Muslims Population In World

 

POPULATION OF THE OIC COUNTRIES (total, thousands, in 2000)*
Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria 113,862
Sudan 31,095
Uganda 23,300
Mozambique 18,292
C�te d'Ivoire 16,013
Cameroon 14,876
Burkina Faso 11,535
Mali 11,351
Niger 10,832
Senegal 9,421
Somalia 8,778
Guinea 8,154
Chad 7,885
Benin 6,272
Togo 4,527
Sierra Leone 4,405
Mauritania 2,665
Gambia 1,303
Gabon 1,230
Guinea-Bissau 1,199
Comoros 706



Middle East & North Africa

Iran 70,330
Egypt 67,884
Algeria 30,291
Morocco (including Western Sahara) 29,878
Iraq 22,946
Saudi Arabia 20,346
Yemen 18,349
Syria 16,189
Tunisia 9,459
Libya 5,290
Jordan 4,913
Lebanon 3,496
Occupied Palestinian Territory 3,191
United Arab Emirates 2,606
Oman 2,538
Kuwait 1,914
Bahrain 640
Djibouti 632
Qatar 565


Europe & Central Asia

Turkey 66,668
Uzbekistan 24,881
Afghanistan 21,765
Kazakhstan 16,172
Azerbaijan 8,041
Tajikistan 6,087
Kyrgyzstan 4,921
Turkmenistan 4,737
Albania 3,134


South & East Asia and Pacific 

Indonesia 212,092
Pakistan 141,256
Bangladesh 137,439
Malaysia 22,218
Brunei Darussalam 328
Maldives 291


Latin America & Caribbean 

Guyana 761
Suriname 417
*Many countries outside the OIC have sizeable Muslim populations, notably India, which is home to 175 million Muslims. Source: SEDAC