The world in muslim populations, every country listed

Muslim populations around the world: A pilgrim prays at the top of Mount Noor in Mecca Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

An American thinktank estimates there are about 1.57bn Muslims worldwide – roughly 23% of the total 6.8bn population.
The study, by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, is based on census data from more than 200 countries.
Almost 62% of the world's Muslim population live in the Asia/Pacific region, compared with only 20% in the Middle East and North Africa (the historical cradle of Islam).
More than 300m Muslims – one-fifth of the total – live in countries where Islam is not the majority religion. China, for example, has more Muslims than Syria and Germany has more than Lebanon.
Within Islam, the report suggests 87%-90% are Sunnis and 10%-13% Shias. This is a smaller proportion of Shias than in some previous estimates and the report cautions that many countries do not collect sectarian data in their censuses.
The Pew Forum says it is planning another study next year which will attempt to project Muslim population figures into the future.
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Data summary

The world in muslim populations

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ID	Country/ region	Est 2009 muslim pop	% of pop that is muslim	% of world muslim pop
1	Asia-Pacific	972537000	24.10%	61.90%
2	Afghanistan	28072000	99.7	1.8
3	American Samoa	--	<0.1	--
4	Armenia	1000	<0.1	<0.1
5	Australia	365000	1.7	<0.1
6	Azerbaijan	8765000	99.2	0.6
7	Bangladesh	145312000	89.6	9.3
8	Bhutan	7000	1	<0.1
9	Brunei	269000	67.2	<0.1
10	Burma (Myanmar)	1889000	3.8	0.1
11	Cambodia	236000	1.6	<0.1
12	China	21667000	1.6	1.4
13	Cook Islands	--	<0.1	--
14	Cyprus	198000	22.7	<0.1
15	Federated States of Micronesia	--	<0.1	--
16	Fiji	53000	6.3	<0.1
17	French Polynesia	--	<0.1	--
18	Guam	--	<0.1	--
19	Hong Kong	7000	<1	<1
20	India	160945000	13.4	10.3
21	Indonesia	202867000	88.2	12.9
22	Iran	73777000	99.4	4.7
23	Japan	183000	0.1	<0.1
24	Kazakhstan	8822000	56.4	0.6
25	Kiribati	--	<0.1	--
26	Kyrgyzstan	4734000	86.3	0.3
27	Laos	2000	<0.1	<0.1
28	Macau	--	<0.1	--
29	Malaysia	16581000	60.4	1.1
30	Maldives	304000	98.4	<0.1
31	Marshall Islands	--	<0.1	--
32	Mongolia	133000	5	<0.1
33	Nauru	--	<0.1	--
34	Nepal	1231000	4.2	0.1
35	New Caledonia	7000	2.8	<0.1
36	New Zealand	37000	0.9	<0.1
37	Niue	--	<0.1	--
38	North Korea	2000	<0.1	<0.1
39	Northern Mariana Islands	1000	0.7	<0.1
40	Pakistan	174082000	96.3	11.1
41	Palau	--	<0.1	--
42	Papua New Guinea	2000	<0.1	<0.1
43	Philippines	4654000	5.1	0.3
44	Pitcairn Islands	--	<0.1	--
45	Samoa	--	<0.1	--
46	Singapore	706000	14.9	<0.1
47	Solomon Islands	--	<0.1	--
48	South Korea	71000	0.1	<0.1
