Muslim Populations around the world
[Click the image to enlarge. Green represents a Sunni majority and blue represents a Shia majority. (A Wikipedia image.)]
Demographics: One fifth of the world population is statistically Islam. Muslims are the majority in 52 nations.
* 3-11 million Muslims in the Americas (estimates vary greatly)
- 5-8 million Muslims in Canada and the United States
- 1-3 million Muslims in Latin America
* 84 million Muslims in Europe (including Turkey)
- 10 million Muslims in Western Europe, mostly in the UK, France, Germany
- 7 million Muslims in the Balkans, mostly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania and Republic of Macedonia
- 67 million Muslims in Turkey
* 284 million Muslims in the Middle East or Arab League
* 254 million Muslims in Sub-Saharan Africa
* 103 million Muslims in Central Asia
- 49 million Muslims in the former republics of the Soviet Union: Central Asia - in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan
- 26 million Muslims in Russia
- 28 million Muslims in Afghanistan
* 450 million Muslims in South Asia
- 156 million Muslims in Pakistan
- 127 million Muslims in Bangladesh
- 174 million Muslims in India
* 289 million Muslims in East Asia
- 30 million Muslims in China
- 209 million Muslims in Indonesia (the largest National Muslim community in the world)
- 30 million Muslims in the rest of South-East Asia, especially Malaysia and Brunei.
- Small populations in Japan, Mongolia, North Korea or the South Pacific
* Over 1.5 billion in total
The World Factbook 2006 estimates the world has about 6,525,170,264 billion people. Of those, 1.4 billion people, 20.12% are Muslims. Other estimates for 2006 put the Muslim population at about 1.6 billion people.
Mashallah we are 1/5 of the world's population!
...and still growing of course...
Last year a fellow prayer warrior and myself led the 30 days of prayer at our home church here in Miami, Fl, USA. It was a blessing that I can't even begin to describe. A hunger and thirst grew in the hearts of the saints for the Islamic community to know the Lord. I am looking forward to this year's Ramadan and all that the Lord will do as we humble ourselves and pray.
Our population has increased. Alhamdulillah ! Unfortunately, we are poor ,uneducated, miserable. We are divided in many Firqas. We fight over trivial things. We have become weak. Quran does not tell us to divide in Firqas. We need dialouge. Our beautiful sisters in Hijab need education so they can teach the future generation of Islam. I have given a slogan to my sisters in India,''Please cover your body and uncover your soul.'' Nazneen O. Saherwala (Surat, India)
We are after quantity,we are after quality. We want to increase population. We want to educate the population. Education inside the four walls,education outside the four walls. We want worldly education,we want heavenly education. I think the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmedinejad could become a great Islamic leader. He understands and he needs support, love and prayers from all Muslims. He would wipe out the tears of Muslims. I request Muslims to write letters to the President requesting him to take the lead. Ameen. Nazneen O. Saherwala.(Surat, India)
Mashallah
ALLAH HO AKBAR