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Variables: Total number of Muslims by country and percent of population that are Muslims: Followers of Islam, in two primary branches: (a) Sunni; and (b) Shia. Other, significantly smaller, branches include Kharijite, Sanusi, Mahdiya, Ahmadiya, Druzes, and Sabbateans. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Muslims)1


% Muslims


NATION

REGION

Muslims
(2020)1 [X]

% Muslims
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 38,874,606 99.86
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 1,706,456 59.30
Algeria Northern Africa 43,141,684 98.38
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 1,023 1.32
Angola Middle Africa 366,337 1.11
Anguilla Caribbean 100 0.67
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 543 0.55
Argentina South America 968,094 2.14
Armenia Western Asia 6,393 0.22
Aruba Caribbean 222 0.21
Australia Australia/New Zealand 745,513 2.92
Austria Western Europe 638,420 7.09
Azerbaijan Western Asia 9,748,557 96.15
Bahamas, The Caribbean 354 0.09
Bahrain Western Asia 1,371,164 80.58
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 146,253,593 88.81
Barbados Caribbean 3,105 1.08
Belarus Eastern Europe 24,894 0.26
Belgium Western Europe 856,313 7.39
Belize Central America 2,004 0.50
Benin Western Africa 3,347,253 27.61
Bermuda Northern America 550 0.88
Bhutan South-Central Asia 1,736 0.23
Bolivia South America 2,335 0.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 1,561,011 47.58
Botswana Southern Africa 6,442 0.27
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 211,300 0.10
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 349 1.15
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 257,650 58.89
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 946,192 13.62
Burkina Faso Western Africa 11,398,858 54.53
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 2,046,856 3.76
Burundi Eastern Africa 250,425 2.11
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 311,996 1.87
Cameroon Middle Africa 5,356,210 20.18
Canada Northern America 1,106,517 2.93
Cape Verde Western Africa 15,623 2.81
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 111 0.42
Cayman Islands Caribbean 127 0.19
Central African Republic Middle Africa 668,922 13.85
Chad Middle Africa 9,248,806 56.31
Channel Islands Northern Europe 135 0.08
Chile South America 18,166 0.10
China Eastern Asia 23,746,340 1.65
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 25,085 0.05
Comoros Eastern Africa 854,824 98.30
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 1,319,713 1.47
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 68,633 1.24
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 10,878,330 41.24
Croatia Southern Europe 77,420 1.89
Cuba Caribbean 9,175 0.08
Curacao Caribbean 322 0.20
Cyprus Western Asia 279,031 23.11
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 13,675 0.13
Denmark Northern Europe 304,552 5.26
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 965,002 97.67
Dominica Caribbean 101 0.14
Dominican Republic Caribbean 2,387 0.02
Ecuador South America 2,399 0.01
Egypt Northern Africa 92,165,041 90.06
El Salvador Central America 1,822 0.03
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 56,793 4.05
Eritrea Eastern Africa 1,832,425 51.67
Estonia Northern Europe 3,667 0.28
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 39,524,539 34.38
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 55,617 6.20
Finland Northern Europe 114,361 2.06
France Western Europe 5,693,788 8.72
French Guiana South America 2,740 0.92
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 224,505 10.09
Gambia, The Western Africa 2,140,858 88.59
Georgia Western Asia 439,267 11.01
Germany Western Europe 5,379,950 6.42
Ghana Western Africa 5,588,340 17.98
Gibraltar Southern Europe 1,645 4.88
Greece Southern Europe 607,161 5.83
Greenland Northern America 10 0.02
Grenada Caribbean 369 0.33
Guadeloupe Caribbean 1,660 0.37
Guam Micronesia (region) 51 0.03
Guatemala Central America 1,433 0.01
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 11,399,127 86.80
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 878,765 44.65
Guyana South America 59,169 7.52
Haiti Caribbean 2,691 0.02
Honduras Central America 14,508 0.15
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 99,735 1.33
Hungary Eastern Europe 30,517 0.32
Iceland Northern Europe 597 0.17
India South-Central Asia 198,476,545 14.38
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 216,408,788 79.12
Iran South-Central Asia 82,770,145 98.54
Iraq Western Asia 39,179,468 97.41
Ireland Northern Europe 59,229 1.20
Isle of Man Northern Europe 179 0.21
Israel Western Asia 1,746,624 20.18
Italy Southern Europe 2,800,348 4.63
Jamaica Caribbean 2,615 0.09
Japan Eastern Asia 194,229 0.15
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 9,728,323 95.35
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 12,926,705 68.84
Kenya Eastern Africa 4,232,760 7.87
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 2,578 0.01
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 70,927 0.14
Kosovo Southern Europe 1,948,262 92.95
Kuwait Western Asia 3,535,586 82.79
