Muslim majority countries

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Map of the Muslim majority countries of the world (Muslim world).
Map of the Muslim majority countries of the world (Muslim world).

This is a list of countries which are Muslim majority 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 which are predominantly Muslim, meaning the Muslim population constitutes 50% or more of the total population.

The table is presorted by the largest population of Muslims 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.

The leading politician of each country is given in the Leader column, usually the Head of Government or the Head of State, whoever holds the power in the country. Islam and state presents the involvement of religion with politics and its role in society: "Islamic state" – the Qur'an as the form of legislation or Sharia law; "State religion" – Islam declared as the state religion; "Secular state" – separation of religion and state; "Secular republic" – established in the Turkish constitution with strict application of laïcité; "None" – no declaration.

The GDP (PPP) and GDP per capita is the data for the economy of the Muslim majority countries. The data can be used to compare rich or poor countries or to compare the economies. All GDP (PPP) data can be found in the main article entitled List of countries by GDP (PPP). The GDP per capita (PPP) have been obtained from the IMF's World Economic Outlook Database for 2007. All information and data is estimates.[1]

Rank Country Muslim population Percentage (approx) Leader Islam and state GDP per capita
1 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 207,000,105 85-88%[2][3] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono None 3,725
2 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 159,799,666 97%[4] Pervez Musharaff Islamic state 2,592
3 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 132,446,360 89-90%[5][6] Fakhruddin Ahmed State religion 1,300
4 Flag of Egypt Egypt 72,301,532 90%[7] Hosni Mubarak State religion 5,491
5 Flag of Turkey Turkey 70,047,060 99%[8][9] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Secular republic 12,888
6 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 67,515,582 50%[10] Umaru Yar'Adua None 2,035
7 Flag of Iran Iran 64,089,571 98%[11] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Islamic state 10,624
8 Flag of Morocco Morocco 33,723,418 99%[12][13] Abbas El Fassi State religion 4,076
9 Flag of Algeria Algeria 32,999,884 99%[14] Abdelaziz Bouteflika State religion 777
10 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 31,571,023 99%[15] Hamid Karzai Islamic state 724
11 Flag of Sudan Sudan 27,565,551 70%[16] Omar al-Bashir None 2,172
12 Flag of Iraq Iraq 26,674,649 97%[17] Nouri al-Maliki State religion -
13 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 24,564,924 90%-100%~†[18][19] King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Islamic state 23,243
14 Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 24,446,452 88%[20] Islam Karimov Secular state 2,344
15 Flag of Yemen Yemen 22,008,225 99%[21] Ali Abdullah Saleh Islamic state 2,335
16 Flag of Syria Syria 17,383,272 90%[22] Bashar al-Assad None 4,448
17 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 16,750,240 60.4%†[23] Abdullah Ahmad Badawi State religion 13,315
18 Flag of Niger Niger 12,226,000 80-95%[24][25] Seyni Oumarou None 666
19 Flag of Senegal Senegal 11,759,151 94-95%[26][27] Abdoulaye Wade Secular state 1,685
20 Flag of Mali Mali 10,795,860 90%[28] Amadou Toumani Touré Secular state 1,031
21 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 10,121,446 98%[29] Zine El Abidine Ben Ali State religion 7,473
22 Flag of Somalia Somalia 9,118,000 99.9%[30] Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed State religion 600
23 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 8,212,990 93-96%[31][32] Ilham Aliyev Secular state 7,656
24 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8,065,381 47-53%[33][34] Nursultan Nazarbayev Secular state 11,086
25 Flag of Guinea Guinea 7,991,700 85%[35] Lansana Conté Secular state 1,074
26 Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 7,113,000 50%[36] Blaise Compaoré Secular state 1,253
27 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 6,533,920 97%[37] Emomalii Rahmon Secular state 1,841
28 Flag of Libya Libya 6,036,811 97%[38] Muammar al-Gaddafi State religion 12,277
29 Flag of Jordan Jordan 5,568,565 95%[39] King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein Secular state 4,886
30 Flag of Chad Chad 5,041,690 51-53%[40][41] Idriss Déby Secular state 1,675
31 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 4,547,920 89%[42] Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow Secular state 5,154
32 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 4,017,652 75%[43] Kurmanbek Bakiyev Secular state -
33 Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 3,528,000 60%[44] Ernest Bai Koroma None 692
34 Flag of Mauritania Mauritania 3,119,928 99.98%[45] Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi Islamic state 2,008
35 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3,416,960 76-96%[46][47] Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum State religion 37,293
36 Palestinian flag Palestine 3,365,079 83.7%[48][49] Mahmoud Abbas N/A
37 Flag of Oman Oman 2,580,054 93%†[50] Sultan Qābūs ibn Saˤīd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Saˤīdī State religion 23,967
38 Flag of Albania Albania 2,533,845 70%~[51] None
39 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 2,460,000 60%[52] Fouad Siniora None 11,270
40 Flag of Eritrea Eritrea 2,220,000 48-60%[53][54] Isaias Afewerki None 773
41 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 2,004,447 85%†[55] Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah State religion 39,305
42 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,972,013 40%[56] Nikola Špirić None 6,964
43 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo 1,914,037 90%~[57] Hashim Thaçi None 1,800
44 Flag of The Gambia The Gambia 1,572,306 90%[58] Yahya Jammeh Secular state 1,326
45 Flag of Qatar Qatar 802,750 78%†[59] Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa State religion 80,870
46 Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 713,704 45%[60] João Bernardo Vieira None 484
47 Flag of the Comoros Comoros 668,361 98%[61] Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi State religion 1,125
48 Flag of Bahrain Bahrain 619,100 81%†[62] Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Islamic state 32,604
49 Flag of Djibouti Djibouti 471,555 94-99%[63][64][65] Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Secular state 2,271
50 Flag of Western Sahara Western Sahara 381,852 99.8% [66] N/A
51 Flag of the Maldives Maldives 306,000 99.8% [67] Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Islamic state 4,604
52 Flag of Brunei Brunei 234,608 67%[68] Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Islamic state 51,005

