Muslim population by country.
This is a list of countries in which
Islam is the majority religion of the people. In a geopolitical sense these countries are often considered to form the
Muslim world. The list only contains countries where at least 50% of the population is Muslim. The table is presorted by the largest population by country. It can be sorted on other criteria by clicking the tab of the appropriate column at the top of the table. The percentage shows the proportional amount of Muslims out of the total population of each
country. In total, there are currently 48 Muslim majority countries.
The
Muslim % column is the
percentage of Muslims of a country out of the total population. The higher the percentage is of a country, then the higher the Muslim majority.
Saudi Arabia has the highest Muslim percentage of the country at 100%, note that this figure only applies to
citizens, and
foreign workers are excluded from this count (over 8 million foreign workers), no official statistics available.
The column
Main sect shows whether the predominant
denomination of Muslims is
Sunni,
Shi'a, or other sects.
Religion and state is the role of religion in politics based on the constitutions:
Islamic state indicates use of
Sharia law or the
Quran as a form of
legislation (e.g.,
Saudi Arabia);
state religion indicates that Islam as the official religion of a country, where
Sharia courts may be used (e.g.,
Malaysia);
secular indicates that government institutions are formally separated from religion (e.g.,
Turkey); and
none indicates that the state has neither adopted a state religion, declared an Islamic state, nor declared a secular state (e.g.,
Indonesia).
The column
type of government is the set of political
institution by which a
government of a
state is organized in order to exert its powers over a
community. The Muslim countries are mainly
monarchies and presidential republics. The military power or strength of the countries is shown by the numbers of active troops, the powerful of these include
Iran,
Pakistan and
Turkey. The
GDP (PPP) per capita is the data for the economy of the Muslim countries. The data can be used to compare rich or poor countries or to compare the economies. The GDP per capita (PPP) have been obtained from the
IMF's World Economic Outlook Database for 2007. All information and data is estimates.
Footnotes
- The statistic of 100% only applies to citizens of Saudi Arabia, and does not include the total population. There are currently no data or information regarding on the religious beliefs of the people, and all Saudi citizens are regarded as Wahhabi, however there are over 8 million foreign workers in the country (non-nationals). Other religious groups of foreigners are from other Muslim sects, Christians (including Eastern Orthodox, Protestants, and over one million Roman Catholics), Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and others. Comprehensive statistics for the religious denominations of foreigners are not available.
See also
