Islam by Country

Percentage of Islam by Country

Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity with over about 1.9 billion adherents, comprising 20-25% of the world population.

Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East, some parts of Africa and Asia. There are also large Muslim immigrant communities in other parts of the world, such as Western Europe, where Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity. About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries, 30% in India and 15.6% in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country by population.

Around 30 to 40 countries in the world are Muslim-majority.

By Country

Region	Country or Territory	Population (2021)	% Muslim	Estimated Total Number of Muslims
Central Asia	Afghanistan	38,928,346	99%	31,571,023
Balkans	Albania	2,877,797	58%	2,004,480
North Africa	Algeria	43,851,044	99%	32,999,884
Southwest Europe	Andorra	77,265	0.70%	85,845
Central Africa	Angola	32,866,272	1.5%	604,529
Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda	97,929	n/a	n/a
South America	Argentina	45,195,774	1.7%	347,381
Caucasus	Armenia	2,963,243	4.2%	344,391
Oceania	Australia	25,499.884	93.4% - 96%	7,584,311 - 7,795,437
Central Europe	Austria	9,006,398	81.2% (overall) - 98% (citizen)	575,361 - 463,996
Caucasus	Azerbaijan	10,139,177	88.3% - 89.7%	132,446,365 - 134,952,160
Caribbean	Bahamas	393,244	0.1%	9,724
Middle East	Bahrain	1,701,575	4%	415,689
South Asia	Bangladesh	164,689,383	0.58%	1,707
Caribbean	Barbados	287,375	20% - 24.4%	1,615,663 - 1,971,109
East Europe	Belarus	9,449,323	0.5%	11,639
Northwest Europe	Belgium	11,589,623	0.01%	912
Central America	Belize	397,628	40% - 45%	1,820,879 - 2,048,489
West Africa	Benin	12,123,200	0.2%	3,631
Lesser Himalayas	Bhutan	771,608	0.016%	30,402
South America	Bolivia	11,673,021	64%	239,729
Balkans	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,322,858	12.2%	893,389
South Africa	Botswana	14,326,203	50% - 55%	7,163,102 - 7,879,412
South America	Brazil	8,390,505	10%	839,051
South-East Asia	Brunei	13,995,904	3.5%	489,857
East Europe	Bulgaria	18,060,382	20% - 22%	3,612,076 - 3,973,284
West Africa	Burkina Faso	33,390,141	2%	667,803
Africa	Burundi	4,369,038	15% - 20%	655,356 - 873,808
West Africa	Côte d'Ivoire	9,885,661	51%	5,041,678
Africa	Cape Verde	16,284,741	0.02%	3,257
Southeast Asia	Cambodia	1,321,851,888	1.5%	19,827,778
Central Africa	Cameroon	44,379,598	0.024%	10,651
North America	Canada	711,417	98%	657,822
Central Africa	Central African Republic	3,800,610	2%	76,012
Central Africa	Chad	65,751,512	5% - 10%	3,287,576 - 6,575,151
South America	Chile	4,133,884	0.1%	4,134
East Asia	China	18,013,409	35% - 40%	6,304,693 - 7,205,364
East Africa	Comoros	4,493,312	1.3%	58,413
Central Africa	Congo	11,394,043	0.008%	912
Central America	Costa Rica	788,457	18%	141,922
Balkans	Croatia	10,228,744	0.1%	10,229
Caribbean	Cuba	5,468,120	2% - 3.7%	109,362 - 202,320
The Middle East	Cyprus	496,374	94% - 99%	466,592 - 491,410
Central Europe	Czechia (Czech Republic)	9,365,818	0.02%	1,873
Central Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,084,971	1%	10,850
