Information and statistics about the Muslim population of the world
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.
