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Islam is the fastest growing
religion and
the second largest religion in the world
| Muslims
in Asia (1996) |
1,022,692,000 (30%)
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| Muslims
in Africa (1996) |
426,282,000 (59%)
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| Total
Number of Muslims on the Earth (1996) |
1,482,596,925 |
| Total
Number of People on the Earth (1996) |
5,771,939,007 |
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Percentage of Muslims (1996) |
26% |
| Islam
annual growth rate (1994-1995) from U.N. |
6.40% |
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Christianity growth rate (1994-1995) from U.N. |
1.46% |
| Total
Number of Muslims on the Earth (1998) |
1,678,442,000 |
| Expected
Number of Muslims on the Earth (2000) |
1,902,095,000 |
This table below shows the growth of Islam:
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North America (1989-1998)
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25% |
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Africa |
2.15% |
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Asia |
12.57% |
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Europe |
142.35% |
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Latin America |
-4.73% |
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Australia |
257.01% |
Among every four humans in the world, one of
them is Muslim. Muslims have increased by over 235 percent in the
last fifty years up to nearly 1.6 billion. By comparison, Christians
have increased by only 47 percent, Hinduism, 117 percent, and Buddhism
by 63 percent. Islam is the second largest religious group in France,
Great Britain and USA
(Muslims in USA are
10 millions and
Jews are 6 millions).
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This
report includes all the countries of the world and shows how many Muslims
are in each one.
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Country Name |
Total Population |
Muslims Percentage |
Number of Muslims
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Afghanistan |
22,664,136 |
100% |
22,664,136 |
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Albania |
3,249,136 |
75% |
2,436,852 |
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Algeria |
29,183,032 |
99% |
28,891,202 |
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Angola |
10,342,899 |
25% |
2,585,725 |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
65,647 |
n/a |
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Argentina |
34,672,997 |
2 |
693,460 |
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Aruba |
67,794 |
5 |
3,390 |
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Australia |
18,260,863 |
2.09 |
382,000 |
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Azerbaijan |
7,676,953 |
93.4 |
7,170,274 |
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Bahrain |
590,042 |
100 |
590,042 |
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Benin |
5,709,529 |
15 |
856,429 |
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Bangladesh |
123,062,800 |
85 |
104,603,380 |
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Bhutan |
1,822,625 |
5 |
91,131 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2,656,240 |
40 |
1,062,496 |
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Botswana |
1,477,630 |
5 |
73,882 |
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Brazil |
162,661,214 |
0.6 |
1,000,000 |
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Brunei |
299,939 |
63 |
188,962 |
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Bulgaria |
8,612,757 |
14 |
1,205,786 |
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Burkina Faso |
10,623,323 |
50 |
5,311,662 |
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Burma |
45,975,625 |
10 |
4,597,563 |
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Burundi |
5,943,057 |
20 |
1,188,611 |
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Cambodia |
10,861,218 |
1 |
108,612 |
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Cameroon |
14,261,557 |
55 |
7,843,856 |
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Canada |
28,820,671 |
1.48 |
400,000 |
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Central African
Republic |
3,274,426 |
55 |
1,800,934 |
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Chad |
6,976,845 |
85 |
5,930,318 |
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China |
1,210,004,956 |
11 |
133,100,545 |
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Christmas Island |
813 |
10 |
81 |
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Cocos (Keeling) Island |
609 |
57 |
347 |
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Comoros |
569,237 |
86 |
489,544 |
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Congo |
2,527,841 |
15 |
379,176 |
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Cote d'Ivoire |
14,762,445 |
60 |
8,857,467 |
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Croatia |
5,004,112 |
1.2 |
60,049 |
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Cyprus |
744,609 |
33 |
245,721 |
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Djibouti |
427,642 |
94 |
401,983 |
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Egypt |
63,575,107 |
94 |
59,760,601 |
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Equatorial Guinea |
431,282 |
25 |
107,821 |
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Eritrea |
3,427,883 |
80 |
2,742,306 |
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Ethiopia |
57,171,662 |
65 |
37,161,580 |
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Fiji |
782,381 |
11 |
86,062 |
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France |
58,317,450 |
7 |
4,082,222 |
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Gabon |
1,172,798 |
1 |
11,728 |
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Gambia |
1,204,984 |
90 |
1,084,486 |
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Gaza Strip |
923,940 |
98.7 |
911,929 |
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Georgia |
5,219,810 |
11 |
574,179 |
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Germany |
83,536,115 |
3.4 |
2,840,228 |
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Ghana |
17,698,271 |
30 |
5,309,481 |
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Gibraltar |
28,765 |
8 |
2,301 |
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Greece |
10,538,594 |
1.5 |
158,079 |
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Guinea |
7,411,981 |
95 |
7,041,382 |
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Guinea-Bissau |
1,151,330 |
70 |
805,931 |
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Guyana |
712,091 |
