WORLD'S MUSLIM POPULATION &COUNTREIS POPULATION

muslim population

in india

According to Indian Government the total percentage of Muslim in India is in between 15% to 17%. Since the independence of India in 1947 the percentage of Muslim in government census has remained same, i,e, 12% or less.

In an interview with a well circulated newspaper of India "The Hindu", MR. Justice K. M. Yusuf, a retired Judge from Calcutta High Court and chairman of West Bengal Minority Commission, says that in his view the total percentage of Muslims in India is at least 25 %.

Another reason we believe that total percentage of Muslim in India is 30% at least, because if we notice the increase of population rate in Pakistan we will observe that after 1947 the total Muslim population in that country increased by almost 5 fold (Library of Congress). So, obviously the Muslim population in India has also increased at that rate. And it is well established fact the rate of increase in Indian Muslim community is very highest.

MR. Justice K.M. Yusuf, a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court, who has been appointed Chairman of the West Bengal Minority Commission only last week, believes that the bulk of the Muslim vote in West Bengal _ which he puts between 25 to 30 per cent _ will go to the Left Front and the Congress in the present elections.

In an interview to Business Line he said that lack of ``good leadership'' among the Muslims had resulted in their getting exploited in the name of religion vis-a-vis the battle of the ballot. Excerpts:

How do you think the Muslims of West Bengal will vote this time?

In West Bengal, the Muslims are feeling safe as far as their lives and properties are concerned. The Government is trying to protect them from communal violence, a common feature previously
established fact the rate of increase in Indian Muslim community is very highest.
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Asian Muslim

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Islam by country

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Islam in India

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List of religious populations

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COUNTRIES AND AREAS
RANKED BY
POPULATION :2009

Rank Country     Population

1 China        1,338,612,968
2 India        1,166,079,217
3 United States  307,212,123
4 Indonesia      240,271,522
5 Brazil         198,739,269
6 Pakistan       176,242,949
7 Bangladesh     156,050,883
8 Nigeria        149,229,090
9 Russia         140,041,247
10 Japan          127,078,679
11 Mexico         111,211,789
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World's Muslim Population

Statistics About the Muslim Population of the World

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Nearly one-fifth of the world’s population today is Muslim. The Muslim population is a diverse community of believers spanning the globe. Over fifty countries have Muslim-majority populations, while other groups of believers are clustered in minority communities on nearly every continent.

Although Islam is often associated with the Arab world and the Middle East, fewer than 15% of Muslims are Arab.

Countries With The Largest Muslim Populations (2008)

Sources:

• U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, updated 15 December 2008
• CIA Online World Factbook, updated 2 April 2009

2008 Estimated Muslim Populations:

Country	Number of Muslims
Indonesia	204 million
Pakistan	164 million
India	154 million
Bangladesh	128 million
Turkey	76 million
Egypt	74 million
Nigeria	73 million
Iran	65 million
Morocco	34 million
Algeria	33 million
Afghanistan	32 million
Saudi Arabia	28 million
Sudan	28 million
China	27 million
Iraq	27 million
Ethiopia	27 million

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World Muslim population by percentage (Pew Research Center, 2009)

World Muslim population in millions

Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity. According to a 2010 study, Islam has 1.62 billion adherents, making up over 23% of the world population.^[1][2]

Islam by country

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Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East, in Sahel, in the Horn of Africa and northern Africa,^[3][4][5][6] and in some parts of Asia.^[7] Africa is the only continent with a Muslim majority population (52.39%).^[8] Large communities of Muslims are also found in China, the Balkans, and Russia.^[3][9] 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.^[10]
According to the Pew Research Center in 2010 there were 49 Muslim-majority countries.^[11] Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in South and Southeast Asia, with over 1 billion adherents.,^[12] The largest Muslim country is Indonesia home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims followed by Pakistan (11.0%), India (10.9%), and Bangladesh (9.2%).^[3][13] About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.^[14] 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.^[3][13]
A study conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2010 and released January 2011^[3][15] found that there are 1.62 billion Muslims around the world. The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria.^[3]

Contents 1 List 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links

List

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.^[3][15]

