<10,000
Estonia	0.2%	<10,000
Iceland	0.2%	<10,000
Macau	0.2%	<10,000
Japan	0.2%	200,000
Malta	0.2%	<10,000
Slovakia	0.2%	<10,000
South Korea	0.2%	100,000
Swaziland	0.2%	<10,000
Vietnam	0.2%	160,000
Bahamas	0.1%	<10,000
Belize	0.1%	<10,000
Dominica	0.1%	<10,000
Honduras	0.1%	10,000
Latvia	0.1%	<10,000
St. Lucia	0.1%	<10,000
East Timor	0.1%	<10,000
Tuvalu	0.1%	<10,000
Armenia	0.1%	<10,000
Brazil	<0.1%	40,000
Bolivia	<0.1%	<10,000
Chile	<0.1%	<10,000
Costa Rica	<0.1%	<10,000
Dominican Republic	<0.1%	<10,000
Ecuador	<0.1%	<10,000
El Salvador	<0.1%	<10,000
Guatemala	<0.1%	<10,000
Haiti	<0.1%	<10,000
Jamaica	<0.1%	<10,000
Kiribati	<0.1%	<10,000
Colombia	<0.1%	10,000
Cuba	<0.1%	<10,000
Laos	<0.1%	<10,000
Lesotho	<0.1%	<10,000
Lithuania	<0.1%	<10,000
Marshall Islands	<0.1%	<10,000
Mexico	<0.1%	<10,000
Micronesia	<0.1%	<10,000
Nauru	<0.1%	<10,000
Nicaragua	<0.1%	<10,000
North Korea	<0.1%	<10,000
Palau	<0.1%	<10,000
Papua New Guinea	<0.1%	<10,000
Paraguay	<0.1%	<10,000
Peru	<0.1%	<10,000
Poland	<0.1%	20,000
Puerto Rico	<0.1%	<10,000
Samoa	<0.1%	<10,000
San Marino	<0.1%	<10,000
Sao Tome and Principe	<0.1%	<10,000
Solomon Islands	<0.1%	<10,000
Taiwan	<0.1%	10,000
Tonga	<0.1%	<10,000
Czech Republic	<0.1%	<10,000
Hungary	<0.1%	<10,000
Uruguay	<0.1%	<10,000
Vanuatu	<0.1%	<10,000
Vatican city	<0.1%	<10,000

See also

• Islam
• List of countries by religion
• List of countries by Christian population

Individual evidence

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