Muslim Population
The Islamic faith, one of the world's major religions, encompasses diverse cultures, histories, languages, and traditions around the globe. The Muslim community or 'Ummah’ is widely dispersed, adding a rich tapestry of diversity to nations across continents. The United States, for instance, holds a significant Muslim population that contributes significantly to the multi-cultural fabric of the nation. According to recent estimates, the global Muslim population stands at approximately 1.8 billion as of 2022, representing about 24% of the world's total population. Key findings from the data include:
The countries with the highest Muslim populations are Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Algeria, and Sudan. Indonesia tops the list as the country with the highest Muslim population globally, with a staggering number of 229.0M Muslims. Following closely, Pakistan is the country with the second highest Muslim population at 200.4M, with India trailing slightly behind at 195.0M. Next on the list is Bangladesh, which boasts a Muslim population of 153.7M. Nigeria also has a sizeable Muslim community with 99.0M Muslims making up part of its population. Egypt, Iran, and Turkey also contribute significantly to the global Muslim populace, with 87.5M, 82.5M, and 79.9M Muslims respectively. Lastly, Algeria and Sudan complete the top-ten list with similarly notable Muslim populations of 41.2M and 39.6M. 10 Countries with the Highest Muslim Population:
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
34.8M
#14
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.8M
#69
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
41.2M
#9
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.2K
#161
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
90.0K
#121
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
400.0K
#98
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.0K
#156
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
650.0K
#92
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
712.0K
#90
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
9.7M
#34
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.1M
#77
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
153.7M
#4
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.4K
#154
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
72.5K
#126
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
879.4K
#81
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.1M
#56
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0K
#166
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0M
#68
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
9.0K
#147
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
767.6K
#89
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
355.0K
#100
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
861.0K
#83
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
12.1M
#28
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.2M
#74
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.1M
#57
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
7.7M
#37
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.1M
#76
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
11.4K
#143
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
861.8K
#82
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
9.2M
#35
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.0K
#155
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
28.1M
#16
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
96.3K
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
807.2K
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
64.1K
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
11.1K
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
350.0K
#101
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
15.0K
#141
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
12.8M
#27
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
313.7K
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
857.5K
#84
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0K
#167
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
87.5M
#6
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0K
#169
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
79.7K
#123
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.6M
#60
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.5K
#170
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
129.2K
#114
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
35.6M
#13
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
58.4K
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
150.0K
#111
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.7M
#41
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.4K
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
211.9K
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0M
#67
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
527.1K
#96
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.8M
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.1M
#44
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.2K
#172
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
613.4K
#93
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0K
#164
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.2K
#171
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
10.6M
#32
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
826.8K
#85
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
55.0K
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.0K
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
30.0K
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
295.7K
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
50.0K
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
195.0M
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
229.0M
#1
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
82.5M
#7
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
38.5M
#11
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
71.0K
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.5M
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.0M
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
11.3M
#29
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.6K
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
185.0K
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
10.2M
#33
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Value
Rank
Muslim Population
13.2M
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.5M
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.2M
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.7M
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.0K
#175
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0K
#165
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.5M
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.0K
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
962.0K
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
6.6M
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.1K
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.0K
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
18.2K
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.6M
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.0M
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
16.3M
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
386.2K
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
17.5M
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
11.7K
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.8M
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
236.0K
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
253.4K
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.5K
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
15.0K
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
150.0K
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
122.8K
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
37.9M
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.8M
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.4M
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
9.7K
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.3M
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
880.0K
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
7.0K
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
41.0K
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.0K
#176
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
21.1M
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
99.0M
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.0K
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
142.5K
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.4M
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
200.4M
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.3M
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
25.0K
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0K
#168
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.0K
#177
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
7.9M
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
6.8K
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
65.0K
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.0K
#178
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.6M
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
108.0K
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
36.4K
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
136.5K
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
20.0M
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
576.1K
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.0K
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.9K
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
31.9M
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
15.1M
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
221.5K
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.0K
#173
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
6.1M
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
781.6K
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
10.9K
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
73.6K
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
11.0M
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.1M
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
35.0K
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.5M
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.2M
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
2.1M
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
39.6M
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
83.4K
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
800.0K
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
440.0K
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
16.7M
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
60.0K
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
7.6M
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
19.4M
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.0M
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.0K
#174
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
1.6M
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
78.0K
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
11.2M
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
79.9M
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.8M
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
5.4M
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
695.0K
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.6M
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
4.1M
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
3.5M
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
26.6M
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
125.2K
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
96.2K
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
599.6K
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
27.8M
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
168.9K
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Muslim Population
100.0K
#118