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Islam /
Adherents
Figures given here are in most cases estimates, and some estimates are very rough. Poor statistics or lacking statistics. as well as political interests cause much uncertainty.
By country
Figures in 1000. Last column: % Muslims of the population
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Algeria
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33,000,000 |
100.0% |
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Bahrain
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600,000 |
84.0% |
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Egypt
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64,600,000 |
90.0% |
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Iran
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63,000,000 |
95.0% |
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Iraq
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23,000,000 |
97.0% |
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Israel
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1,100,000 |
15.0% |
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Jordan
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5,600,000 |
95.0% |
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Kuwait
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2,500,000 |
91.0% |
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Lebanon
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2,000,000 |
54.0% |
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Libya
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5,670,000 |
98.0% |
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Mauritania
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3,100,000 |
100.0% |
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Morocco
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31,100,000 |
99.7% |
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Oman
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3,000,000 |
88.0% |
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Palestine
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3,770,000 |
88.0% |
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Qatar
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540,000 |
81.0% |
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Saudi Arabia
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22,400,000 |
90.0% |
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Spanish North Africa
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35,000 |
27.0% |
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Sudan
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27,500,000 |
69.0% |
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Syria
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17,800,000 |
89.0% |
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Tunisia
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10,080,000 |
99.8% |
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Turkey
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55,000,000 |
75.0% |
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United Arab Emirates
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2,700,000 |
57.0% |
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Western Sahara
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900,000 |
100.0% |
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Yemen
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23,700,000 |
99.7% |
| Total *) |
395,750,000 |
86.8% |
By branch
Figures in 1000. Last column: % of the total number of Muslims
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Sunni
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301,400,000 |
76.0% |
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Shi'i
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89,500,000 |
22.6% |
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Twelvers |
76,800,000 |
20.0% |
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Zaydis |
12,700,000 |
2.8% |
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Ibadi
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2,600,000 |
0.7% |
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Alawite
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2,250,000 |
0.6% |
| Total *) |
395,750,000 |
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*) Calculated for the total population of North Africa and the Middle East, approx. 460,000,000.
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