Muslims constitute the world's second largest religious group. According to a 2010 study and released January 2011,[1][2] Islam has 1.6 billion adherents, making up over 23% of the world population.[3][4][5] Most Muslims are of two denominations: Sunni (75–93.5%)[6] or Shia (6.6–20%).[7] Ahmadis represent about 1% of the Muslim population.[8]
Islam is the dominant religion in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Sahel,[1][9][10][11] and some parts of Asia.[12] Large communities of Muslims are also found in China, the Balkans, India, and Russia.[1][13] Other parts of the world host large Muslim immigrant communities; in Western Europe, for instance, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6% of the total population.[14]
According to the Pew Research Center in 2010 there were 50 Muslim-majority countries.[15][16] Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in South and Southeast Asia, with over 1 billion adherents.[17] The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a nation home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), India (10.9%), and Bangladesh (9.2%).[1][18] About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.[19] In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities.[1][18] The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria.[1]
Countries
Figures indicated in the first four columns below are based on the demographic study by the Pew Research Center report of The Future of the Global Muslim Population, as of 27 January 2011.[1][2]
Table
Country/Region[1] | Muslim population 2010 Pew Report[1] |
Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2010 Pew Report[1] |
Percentage (%) of World Muslim population 2010 Pew Report[1] |
Muslim population Other sources |
Muslim percentage (%) Other sources |
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Afghanistan | 29,047,100 | 99.8 | 1.8 | ||
Albania | 2,601,000 | 82.1 | 0.2 | 1,587,608 (official census)[20] | 38.8%[21][22] 56.7%[20] |
Algeria | 34,780,000 | 98.2 | 2.1 | ||
American Samoa | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Andorra | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Angola | 90,000 | 1.0 | < 0.1 | ||
Anguilla | < 1,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | < 1,000 | 0.6 | < 0.1 | ||
Argentina | 784,000 | 2.5 | 0.1 | ||
Armenia | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Aruba | < 1,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Australia | 399,000 | 1.9 | < 0.1 | 476,291 (official census)[23] | 2.2%[23] |
Austria | 475,000 | 5.7 | < 0.1 | 400-500,000[24] | ~6.0%[25] |
Azerbaijan | 8,795,000 | 98.4 | 0.5 | ||
Bahamas | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Bahrain | 655,000 | 81.2 | < 0.1 | 866,888 (official census)[26] | 70.2%[26] |
Bangladesh | 148,607,000 | 89.5 | 9.2 | ||
Barbados | 2,000 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | ||
Belarus | 19,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Belgium | 638,000 | 6.0 | < 0.1 | 628,751[27] | 6.0%[27] |
Belize | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Benin | 2,259,000 | 24.5 | 0.1 | ||
Bermuda | < 1,000 | 0.8 | < 0.1 | ||
Bhutan | 7,000 | 1.0 | < 0.1 | ||
Bolivia | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1,564,000 | 41.6 | 0.1 | 45%[28] | |
Botswana | 8,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Brazil | 35,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 35,167 (official census)[29] | |
British Virgin Islands | < 1,000 | 1.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Brunei | 211,000 | 51.9 | < 0.1 | 67%[30] | |
Bulgaria | 1,002,000 | 13.4 | 0.1 | 577,139 (official census)[31] | 10%[31] |
Burkina Faso | 9,600,000 | 58.9 | 0.6 | 60.5%[32] | |
Burma (Myanmar) | 1,900,000 | 3.8 | 0.1 | ||
Burundi | 184,000 | 2.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Cambodia | 240,000 | 1.6 | < 0.1 | ||
Cameroon | 3,598,000 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 20.9%[33] | |
Canada | 940,000 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 1,053,945 (official census)[34] | 1.9%,[35] 3.2%[34] |
Cape Verde | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Cayman Islands | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Central African Republic | 403,000 | 8.9 | < 0.1 | 15%[36][37] | |
Chad | 6,404,000 | 55.7 | 0.4 | ||
Chile | 4,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | 2,894 (official census)[38] | 0.03% (over 15+ pop.)[38] |
China | 23,308,000 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 50,000,000[39] | |
Colombia | 14,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | 40,000 to 80,000[40] | |
Comoros | 679,000 | 98.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Congo | 969,000 | 1.4 | 0.1 | ||
Cook Islands | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Costa Rica | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Croatia | 56,000 | 1.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Cuba | 10,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Cyprus | 200,000 | 22.7 | < 0.1 | ||
Czech Republic | 4,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Denmark | 226,000 | 4.1 | < 0.1 | 210,000[41] | 3.7%[41] |
Djibouti | 853,000 | 97.0 | 0.1 | ||
Dominica | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Dominican Republic | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Ecuador | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Egypt | 80,024,000 | 94.7 | 4.9 | 91%[42] | |
