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The Muslim World |
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The
Muslim population of the world is around 1.7 billion.
30% of
Muslims live in the Indian subcontinent, 20% in Sub-Saharan Africa, 17% in
Southeast Asia, 18% in the Arab World, 10% in the Soviet Union and China.
Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan comprise 10% of the non-Arab Middle East.
Although there are Muslim minorities in almost every area, including Latin
America and Australia, they are most numerous in the Soviet Union, India, and
central Africa. There are 5 million Muslims in the United States.
O mankind! We created you from a single soul, male
and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know
one another. Truly, the most honoured of you in God's sight is the greatest of
you in piety. God is all-knowing, all-aware. (Koran, 49:13) |
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Top ten
Muslim populations
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By population |
By Rank |
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Country |
Muslim population |
Percentage of Muslims |
Country |
Population |
Percentage of Muslims |
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Indonesia |
207,000,105 |
88.20% |
Saudi Arabia |
26,417,599 |
97% |
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Pakistan |
159,799,666 |
97% |
Afghanistan |
31,571,023 |
99% |
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India |
151,402,065 |
13.4% |
Somalia |
8,591,629 |
Nearly 99.8% |
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Bangladesh |
124,872,121 |
83% |
Maldives |
348,756 |
99.9% |
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Egypt |
70,530,237 |
85% |
Western Sahara |
272,461 |
99.8% |
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Turkey |
68,963,953 |
97% |
Turkey |
68,963,953 |
99% |
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Nigeria |
64,385,994 |
45% |
Iran |
67,337,681 |
98% |
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Iran |
64,089,571 |
98% |
Algeria |
32,206,534 |
99% |
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Algeria |
32,999,883 |
99% |
Mauritania |
3,083,772 |
99% |
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Morocco |
32,300,410 |
99% |
Yemen |
20,519,792 |
99% |
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Information obtained from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country)
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