49	Sri Lanka	1711000	8.5	0.1
50	Taiwan	23000	<1	<1
51	Tajikistan	5848000	84.1	0.4
52	Thailand	3930000	5.8	0.3
53	Timor-Leste	43000	3.8	<0.1
54	Tokelau	--	<0.1	--
55	Tonga	--	<0.1	--
56	Turkey	73619000	~98	4.7
57	Turkmenistan	4757000	93.1	0.3
58	Tuvalu	--	0.1	<0.1
59	Uzbekistan	26469000	96.3	1.7
60	Vanuatu	--	<0.1	--
61	Vietnam	157000	0.2	<0.1
62	Wallis and Futuna	--	<0.1	--
63	Middle East-North Africa	315322000	91.20%	20.10%
64	Algeria	34199000	98	2.2
65	Bahrain	642000	81.2	<0.1
66	Egypt	78513000	94.6	5
67	Iraq	30428000	~99	~2
68	Israel	1194000	16.7	0.1
69	Jordan	6202000	98.2	0.4
70	Kuwait	2824000	~95	<1
71	Lebanon	2504000	59.3	0.2
72	Libya	6203000	96.6	0.4
73	Morocco	31993000	~99	~2
74	Oman	2494000	87.7	0.2
75	Palestinian territories	4173000	~98	<1
76	Qatar	1092000	77.5	0.1
77	Saudi Arabia	24949000	~97	~2
78	Sudan	30121000	71.3	1.9
79	Syria	20196000	92.2	1.3
80	Tunisia	10216000	99.5	0.7
81	United Arab Emirates	3504000	76.2	0.2
82	Western Sahara	510000	99.4	<0.1
83	Yemen	23363000	99.1	1.5
84	Sub-Saharan Africa	240632000	30.10%	15.30%
85	Angola	190000	~1	<1
86	Benin	2182000	24.4	0.1
87	Botswana	8000	0.4	<0.1
88	Burkina Faso	9292000	59	0.6
89	Burundi	180000	~2	<1
90	Cameroon	3498000	17.9	0.2
91	Cape Verde	1000	<1	<1
92	Central African Republic	395000	8.9	<0.1
93	Chad	6257000	55.8	0.4
94	Comoros	664000	98.3	<0.1
95	Congo	943000	1.4	0.1
96	Djibouti	838000	96.9	0.1
97	Equatorial Guinea	27000	4	<0.1
98	Eritrea	1854000	36.5	0.1
99	Ethiopia	28063000	33.9	1.8
100	Gabon	140000	9.5	0.1
101	Gambia	1625000	~95	<1
102	Ghana	3787000	15.9	0.2
103	Guinea	8502000	84.4	0.5
104	Guinea Bissau	680000	42.2	<0.1
105	Ivory Coast	7745000	36.7	0.5
106	Kenya	2793000	7	0.2
107	Lesotho	1000	<0.1	<0.1
108	Liberia	483000	12.2	<0.1
109	Madagascar	215000	1.1	<0.1
110	Malawi	1955000	12.8	0.1
111	Mali	12040000	92.5	0.8
112	Mauritania	3261000	99.1	0.2
113	Mauritius	214000	16.6	<0.1
114	Mayotte	191000	98.4	<0.1
115	Mozambique	5224000	22.8	0.3
116	Namibia	8000	0.4	<0.1
117	Niger	15075000	98.6	1
118	Nigeria	78056000	50.4	5
119	Republic of Congo	59000	1.6	<0.1
120	Reunion	34000	4.2	<0.1
121	Rwanda	182000	1.8	<0.1
122	Sao Tome and Principe	--	<0.1	--
123	Senegal	12028000	96	0.8
124	Seychelles	1000	1.1	<0.1
125	Sierra Leone	4059000	71.3	0.3
126	Somalia	8995000	98.5	0.6
127	South Africa	731000	1.5	<0.1
128	St. Helena	--	<0.1	--
129	Swaziland	2000	0.2	<0.1
130	Tanzania	13218000	30.2	0.8
131	Togo	809000	12.2	0.1
132	Uganda	3958000	12.1	0.3
133	Zambia	58000	0.4	<0.1
134	Zimbabwe	109000	0.9	<0.1
135	Europe	38112000	5.20%	2.40%
136	Albania	2522000	79.9	0.2
137	Andorra	1000	~1	<1
138	Austria	353000	4.2	<0.1
139	Belarus	19000	<1	<1
140	Belgium	281000	~3	<1
141	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1522000	~40	<1
142	Bulgaria	920000	12.2	0.1
143	Channel Islands	--	0.1	<0.1
