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Variables: Total number of Sunnis by country and percent of population that are Sunnis: Followers of the larger of the major branches of Islam, that adheres to the orthodox tradition of the sunna (qv), acknowledges the first 4 caliphs, and recognizes 4 schools of jurisprudence: Hanafite, Hanbalite, Malikite, Shafiite. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Sunnis)1


% Sunnis


NATION

REGION

Sunnis
(2020)1 [X]

% Sunnis
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 34,666,477 89.05
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 1,582,645 55.00
Algeria Northern Africa 43,140,596 98.38
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 1,023 1.32
Angola Middle Africa 363,050 1.10
Anguilla Caribbean 96 0.64
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 532 0.54
Argentina South America 583,929 1.29
Armenia Western Asia 3,947 0.13
Aruba Caribbean 222 0.21
Australia Australia/New Zealand 552,425 2.17
Austria Western Europe 627,566 6.97
Azerbaijan Western Asia 3,043,251 30.01
Bahamas, The Caribbean 354 0.09
Bahrain Western Asia 480,153 28.22
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 146,253,471 88.81
Barbados Caribbean 2,645 0.92
Belarus Eastern Europe 22,257 0.24
Belgium Western Europe 852,634 7.36
Belize Central America 1,932 0.49
Benin Western Africa 3,333,233 27.49
Bermuda Northern America 512 0.82
Bhutan South-Central Asia 1,736 0.23
Bolivia South America 2,335 0.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 1,555,304 47.41
Botswana Southern Africa 6,301 0.27
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 209,387 0.10
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 242 0.80
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 257,082 58.76
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 860,302 12.38
Burkina Faso Western Africa 11,398,817 54.53
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 2,043,048 3.75
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 972,756 2.58
Cape Verde Western Africa 15,623 2.81
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 39 0.15
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 77 0.04
Chile South America 10,519 0.06
China Eastern Asia 23,700,687 1.65
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 20,099 0.04
Comoros Eastern Africa 854,824 98.30
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 1,261,498 1.41
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 68,633 1.24
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 10,828,525 41.05
Croatia Southern Europe 77,420 1.89
Cuba Caribbean 5,777 0.05
Curacao Caribbean 141 0.09
Cyprus Western Asia 278,548 23.07
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 13,675 0.13
Denmark Northern Europe 257,181 4.44
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 965,002 97.67
Dominica Caribbean 86 0.12
Dominican Republic Caribbean 1,519 0.01
Ecuador South America 1,950 0.01
Egypt Northern Africa 92,007,568 89.91
El Salvador Central America 1,822 0.03
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 56,653 4.04
Eritrea Eastern Africa 1,793,414 50.57
Estonia Northern Europe 3,191 0.24
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 39,409,519 34.28
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 52,772 5.89
Finland Northern Europe 92,829 1.68
France Western Europe 5,567,811 8.53
French Guiana South America 2,367 0.79
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 224,505 10.09
Gambia, The Western Africa 2,131,522 88.20
Georgia Western Asia 189,999 4.76
Germany Western Europe 4,709,947 5.62
Ghana Western Africa 3,529,565 11.36
Gibraltar Southern Europe 1,617 4.80
Greece Southern Europe 553,212 5.31
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean 5 0.00
Guadeloupe Caribbean 1,346 0.30
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 1,433 0.01
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 11,398,733 86.80
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 873,943 44.41
Guyana South America 49,836 6.34
Haiti Caribbean 1,615 0.01
Honduras Central America 14,260 0.14
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 97,465 1.30
Hungary Eastern Europe 30,517 0.32
Iceland Northern Europe 597 0.17
India South-Central Asia 179,354,795 13.00
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 216,361,838 79.10
Iran South-Central Asia 14,172,500 16.87
Iraq Western Asia 14,214,209 35.34
Ireland Northern Europe 54,045 1.09
Isle of Man Northern Europe 179 0.21
Israel Western Asia 1,702,048 19.66
Italy Southern Europe 2,597,801 4.30
Jamaica Caribbean 1,993 0.07
Japan Eastern Asia 135,494 0.11
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 9,478,575 92.90
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 12,824,297 68.30
Kenya Eastern Africa 4,194,196 7.80
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 2,826,776 66.19
