Muslim Populations Around The World
The table below displays data from Pew Research detailing Muslim populations around the world.
It shows population figures relating to Muslims in the respective countries from 2010, and the projected growth of those populations by 2030. It also shows the percentage of growth occurring between 2010 and 2030, and the percentage of the population in each country that is made up of Muslims.
Country | 2010: est Muslim pop | % Muslim | 2030: proj Muslim pop | Proj % Muslim | % proj change, 2010-2030 (where pop more than 1,000) |
Asia-Pacific | 1,005,507,000 | 24.8 | 1,295,625,000 | 27.3 | 29 |
Indonesia | 204,847,000 | 88.1 | 238,833,000 | 88 | 17 |
Pakistan | 178,097,000 | 96.4 | 256,117,000 | 96.4 | 44 |
India | 177,286,000 | 14.6 | 236,182,000 | 15.9 | 33 |
Bangladesh | 148,607,000 | 90.4 | 187,506,000 | 92.3 | 26 |
Iran | 74,819,000 | 99.7 | 89,626,000 | 99.7 | 20 |
Turkey | 74,660,000 | 98.6 | 89,127,000 | 98.6 | 19 |
Afghanistan | 29,047,000 | 99.8 | 50,527,000 | 99.8 | 74 |
Uzbekistan | 26,833,000 | 96.5 | 32,760,000 | 96.5 | 22 |
China | 23,308,000 | 1.8 | 29,949,000 | 2.1 | 28 |
Malaysia | 17,139,000 | 61.4 | 22,752,000 | 64.5 | 33 |
Kazakhstan | 8,887,000 | 56.4 | 9,728,000* | 56.4 | |
Azerbaijan | 8,795,000 | 98.4 | 10,162,000 | 98.4 | 16 |
Tajikistan | 7,006,000 | 99 | 9,525,000 | 99 | 36 |
Kyrgyzstan | 4,927,000 | 88.8 | 6,140,000 | 93.8 | 25 |
Turkmenistan | 4,830,000 | 93.3 | 5,855,000 | 93.3 | 21 |
Philippines | 4,737,000 | 5.1 | 7,094,000 | 5.7 | 50 |
Thailand | 3,952,000 | 5.8 | 4,261,000 | 5.8 | 8 |
Burma (Myanmar) | 1,900,000 | 3.8 | 2,233,000 | 3.8 | 18 |
Sri Lanka | 1,725,000 | 8.5 | 1,876,000 | 8.5 | 9 |
Nepal | 1,253,000 | 4.2 | 1,705,000 | 4.2 | 36 |
Singapore | 721,000 | 14.9 | 813,000 | 14.9 | 13 |
Australia | 399,000 | 1.9 | 714,000 | 2.8 | 79 |
Maldives | 309,000 | 98.4 | 396,000 | 98.4 | 28 |
Cambodia | 240,000 | 1.6 | 320,000 | 1.6 | 33 |
Brunei | 211,000 | 51.9 | 284,000 | 51.9 | 35 |
Cyprus | 200,000 | 22.7 | 240,000 | 22.7 | 20 |
Japan | 185,000 | 0.1 | 171,000 | 0.1 | -8 |
Vietnam | 160,000 | 0.2 | 190,000 | 0.2 | 19 |
Mongolia | 120,000 | 4.4 | 144,000 | 4.4 | 20 |
Hong Kong | 91,000 | 1.3 | 105,000 | 1.3 | 15 |
South Korea | 75,000 | 0.2 | 76,000 | 0.2 | 1 |
Fiji | 54,000 | 6.3 | 58,000 | 6.3 | 7 |
New Zealand | 41,000 | 0.9 | 101,000 | 2 | 146 |
Taiwan | 23,000 | 0.1 | 25,000 | 0.1 | 9 |
Middle East-North Africa | 321,869,000 | 91.2 | 439,453,000 | 91.4 | 37 |
Egypt | 80,024,000 | 94.7 | 105,065,000 | 94.7 | 31 |
Algeria | 34,780,000 | 98.2 | 43,915,000 | 98.2 | 26 |
Morocco | 32,381,000 | 99.9 | 39,259,000 | 99.9 | 21 |
Iraq | 31,108,000 | 98.9 | 48,350,000 | 98.9 | 55 |
Sudan | 30,855,000 | 71.4 | 43,573,000 | 71.4 | 41 |
Saudi Arabia | 25,493,000 | 97.1 | 35,497,000 | 97.1 | 39 |
Yemen | 24,023,000 | 99 | 38,973,000 | 99 | 62 |
Syria | 20,895,000 | 92.8 | 28,374,000 | 92.8 | 36 |
Tunisia | 10,349,000 | 99.8 | 12,097,000 | 99.8 | 17 |