El Salvador | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Equatorial Guinea | 28,000 | 4.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Eritrea | 1,909,000 | 36.5 | 0.1 | 50%[43] | |
Estonia | 2,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 1,400[44] | |
Ethiopia | 28,721,000 | 33.8 | 1.8 | 25,037,646[45] | 34% |
Faeroe Islands | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Falkland Islands | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Federated States of Micronesia | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Fiji | 54,000 | 6.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Finland | 42,000 | 0.8 | < 0.1 | ||
France | 4,704,000 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 8%-10%[46] | |
French Guiana | 2,000 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | ||
French Polynesia | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Gabon | 145,000 | 9.7 | < 0.1 | ||
Gambia | 1,669,000 | 95.3 | 0.1 | ||
Georgia | 442,000 | 10.5 | < 0.1 | ||
Germany | 4,119,000 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 4,300,000[47] | 5,4%[47] |
Ghana | 3,906,000 | 16.1 | 0.2 | ||
Gibraltar | 1,000 | 4.0 | < 0.1 | ||
Greece | 527,000 | 4.7 | < 0.1 | ||
Greenland | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Grenada | < 1,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Guadeloupe | 2,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Guam | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Guatemala | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Guinea | 8,693,000 | 84.2 | 0.5 | ||
Guinea Bissau | 705,000 | 42.8 | < 0.1 | 50%[48] | |
Guyana | 55,000 | 7.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Haiti | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Honduras | 11,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Hong Kong | 91,000 | 1.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Hungary | 25,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | 5,579 (official census)[49] | |
Iceland | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 770[50] | 0.24%[50] |
India | 177,286,000 | 14.6 | 10.9 | ||
Indonesia | 204,847,000 | 88.1 | 12.7 | ||
Iran | 74,819,000 | 99.7 | 4.6 | ||
Iraq | 31,108,000 | 98.9 | 1.9 | ||
Ireland | 43,000 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | ||
Isle of Man | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Israel | 1,287,000 | 17.7 | 0.1 | ||
Italy | 1,583,000 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 825,000[25] | 1.4%[25] |
Ivory Coast | 7,960,000 | 36.9 | 0.5 | 40%[51][52][53] | |
Jamaica | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Japan | 185,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Jordan | 6,397,000 | 98.8 | 0.4 | ||
Kazakhstan | 8,887,000 | 56.4 | 0.5 | 70.2% (official census)[54] | |
Kenya | 2,868,000 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 10%[55] | |
Kiribati | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Kosovo | 2,104,000 | 91.7 | 0.1 | 1,584,000[56] | |
Kuwait | 2,636,000 | 86.4 | 0.2 | ||
Kyrgyzstan | 4,927,000 | 88.8 | 0.3 | ||
Laos | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Latvia | 2,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Lebanon | 2,542,000 | 59.7 | 0.2 | ||
Lesotho | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Liberia | 523,000 | 12.8 | < 0.1 | ||
Libya | 6,325,000 | 96.6 | 0.4 | ||
Liechtenstein | 2,000 | 4.8 | < 0.1 | ||
Lithuania | 3,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Luxembourg | 11,000 | 2.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Macau | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Macedonia | over 500,000 | 33.3%[57] | < 0.1 | ||
Madagascar | 220,000 | 1.1 | < 0.1 | 7%[58] | |
Malawi | 2,011,000 | 12.8 | 0.1 | ||
Malaysia | 17,139,000 | 61.4 | 1.1 | ||
Maldives | 309,000 | 98.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Mali | 12,316,000 | 92.4 | 0.8 | ||
Malta | 1,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Marshall Islands | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Martinique | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Mauritania | 3,338,000 | 99.2 | 0.2 | ||
Mauritius | 216,000 | 16.6 | < 0.1 | ||
Mayotte | 197,000 | 98.8 | < 0.1 | ||
Mexico | 111,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 3,700 (official census)[59] | |
Moldova | 15,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Monaco | < 1,000 | 0.5 | < 0.1 | ||
Mongolia | 120,000 | 4.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Montenegro | 116,000 | 18.5 | < 0.1 | 118,477 [60] | 19.11% [60] |
Montserrat | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Morocco | 32,381,000 | 99.9 | 2.0 | 99%[61] | |
Mozambique | 5,340,000 | 22.8 | 0.3 | ||
Namibia | 9,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Nauru | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Nepal | 1,253,000 | 4.2 | 0.1 | ||
Netherlands | 914,000 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 5.8%[62] | |
Netherlands Antilles | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
New Caledonia | 7,000 | 2.8 | < 0.1 | ||
New Zealand | 41,000 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | ||
Nicaragua | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Niger | 15,627,000 | 98.3 | 1.0 | ||
