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Muslim Majority Countries 2024

49 countries

Country
Pew 2020
Muslim Population (Census data, 2017-2019)
World Factbook
Pew 2010
Morocco100%35.5M99%99.9%
Afghanistan99.7%40.6M99.7%99.8%
Somalia99.7%12.1M100%98.6%
Iran99.5%80.9M98.5%99.7%
Tunisia99.5%11.4M99%99.8%
Western Sahara99.4%610K-99.6%
Iraq99.1%41.4M96.5%98.9%
Yemen99.1%32.1M99.1%99%
Mauritania99.1%4.3M100%99.2%
Mayotte98.6%270K-98.8%
Maldives98.4%350K100%98.4%
Niger98.3%21.7M99.3%98.3%
Comoros98.3%940K98.1%98.3%
Turkey98%79.1M99.8%98.6%
Algeria97.9%39.4M99%98.2%
Palestine97.9%5.3M-97.5%
Azerbaijan97.3%9.9M97.3%98.4%
Uzbekistan97.1%30.8M88%96.5%
Jordan97.1%7.4M97.1%98.8%
Djibouti96.9%1M94%97%
Senegal96.6%15.5M97.2%95.9%
Libya96.6%7.2M96.6%96.6%
Pakistan96.5%200.5M96.5%96.4%
Tajikistan96.4%8.1M98%99%
Egypt95.3%90.4M90%94.7%
Gambia95.3%2.3M96.4%95.3%
Mali94.6%19.6M93.9%92.4%
Turkmenistan93%5.3M93%93.3%
Syria92.8%22.6M87%92.8%
Saudi Arabia92.7%30.7M87.5%97.1%
Bangladesh90.8%153M91%90.4%
Sudan90.7%38.4M90.7%71.4%
Kyrgyzstan89.4%5.5M90%88.8%
Indonesia87%229.6M87.2%88.1%
Oman85.9%2.9M85.9%87.7%
Guinea84.6%10.8M89.1%84.2%
Albania82.1%2.6M56.7%82.1%
Sierra Leone78.5%5.6M77.1%71.5%
Brunei75.1%340K82.1%51.9%
Kazakhstan72%12.9M70.2%56.4%
Kuwait70.7%2.4M74.6%86.4%
Bahrain69.7%1M74.2%81.2%
Malaysia66.1%22.1M63.5%61.4%
Qatar65.2%1.5M65.2%77.5%
Burkina Faso62.7%14.2M63.8%58.9%
Lebanon61.2%2.8M67.8%59.7%
Chad55.1%8.1M52.1%55.7%
Nigeria51.1%104.7M53.5%47.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina46.5%1.6M50.7%41.6%
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Which country has the largest Muslim majority?

The Maldives Islands has the highest percentage of Muslims, with a 100% Muslim population. Indonesia has the highest total number of Muslims, with around 231 million Muslim residents.

How many Muslim Majority countries are there?

Roughly 50 Muslim-majority countries exist in the world, although the exact number can vary depending on the source.

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