Scandinavia	Denmark	13,755,680	0.002%	275
Africa	Djibouti	80,335,036	90%	72,301,532 - 75,514,933
Caribbean	Dominica	6,948,073	0.03%	2,084
Caribbean	Dominican Republic	4,906,585	48% - 60%	2,189,567 - 2,943,951
West South America	Ecuador	1,315,912	0.4%	5,264
North Africa	Egypt	76,511,887	32.8% - 45%	25,095,899 - 34,430,349
Central America	El Salvador	918,675	7%	64,307
Central Africa	Equatorial Guinea	5,238,460	0.40%	20,654
East Africa	Eritrea	63,718,187	6.9% - 10%	4,396,555 - 6,371,819
Northeast Europe	Estonia	1,454,867	1%	14,549
South Africa	Eswatini	1,688,359	90% - 95%	1,519,523 - 1,603,941
East Africa	Ethiopia	4,646,003	9.9%	459,954
South Pacific	Fiji	82,400,996	3.9%	3,213,639
Scandinavia	Finland	22,931,299	15.6%	3,577,283
Northwest Europe	France	10,706,290	1.3%	139,182
Central Africa	Gabon	89,971	0.3%	270
West Africa	Gambia	12,728,111	0.008%	1,018
Caucasus	Georgia	9,947,814	85%	8,455,642
North-Central Europe	Germany	1,472,780	45%	662,751
East Africa	Ghana	769,095	7.2%	55,375
Balkans	Greece	8,706,497	0.02%	1,741
Caribbean	Grenada	7,483,763	0.04%	2,994
Central America	Guatemala	9,956,108	0.03%	3,201
West Africa	Guinea	301,931	0.1%	302
Africa	Guinea Bissau	1,129,866,154	13.4%	151,402,065
North South America	Guyana	234,693,997	85.2% - 88.20%	199,959,285 - 207,000,105
Caribbean	Haiti	65,397,521	98%	64,089,570
Central America	Honduras	27,499,638	97%	26,674,649
Balkans	Hungary	4,109,086	0.49%	20,135
Europe	Iceland	6,426,679	12% - 16%	771,201 - 1,028,269
South Asia	India	58,147,733	1.4% - 10%	11,331 - 113,307
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	9,031,088	3%	270,933
Middle East	Iran	7,554,661	4.3%	324,850
Middle East	Iraq	19,314,747	90%	17,383,272
Europe	Ireland	22,858,872	0.3%	45,717
South-Central Europe	Italy
Caribbean	Jamaica	39,384,223	35% - 40%	13,784,478 - 15,753,689
East Asia	Japan	65,068,149	4.6%	2,993,135
Middle East	Jordan	5,701,579	13.7% - 20%	781,116 - 1,140,316
Central Asia	Kazakhstan	1,056,608	5.8%	61,283
Southeast Asia	Laos	10,276,158	98%	10,070,635
Baltics	Latvia	71,517,100	99%	70,800,000
Middle East	Lebanon	5,097,028	89%	4,536,355
South Africa	Lesotho	30,262,610	12.1%	3,661,775
West Africa	Liberia	46,299,862	1.1%	500,000
North Africa	Libya	4,444,011	61.75% - 76%	2,744,177 - 3,377,448
West Europe	Liechtenstein	60,776,238	2.7% - 3.3%	1,640,958 - 2,000,000
Baltics	Lithuania	301,139,947	0.6% - 1%	1,806,840 - 3,011,399
Northwest Europe	Luxembourg	3,944,259	0.13%	5,128
Africa	Madagascar	3,460,607	0.01%	346
Southeast Africa	Malawi	27,780,059	88%	24,446,452
Southeast Asia	Malaysia	208,900	0.1%	209
South Asia	Maldives	26,023,528	0.35%	91,082
Western Africa	Mali	85,262,356	0.079%	67,357
Southern Europe	Malta	4,018,332	83.74%	3,365,079
Oceania	Marshall Islands	382,617	99.8%	381,852
North Africa	Mauritania	22,230,531	99%	22,008,225
Eastern Africa	Mauritius	11,477,447	less than 1%	114,774
North America	Mexico	12,311,143	less than 1%	123,111
		4,018,332	83.74%	3,365,079
		382,617	99.8%	381,852
		22,230,531	99%	22,008,225
		11,477,447	less than 1%	114,774
		12,311,143	less than 1%	123,111
Total		7,874,965,825	21.731% - 22.674%