Nigeria | 75,728,000 | 47.9 | 4.7 | 85,000,000 | 50%[63] |
Niue | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
North Korea | 3,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | < 1,000 | 0.7 | < 0.1 | ||
Norway | 144,000 | 3.0 | < 0.1 | 163,180 in 2008[64] | |
Oman | 2,547,000 | 87.7 | 0.2 | ||
Pakistan | 178,097,000 | 96.4 | 11.0 | ||
Palau | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Palestine | 4,298,000 | 97.5 | 0.3 | 3,500,000 | 99.3% (Gaza Strip),[65] 75% (West Bank)[66] |
Panama | 25,000 | 0.7 | < 0.1 | ||
Papua New Guinea | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Paraguay | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Peru | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Philippines | 4,737,000 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 10,300,000 (2012)[67] | 5% (2000) to 11% (2012)[67] |
Poland | 20,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Portugal | 65,000 | 0.6 | < 0.1 | ||
Puerto Rico | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Qatar | 1,168,000 | 77.5 | 0.1 | ||
Republic of Congo | 60,000 | 1.6 | < 0.1 | ||
Reunion | 35,000 | 4.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Romania | 73,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Russia | 16,379,000 | 11.7 | 1.0 | 11.7%[68] | |
Rwanda | 188,000 | 1.8 | < 0.1 | ||
St. Helena | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
St. Kitts and Nevis | < 1,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | ||
St. Lucia | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
St. Pierre and Miquelon | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,000 | 1.7 | < 0.1 | ||
Samoa | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
San Marino | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Saudi Arabia | 25,493,000 | 97.1 | 1.6 | ||
Senegal | 12,333,000 | 95.9 | 0.8 | ||
Serbia | 228,000 | 2.9 | < 0.1 | ||
Seychelles | < 1,000 | 1.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Sierra Leone | 4,171,000 | 71.5 | 0.3 | ||
Singapore | 721,000 | 14.9 | < 0.1 | ||
Slovakia | 4,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Slovenia | 49,000 | 2.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Solomon Islands | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Somalia | 9,231,000 | 98.6 | 0.6 | 99.9%[69][70][71][72][73] | |
South Africa | 110,000 | 1.5 | < 0.1 | ||
South Korea | 35,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
South Sudan | N/A | N/A | N/A | 610,000 | 6.2% |
Spain | 1,021,000 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1,000,000[25] | 2.3%[25] |
Sri Lanka | 1,725,000 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 1,967,227 (official census)[74] | 9.71[74] |
Sudan | 30,855,000 | 71.4[Note 1] | 1.9 | 97.0% (only the Republic of Sudan)[75] | |
Suriname | 84,000 | 15.9 | < 0.1 | 19.6%[76] | |
Swaziland | 2,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | ||
Sweden | 451,000 | 4.9 | < 0.1 | 450-500,000[77] | ~5%[77] |
Switzerland | 433,000 | 5.7 | < 0.1 | 400,000[78] | 5%[78] |
Syria | 20,895,000 | 92.8 | 1.3 | ||
Taiwan | 23,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 60,000[79] | 0.3%[80] |
Tajikistan | 7,006,000 | 99.0 | 0.4 | ||
Tanzania | 13,450,000 | 29.9 | 0.8 | 35%[81] | |
Thailand | 3,952,000 | 5.8 | 0.2 | ||
Timor-Leste | 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Togo | 827,000 | 12.2 | 0.1 | 20%[82] | |
Tokelau | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Tonga | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 78,000 | 5.8 | < 0.1 | ||
Tunisia | 10,349,000 | 99.8 | 0.6 | ||
Turkey | 74,660,000 | 98.6 | 4.6 | 96.4[83] - 76%[84] | |
Turkmenistan | 4,830,000 | 93.3 | 0.3 | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Tuvalu | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Uganda | 3,700,000 | 12.0 | 0.3 | ||
Ukraine | 393,000 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | 2,000,000[85] | |
United Arab Emirates | 3,577,000 | 76.0 | 0.2 | ||
United Kingdom | 2,869,000 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 2,422,000[86] | 2.4%[25] |
United States | 2,595,000 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Uruguay | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Uzbekistan | 26,833,000 | 96.5 | 1.7 | ||
Vanuatu | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Vatican City | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Venezuela | 95,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | ||
Vietnam | 63,146 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | 71,200[87] | |
Wallis and Futuna | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | ||
Western Sahara | 528,000 | 99.6 | < 0.1 | ||
Yemen | 24,023,000 | 99.0 | 1.5 | ||
Zambia | 15,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | ||
Zimbabwe | 50,000 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | ||
South & Southeast Asia | 1,005,507,000 | 24.8 | 62.1 | ||
Middle East-North Africa | 321,869,000 | 91.2 | 19.9 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa | 242,544,000 | 29.6 | 15.0 | ||
Europe | 44,138,000 | 6.0 | 2.7 | ||
Americas | 5,256,000 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
World Total | 1,619,314,000 | 23.4 | 100.0 |
- ^ Includes South Sudan
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They numbered about 900 million in the late 20th century and constituted nine-tenths of all the adherents of Islām.
