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Distribution of Islam per country. Green represents a Sunni majority and blue represents a Shia majority.
Muslim percentage of population by country
File:MuslimDistribution2.jpg
Map showing distribution of Shia and Sunni Muslims in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Discrepancy

The exact percentage of the world's Muslim population that adheres to the various Shi'a sects, as opposed to the majority Sunni group, is indeterminate. No Sunni-Shi'a breakdown is available for many countries. The CIA World Factbook gives a Sunni-Shi'a breakdown only for countries where Shi'a are a significant minority. When no breakdown is given, all the country's Muslims have been enrolled, provisionally, in the Sunni column. This is certain to have exaggerated the proportion of Sunni Muslims. Much further work will be required before the Sunni-Shi'a statistics given here can be considered reliable. At present, the figures indicate 85% Sunni and 15% Shi'a.

No columns have been provided for other sects, such as the Ibadi branch of Islam. Ibadis make up 75 percent of Oman's population.[1]

The CIA estimates that Muslims constitute some 20.12% of the world population. If the larger figure is used, the percentage would be 23.1%. The discrepancy may be due to rounding errors, since in many cases the Muslim population was calculated from the general population multiplied by the Muslim percentage. Replacing the CIA figures with figures from national censuses, if available, could reduce this discrepancy.

Data

Data is estimated for mid-2009 for countries with significant Muslim populations

Country Population Muslim (%) Muslim Shia to Muslim (%) Shia Population Sunni to Muslim (%) Sunni Population
Afghanistan 33,609,937 100% 33,609,937 19%[2] 6,721,987 80%[2] 26,887,950
Saudi Arabia 28,686,633 100%[3] 28,686,633 15%[4] 4,302,995 85% 24,383,638
Somalia 9,832,017[5] 100%[6] 9,832,017 0% 0 100% 9,832,017
Mauritania 3,129,486 100% 3,129,486[7] 0% 0 100%[8] 3,129,486
Turkey 76,805,524 99.8%[9] 76,651,913 20%[10] 15,330,383 80%[10] 61,321,530
Algeria 34,178,188 99%[11] 33,836,406 0% 0 100%[11] 33,836,406
Yemen 23,822,783[12] 99% 23,584,555 46%[13] 10,848,895 54%[13] 12,735,660
Morocco 34,859,364 98.7%[14] 34,406,192 0%[15] 0 100%[15] 34,406,192
Iran 66,429,284 98%[16] 65,100,698 91%[16] 59,122,063 9%[16] 5,859,063
Western Sahara 405,210[17] 99% 300,000 0% 9,000 100% 291,000
Maldives 396,334[18] 99% 300,000 5% 15,000 95% 285,000
Tunisia 10,486,339 98%[19] 10,276,612 0% 0 100%[20] 10,071,080
Oman 3,418,085[1] 98%[1][20][1] 3,349,723 2%[20] 68,362 21%[20] 717,798
Comoros 752,438 98%[21] 737,389 0% 0 100%[21] 737,389
Iraq 28,945,657 97%[22] 28,077,287 64%[2] 18,091,036 36%[3] 9,986,257
Libya 6,310,434 97%[23] 6,121,121 0% 0 100%[23] 6,121,121
United Arab Emirates 4,798,491 96%[24] 4,606,551 17%[24] 767,759 83%[24] 3,838,792
Pakistan 176,242,949 95%[25] 167,430,802 21%[25] 35,248,590 79%[25] 132,182,212