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 5,687,649 87.18
Laos South-Eastern Asia 8,585 0.12
Latvia Northern Europe 4,762 0.25
Lebanon Western Asia 4,082,958 59.82
Lesotho Southern Africa 988 0.05
Liberia Western Africa 807,836 15.97
Libya Northern Africa 6,802,198 98.99
Liechtenstein Western Europe 2,393 6.27
Lithuania Northern Europe 3,042 0.11
Luxembourg Western Europe 15,712 2.51
Macau Eastern Asia 1,299 0.20
Macedonia Southern Europe 682,224 32.75
Madagascar Eastern Africa 585,819 2.12
Malawi Eastern Africa 2,686,788 14.04
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 18,289,460 56.51
Maldives South-Central Asia 533,435 98.69
Mali Western Africa 17,835,541 88.07
Malta Southern Europe 8,938 2.02
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 210 0.35
Martinique Caribbean 814 0.22
Mauritania Western Africa 4,611,784 99.19
Mauritius Eastern Africa 214,240 16.85
Mayotte Eastern Africa 269,645 98.84
Mexico Central America 120,781 0.09
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 18,491 0.46
Monaco Western Europe 177 0.45
Mongolia Eastern Asia 163,378 4.98
Montenegro Southern Europe 108,321 17.25
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 36,790,789 99.68
Mozambique Eastern Africa 5,459,458 17.47
Namibia Southern Africa 8,741 0.34
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 1,187,282 4.07
Netherlands Western Europe 1,225,417 7.15
New Caledonia Melanesia 7,880 2.76
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 72,692 1.51
Nicaragua Central America 1,126 0.02
Niger Western Africa 23,120,345 95.51
Nigeria Western Africa 94,517,305 45.85
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 391 0.68
Norway Northern Europe 291,543 5.38
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 4,118,141 80.73
Oman Western Asia 4,542,373 88.95
Pakistan South-Central Asia 213,085,718 96.47
Palau Micronesia (region) 430 2.38
Panama Central America 30,728 0.71
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 2,376 0.03
Paraguay South America 4,280 0.06
Peru South America 831 0.00
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 6,065,793 5.54
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 38,638 0.10
Portugal Southern Europe 45,178 0.44
Puerto Rico Caribbean 830 0.03
Qatar Western Asia 2,264,299 78.59
Reunion Eastern Africa 37,306 4.17
Romania Eastern Europe 80,661 0.42
Russia Eastern Europe 17,170,005 11.77
Rwanda Eastern Africa 619,532 4.78
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 133 0.25
Saint Lucia Caribbean 852 0.46
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America 9 0.16
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 1,653 1.49
Samoa Polynesia 63 0.03
San Marino Southern Europe 10 0.03
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 88 0.04
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 31,461,249 90.37
Senegal Western Africa 15,228,387 90.95
Serbia Southern Europe 463,296 6.98
Seychelles Eastern Africa 885 0.90
Sierra Leone Western Africa 5,217,547 65.41
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 880,543 15.05
Sint Maarten Caribbean 77 0.18
Slovakia Eastern Europe 524 0.01
Slovenia Southern Europe 79,041 3.80
Solomon Islands Melanesia 2,167 0.32
Somalia Eastern Africa 15,866,741 99.83
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 1,022,589 1.72
South Sudan Eastern Africa 696,586 6.22
Spain Southern Europe 1,290,827 2.76
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 1,938,392 9.05
Sudan Northern Africa 40,197,223 91.67
Suriname South America 93,254 15.90
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 7,568 0.65
Sweden Northern Europe 829,308 8.21
Switzerland Western Europe 533,519 6.16
Syria Western Asia 16,479,667 94.17
Taiwan Eastern Asia 92,311 0.39
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 9,294,837 97.45
Tanzania Eastern Africa 18,849,101 31.55
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 4,100,565 5.87
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 47,341 3.59
Togo Western Africa 1,519,640 18.36
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 90,184 6.44
Tunisia Northern Africa 11,759,347 99.50
Turkey Western Asia 82,995,694 98.41
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 5,779,977 95.83
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia 12 0.10
Uganda Eastern Africa 5,359,536 11.72
Ukraine Eastern Europe 716,078 1.64
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 7,727,870 78.14
United Kingdom Northern Europe 4,269,225 6.29
United States (General) Northern America 4,564,042 1.38
Uruguay South America 521 0.02
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 31,721,531 94.78
Vanuatu Melanesia 127 0.04
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 93,554 0.33
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 173,508 0.18
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 110 0.11
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 594,653 99.55
Yemen Western Asia 29,599,758 99.24
Zambia Eastern Africa 195,847 1.07
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 108,911 0.73
       

Sources

1 Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022).

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