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muslim populations
—2008—
The Muslim world spans far and wide with majority Muslim countries nestled
around the equator and concentrated in many parts of North Africa, the
Middle East, South and South East Asia. An estimated 22% of the world's
population is Muslim—spanning approximately 50 countries as a majority and
speaking around 60 different first languages.
Region Country Population
Islam
% Total
Central Asia Afghanistan 28,226,000 97.890 27,630,431
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Albania 3,208,000 38.790 1,244,383
Middle East and North Africa Algeria 34,373,000 96.680 33,231,816
South Pacific
American
Samoa
68,000 0.000 0
Western Europe Andorra 75,000 0.630 473
East and Southern Africa Angola 17,499,000 0.000 0
North America and Caribbean Anguilla 13,000 0.550 72
North America and Caribbean
Antigua and
Barbuda
86,000 0.400 344
Central and South America Argentina 39,934,000 1.950 778,713
Central Asia Armenia 2,996,000 1.200 35,952
North America and Caribbean Aruba 104,000 0.280 291
South Pacific Australia 20,951,000 1.330 278,648
Western Europe Austria 8,391,000 2.230 187,119
Central Asia Azerbaijan 8,534,000 83.670 7,140,398
North America and Caribbean Bahamas 335,000 0.000 0
Middle East and North Africa Bahrain 766,000 82.370 630,954
South Asia Bangladesh 161,318,000 85.600 138,088,208
North America and Caribbean Barbados 295,000 0.750 2,213
Eastern Europe and Eurasia Belarus 9,635,000 0.100 9,635
Western Europe Belgium 10,480,000 3.600 377,280
Central and South America Belize 294,000 0.580 1,705
West and Central Africa Benin 9,309,000 20.030 1,864,593
North America and Caribbean Bermuda 65,000 0.000 0
South Asia Bhutan 667,000 4.000 26,680
Central and South America Bolivia 9,694,000 0.020 1,939
Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Bosnia-
Herzegovina
3,940,000 60.060 2,366,364
East and Southern Africa Botswana 1,906,000 0.200 3,812
Central and South America Brazil 194,228,000 0.100 194,228
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