Senegal 13,711,597 94%[26] 12,888,901 1.5% 549,900 98.5% 10,448,100
Jordan 6,342,948 94%[27][20][4] 5,962,371 2%[20] 126,859 92%[20] 5,835,512
Djibouti 516,055 94%[28] 485,092 0% 0 100%[29] 485,092
Azerbaijan 8,238,672 93.4%[30] 7,694,920 72%[20] 5,519,910 31%[20] 2,389,215
Egypt 83,082,869 90%[31] 74,774,582 1.1%[32] 830,829 98.9%[32] 73,943,753
Syria 20,178,485 90%[33] 18,160,637 17% 3,026,773 82%[34] 14,932,079
Mali 12,666,987 90%[35] 11,400,288 - - - -
Tajikistan 7,349,145 90%[36] 6,614,231 6%[36] 367,457 94%[36] 6,246,773
The Gambia 1,782,893 90%[37] 1,604,604 0% 0 100%[38] 1,604,604
Turkmenistan 4,884,887 89%[39] 4,347,550 4% 185,120 96% 4,442,880
Uzbekistan 27,606,007 88%[40] 24,293,286 6% 1,393,920 94% 21,838,080
Indonesia 240,271,522 86.1%[41] 206,873,780 1% 1,952,720 99% 193,319,280
Guinea 10,057,975 85%[42] 8,549,279 1% 242,250 99% 7,832,750
Kuwait 2,691,158 85%[43] 2,287,484 30%[43] 686,245 70%[43] 1,601,239
Bangladesh 156,050,883 83%[44] 129,522,233 5% 6,484,075 95% 123,197,434
Bahrain 727,785 81.2%[45] 590,961 92%[4] 545,839 8% 45,122
Niger 15,306,252 80%[46] 12,245,002 5%[47] 612,250 95%[47] 12,889,476
Qatar 833,285 77.5%[48] 629,130 21%[49] 133,326 79% 658,295
Kyrgyzstan 5,431,747 75%[50] 4,073,810 3% 117,000 97% 3,783,000
Sudan 41,087,825 70%[51] 28,761,478 1% 586,920 99% 24,759,080
Albania 3,639,453 70%[52] 2,547,617 30% 540,000 70% 1,580,000
Brunei 388,190 67%[53] 260,087 - - - -
Sierra Leone 6,440,053 60%[54] 3,864,032 - - -
Lebanon 4,017,095 59.7%[55] 2,398,206 60%[20] 1,446,154 37%[20] 883,761
Chad 10,329,208 53.1%[56] 5,484,809 - - - -
Malaysia 25,715,819 53%[57] 15,532,355 2% 280,600 98% 11,749,400
Nigeria 149,229,090 50%[58] 74,614,545 4.77% 3,287,500 95.23% 56,462,500
Tanzania 36,500,000 50% 18,250,000 6% 1,095,000 94% 17,155,
Burkina Faso 15,746,232 50%[59] 7,873,116 1% 208,500 99% 6,741,500
Eritrea 5,647,168[60] 50%[61] 2,823,584 - - 100% 2,823,584
Kazakhstan 15,399,437 47%[62] 7,237,735 5% 354,850 95% 8,252,150
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,613,414 40%[63] 1,845,366 0% 0 100% 1,845,366
Cote d'Ivoire 20,617,068 38.6%[64] 7,958,188 1% 436,800 99% 10,483,200
Macedonia 2,066,718 33.3%[65] 688,217 1% 6,300 99% 623,700
Ethiopia 85,237,338 32.8%[66] 27,957,847 40% 387,000 60% 23,135,000
Benin 8,791,832 24.4%[67] 2,145,207 1% 50,400 99% 1,629,600
Cameroon 18,879,301 20%[68] 3,775,860 - - - -
Togo 6,019,877 20%[69] 1,203,975 - - - -
Suriname 481,267 19.6%[70] 94,328 - - - -
Cyprus 796,740 18%[71] 143,413 - - - -
Montenegro 672,180 17.7%[72] 118,976 - - - -
Mauritius 1,284,264 16.6%[73] 213,188 - - - -
Ghana 23,832,495 15.9%[74] 3,789,367 12.72% 1,118,000 87.28% 8,712,000
Central African Republic 4,511,488 15%[75] 676,723 - - - -
Singapore 4,657,542 14.9%[76] 652,056 - - - -
India 1,166,079,217 13.4%[77] 156,254,615 15%[4] 23,438,192 85% 132,816,423
Russia 140,041,247 12.5%[5][78] 17,505,156 8% 1,212,000 92% 13,488,000
Bulgaria 7,700,000 12.2%[79] 878,972 10% 89,000 90% 801,000
Uganda 32,369,558 12.1%[80] 3,916,717 7% 301,280 93% 4,002,720
