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This is a list of countries which have a majority of Muslim people using data from the CIA World Factbook. The table represents all the predominantly Muslim countries of the world, viewing the amount of Muslim population in the country, with the percentage. The economy of the countries are also shown to view how the economy of the Muslim world is today.

• The population column of the table, is not the population of the country but is the Muslim population of the country, all data of population have been found by working out by the percentage of Muslims with the country population. Note some Muslim majority countries may appear in low figures, this is due to high population of foreign workers, which may not represent the indigenous population (†), and some are also estimates (~).

• The percentage column, shows the Muslim percentage of the countries. If a country has over 90% then it has the largest and majority amount of Muslims but is not the largest of all. All data of percentages of Muslims can be found on the Demography pages of the countries.

• 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 compare the economy, all data of GDP (PPP) can be found in the main article of List of countries by GDP (PPP). The GDP per capita (PPP) have been obtained from IMF, from the World Economic Outlook Database for 2007, all information are estimates.

Rank	Country	Muslim population	Percentage	GDP (PPP) $m	GDP per capita (PPP) $
1	Indonesia	207,000,105	88%	1,053,696	4,684
2	Pakistan	159,799,666	97%	465,416	2,943
3	Bangladesh	132,446,360	89.7%	360,965	2,270
4	Egypt	72,301,532	90%	387,900	5,272
5	Turkey	70,047,060	99%	722,581	10,380
6	Nigeria*	67,515,582	50%	196,760	1,281
7	Iran	64,089,571	98%	647,592	9,127
8	Morocco	33,723,418	99%	184,489	6,003
9	Algeria	32,999,884	99%	278,889	8,203
10	Afghanistan	31,571,023	99%	41,717	1,522
11	Sudan	27,565,551	70%	114,929	3,093
12	Iraq	26,674,649	97%	-	-
13	Saudi Arabia	24,163,500	90.5%~†	417,669	17,196
14	Uzbekistan	24,446,452	88%	68,069	2,542
15	Yemen	22,008,225	99%	22,615	1,015
16	Syria	17,383,272	90%	87,288	4,498
17	Malaysia	16,750,240	60.4%†	342,344	12,754
18	Niger	12,226,000	90%	13,514	1,012
19	Tanzania*	13,247,197	35%	33,860	869
20	Senegal	11,759,151	94%	25,508	2,086
21	Mali	10,795,860	90%	99,228	9,630
22	Tunisia	10,121,446	98%	99,228	9,630
23	Somalia	9,118,000	99.89%	-	-
24	Azerbaijan	8,212,990	93.4%	72,858	6,476
25	Kazakhstan*	8,065,381	53%	161,155	10,658
26	Guinea	7,991,700	85%	23,997	2,438
27	Burkina Faso*	7,113,000	50%	20,511	1,494
28	Côte d'Ivoire*	7,113,000	35%-40%	32,355	1,726
29	Tajikistan	6,533,920	97%	10,510	1,637
30	Libya	6,036,811	97%	85,904	14,108
31	Jordan	5,568,565	95%	34,158	5,964
32	Chad*	5,041,690	51%	16,864	1,777
33	Turkmenistan	4,547,920	89%	49,180	9,483
34	Sierra Leone	3,528,000	60%	5,502	959
35	Mauritania	3,119,928	99.9%	7,493	2,530
36	United Arab Emirates	3,416,960	76%†	159,329	35,516
37	Oman	2,580,054	92.66%	52,268	19,879
38	Kuwait	2,542,020	82%†	68,629	21,418
39	Lebanon	2,460,000	60%	22,373	5,965
41	Eritrea*	2,220,000	45%~	4,915	1,011
42	Kosovo	-	-	-	-
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina*	1,972,013	40%	39,673	9,964
44	The Gambia	1,572,306	90%	3,816	2,402
45	Zanzibar	1,089,000	99%	-	-
46	Qatar	802,750	77.5%†	35,971	38,672
47	Guinea-Bissau*	713,704	45%	1,311	780
48	Comoros	668,361	98%	1,327	2,078
49	Bahrain	619,100	81.2%†	19,752	25,851
50	Djibouti	471,555	94%	2,039	2,665
51	Maldives	306,000	99.98%	3,288	9,531
52	Brunei	234,608	67%	10,169	26,411

Legend

• Hint: If viewing by order doesn't work, then click on other columns twice then back again twice..

• Note countries which have approximately 50% number of Muslims appear in * and is the majority religion.

• 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 (real - 100%), and does not present the indigenous population. (ie - Gulf States)

References

1. IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2007
2. "Indonesia: International Religious Freedom Report 2007". U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
3. CIA Factbook - Pakistan
4. BANBEIS - BANGLADESH: COUNTRY PROFILE
5. International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Egypt
6. Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs: Turkey
7. CIA World Factbook - Nigeria
8. CIA World Factbook - Iran
9. "Morocco: International Religious Freedom Report 2006". U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
10. Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs - Background Note: Algeria
11. Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs - Background Note: Afghanistan
12. CIA World Factbook - Sudan
13. CIA World Factbook - Iraq
14. International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Saudi Arabia
15. CIA World Factbook - Uzbekistan
16. Department of Statistics Malaysia
18. Background Note - Turkmenistan (01/08) - US Department of State
19. US Department of State - International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - UAE
20. Background Note - Kuwait (06/07) - US Department of State
21. CIA World Factbook - Lebanon
22. Background Note - Bosnia & Herz.(10/07) - US Department of State
23. 2004 Census - CIA World Factbook - Qatar
24. 2001 Census - CIA World Factbook - Bahrain
25. CIA World Factbook - Maldives
26. CIA World Factbook - Brunei

See also

• Muslim world
• Islam by country
• Economy of the OIC

• Islam by country