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Variables: Total number of Shias by country and percent of population that are Shias: (Shi’is). Followers of the smaller of the 2 great divisions of Islam, rejecting the Sunna and holding that Mohammed’s son-in-law Ali was the Prophet’s successor and itself divided into the Ithna-Ashari Ismaili, Alawite and Zaydi sects. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Shias)1


% Shias


NATION

REGION

Shias
(2020)1 [X]

% Shias
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 4,208,129 10.81
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 123,811 4.30
Algeria Northern Africa
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe
Angola Middle Africa
Anguilla Caribbean 4 0.03
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 7 0.01
Argentina South America 384,164 0.85
Armenia Western Asia 2,446 0.08
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 190,672 0.75
Austria Western Europe 10,592 0.12
Azerbaijan Western Asia 6,705,306 66.13
Bahamas, The Caribbean
Bahrain Western Asia 891,012 52.36
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 121 0.00
Barbados Caribbean
Belarus Eastern Europe 2,637 0.03
Belgium Western Europe 3,679 0.03
Belize Central America 36 0.01
Benin Western Africa
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia
Bolivia South America
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 5,707 0.17
Botswana Southern Africa 141 0.01
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 107 0.35
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 569 0.13
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 85,890 1.24
Burkina Faso Western Africa
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 3,809 0.01
Burundi Eastern Africa
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia
Cameroon Middle Africa
Canada Northern America 132,074 0.35
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 72 0.27
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa
Chad Middle Africa
Channel Islands Northern Europe 57 0.03
Chile South America
China Eastern Asia 45,654 0.00
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 4,987 0.01
Comoros Eastern Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 58,215 0.07
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 214 0.00
Croatia Southern Europe
Cuba Caribbean 3,398 0.03
Curacao Caribbean 181 0.11
Cyprus Western Asia
Czech Republic Eastern Europe
Denmark Northern Europe 42,541 0.73
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa
Dominica Caribbean 14 0.02
Dominican Republic Caribbean
Ecuador South America 450 0.00
Egypt Northern Africa 157,217 0.15
El Salvador Central America
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 140 0.01
Eritrea Eastern Africa 39,011 1.10
Estonia Northern Europe 475 0.04
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 115,020 0.10
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 2,307 0.26
Finland Northern Europe 21,532 0.39
France Western Europe 124,020 0.19
French Guiana South America 373 0.12
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa
Gambia, The Western Africa 1,208 0.05
Georgia Western Asia 249,267 6.25
Germany Western Europe 660,452 0.79
Ghana Western Africa 2,486 0.01
Gibraltar Southern Europe 28 0.08
Greece Southern Europe 52,907 0.51
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean 1 0.00
Guadeloupe Caribbean 314 0.07
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 394 0.00
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 2,854 0.15
Guyana South America 8,956 1.14
Haiti Caribbean 1,076 0.01
Honduras Central America 248 0.00
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 2,248 0.03
Hungary Eastern Europe
Iceland Northern Europe
India South-Central Asia 19,004,824 1.38
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 46,950 0.02
Iran South-Central Asia 67,786,860 80.71
Iraq Western Asia 24,628,697 61.23
Ireland Northern Europe 5,185 0.11
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 6,699 0.08
Italy Southern Europe 202,547 0.34
Jamaica Caribbean 622 0.02
Japan Eastern Asia 55,903 0.04
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 208,935 2.05
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 102,408 0.55
Kenya Eastern Africa 38,510 0.07
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia
Kosovo Southern Europe
Kuwait Western Asia 708,388 16.59
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 36,734 0.56
Laos South-Eastern Asia 728 0.01
Latvia Northern Europe 1,219 0.06
Lebanon Western Asia 1,914,377 28.05
Lesotho Southern Africa 107 0.01
Liberia Western Africa 4,046 0.08
Libya Northern Africa 10,994 0.16
Liechtenstein Western Europe 102 0.27
Lithuania Northern Europe 335 0.01
Luxembourg Western Europe 1,878 0.30
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 1,771 0.09
Madagascar Eastern Africa 48,487 0.18
Malawi Eastern Africa 1,648 0.01
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 15,018 0.05
Maldives South-Central Asia 566 0.10
Mali Western Africa
Malta Southern Europe 888 0.20
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean 113 0.03
Mauritania Western Africa
Mauritius Eastern Africa 1,172 0.09
Mayotte Eastern Africa 14 0.01
Mexico Central America 41,258 0.03
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 2,510 0.06
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia
Montenegro Southern Europe 24 0.00
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 166,098 0.45
Mozambique Eastern Africa 3,438 0.01
Namibia Southern Africa
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia
Netherlands Western Europe 30,294 0.18
New Caledonia Melanesia 86 0.03
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 14,035 0.29
Nicaragua Central America 166 0.00
Niger Western Africa 2,179 0.01
Nigeria Western Africa 20,614 0.01
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 22,639 0.42
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 4,489 0.09
Oman Western Asia 333,498 6.53
Pakistan South-Central Asia 21,094,568 9.55
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 2,805 0.07
Papua New Guinea Melanesia
Paraguay South America
Peru South America
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 88 0.00
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 15,139 0.04
Portugal Southern Europe 2,039 0.02
Puerto Rico Caribbean 257 0.01
Qatar Western Asia 359,859 12.49
Reunion Eastern Africa 6,715 0.75
Romania Eastern Europe
Russia Eastern Europe 522,321 0.36
Rwanda Eastern Africa 124 0.00
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 13 0.02
Saint Lucia Caribbean
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 599 0.54
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 3,131,594 9.00
Senegal Western Africa 3,349 0.02
Serbia Southern Europe 319 0.00
Seychelles Eastern Africa 20 0.02
Sierra Leone Western Africa 8,695 0.11
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 37 0.00
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe
Slovenia Southern Europe 2,079 0.10
Solomon Islands Melanesia
Somalia Eastern Africa 183,630 1.16
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 15,717 0.03
South Sudan Eastern Africa 249 0.00
Spain Southern Europe 24,079 0.05
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 330 0.00
Sudan Northern Africa 29,413 0.07
Suriname South America 572 0.10
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 882 0.08
Sweden Northern Europe 189,548 1.88
Switzerland Western Europe 11,463 0.13
Syria Western Asia 2,468,439 14.10
Taiwan Eastern Asia
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 944,612 9.90
Tanzania Eastern Africa 5,562 0.01
Thailand South-Eastern Asia
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia
Togo Western Africa 2,484 0.03
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 280 0.02
Tunisia Northern Africa 11,819 0.10
Turkey Western Asia 12,726,562 15.09
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 54,292 0.90
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 4,483 0.01
Ukraine Eastern Europe 77,466 0.18
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 689,867 6.98
United Kingdom Northern Europe 207,399 0.31
United States (General) Northern America 981,825 0.30
Uruguay South America
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 131,687 0.39
Vanuatu Melanesia
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 13,081 0.05
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 15 0.01
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia 16,291,008 54.62
Zambia Eastern Africa 901 0.00
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 535 0.00
       

Sources

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

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