15 |
106,814 |
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Hong Kong |
6,305,413 |
1 |
63,054 |
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India |
952,107,694 |
14 |
133,295,077 |
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Indonesia |
206,611,600 |
95 |
196,281,020 |
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Iran |
66,094,264 |
99 |
65,433,321 |
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Iraq |
21,422,292 |
97 |
20,779,623 |
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Israel |
5,421,995 |
14 |
759,079 |
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Italy |
57,460,274 |
1 |
574,603 |
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Japan |
125,449,703 |
1 |
1,254,497 |
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Jordan |
4,212,152 |
95 |
4,001,544 |
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Kazakstan |
16,916,463 |
51.2 |
8,661,229 |
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Kenya |
28,176,686 |
29.5 |
8,312,122 |
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Kuwait |
1,950,047 |
89 |
1,735,542 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
4,529,648 |
76.1 |
3,447,062 |
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Lebanon |
3,776,317 |
70 |
2,643,422 |
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Liberia |
2,109,789 |
30 |
632,937 |
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Libya |
5,445,436 |
100 |
5,445,436 |
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Lesotho |
1,970,781 |
10 |
197,078 |
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Macedonia |
2,104,035 |
30 |
631,211 |
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Madagascar |
13,670,507 |
20 |
2,734,101 |
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Malawi |
9,452,844 |
35 |
3,308,495 |
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Malaysia |
19,962,893 |
52 |
10,380,704 |
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Maldives |
270,758 |
100 |
270,758 |
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Mali |
9,653,261 |
90 |
8,687,935 |
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Malta |
375,576 |
14 |
52,581 |
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Mauritania |
2,336,048 |
100 |
2,336,048 |
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Mauritius |
1,140,256 |
19.5 |
222,350 |
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Mayotte |
100,838 |
99 |
99,830 |
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Mongolia |
2,496,617 |
4 |
99,865 |
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Morocco |
29,779,156 |
98.7 |
29,392,027 |
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Mozambique |
17,877,927 |
29 |
5,184,599 |
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Namibia |
1,677,243 |
5 |
83,862 |
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Nepal |
22,094,033 |
4 |
883,761 |
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Netherlands |
15,568,034 |
3 |
467,041 |
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Niger |
9,113,001 |
91 |
8,292,831 |
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Nigeria |
103,912,489 |
75 |
77,934,367 |
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Norway |
4,438,547 |
1.5 |
66,578 |
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Oman |
2,186,548 |
100 |
2,186,548 |
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Pakistan |
129,275,660 |
97 |
125,397,390 |
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Panama |
2,655,094 |
4 |
106,204 |
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Philippines |
74,480,848 |
14 |
10,427,319 |
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Qatar |
547,761 |
100 |
547,761 |
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Reunion |
679,198 |
20 |
135,840 |
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Romania |
21,657,162 |
20 |
4,331,432 |
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Russia |
148,178,487 |
18 |
26,672,127 |
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Rwanda |
6,853,359 |
1 |
68,534 |
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Saudi Arabia |
19,409,058 |
100 |
19,409,058 |
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Senegal |
9,092,749 |
95 |
8,638,112 |
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Serbia and Montenegro |
10,614,558 |
19 |
2,016,766 |
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Sierra Leone |
4,793,121 |
65 |
3,115,529 |
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Singapore |
3,396,924 |
17 |
577,477 |
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Slovenia |
1,951,443 |
1 |
19,514 |
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Somalia |
9,639,151 |
100 |
9,639,151 |
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South Africa |
41,743,459 |
2 |
834,869 |
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Sri Lanka |
18,553,074 |
9 |
1,669,777 |
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Sudan |
31,547,543 |
85 |
26,815,412 |
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Suriname |
436,418 |
25 |
109,105 |
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Swaziland |
998,730 |
10 |
99,873 |
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Sweden |
9,800,000 |
3.6 |
320,000 |
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Syria |
15,608,648 |
90 |
14,047,783 |
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Tajikistan |
5,916,373 |
85 |
5,028,917 |
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Tanzania |
29,058,470 |
65 |
18,888,006 |
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Thailand |
58,851,357 |
14 |
8,239,190 |
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Togo |
4,570,530 |
55 |
2,513,792 |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
1,272,385 |
12 |
152,686 |
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Tunisia |
9,019,687 |
98 |
8,839,293 |
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Turkey |
62,484,478 |
99.8 |
62,359,509 |
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Turkmenistan |
4,149,283 |
87 |
3,609,876 |
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Uganda |
20,158,176 |
36 |
7,256,943 |
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United Arab Emirates |
3,057,337 |
96 |
2,935,044 |
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United Kingdom |
58,489,975 |
2.7 |
1,579,229 |
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United
States |
266,476,278 |
3.75 |
9,992,860 |
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Uzbekistan |
23,418,381 |
88 |
20,608,175 |
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West Bank |
1,427,741 |
75 |
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