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 5,650,915 86.61
Laos South-Eastern Asia 7,858 0.11
Latvia Northern Europe 3,543 0.19
Lebanon Western Asia 1,814,185 26.58
Lesotho Southern Africa 880 0.04
Liberia Western Africa 791,535 15.65
Libya Northern Africa 6,473,158 94.21
Liechtenstein Western Europe 2,291 6.01
Lithuania Northern Europe 2,708 0.10
Luxembourg Western Europe 13,834 2.21
Macau Eastern Asia 1,299 0.20
Macedonia Southern Europe 680,453 32.66
Madagascar Eastern Africa 534,360 1.93
Malawi Eastern Africa 2,685,141 14.04
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 18,260,408 56.42
Maldives South-Central Asia 532,869 98.58
Mali Western Africa 17,835,541 88.07
Malta Southern Europe 8,049 1.82
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean 702 0.19
Mauritania Western Africa 4,611,784 99.19
Mauritius Eastern Africa 169,163 13.30
Mayotte Eastern Africa 269,632 98.83
Mexico Central America 79,136 0.06
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 15,981 0.40
Monaco Western Europe 177 0.45
Mongolia Eastern Asia 163,378 4.98
Montenegro Southern Europe 108,298 17.24
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 36,624,692 99.23
Mozambique Eastern Africa 5,456,019 17.46
Namibia Southern Africa 8,741 0.34
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 1,187,282 4.07
Netherlands Western Europe 1,195,123 6.97
New Caledonia Melanesia 7,794 2.73
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 58,656 1.22
Nicaragua Central America 961 0.01
Niger Western Africa 23,118,166 95.50
Nigeria Western Africa 92,745,218 44.99
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 391 0.68
Norway Northern Europe 268,740 4.96
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 3,632,930 71.21
Oman Western Asia 2,408,961 47.17
Pakistan South-Central Asia 185,767,444 84.10
Palau Micronesia (region) 430 2.38
Panama Central America 27,026 0.63
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 6,065,706 5.54
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 23,499 0.06
Portugal Southern Europe 43,138 0.42
Puerto Rico Caribbean 572 0.02
Qatar Western Asia 1,888,998 65.57
Reunion Eastern Africa 30,591 3.42
Romania Eastern Europe 80,661 0.42
Russia Eastern Europe 16,647,684 11.41
Rwanda Eastern Africa 619,408 4.78
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 120 0.23
Saint Lucia Caribbean 852 0.46
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America 9 0.16
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 1,054 0.95
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 28,173,132 80.93
Senegal Western Africa 15,225,038 90.93
Serbia Southern Europe 462,977 6.97
Seychelles Eastern Africa 865 0.88
Sierra Leone Western Africa 5,207,981 65.29
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 880,506 15.05
Sint Maarten Caribbean 77 0.18
Slovakia Eastern Europe 524 0.01
Slovenia Southern Europe 76,962 3.70
Solomon Islands Melanesia 2,167 0.32
Somalia Eastern Africa 15,591,313 98.10
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 1,006,872 1.70
South Sudan Eastern Africa 696,337 6.22
Spain Southern Europe 1,262,447 2.70
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 1,935,513 9.04
Sudan Northern Africa 40,167,810 91.60
Suriname South America 92,682 15.80
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 6,686 0.58
Sweden Northern Europe 638,705 6.32
Switzerland Western Europe 522,056 6.03
Syria Western Asia 13,859,370 79.19
Taiwan Eastern Asia 92,311 0.39
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 8,350,224 87.55
Tanzania Eastern Africa 18,843,539 31.55
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 4,100,544 5.87
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 47,341 3.59
Togo Western Africa 1,509,871 18.24
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 89,329 6.38
Tunisia Northern Africa 11,523,968 97.51
Turkey Western Asia 70,269,132 83.32
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 5,725,685 94.93
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia 12 0.10
Uganda Eastern Africa 5,346,478 11.69
Ukraine Eastern Europe 638,612 1.46
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 6,597,915 66.71
United Kingdom Northern Europe 4,047,750 5.96
United States (General) Northern America 2,933,750 0.89
Uruguay South America 521 0.02
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 31,589,843 94.38
Vanuatu Melanesia 127 0.04
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 80,474 0.28
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 173,508 0.18
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 95 0.09
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 594,653 99.55
Yemen Western Asia 13,128,150 44.02
Zambia Eastern Africa 194,947 1.06
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 108,376 0.73
       

Sources

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

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