Democratic Republic of the Congo 68,692,542 10%[81] 6,869,254 - - - -
Kenya 39,002,772 10%[82] 3,900,277 7% 560,000 93% 7,440,000
Burundi 8,988,091 10%[83] 898,809 - - - -
Israel-West Bank-Gaza Strip 10,100,000 39% 4,000,000 0.54% 21,760 99.46% 3,973,240
Sri Lanka 21,324,791 7.6%[84] 1,620,684 - - - -
France 64,057,792 7.5%[6][85] 4,804,334 6% 358,800 94% 4,621,200
Guyana 772,298 7.2%[86] 55,606 - - - -
Madagascar 20,653,556 7%[87] 1,445,749 - - - -
Fiji 944,720 7%[88] 66,130 - - 70%[88] 46,291
Philippines 97,976,603 5%[89] 4,898,830 - - - -
Thailand 65,905,410 4.6%[90] 3,031,649 - - - -
Nepal 28,563,377 4.2%[91] 1,199,662 - - - -
Austria 8,210,281 4.2%[92] 344,832 - - - -
Mongolia 3,041,142 4%[93] 121,646 5% 8,000 95% 152,000
Germany 82,329,758 3.7%[94] 3,046,201 20% 306,000 80% 2,754,000
Serbia 7,379,339 3.2%[95] 236,139 - - - -
United Kingdom 61,113,205 2.7%[96] 1,650,057 10% 400,000 90% 3,600,000
Denmark 5,500,510 2%[97] 110,010 - - - -
Republic of the Congo 4,012,809 2%[98] 80,256 - - - -
Canada 33,487,208 1.9%[99] 636,257 10% 62,000 90% 558,000
China 1,338,612,968 1.5%[7][100] 20,079,195 8% 3,128,880 92% 35,982,120
South Africa 49,052,489 1.5%[101] 735,787 10% 93,800 90% 844,200
Greece 10,737,428 1.3%[102] 139,587 - - - -
Croatia 4,489,409 1.3%[103] 58,362 - - - -
Seychelles 87,476 1.1%[104] 962 - - -
Timor-Leste 1,131,612 1%[105] 11,316 - - - -
Brazil 184,200,000 1% 921,000 30% 276,300 70% 644,700
Argentina 38,600,000 1% 500,000 10% 50,000 90% 450,000
Australia 21,262,641 1.5%[106] 318,940 10% 28,000 90% 252,000
United States 307,212,123 0.6%[107] 1,843,272 20% 368,654 80% 1,474,617
Italy 58,700,000 0.51% 50,000 5% 2,500 95% 47,500

Table sorted by country names: Demographics of Islam - Data by Country Name

Notes

1. The majority of the figures have been taken from, or calculated from, the CIA World Factbook. When this source fail to provide any numerical information, other sources are used.
2.^ The median of The CIA World Factbook estimates is used here; original estimates are 60%-65% of total population is Shia, and 32%-37% is Sunni.
3.^ This figure combines the statistic provided by the CIA Factbook (75 percent Ibadi Muslim) with the statistics provided by the PBS source (2 percent Shia and 21 percent Sunni). Ibadi is neither a Sunni or Shia sect.
4.^ The PBS source states that Shia make up 2 percent of Jordan population whereas the CIA states that both Shias and Druze make up 2 percent. Both sources agree that Sunni Muslims constitute 92 percent of the population.
5.^ The median of The CIA World Factbook estimates is used here; original estimates are 10%-15% of total population
6.^ The median of The CIA World Factbook estimates is used here; original estimates are 5%-10% of total population
7.^ The median of The CIA World Factbook estimates is used here; original estimates are 1%-2% of total population

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See also

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