World Distribution of Muslim Population This ‘weighted’ map of the world shows each country’s relative size based on its Muslim population. Figures are rounded to the nearest million.
Netherlands 1 Germany 4 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 Kosovo 2
United Kingdom 2 Canada 1
France 4
United States 2 Argentina 1
Tunisia 10
Bulgaria 1
Spain 1 Albania 3 Rep. of Macedonia 1
Libya 6 Chad 6
Lebanon 3 Israel 1 Palestinian terr. 4
Morocco 32
Senegal 12
Mali 12
Burkina Faso 9
Niger 15
Kyrgyzstan 5
Afghanistan 28
Syria 20 Iraq 30
China 22 Nepal 1
Iran 74 Pakistan 174
Jordan 6 Kuwait 3 Bahrain 1 Qatar 1 United Arab Emirates 4 Yemen 23 Oman 2
India 161
Bangladesh 145
Burma (Myanmar) 2 Thailand 4
Eritrea 2 Sudan 30
Malaysia 17
Sri Lanka 2 Ethiopia 28
Djibouti 1
Somalia 9 Uganda 4 Kenya 3
Nigeria 78 Ivory Coast Tanzania 13 8 Congo 1 Sierra Benin 2 Cameroon Leone 4 Mozambique 5 3 Togo 1 Guinea 9 Comoros 1 Guinea Bissau Ghana 4 1 South Africa 1 Malawi 2
Gambia 2
Turkmenistan 5 Tajikistan 6
Uzbekistan 26
Turkey 74
Egypt 79
Algeria 34
Kazakhstan 9
Azerbaijan 9
Saudi Arabia 25
Mauritania 3
Western Sahara 1
Russia 16
Muslim Population 1.57 billion
World Population 6.8 billion
Singapore 1 Muslims elsewhere around the world 8
Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life • Mapping the Global Muslim Population, October 2009
Indonesia 203
Philippines 5