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Muslim in a region (Muslims in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Muslim percentage compared to the total Muslim population of the world (Muslims in the region * 100/total Muslim population of the world).

(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and the Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Central Africa			15.714%	0.852%
East Africa			28.859%	4.497%
North Africa			89.579%	12.199%
Southern Africa			1.639%	0.605%
West Africa			50.783%	9.077%
Total			45.762%	27.23%

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Central Asia			82.707%	5.155%
East Asia			2.592%	2.683%
Middle East			91.791%	17.085%
South Asia			28.947%	28.184%
Southeast Asia			41.931%	16.228%
Total			26.222%	69.336%

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Balkans			12.483%	0.553%
Central Europe			0.7%	0.035%
Eastern Europe			10.256%	1.479%
Western Europe			3.613%	0.92%
Total			6.052%	2.987%

Islam in Islam and Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Caribbean			0.067%	0.001%
Central America			0.199%	0.006%
North America			1.147%	0.347%
South America			1.073%	0.269%
Total			1.101%	0.822%

Islam

Region	Total Population	Muslims	% Muslim	% of Muslim total
Oceania			1.22%	0.025%

By largest population

Following is a list of countries with largest Muslim population on left and highest percentage of Muslim population in the country on the right.

By Population				By Percentage (citizens only)
Rank	Country	Muslim Population	% Muslim	Country	% Muslim	Muslim Population
1	Indonesia	207,000,105	88.20%	Saudi Arabia	100%	26,417,599
2	Pakistan	159,799,666	97%	Afghanistan	99%	31,571,023
3	India	151,402,065	13.4%	Somalia	100%	8,591,629
4	Bangladesh	132,446,365	88%	Maldives	99.9%	348,756
5	Egypt	70,530,237	85%	Western Sahara	99.8%	272,461
6	Turkey	70,800,000	99%	Turkey	99%	70,800,000
7	Nigeria	64,385,994	45%	Iran	98%	67,337,681
8	Iran	64,089,571	98%	Algeria	99%	32,206,534
9	Algeria	32,999,883	99%	Mauritania	99%	3,083,772
10	Morocco	32,300,410	99%	Yemen	99%	20,519,792
11	Afghanistan	31,571,023	99%	Tunisia	99%	9,974,201
12	Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	100%	Oman	99%	2,971,567
13	Sudan	26,121,865	65%	Comoros	99%	664,534
14	Iraq	25,292,658	97%	Djibouti	99%	471,935
15	Uzbekistan	23,897,563	89%	Morocco	98.7%	32,300,410
16	Ethiopia	22,533,500	31.2%	Pakistan	98%	162,487,489
17	Russia	21,513,046	15%	Libya	97%	5,592,596
18	Yemen	20,519,792	99%	Iraq	97%	25,292,658
19	China	19,594,707	1.5%	Tajikistan	95%	6,805,330
20	Syria	16,234,901	88%	Jordan	95%	5,471,745
21	Malaysia	14,467,694	60.4%	Qatar	95%	819,898
22	Tanzania	12,868,224	35%	Senegal	94%	10,459,222
23	Mali	11,062,376	90%	Azerbaijan	93.4%	7,584,311
24	Niger	10,499,343	90%	Bahrain	93.1%	659,682
25	Senegal	10,459,222	94%	Egypt	91%	70,530,237
26	Tunisia	9,974,201	99%	Mali	90%	11,062,376
27	Somalia	8,548,670	99%	Niger	90%	10,499,343
28	Guinea	8,047,686	85%	Gambia	95%	1,433,930
29	Azerbaijan	7,584,311	93.4%	Uzbekistan	89%	23,897,563
30	Burkina Faso	7,449,626	52%	Turkmenistan	89%	4,407,352
31	Kazakhstan	7,137,346	47%	Indonesia	88.2%	207,000,105
32	Tajikistan	6,805,330	95%	Bangladesh	88%	127,001,272
33	Côte d'Ivoire	6,677,043	38.6%	Syria	88%	16,234,901
34	Congo (Kinshasa)	6,008,500	10%	Guinea	85%	8,047,686
35	Libya	5,592,596	97%	Kuwait	85%	1,985,300
36	Jordan	5,471,745	95%	West Bank and Gaza	84%	3,159,999
37	Chad	5,306,266	54%	Kyrgyzstan	80%	4,117,024
38	United States	4,558,068	1.5%	United Arab Emirates	76%	1,948,041
39	Turkmenistan	4,407,352	89%	Albania	70%	2,508,277
40	Philippines	4,392,873	5%	Brunei	64.5%	241,602
41	France	4,214,790	6.9%	Sudan	65%	26,121,865
42	Kyrgyzstan	4,117,024	80%	Malaysia	60.4%	14,467,694
43	Uganda	4,090,422	15%	Sierra Leone	60%	3,610,585
44	Mozambique	3,881,340	20%	Lebanon	55%	2,142,570
45	Sierra Leone	3,610,585	60%	Burkina Faso	52%	7,449,626
46	Ghana	3,364,776	16%	Chad	54%	5,306,266
47	Cameroon	3,276,001	20%	Nigeria	50%	64,385,994
48	Thailand	3,272,218	5%	Eritrea	50%	2,280,799
50	Mauritania	3,083,772	99.9%	Ethiopia	50%	37,533,500
51	Germany	3,049,961	3.7%	Bosnia	40%	1,820,879
52	Oman	2,971,567	99%	Côte d'Ivoire	38.6%	6,677,043
53	Albania	2,004,480	58%	Guinea	38%	538,090
54	Malawi	2,431,784	20%	Tanzania	35%	12,868,224
55	Kenya	2,368,071	7%	Macedonia	33.3%	685,305
56	Eritrea	2,280,799	50%	Suriname	22%	96,391
57	Serbia and Montenegro	2,274,126	21%	Serbia and Montenegro	21%	2,274,126
58	Lebanon	2,142,570	55%	Mozambique	20%	3,881,340
59	Kuwait	1,985,300	85%	Cameroon	20%	3,276,001
60	United Arab Emirates	1,948,041	76%	Malawi	20%	2,431,784

See also

• Muslim Peoples
• Muslim world
• these figures
• Muslim population growth
• List of religious populations
• Religions by country
• Buddhism by country
• Hinduism by country
• Judaism by country
• Roman Catholics by country
• Protestantism by country
• Christianity
• Irreligion by country
• Category:Bahá'í Faith by country and Bahá'í statistics

References

• US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 [1]
• CIA FactBook [2]
• adherents.com [3]
• Religious Freedom page [4]
• Religious Intelligence [5]
• Population of Country from census.gov[6]
• Muslim Population Percentage from U.S Dept. of State[7]

External links

• Muslim Population-A Site with Extensive information regarding worldwide muslim Population.
• Articles about Islam in Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, and Ecuador
• Europe: European Muslim Union
• Qantara.de Dossier: Democracy and Civil Society in Muslim countries