Muslim majority countries 1762689 225195410 2008-07-12T11:49:07Z Lambiam 745100 convert number-style ELs to text-style ELs [[Image:Muslim_world.png|350px|right|thumb|Map of the Muslim majority countries of the world (Muslim world).]] This is a list of countries which are [[Muslim]] majority countries, in which [[Islam]] is the majority religion of the people. In a geopolitical sense these countries are often considered to form the [[Muslim world]]. The list only contains countries which are predominantly Muslim, meaning the Muslim population constitutes 50% or more of the total population. The table is presorted by the largest population of Muslims by country. It can be sorted on other criteria by clicking the tab of the appropriate column at the top of the table. The percentage shows the proportional amount of Muslims out of the total population of each [[country]]. The leading politician of each country is given in the Leader column, usually the [[Head of Government]] or the [[Head of State]], whoever holds the power in the country. [[Muslim_world#Religion_and_state|Islam and state]] presents the involvement of religion with politics and its role in society: "[[Islamic state]]" – the [[Qur'an]] as the form of legislation or [[Sharia]] law; "[[State religion]]" – Islam declared as the [[state religion]]; "[[Secular state]]" – separation of religion and state; "[[Secular republic]]" – established in the [[Turkish constitution]] with strict application of [[laïcité]]; "None" – no declaration. The GDP (PPP) and [[GDP per capita]] is the data for the economy of the Muslim majority countries. The data can be used to compare rich or poor countries or to compare the economies. All GDP (PPP) data can be found in the main article entitled [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)]]. The GDP per capita (PPP) have been obtained from the [[IMF]]'s World Economic Outlook Database for 2007. All information and data is estimates.<ref>[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=35&pr.y=10&sy=2007&ey=2007&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=512%2C941%2C914%2C446%2C612%2C666%2C614%2C668%2C311%2C672%2C213%2C946%2C911%2C137%2C193%2C962%2C122%2C674%2C912%2C676%2C313%2C548%2C419%2C556%2C513%2C678%2C316%2C181%2C913%2C682%2C124%2C684%2C339%2C273%2C638%2C921%2C514%2C948%2C218%2C686%2C963%2C688%2C616%2C518%2C223%2C728%2C516%2C558%2C918%2C138%2C748%2C196%2C618%2C278%2C522%2C692%2C622%2C694%2C156%2C142%2C624%2C449%2C626%2C564%2C628%2C283%2C228%2C853%2C924%2C288%2C233%2C293%2C632%2C566%2C636%2C964%2C634%2C182%2C238%2C453%2C662%2C968%2C960%2C922%2C423%2C714%2C935%2C862%2C128%2C716%2C611%2C456%2C321%2C722%2C243%2C942%2C248%2C718%2C469%2C724%2C253%2C576%2C642%2C936%2C643%2C961%2C939%2C813%2C644%2C199%2C819%2C184%2C172%2C524%2C132%2C361%2C646%2C362%2C648%2C364%2C915%2C732%2C134%2C366%2C652%2C734%2C174%2C144%2C328%2C146%2C258%2C463%2C656%2C528%2C654%2C923%2C336%2C738%2C263%2C578%2C268%2C537%2C532%2C742%2C944%2C866%2C176%2C369%2C534%2C744%2C536%2C186%2C429%2C925%2C178%2C746%2C436%2C926%2C136%2C466%2C343%2C112%2C158%2C111%2C439%2C298%2C916%2C927%2C664%2C846%2C826%2C299%2C542%2C582%2C443%2C474%2C917%2C754%2C544%2C698&s=PPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= IMF – World Economic Outlook, October 2007].</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |- ! Rank || Country || Muslim population || Percentage (approx) || Leader || Islam and state || GDP per capita |- | 1 ||align=left| {{flag|Indonesia}} || 207,000,105 || 85-88%<ref>[http://www.indonesia.go.id/id/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=336 Republik Indonesia – Profil Indonesia].</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indonesia: International Religious Freedom Report 2007 |url=http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90137.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]: [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]] |date=2007-09-14 |accessdate=2008-01-19}}.</ref> || [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] || None || 3,725 |- | 2 || align=left| {{flag|Pakistan}} || 159,799,666 || 97%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html#People CIA Factbook – Pakistan].</ref> || [[Pervez Musharaff]] || Islamic state || 2,592 |- | 3 || align=left| {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 132,446,360 || 89-90%<ref>[http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/bang_atg.pdf 2001 Bangladesh Census].</ref><ref>[http://www.banbeis.gov.bd/bd_pro.htm BANBEIS – BANGLADESH: COUNTRY PROFILE].</ref> || [[Fakhruddin Ahmed]] || State religion || 1,300 |- | 4 || align=left| {{flag|Egypt}} || 72,301,532 || 90%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html CIA Factbook -Egypt].