Legend

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  • If ~ appears on a country then it is an estimate of the percentage.
  • If † appears on a country then it has a high foreign population which affects the Muslim percentage, and does not present the indigenous population. (e.g. – Gulf States – indigenous population 100% Muslim)

See also

References

  1. ^ IMF – World Economic Outlook, October 2007.
  2. ^ Republik Indonesia – Profil Indonesia.
  3. ^ "Indonesia: International Religious Freedom Report 2007". U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2007-09-14). Retrieved on 2008-01-19..
  4. ^ CIA Factbook – Pakistan.
  5. ^ 2001 Bangladesh Census.
  6. ^ BANBEIS – BANGLADESH: COUNTRY PROFILE.
  7. ^ CIA Factbook -Egypt.
  8. ^ CIA World Factbook – Turkey.
  9. ^ Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs: Turkey.
  10. ^ CIA World Factbook – Nigeria.
  11. ^ CIA World Factbook – Iran.
  12. ^ CIA World Factbook – Morocco.
  13. ^ "Morocco: International Religious Freedom Report 2006". U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2006-09-15). Retrieved on 2008-01-20..
  14. ^ Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs – Background Note: Algeria.
  15. ^ Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs – Background Note: Afghanistan.
  16. ^ CIA World Factbook – Sudan.
  17. ^ CIA World Factbook – Iraq.
  18. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Saudi Arabia.
  19. ^ eCIA World Factbook – Saudi Arabia.
  20. ^ CIA World Factbook – Uzbekistan.
  21. ^ CIA World Factbook – Yemen.
  22. ^ CIA World Factbook – Syria.
  23. ^ Department of Statistics Malaysia.
  24. ^ CIA Factbook – Niger.
  25. ^ – International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Niger.
  26. ^ CIA Factbook – Senegal.
  27. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Senegal.
  28. ^ CIA World Factbook – Mali.
  29. ^ CIA World Factbook – Tunisia.
  30. ^ CIA World Factbook – Somalia.
  31. ^ Azerbaijan (07/07).
  32. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Azerbaijan.
  33. ^ CIA Factbook – Kazakhstan.
  34. ^ Dzhalilov, Z. (2006). Islam and Society in Modern Kazakhstan. Almaty: Daik-Press. .
  35. ^ CIA World Factbook – Guinea.
  36. ^ CIA World Factbook – Burkina Faso.
  37. ^ CIA World Factbook – Tajikistan.
  38. ^ CIA World Factbook – Libya.
  39. ^ CIA World Factbook – Jordan.
  40. ^ Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Chad.
  41. ^ CIA World Factbook – Chad.
  42. ^ Background Note – Turkmenistan (01/08) – US Department of State.
  43. ^ CIA World Factbook – Kyrgyzstan.
  44. ^ CIA World Factbook – Sierra Leone.
  45. ^ CIA World Fatbook – Mauritania.
  46. ^ US Department of State – International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – UAE.
  47. ^ CIA World Factbook – UAE.
  48. ^ CIA Factbook – West Bank.
  49. ^ CIA World Factbook – Gaza Strip.
  50. ^ Religious Intelligence – Country Profile: Oman (Sultanate of Oman).
  51. ^ CIA World Factbook – Albania.
  52. ^ CIA World Factbook – Lebanon.
  53. ^ Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Eritrea.
  54. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Eritrea.
  55. ^ CIA World Factbook – Kuwait.
  56. ^ Background Note – Bosnia & Herz.(10/07) – US Department of State.
  57. ^ US Department of State figures.
  58. ^ CIA World Factbook – Gambia.
  59. ^ 2004 Census – CIA World Factbook – Qatar.
  60. ^ Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Guinea-Bissau.
  61. ^ Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Comoros.
  62. ^ 2001 Census – CIA World Factbook – Bahrain.
  63. ^ CIA factbook – Djibouti.
  64. ^ Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Djibouti.
  65. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Djibouti.
  66. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Western Sahara.
  67. ^ CIA World Factbook – Maldives.
  68. ^ CIA World Factbook – Brunei.
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