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 187,118,189 88.2
2Northern Africa 166,134,650 87.6
3Western Africa 127,646,240 46.8
4South-Central Asia 579,766,849 35.2
5South-Eastern Asia 156,209,739 28.1
6Eastern Africa 61,645,994 21.1
7Middle Africa 10,748,853 9.6
8Southern Europe 9,440,466 6.3
9Western Europe 10,768,080 5.8
10Eastern Europe 17,140,199 5.8
11Antarctica 143 2.7
12Northern Europe 2,165,597 2.3
13Southern Africa 1,212,588 2.2
14Australia/New Zealand 370,896 1.5
15Eastern Asia 20,196,677 1.3
16Northern America 5,534,612 1.3
17Melanesia 59,889 0.8
18Central America 157,923 0.4
19South America 1,247,643 0.3
20Caribbean 121,359 0.3
21Micronesia (Region) 597 0.1
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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