</ref> || [[Hosni Mubarak]] || State religion || 5,491 |- | 5 || align=left| {{flag|Turkey}} || 70,047,060 || 99%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html#People CIA World Factbook – Turkey].</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3432.htm Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs: Turkey].</ref> || [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] || Secular republic || 12,888 |- | 6 || align=left| {{flag|Nigeria}} || 67,515,582 || 50%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html#People CIA World Factbook – Nigeria].</ref> || [[Umaru Yar'Adua]] || None || 2,035 |- | 7 || align=left| {{flag|Iran}} || 64,089,571 || 98%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#People CIA World Factbook – Iran].</ref> || [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] || Islamic state || 10,624 |- | 8 || align=left| {{flag|Morocco}} || 33,723,418 || 99%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mo.html#People CIA World Factbook – Morocco].</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco: International Religious Freedom Report 2006 |url=http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71428.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]: [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]] |date=2006-09-15 |accessdate=2008-01-20}}.</ref> || [[Abbas El Fassi]] || State religion || 4,076 |- | 9 || align=left| {{flag|Algeria}} || 32,999,884 || 99%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/8005.htm Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs – Background Note: Algeria].</ref> || [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] || State religion || 777 || |- | 10 || align=left| {{flag|Afghanistan}} || 31,571,023 || 99%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5380.htm Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs – Background Note: Afghanistan].</ref> || [[Hamid Karzai]] || Islamic state || 724 |- | 11 || align=left| {{flag|Sudan}} || 27,565,551 || 70%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html#People CIA World Factbook – Sudan].</ref> || [[Omar al-Bashir]] || None || 2,172 |- | 12 || align=left| {{flag|Iraq}} || 26,674,649 || 97%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html#People CIA World Factbook – Iraq].</ref> || [[Nouri al-Maliki]] || State religion || - |- | 14 || align=left| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 24,564,924 || 90%-100%~†<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90220.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Saudi Arabia].</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html#Peopla eCIA World Factbook – Saudi Arabia].</ref> || [[King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz]] || Islamic state || 23,243 |- | 15 || align=left| {{flag|Uzbekistan}} || 24,446,452 || 88%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html#People CIA World Factbook – Uzbekistan].</ref> || [[Islam Karimov]] || Secular state || 2,344 |- | 16 || align=left| {{flag|Yemen}} || 22,008,225 || 99%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html#People CIA World Factbook – Yemen].</ref> || [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] || Islamic state|| 2,335 |- | 17 || align=left| {{flag|Syria}} || 17,383,272 || 90%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sy.html#People CIA World Factbook – Syria].</ref> || [[Bashar al-Assad]] || None || 4,448 |- | 18 || align=left| {{flag|Malaysia}} || 16,750,240 || 60.4%†<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.my/english/frameset_census.php?file=pressdemo Department of Statistics Malaysia].</ref> || [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]] || State religion || 13,315 |- | 19 || align=left| {{flag|Niger}} || 12,226,000 || 80-95%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ng.html#People CIA Factbook – Niger].</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90113.htm – International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Niger].</ref> || [[Seyni Oumarou]] || None || 666 |- | 21 || align=left| {{flag|Senegal}} || 11,759,151 || 94-95%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html CIA Factbook – Senegal].</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71321.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Senegal].</ref> || [[Abdoulaye Wade]] || Secular state|| 1,685 |- | 22 || align=left| {{flag|Mali}} || 10,795,860 || 90%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ml.html#People CIA World Factbook – Mali].</ref> || [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] || Secular state || 1,031 |- | 23 || align=left| {{flag|Tunisia}} || 10,121,446 || 98%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ts.html#People CIA World Factbook – Tunisia].