Jordan | 6,397,000 | 98.8 | 8,516,000 | 98.8 | 33 |
Libya | 6,325,000 | 96.6 | 8,232,000 | 96.6 | 30 |
Palestine | 4,298,000 | 97.5 | 7,136,000 | 97.5 | 66 |
United Arab Emirates | 3,577,000 | 76 | 4,981,000 | 76 | 39 |
Kuwait | 2,636,000 | 86.4 | 3,692,000 | 86.4 | 40 |
Oman | 2,547,000 | 87.7 | 3,549,000 | 87.7 | 39 |
Lebanon | 2,542,000 | 59.7 | 2,902,000 | 59.7 | 14 |
Israel | 1,287,000 | 17.7 | 2,135,000 | 23.2 | 66 |
Qatar | 1,168,000 | 77.5 | 1,511,000 | 77.5 | 29 |
Bahrain | 655,000 | 81.2 | 881,000 | 81.2 | 35 |
Western Sahara | 528,000 | 99.6 | 816,000 | 99.6 | 55 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 242,544,000 | 29.6 | 385,939,000 | 31 | 59 |
Nigeria | 75,728,000 | 47.9 | 116,832,000 | 51.5 | 54 |
Ethiopia | 28,721,000 | 33.8 | 44,466,000 | 33.8 | 55 |
Niger | 15,627,000 | 98.3 | 32,022,000 | 98.3 | 105 |
Tanzania | 13,450,000 | 29.9 | 19,463,000 | 25.8 | 45 |
Senegal | 12,333,000 | 95.9 | 18,739,000 | 95.9 | 52 |
Mali | 12,316,000 | 92.4 | 18,840,000 | 92.1 | 53 |
Burkina Faso | 9,600,000 | 58.9 | 16,480,000 | 59 | 72 |
Somalia | 9,231,000 | 98.6 | 15,529,000 | 98.6 | 68 |
Guinea | 8,693,000 | 84.2 | 14,227,000 | 84.2 | 64 |
Ivory Coast | 7,960,000 | 36.9 | 12,977,000 | 39.9 | 63 |
Chad | 6,404,000 | 55.7 | 10,086,000 | 53 | 57 |
Mozambique | 5,340,000 | 22.8 | 7,733,000 | 22.8 | 45 |
Sierra Leone | 4,171,000 | 71.5 | 6,527,000 | 73 | 56 |
Uganda | 4,060,000 | 12 | 6,655,000 | 10.9 | 64 |
Ghana | 3,906,000 | 16.1 | 6,350,000 | 18.2 | 63 |
Cameroon | 3,598,000 | 18 | 5,481,000 | 19.2 | 52 |
Mauritania | 3,338,000 | 99.2 | 4,750,000 | 99.2 | 42 |
Kenya | 2,868,000 | 7 | 5,485,000 | 8.7 | 91 |
Benin | 2,259,000 | 24.5 | 3,777,000 | 24.5 | 67 |
Malawi | 2,011,000 | 12.8 | 3,326,000 | 12.8 | 65 |
Eritrea | 1,909,000 | 36.5 | 2,955,000 | 36.5 | 55 |
Gambia | 1,669,000 | 95.3 | 2,607,000 | 95.3 | 56 |
Congo | 969,000 | 1.4 | 1,552,000 | 1.4 | 60 |
Djibouti | 853,000 | 97 | 1,157,000 | 97 | 36 |
Togo | 827,000 | 12.2 | 1,234,000 | 12.2 | 49 |
South Africa | 737,000 | 1.5 | 799,000 | 1.5 | 8 |
Guinea-Bissau | 705,000 | 42.8 | 1,085,000 | 42.8 | 54 |
Comoros | 679,000 | 98.3 | 959,000 | 98.3 | 41 |
Liberia | 523,000 | 12.8 | 825,000 | 12.8 | 58 |
Central African Republic | 403,000 | 8.9 | 550,000 | 8.9 | 36 |
Madagascar | 220,000 | 1.1 | 309,000 | 1 | 40 |
Mauritius | 216,000 | 16.6 | 236,000 | 16.6 | 9 |
Mayotte | 197,000 | 98.8 | 298,000 | 98.8 | 51 |
Angola | 195,000 | 1 | 312,000 | 1 | 60 |
Rwanda | 188,000 | 1.8 | 363,000 | 2.3 | 93 |
Burundi | 184,000 | 2.2 | 258,000 | 2.2 | 40 |
Gabon | 145,000 | 9.7 | 244,000 | 11.9 | 68 |
Zimbabwe | 109,000 | 0.9 | 155,000 | 0.9 | 42 |
Republic of Congo | 60,000 | 1.6 | 88,000 | 1.6 | 47 |
Zambia | 59,000 | 0.4 | 94,000 | 0.4 | 59 |
Reunion | 35,000 | 4.2 | 42,000 | 4.2 | 20 |
Equatorial Guinea | 28,000 | 4.1 | 43,000 | 4.1 | 54 |
Namibia | 9,000 | 0.4 | 12,000 | 0.4 | 33 |
Botswana | 8,000 | 0.4 | 10,000 | 0.4 | 25 |
Swaziland | 2,000 | 0.2 | 2,000 | 0.2 | 0 |
Europe | 44,138,000 | 6 | 58,209,000 | 8 | 32 |
