How many people follow Islam? I have heard figures ranging from 900 million all the way up to 1.5 billion. I was bored so I tried to find out for myself. I used wikipedia for the stats. Turns out that there are well over 1.5 billion muslims. Obviously, the majority of these are muslim in name only.
Total world muslim population =
Total world population =
World Muslim population as percentage of total population = %
| Country | Total Population | Muslim population |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 28150000 | 27868500 |
| Albania | 3659616 | 2000000 |
| Algeria | 34895000 | 34546050 |
| Andorra | 84000 | 0 |
| Angola | 18498000 | 110988 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 85632 | 100 |
| Argentina | 40134425 | 602016 |
| Armenia | 3299000 | 3299 |
| Australia | 22411949 | 381003 |
| Austria | 8500000 | 340000 |
| Azerbaijan | 9047000 | 8413710 |
| Bahamas | 330000 | 1650 |
| Bahrain | 790000 | 639900 |
| Bangladesh | 162221000 | 145998900 |
| Barbados | 284589 | 1423 |
| Belarus | 9648533 | 15000 |
| Belgium | 10827519 | 628751 |
| Belize | 307899 | 1000 |
| Benin | 8791832 | 2145207 |
| Bhutan | 691141 | 3455 |
| Bolivia | 10907778 | 0 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 4377033 | 1902956 |
| Botswana | 1990876 | 5000 |
| Brazil | 192272890 | 38454 |
| Brunei | 388190 | 260087 |
| Bulgaria | 7563710 | 922772 |
| Burkina Faso | 15746232 | 9625201 |
| Burma | 50020000 | 2000000 |
| Burundi | 8988091 | 898809 |
| Cambodia | 14805000 | 296100 |
| Cameroon | 18879301 | 3775860 |
| Canada | 34198000 | 683960 |
| Cape Verde | 516733 | 1000 |
| Central African Republic | 4422000 | 663300 |
| Chad | 10329208 | 5577772 |
| Chile | 17063000 | 0 |
| China | 1338612968 | 25000000 |
| Colombia | 45393050 | 50,000 |
| Comoros | 798000 | 780000 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 70916439 | 3545821 |
| Congo, Republic of | 3686000 | 47918 |
| Costa Rica | 4253897 | 1000 |
| Ivory Coast | 20617068 | 7000000 |
| Croatia | 4489409 | 58362 |
| Cuba | 11236444 | 1000 |
| Cyprus | 870000 | 156600 |
| Czech Republic | 10506813 | 0 |
| Denmark | 5540241 | 216069 |
| Djibouti | 864000 | 812160 |
| Dominica | 72660 | 200 |
| Dominican Republic | 10090000 | 504 |
| East Timor | 1134000 | 11340 |
| Ecuador | 14790608 | 275 |
| Egypt | 78737000 | 70863300 |
| El Salvador | 6134000 | 0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 676000 | 13520 |
| Eritrea | 5673520 | 2836760 |
| Estonia | 1340021 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 79221000 | 26935140 |
| Fiji | 849000 | 53487 |
| Finland | 5359538 | 20,000 |
| France | 65447374 | 3926842 |
| Gabon | 1475000 | 147500 |
| Gambia | 1705000 | 1534500 |
| Georgia | 4636400 | 463640 |
| Germany | 81757600 | 4300000 |
| Ghana | 23837000 | 7151100 |
| Greece | 11306183 | 140000 |
| Grenada | 110000 | 310 |
| Guatemala | 13276517 | 1200 |
| Guinea | 10057975 | 8549278 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1647000 | 741150 |
| Guyana | 772298 | 54060 |
| Haiti | 9035536 | 0 |
| Honduras | 7810848 | 100 |
| Hungary | 10005000 | 0 |
| Iceland | 317593 | 0 |
| India | 1184344000 | 158702096 |
| Indonesia | 229965000 | 197999865 |
| Iran | 74196000 | 72712080 |
| Iraq | 31234000 | 30609320 |
| Ireland | 4456000 | 35648 |
| Israel | 7602400 | 1216384 |
| Italy | 60231214 | 1000000 |
| Jamaica | 2847232 | 1000 |
| Japan | 127420000 | 0 |
| Jordan | 6407058 | 5894493 |
| Kazakhstan | 16196800 | 10527920 |
| Kenya | 39002772 | 3900277 |