144	Croatia	18000	<1	<1
145	Czech Republic	1000	<0.1	<0.1
146	Denmark	88000	~2	<1
147	Estonia	2000	0.1	<0.1
148	Faeroe Islands	--	<0.1	--
149	Finland	24000	0.5	<0.1
150	France	3554000	~6	<1
151	Georgia	423000	9.9	<0.1
152	Germany	4026000	~5	<1
153	Gibraltar	1000	4	<0.1
154	Greece	310000	~3	<1
155	Hungary	24000	0.2	<0.1
156	Iceland	--	0.1	<0.1
157	Ireland	22000	0.5	<0.1
158	Isle of Man	--	0.2	<0.1
159	Italy	36000	<1	<1
160	Kosovo	1999000	89.6	0.1
161	Latvia	2000	<1	<1
162	Liechtenstein	2000	4.8	<0.1
163	Lithuania	3000	0.1	<0.1
164	Luxembourg	13000	~3	<1
165	Malta	1000	0.2	<0.1
166	Moldova	17000	0.5	<0.1
167	Monaco	--	0.4	<0.1
168	Montenegro	111000	17.7	<0.1
169	Netherlands	946000	5.7	0.1
170	Norway	65000	~1	<1
171	Poland	48000	<1	<1
172	Portugal	15000	0.1	<0.1
173	Republic of Macedonia	680000	33.3	<0.1
174	Romania	66000	0.3	<0.1
175	Russia	16482000	11.7	1
176	San Marino	--	<0.1	--
177	Serbia	244000	3.2	<0.1
178	Slovakia	--	<0.1	<0.1
179	Slovenia	49000	2.4	<0.1
180	Spain	650000	~1	<1
181	Sweden	149000	~2	<1
182	Switzerland	323000	4.3	<0.1
183	Ukraine	456000	1	<0.1
184	United Kingdom	1647000	2.7	0.1
185	Vatican City	--	<0.1	--
186	Americas	4596000	0.50%	0.30%
187	Anguilla	--	0.3	<0.1
188	Antigua and Barbuda	--	0.6	<0.1
189	Argentina	784000	1.9	0.1
190	Aruba	--	0.2	<0.1
191	Bahamas	--	0.1	<0.1
192	Barbados	2000	0.8	<0.1
193	Belize	--	0.1	<0.1
194	Bermuda	1000	0.8	<0.1
195	Bolivia	2000	<0.1	<0.1
196	Brazil	191000	0.1	<0.1
197	British Virgin Islands	--	1.2	<0.1
198	Canada	657000	2	<0.1
199	Cayman Islands	--	0.2	<0.1
200	Chile	4000	<0.1	<0.1
201	Colombia	14000	<1	<1
202	Costa Rica	--	<1	<1
203	Cuba	9000	0.1	<0.1
204	Dominica	--	0.1	<0.1
205	Dominican Republic	2000	<0.1	<0.1
206	Ecuador	2000	<0.1	<0.1
207	El Salvador	2000	<0.1	<0.1
208	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	--	<0.1	--
209	French Guiana	2000	0.9	<0.1
210	Greenland	--	<0.1	--
211	Grenada	--	0.3	<0.1
212	Guadeloupe	2000	0.4	<0.1
213	Guatemala	1000	<0.1	<0.1
214	Guyana	55000	7.2	<0.1
215	Haiti	2000	<0.1	<0.1
216	Honduras	11000	0.1	<0.1
217	Jamaica	1000	<0.1	<0.1
218	Martinique	1000	0.2	<0.1
219	Mexico	110000	<1	<1
220	Montserrat	--	0.1	<0.1
221	Netherlands Antilles	--	0.2	<0.1
222	Nicaragua	1000	<0.1	<0.1
223	Panama	24000	0.7	<0.1
224	Paraguay	1000	<0.1	<0.1
225	Peru	1000	<0.1	<0.1
226	Puerto Rico	1000	<0.1	<0.1
227	St. Kitts and Nevis	--	0.1	<0.1
228	St. Lucia	--	0.1	<0.1
229	St. Pierre and Miquelon	--	0.2	<0.1
230	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2000	1.5	<0.1
231	Suriname	83000	15.9	<0.1
232	Trinidad and Tobago	78000	5.8	<0.1
233	Turks and Caicos Islands	--	<0.1	--
234	U.S. Virgin Islands	--	0.1	<0.1
235	United States	2454000	0.8	0.2
236	Uruguay	1000	<0.1	<0.1
237	Venezuela	94000	0.3	<0.1
238	World Total	1571198000	22.90%	100.00%