Russia | 16,379,000 | 11.7 | 18,556,000 | 14.4 | 13 |
France | 4,704,000 | 7.5 | 6,860,000 | 10.3 | 46 |
Germany | 4,119,000 | 5 | 5,545,000 | 7.1 | 35 |
United Kingdom | 2,869,000 | 4.6 | 5,567,000 | 8.2 | 94 |
Albania | 2,601,000 | 82.1 | 2,841,000 | 83.2 | 9 |
Kosovo | 2,104,000 | 91.7 | 2,100,000 | 93.5 | 0 |
Italy | 1,583,000 | 2.6 | 3,199,000 | 5.4 | 102 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1,564,000 | 41.6 | 1,503,000 | 42.7 | -4 |
Spain | 1,021,000 | 2.3 | 1,859,000 | 3.7 | 82 |
Bulgaria | 1,002,000 | 13.4 | 1,016,000 | 15.7 | 1 |
Netherlands | 914,000 | 5.5 | 1,365,000 | 7.8 | 49 |
Republic of Macedonia | 713,000 | 34.9 | 812,000 | 40.3 | 14 |
Belgium | 638,000 | 6 | 1,149,000 | 10.2 | 80 |
Greece | 527,000 | 4.7 | 772,000 | 6.9 | 46 |
Austria | 475,000 | 5.7 | 799,000 | 9.3 | 68 |
Sweden | 451,000 | 4.9 | 993,000 | 9.9 | 120 |
Georgia | 442,000 | 10.5 | 433,000 | 11.5 | -2 |
Switzerland | 433,000 | 5.7 | 663,000 | 8.1 | 53 |
Ukraine | 393,000 | 0.9 | 408,000 | 1 | 4 |
Serbia | 280,000 | 3.7 | 377,000 | 5.1 | 35 |
Denmark | 226,000 | 4.1 | 317,000 | 5.6 | 40 |
Norway | 144,000 | 3 | 359,000 | 6.5 | 149 |
Montenegro | 116,000 | 18.5 | 136,000 | 21.5 | 17 |
Romania | 73,000 | 0.3 | 73,000 | 0.4 | 0 |
Portugal | 65,000 | 0.6 | 65,000 | 0.6 | 0 |
Croatia | 56,000 | 1.3 | 54,000 | 1.3 | -4 |
Slovenia | 49,000 | 2.4 | 49,000 | 2.4 | 0 |
Ireland | 43,000 | 0.9 | 125,000 | 2.2 | 191 |
Finland | 42,000 | 0.8 | 105,000 | 1.9 | 150 |
Hungary | 25,000 | 0.3 | 24,000 | 0.3 | -4 |
Poland | 20,000 | 0.1 | 19,000 | 0.1 | -5 |
Belarus | 19,000 | 0.2 | 17,000 | 0.2 | -11 |
Moldova | 15,000 | 0.4 | 13,000 | 0.4 | -13 |
Luxembourg | 11,000 | 2.3 | 14,000 | 2.3 | 27 |
Lithuania | 3,000 | 0.1 | 2,000 | 0.1 | -33 |
Estonia | 2,000 | 0.1 | 2,000 | 0.1 | 0 |
Latvia | 2,000 | 0.1 | 2,000 | 0.1 | 0 |
Gibraltar | 1,000 | 4 | 1,000 | 4 | 0 |
Americas | 5,256,000 | 0.6 | 10,927,000 | 1 | 108 |
United States | 2,595,000 | 0.8 | 6,216,000 | 1.7 | 140 |
Argentina | 1,000,000 | 2.5 | 1,233,000 | 2.6 | 23 |
Canada | 940,000 | 2.8 | 2,661,000 | 6.6 | 183 |
Brazil | 204,000 | 0.1 | 227,000 | 0.1 | 11 |
Mexico | 111,000 | 0.1 | 126,000 | 0.1 | 14 |
Venezuela | 95,000 | 0.3 | 121,000 | 0.3 | 27 |
Suriname | 84,000 | 15.9 | 96,000 | 15.9 | 14 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 78,000 | 5.8 | 80,000 | 5.8 | 3 |
Guyana | 55,000 | 7.2 | 51,000 | 7.2 | -7 |
Panama | 25,000 | 0.7 | 32,000 | 0.7 | 28 |
Colombia | 14,000 | <0.1 | 17,000 | <0.1 | 21 |
Honduras | 11,000 | 0.1 | 15,000 | 0.1 | 36 |
Cuba | 10,000 | 0.1 | 10,000 | 0.1 | 0 |
Bolivia | 2,000 | <0.1 | 3,000 | <0.1 | 50 |
Dominican Republic | 2,000 | <0.1 | 3,000 | <0.1 | 50 |
El Salvador | 2,000 | <0.1 | 2,000 | <0.1 | 0 |
French Guiana | 2,000 | 0.9 | 3,000 | 0.9 | 50 |
Guadeloupe | 2,000 | 0.4 | 2,000 | 0.4 | 0 |
Haiti | 2,000 | <0.1 | 3,000 | <0.1 | 50 |
Jamaica | 1,000 | <0.1 | 1,000 | <0.1 | 0 |
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