</ref> || [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] || State religion || 7,473 |- | 24 || align=left| {{flag|Somalia}} || 9,118,000 || 99.9%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html#People CIA World Factbook – Somalia].</ref> || [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]] || State religion || 600 |- | 25 || align=left| {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 8,212,990 || 93-96%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2909.htm Azerbaijan (07/07)<!-- Bot generated title -->].</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90164.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Azerbaijan].</ref> || [[Ilham Aliyev]] || Secular state || 7,656 |- | 26 || align=left| {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || 8,065,381 || 47-53%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html#People CIA Factbook – Kazakhstan].</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Dzhalilov| first = Z. | title = Islam and Society in Modern Kazakhstan| publisher = Daik-Press| date = 2006| location = Almaty}}.</ref>|| [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] || Secular state || 11,086 |- | 27 || align=left| {{flag|Guinea}} || 7,991,700 || 85%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gv.html#People CIA World Factbook – Guinea].</ref> || [[Lansana Conté]] || Secular state || 1,074 |- | 28 || align=left| {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || 7,113,000 || 50%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html#People CIA World Factbook – Burkina Faso].</ref> || [[Blaise Compaoré]] || Secular state || 1,253 |- | 30 || align=left| {{flag|Tajikistan}} || 6,533,920 || 97%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html#People CIA World Factbook – Tajikistan].</ref> || [[Emomalii Rahmon]] || Secular state || 1,841 |- | 31 || align=left| {{flag|Libya}} || 6,036,811 || 97%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html#People CIA World Factbook – Libya].</ref> || [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] || State religion || 12,277 |- | 32 || align=left| {{flag|Jordan}} || 5,568,565 || 95%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jo.html#People CIA World Factbook – Jordan].</ref> || [[King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein]] || Secular state || 4,886 |- | 33 || align=left| {{flag|Chad}} || 5,041,690 || 51-53%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/37992.htm Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Chad].</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html#People CIA World Factbook – Chad].</ref> || [[Idriss Déby]] || Secular state || 1,675 |- | 34 || align=left| {{flag|Turkmenistan}} || 4,547,920 || 89%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35884.htm Background Note – Turkmenistan (01/08) – US Department of State].</ref> || [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow]] || Secular state || 5,154 |- | 35 || align=left| {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || 4,017,652 || 75%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kg.html#People CIA World Factbook – Krygyzstan].</ref> || [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]] || Secular state || - |- | 36 || align=left| {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || 3,528,000 || 60%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sl.html#People CIA World Factbook – Sierra Leone].</ref> || [[Ernest Bai Koroma]] || None || 692 |- | 37 || align=left| {{flag|Mauritania}} || 3,119,928 || 99.98%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html#People CIA World Fatbook – Mauritania].</ref> || [[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]] || Islamic state || 2,008 |- | 38 || align=left| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 3,416,960 || 76-96%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90223.htm US Department of State – International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – UAE].</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html#People CIA World Factbook – UAE].</ref> || [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] || State religion || 37,293 |- | 39 || align=left| {{flag|Palestine}} || 3,365,079 || 83.7%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/we.html CIA Factbook – West Bank].</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gz.html CIA World Factbook – Gaza Strip].</ref> || [[Mahmoud Abbas]] || N/A || |- | 40 || align=left| {{flag|Oman}} || 2,580,054 || 93%†<ref>[http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=36 Religious Intelligence – Country Profile: Oman (Sultanate of Oman)<!-- Bot generated title -->].