Islam (2005)

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Regions of the world with the most Muslims according to the World Christian Database (2005).

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RankingRegionAdherentPercent
1Western Asia 188,138,767 88.2
2Northern Africa 167,247,315 87.8
3Western Africa 119,017,821 46.3
4South-Central Asia 559,280,980 34.6
5South-Eastern Asia 147,562,989 26.4
6Eastern Africa 60,901,689 21.6
7Middle Africa 9,739,161 9.2
8Southern Europe 8,233,079 5.6
9Western Europe 10,407,853 5.6
10Eastern Europe 12,891,853 4.3
11Antarctica 143 2.7
12Southern Africa 1,122,363 2.2
13Northern Europe 1,773,178 1.9
14Northern America 5,193,948 1.6
15Australia/New Zealand 344,133 1.4
16Eastern Asia 20,315,665 1.3
17Melanesia 67,877 0.9
18South America 1,255,038 0.3
19Caribbean 121,000 0.3
20Central America 368,701 0.3
21Micronesia (Region) 101 0.0
22Polynesia 0 0.0


Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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