Most Muslim Nations (2005)

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Nations (population 200,000+) with the most Muslims according to the World Christian Database (2005).

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RankingNationAdherentsPercent
1Somaliland 3,490,810 99.7
2Afghanistan 24,997,548 99.7
3Tunisia 10,049,611 99.5
4Western Sahara 437,793 99.4
5Mauritania 2,936,123 99.1
6Yemen 20,901,246 99.1
7Morocco 29,991,256 98.8
8Iran 68,480,915 98.7
9Somalia 4,625,277 98.5
10Maldives 290,676 98.4
11Comoros 671,500 98.3
12Algeria 32,198,945 98.0
13Turkey 71,063,349 97.4
14Iraq 27,173,698 97.1
15Djibouti 779,541 96.9
16Libya 5,718,567 96.6
17Pakistan 151,803,178 96.0
18Jordan 5,180,674 93.5
19Saudi Arabia 21,924,162 92.9
20Niger 12,243,066 92.3
21Syria 17,418,887 92.2
22Bangladesh 135,783,807 88.6
23Turkmenistan 4,264,673 88.2
24Senegal 10,381,709 88.2
25Oman 2,203,315 87.9
26Azerbaijan 7,307,895 87.5
27Mali 10,070,407 86.7
28Gambia, The 1,394,842 86.3
29Kuwait 2,323,876 86.1
30Egypt 62,528,782 85.8
31Tajikistan 5,510,101 84.1
32Bahrain 605,904 83.6
33Qatar 662,317 83.2
34Uzbekistan 21,916,551 82.4
35Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine) 3,019,222 80.3
36Indonesia 177,790,964 78.7
37United Arab Emirates 3,127,339 76.2
38Sudan 26,292,910 71.3
39Kyrgyzstan 3,602,373 69.2
40Guinea 6,185,339 68.7
41Albania 2,018,714 64.0
42Lebanon 2,377,721 59.3
43Chad 5,808,857 57.3
44Malaysia 14,504,478 56.5
45Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,169,797 55.4
46Brunei 206,260 55.2
47Kazakhstan 7,675,162 50.5
48Eritrea 2,227,924 49.2
49Burkina Faso 6,734,231 48.3
50Sierra Leone 2,592,378 46.4
51Nigeria 64,216,116 45.4
52Guinea-Bissau 673,964 42.2
53Ethiopia 26,744,388 33.9
54Tanzania 12,204,667 31.7
55Cote d'Ivoire 5,629,856 30.3
56Macedonia 589,160 29.0
57Benin 2,042,597 24.1
58Cameroon 3,565,813 20.0
59Serbia and Montenegro 2,031,247 19.4
60Togo 1,207,534 19.4
61Israel 1,293,560 19.3
62Ghana 4,272,255 19.0
63Singapore 806,862 18.7
64Mauritius 208,749 16.9
65Mozambique 3,413,670 16.6
66Liberia 551,985 16.0
67Surinam 71,818 15.9
68Central African Republic 612,859 14.6
69India 155,997,935 13.8
70Malawi 1,746,951 13.2
71Rwanda 1,174,523 12.7
72Bulgaria 936,749 12.1
73Uganda 3,247,678 11.2
74Georgia 469,928 10.5
75Russia 14,956,494 10.4
76Sri Lanka 1,825,324 9.6
77France 5,068,493 8.3
78Guyana 60,951 8.2
79Trinidad and Tobago 95,097 7.2
80Kenya 2,500,976 7.0
81Philippines 5,445,612 6.4
82Thailand 3,952,962 6.3
83Fiji 51,622 6.2
84Netherlands 1,003,493 6.2
85Mongolia 128,613 5.0
86Gabon 59,685 4.6
87Germany 3,679,652 4.5
88Panama 142,709 4.4
89Nepal 1,180,825 4.4
90Austria 354,089 4.3
91Greece 469,925 4.2
92Reunion 32,716 4.2
93Equatorial Guinea 19,596 4.1
94Switzerland 290,554 3.9
95Burma (Myanmar) 1,811,549 3.8
96Belgium 371,026 3.6
97Denmark 190,232 3.5
98Norway 130,234 2.8
99Cape Verde 14,039 2.8
100New Caledonia 6,464 2.8
101Sweden 237,423 2.6
102United Kingdom 1,540,701 2.6
103South Africa 1,190,428 2.5
104Italy 1,438,080 2.5
105Armenia 71,063 2.4
106Croatia 104,041 2.3
107Cambodia 306,435 2.2
108Ukraine 1,005,817 2.1
109Australia 399,607 2.0
110Argentina 754,304 2.0
110Madagascar 364,441 2.0
111Slovenia 36,480 1.8
112Canada 544,509 1.7
113United States (General) 4,745,054 1.6
114China 20,318,204 1.6
115Congo, Republic of the 50,230 1.4
116Burundi 108,314 1.4
117Spain 586,302 1.4
118Congo, Democratic Republic of the 631,752 1.1
119Zambia 122,280 1.1
120Bhutan 6,593 1.0
121Luxembourgh 4,605 1.0
122New Zealand 33,963 0.8
123Barbados 2,206 0.8
124Zimbabwe 96,106 0.7
125Ireland 27,577 0.7
126Swaziland 7,335 0.7
127Angola 91,553 0.6
128Belize 1,385 0.5
129Moldova 17,770 0.5
130Finland 23,732 0.5
131Chile 70,332 0.4
131Cyprus 2,798 0.4
132Namibia 7,891 0.4
132Taiwan 88,748 0.4
133Guadeloupe 1,631 0.4
133Romania 79,829 0.4
134Venezuela 87,927 0.3
135Solomon Islands 1,489 0.3
136Estonia 3,716 0.3
137Botswana 5,029 0.3
138Belarus 25,805 0.3
139Latvia 5,811 0.3
139Malta 991 0.3
140Hungary 23,794 0.2
140Portugal 25,624 0.2
141Martinique 859 0.2
142Mexico 206,112 0.2
143Lithuania 6,594 0.2
144Vietnam 151,816 0.2
145Honduras 10,010 0.2
145Korea, (South) Republic of 70,125 0.2
146Japan 183,936 0.1
147Laos 6,683 0.1
148Brazil 184,303 0.1
149Iceland 261 0.1
149Jamaica 2,369 0.1
150Cuba 9,121 0.1
151Colombia 22,158 0.1
151Lesotho 913 0.1
152El Salvador 1,873 0.0
152Puerto Rico 1,145 0.0
153Bolivia 1,836 0.0
153Dominican Republic 2,083 0.0
153Haiti 2,194 0.0
153Nicaragua 929 0.0
153Papua New Guinea 1,464 0.0
153Poland 8,380 0.0
153Uruguay 499 0.0
154Czech Republic 1,294 0.0
154Ecuador 1,776 0.0
154Guatemala 1,017 0.0
154Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of 2,362 0.0
154Slovakia 517 0.0
155Bahamas, The 0 0.0
155Bougainville 0 0.0
155Costa Rica 0 0.0
155French Polynesia 0 0.0
155Paraguay 0 0.0
155Peru 687 0.0
155Vanuatu 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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