</ref> || [[Qaboos of Oman|Sultan Qābūs ibn Saˤīd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Saˤīdī]] || State religion || 23,967 |- | 41 || align=left| {{flag|Albania}} || 2,533,845 || 70%~<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html#People CIA World Factbook – Albania].</ref> || || None || |- | 42 || align=left| {{flag|Lebanon}} || 2,460,000 || 60%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/le.html#People CIA World Factbook – Lebanon].</ref> || [[Fouad Siniora]] || None || 11,270 |- | 43 || align=left| {{flag|Eritrea}} || 2,220,000 || 48-60%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2854.htm Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Eritrea].</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71300.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Eritrea].</ref> || [[Isaias Afewerki]] || None || 773 |- | 44 || align=left| {{flag|Kuwait}} || 2,004,447 || 85%†<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ku.html#People CIA World Factbook – Kuwait].</ref> || [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah|Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] || State religion || 39,305 |- | 45 || align=left| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 1,972,013 || 40%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2868.htm Background Note – Bosnia & Herz.(10/07) – US Department of State].</ref> || [[Nikola Špirić]] || None || 6,964 |- | 46 || align=left| {{flag|Kosovo}} || 1,914,037 || 90%~<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4385768.stm#serbiamontenegro US Department of State figures].</ref> || [[Hashim Thaçi]] || None || 1,800 |- | 47 || align=left| {{flag|The Gambia}} || 1,572,306 || 90%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ga.html#People CIA World Factbook – Gambia].</ref> || [[Yahya Jammeh]] || Secular state || 1,326 |- | 48 || align=left| {{flag|Qatar}} || 802,750 || 78%†<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/qa.html#People 2004 Census – CIA World Factbook – Qatar].</ref> || [[Hamad bin Khalifa|Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa]] || State religion || 80,870 |- | 49 || align=left| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || 713,704 || 45%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5454.htm Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Guinea-Bissau].</ref> || [[João Bernardo Vieira]] || None || 484 |- | 50 || align=left| {{flag|Comoros}} || 668,361 || 98%<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5236.htm Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Comoros].</ref> || [[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]] || State religion || 1,125 |- | 51 || align=left| {{flag|Bahrain}} || 619,100 || 81%†<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ba.html#People 2001 Census – CIA World Factbook – Bahrain].</ref> || [[Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa|Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa]] || Islamic state || 32,604 |- | 52 || align=left| {{flag|Djibouti}} || 471,555 || 94-99%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dj.html CIA factbook – Djibouti].</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5482.htm Bureau of African Affairs – Background Note: Djibouti].</ref><ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71298.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Djibouti].</ref> || [[Ismaïl Omar Guelleh]] || Secular state || 2,271 |- | 53 || align=left| {{flag|Western Sahara}} || 381,852 || 99.8% <ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71428.htm#wsahara International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Western Sahara].</ref> || || N/A || |- | 54 || align=left| {{flag|Maldives}} || 306,000 || 99.8% <ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.html#People CIA World Factbook – Maldives].</ref> || [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]] || Islamic state || 4,604 |- | 55 || align=left| {{flag|Brunei}} || 234,608 || 67%<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bx.html#People CIA World Factbook – Brunei].</ref> || [[Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah]] || Islamic state || 51,005 |} == Legend == *''Hint: If viewing by order doesn't work, then click on other columns twice then back again twice.''. *''If '''~''' appears on a country then it is an estimate of the percentage. *''If '''†''' appears on a country then it has a high foreign population which affects the Muslim percentage, and does not present the indigenous population. (e.g. – [[Gulf States]] – indigenous population 100% Muslim)'' ==See also== *[[Muslim world]] *[[Islam by country]] *[[Economy of the OIC]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} [[Category:Islam by country| ]]