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Adherents of [[Islam]] constitute the world's [[major religious groups|second largest religious]] group. A projection by the [[Pew Research Centre|PEW]] suggests that Muslims numbered approximately 1.9 billion followers in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population/ | title=The Future of the Global Muslim Population | date=27 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Religion Information Data Explorer {{!}} GRF |url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/explorer#/?subtopic=15&chartType=bar&year=2020&data_type=number&religious_affiliation=all&destination=to&countries=Worldwide&age_group=all&gender=all&pdfMode=false |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.globalreligiousfutures.org}}</ref> Studies in the 21st century suggest that, in terms of percentage and worldwide spread, Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in the world, mostly because Muslims have more children than other major religious groups.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Muslims are the world's fastest-growing religious group |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/06/why-muslims-are-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religious-group/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="PewIslam2011">[http://www.pewforum.org/The-Future-of-the-Global-Muslim-Population.aspx "The Future of Global Muslim Population: Projections from 2010 to 2013"] Accessed July 2013.</ref> Most [[Muslims]] are either of two [[Islamic denominations|denominations]]: [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] (87–90%, roughly 1.7 billion people)<ref name="Sunni">* {{cite book |title=Islamic Beliefs, Practices, and Cultures |quote=Within the Muslim community, the percentage of Sunnis is generally thought to be between 85 percent, with the Shia accounting for 15.5 percent and with the wahabis controlling 5 percent, although some sources estimate their numbers at 20 percent. A common compromise figure ranks Sunnis at 90 percent and Shias at 10 percent. |publisher=Marshall Cavendish Reference |year=2010 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780761479260/page/130 130] |isbn=978-0-7614-7926-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780761479260 |url-access=registration |access-date=2019-11-30 }}

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, as of mid-2002, there were 376,453,000 Christians, 329,869,000 Muslims and 98,734,000 people who practiced traditional religions in Africa. [http://www.bellbookandcandlepublications.com/greenwoodsvillage/gor/islam.php Ian S. Markham, (A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.)] is cited by Morehouse University as giving the mid-1990s figure of 278,250,800 Muslims in Africa, but still as 40.8% of the total population. These numbers are estimates, and remain a matter of conjecture. See Amadu Jacky Kaba. The spread of Christianity and Islam in Africa: a survey and analysis of the numbers and percentages of Christians, Muslims and those who practice indigenous religions. The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol 29, Number 2, June 2005. Discusses the estimations of various almanacs and encyclopedium, placing Britannica's estimate as the most agreed figure. Notes the figure presented at the [http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/Statistics.htm World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here], as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: [https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3835 The List: The World’s Fastest-Growing Religions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711181533/http://www.bellbookandcandlepublications.com/greenwoodsvillage/gor/islam.php |date=11 July 2018 }}, Foreign Policy, May 2007.</ref><ref>[http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif Britannica] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214054323/http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif |date=14 December 2008 }}, [http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/02016/images/map_of_religions.png Think Quest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618223858/http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/02016/images/map_of_religions.png |date=18 June 2013 }}, [http://www.wadsworth.com/religion_d/special_features/popups/maps/matthews_world/images/w001.jpg Wadsworth.com]</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vellturo|first=Madeline|date=May 2021|title=FACTSHEET: ISLAMISTS IN CENTRAL SAHEL|url=https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2021-05/2021%20Factsheet%20-%20Sahel.pdf|access-date=26 Jul 2021|website=UNITED STATES COMMISSION on INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-01-27 |title=Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/01/27/future-of-the-global-muslim-population-regional-sub-saharan-africa/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |language=en-US}}</ref> The diverse [[Asia-Pacific]] region contains the highest number of Muslims in the world, surpassing the combined [[MENA|Middle East and North Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-muslim/ |title=Muslims |date=18 December 2012 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref>

 

 

About 20% of Muslims live in the [[Arab world]].<ref>See:

*Esposito (2002b), p.21

==Regional comparisons==

[[South Asia]] has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with [[Islam in South Asia|about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia]].<ref name="auto7">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaubzRxh-U0C&q=what+percent+of+muslims+live+in+south+asia&pg=PA193 |title=South Asian Religions: Tradition and Today |last1=Pechilis |first1=Karen |last2=Raj |first2=Selva J. |date=1 January 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415448512}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/muslims/pf_15-04-02_projectionstables74/ |title=10 Countries With the Largest Muslim Populations, 2010 and 2050 |date=2 April 2015 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/01/how-south-asia-will-save-global-islam/ |title=How South Asia Will Save Global Islam |last=Diplomat |first=Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The |work=The Diplomat |access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref> Islam is the dominant religion in the [[Islam in the Maldives|Maldives]], [[Islam in Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], [[Islam in Pakistan|Pakistan]], and [[Islam in Bangladesh|Bangladesh]]. [[Islam in India|India]] is the country with the largest Muslim population outside [[Muslim world|Muslim-majority countries]] with more than 200 million adherents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/world/india-invited-as-guest-of-honour-to-oic-meet-sushma-swaraj-to-attend/article26349752.ece |title=India invited as 'Guest of Honour' to OIC meet, Sushma Swaraj to attend |website=@businessline|date=23 February 2019 }}</ref>

! data-sort-type="number"| Muslim Population

! data-type="number" style="max-width:8em" | Muslim percentage of total population

!Sources

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|3,057,220

|1,797,645

|align=center|0.1

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|pref=Islam in|Algeria}}

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|pref=Islam in|Austria}}

|align=center|< 0.1

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|pref=Islam in|Azerbaijan}}

|-

|align=left|

|766,397

|≤ 2,000

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|pref=Islam in|Brunei}}

|align=center|< 0.1

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|pref=Islam in|Bulgaria}}

|593

|389

|align=center|< 0.1

|align=left|<ref>{{cite web |title=Census All PErsons Quick Stats |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/POA6799 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref>

|align=left|<ref name="facts"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious diversity in France: intergenerational transmissions and practices by origins − Immigrants and descendants of immigrants {{!}} Insee |url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/7342918?sommaire=7344042 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.insee.fr}}</ref>

|-

|281,612

|2,400

|align=left|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/grenada/ |title=Central America :: Grenada — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency |website=cia.gov |access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

|402,119

|2,000

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|pref=Islam in|Indonesia}}

|align=left|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|title=Statistik Umat Menurut Agama di Indonesia|publisher=[[Kementerian Agama Republik Indonesia]]|date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903221250/https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|archive-date=3 September 2020|access-date=15 November 2020|language=id|quote=Muslim 231 Million (86.7), Christian 20.45 Million (7.6), Catholic 8.43 million (3.12), Hindu 4.65 million (1.74), Buddhist 2.03 million (0.77), Confucianism 76.630 (0.03), Others/Traditional faiths 126.51 (0.04), Total 266.5 Million}}</ref>

|-

|align=left|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritius/ |title=Africa :: Mauritius — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency |website=cia.gov |access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref>

|-

|256,518

|253,439

|36,370,847

|style="background:#228B22; text-align:center;"|99

|align=left|<ref>{{Citation |title=Morocco |date=2022-10-20 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/morocco/#people-and-society |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref>

|-

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|pref=Islam in|Pakistan}}

|style="background:#228B22; text-align:center;"|96.5

|align=center|11.79

|align=left|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/256225.pdf|title=REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2015 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT}}</ref>

|-

|865,826

|36,364

|

|-

|6,286

|< 1,000

|18,000,000

|15,000,000

|align=center|1

|-

|align=left|{{flagg|pspew|al=c|Taiwan (Republic of China)|plink=Islam in Taiwan}}