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Within the Muslim community, the percentage of Sunnis is generally thought to be between 85 and 93.5 percent, with the Shia accounting for 6.6 to 15 percent, although some sources estimate their numbers at 20 percent. A common compromise figure ranks Sunnis at 90 percent and Shias at 10 percent.
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Of the total Muslim population, 10-13% are Shia Muslims and 87-90% are Sunni Muslims.
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The great majority of Muslims are Sunnis - estimates suggest the figure is somewhere between 85% and 90%.
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Sunni constitute 85 percent of the world's Muslims.
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Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam, comprising about 85% of the world's over 1.5 billion Muslims.
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Among the world's estimated 1.4 billion Muslims, about 85% are Sunni and about 15% are Shiite.
- Inside Muslim minds "around 80% are Sunni"
- Who Gets To Narrate the World "The Sunnis (approximately 80%)"
- A world theology N. Ross Reat "80% being the Sunni"
- Islam and the Kadiyani jama'at "The Sunni segment, accounting for at least 80% of the worlds Muslim population"
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- A dictionary of modern politics "probably 80% of the worlds Muslims are Sunni"
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Sunni Islam accounts for over 75% of the world's Muslim population...
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Shīʿites have come to account for roughly one-tenth of the Muslim population worldwide.
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The Pew Forum's estimate of the Shia population (10-13%) is in keeping with previous estimates, which generally have been in the range of 10-15%. Some previous estimates, however, have placed the number of Shias at nearly 20% of the world's Muslim population.
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Shi'a Islam is the second largest branch of the tradition, with up to 200 million followers who comprise around 15% of all Muslims worldwide...
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Shia Islam represents 10-20% of Muslims worldwide...
- Iran, Israel and the United States "The majority of the world's Islamic population, which is Sunni, accounts for over 75% of the Islamic population; the other 10-20 percent is Shia." (reference: CIA)
- Sue Hellett; U.S. should focus on sanctions against Iran "Let me review, while Shia Islam makes up only 10-20 percent of the world's Muslim population, Iraq has a Shia majority (between 60-65 percent), but had a Sunni controlled government under Saddam Hussein and cronies from 1958-2003... (If you like government figures, see the CIA World Factbook.)"
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The community currently numbers around 15 million spread around the world
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The total size of the Ahmadiyya community in 2001 was estimated to be more than 10 million
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- A figure of 10-20 million represents approximately 1% of the Muslim population. See also Ahmadiyya by country.
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According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, as of mid-2002, there were 376,453,000 Christians, 329,869,000 Muslims and 98,734,000 people who practiced traditional religions in Africa. Ian S. Markham, (A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.) is cited by Morehouse University as giving the mid-1990s figure of 278,250,800 Muslims in Africa, but still as 40.8% of the total population. These numbers are estimates, and remain a matter of conjecture. See Amadu Jacky Kaba. The spread of Christianity and Islam in Africa: a survey and analysis of the numbers and percentages of Christians, Muslims and those who practice indigenous religions. The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol 29, Number 2, June 2005. Discusses the estimations of various almanacs and encyclopedium, placing Britannica's estimate as the most agreed figure. Notes the figure presented at the World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here, as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: The List: The World’s Fastest-Growing Religions, Foreign Policy, May 2007. - ^ Britannica[dead link], Think Quest, Wadsworth.com
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Further reading
- United States Department of State International Religious Freedom Report
- CIA World Factbook The World Factbook
- Adherents.com 43,941 adherent statistic citations
- Religious Freedom page
- Religious Intelligence[dead link]
- Muslim Population Percentage from U.S Dept. of State
- CIA World Factbook Religions
- BBC News Muslims in Europe: Country guide
External links
- Official website of the Pew Forum study on Global Muslim Population
- Muslim Population-A Site with Extensive information regarding worldwide Muslim population
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