Country/Region[3]	Muslim population 2010 Pew Report[3]	Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2010 Pew Report[3]	Percentage (%) of World Muslim population 2010 Pew Report[3]	Muslim population Other sources	Muslim percentage (%) Other sources
Afghanistan	29,047,000	99.8	1.8
Albania	2,601,000	82.1	0.2		38.8%-85%[16][17]
Algeria	34,780,000	98.2	2.1
American Samoa	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Andorra	1,000	1.1	< 0.1
Angola	195,000	1.0	< 0.1
Anguilla	< 1,000	0.3	< 0.1
Antigua and Barbuda	< 1,000	0.6	< 0.1
Argentina	1,000,000	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
Austria	475,000	5.7	< 0.1	400-500,000[18]	~6.0%[19]
Azerbaijan	8,795,000	98.4	0.5
Bahamas	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Bahrain	655,000	81.2	< 0.1	866,888[20]	70.2%[20]
Bangladesh	148,607,000	90.4	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[21]	6.0%[21]
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%[22]
Botswana	8,000	0.4	< 0.1
Brazil	204,000	0.1	< 0.1	35,167[23]	0.03%[23]
British Virgin Islands	< 1,000	1.2	< 0.1
Brunei	211,000	51.9	< 0.1		67%[24]
Bulgaria	1,002,000	13.4	0.1	577,139[25]	10%[25]
Burkina Faso	9,600,000	58.9	0.6		60.5%[26]
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%[27]
Canada	940,000	2.8	0.1		1.9%[28]
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%[29][30]
Chad	6,404,000	55.7	0.4
Channel Islands	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Chile	4,000	< 0.1	< 0.1	2,894[31]	0.03% (over 15+ pop.)[31]
China	23,308,000	1.8	1.4	50,000,000 - 100,000,000[32][33]
Colombia	14,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
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[34]	3.7%[34]
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%[35]
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%[36]
Estonia	2,000	0.1	< 0.1	1,400[37]
Ethiopia	28,721,000	33.8	1.8
Faeroe Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	< 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%[38]
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[39]	5,4%[39]
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%[40]
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
Iceland	371	0.1	< 0.1
India	177,286,000	14.6	10.9		14.6[41]
Indonesia	204,847,000	88.1	12.7
Iran	74,819,000	99.6	4.6
Iraq	31,108,000	98.9	1.9
Ireland	43,000	0.9	< 0.1	84,064[18]	2%[18]
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[19]	1.4%[19]
Ivory Coast	7,960,000	36.9	0.5		40%[42][43][44]
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%[45]
Kenya	2,868,000	7.0	0.2		10%[46]
Kiribati	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Kosovo	2,104,000	91.7	0.1	1,584,000[47]
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
Madagascar	220,000	1.1	< 0.1
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
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
Montserrat	< 1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Morocco	32,381,000	99.9	2.0		99%[48]
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%[49]
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
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[50]
Oman	2,547,000	87.7	0.2
Pakistan	178,097,000	96.4	11.0
Palau	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Palestinian territories	4,298,000	97.5	0.3		99.3% (Gaza Strip),[51] 75% (West Bank)[52]
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
Pitcairn Islands	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
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
Republic of Macedonia	713,000	34.9	< 0.1
Reunion	35,000	4.2	< 0.1
Romania	73,000	0.3	< 0.1
Russia	16,379,000	11.7	1.0		15%[53]
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
Sao Tome and Principe	< 1,000	< 0.1	< 0.1
Saudi Arabia	25,493,000	97.1	1.6
Senegal	12,333,000	95.9	0.8
Serbia	280,000	3.7	< 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%[54][55][56][57][58]
South Africa	737,000	1.5	< 0.1
South Korea	75,000	0.2	< 0.1
Spain	1,021,000	2.3	0.1	1,000,000[19]	2.3%[19]
Sri Lanka	1,725,000	8.5	0.1
Sudan	30,855,000	71.4[Note 1]	1.9		97.0%[59]
Suriname	84,000	15.9	< 0.1		19.6%[60]
Swaziland	2,000	0.2	< 0.1
Sweden	451,000	4.9	< 0.1	450-500,000[61]	~5%[61]
Switzerland	433,000	5.7	< 0.1	400,000[62]	5%[62]
Syria	20,895,000	92.8	1.3
Taiwan	23,000	0.1	< 0.1
Tajikistan	7,006,000	99.0	0.4
Tanzania	13,450,000	29.9	0.8		35%[63]
Thailand	3,952,000	5.8	0.2
Timor-Leste	1,000	0.1	< 0.1
Togo	827,000	12.2	0.1		20%[64]
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
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	4,060,000	12.0	0.3
Ukraine	393,000	0.9	< 0.1	2,000,000[65]
United Arab Emirates	3,577,000	76.0	0.2
United Kingdom	2,869,000	4.6	0.2	2,422,000[18]	2.4%[19]
United States	2,595,000	0.8	0.2	7,000,000[66]
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	160,000	0.2	< 0.1	71,200[67]
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	59,000	0.4	< 0.1
Zimbabwe	109,000	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