| Kiribati | 98000 | 0 |
| Korea, North | 24051218 | 0 |
| Korea, South | 48758000 | 48758 |
| Kuwait | 3520000 | 3000000 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5482000 | 4385600 |
| Laos | 6320000 | 10000 |
| Latvia | 2217969 | 182 |
| Lebanon | 4224000 | 2365440 |
| Lesotho | 2067000 | 40000 |
| Liberia | 3955000 | 800000 |
| Libya | 6420000 | 6227400 |
| Liechtenstein | 35,789 | 1718 |
| Lithuania | 3341966 | 2900 |
| Luxembourg | 502202 | 5000 |
| Macedonia | 2114550 | 704779 |
| Madagascar | 20653556 | 2065355 |
| Malawi | 15028757 | 1953738 |
| Malaysia | 28310000 | 16989000 |
| Maldives | 396334 | 396334 |
| Mali | 14517176 | 13065458 |
| Malta | 413609 | 3000 |
| Marshall Islands | 62000 | 0 |
| Mauritania | 3291000 | 3291000 |
| Mauritius | 1288000 | 206080 |
| Mexico | 111211789 | 5000 |
| Micronesia | 111000 | 500 |
| Moldova | 3567500 | 0 |
| Monaco | 30586 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 2736800 | 109472 |
| Montenegro | 672180 | 110000 |
| Morocco | 31993000 | 31900000 |
| Mozambique | 22894000 | 6410320 |
| Namibia | 2108665 | 63259 |
| Nauru | 14019 | 0 |
| Nepal | 29331000 | 1173240 |
| Netherlands | 17000000 | 850000 |
| New Zealand | 4386207 | 43862 |
| Nicaragua | 5891199 | 500 |
| Niger | 15306252 | 12155626 |
| Nigeria | 154729000 | 77983416 |
| Norway | 4895500 | 163020 |
| Oman | 2845000 | 2702750 |
| Pakistan | 180000000 | 173000000 |
| Palau | 20000 | 406 |
| Panama | 3322576 | 10000 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6732000 | 4000 |
| Paraguay | 6349000 | 20000 |
| Peru | 29461933 | 0 |
| Philippines | 91983000 | 6898725 |
| Poland | 38192000 | 5000 |
| Portugal | 11317192 | 50000 |
| Qatar | 1696563 | 1289387 |
| Romania | 22215421 | 66646 |
| Russia | 141927297 | 15000000 |
| Rwanda | 10746311 | 429852 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42696 | 0 |
| Saint Lucia | 173765 | 0 |
| Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | 120000 | 0 |
| Samoa | 179000 | 0 |
| San Marino | 31434 | 0 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 163000 | 1000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 27136977 | 25000000 |
| Senegal | 13711597 | 12340437 |
| Serbia | 7334935 | 249387 |
| Seychelles | 84,000 | 924 |
| Sierra Leone | 6440053 | 3864031 |
| Singapore | 4987600 | 743152 |
| Slovakia | 5379455 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 2054199 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 523000 | 350 |
| Somalia | 10112453 | 10112000 |
| South Africa | 49991300 | 749869 |
| Spain | 46030109 | 920602 |
| Sri Lanks | 20238000 | 1619040 |
| Sudan | 42272000 | 29590400 |
| Suriname | 481267 | 96253 |
| Swaziland | 1185000 | 11257 |
| Sweden | 9354462 | 150000 |
| Switzerland | 7782900 | 334664 |
| Syria | 22198110 | 19311255 |
| Taiwan | 23119772 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 7349145 | 6614230 |
| Tanzania | 43739000 | 14578208 |
| Thailand | 66404688 | 2656187 |
| Togo | 6619000 | 1323800 |
| Tonga | 104000 | 0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1299953 | 114396 |
| Tunisia | 10432500 | 10000000 |
| Turkey | 72561312 | 71835698 |
| Turkmenistan | 5110000 | 5000000 |
| Tuvalu | 12373 | 0 |
| Uganda | 32369558 | 3884346 |
| Ukraine | 45888000 | 367104 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6888888 | 5235554 |
| United Kingdom | 62041708 | 2422000 |
| United States | 309913000 | 1859478 |
| Uruguay | 3494382 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 27606007 | 24845406 |
| Vanuatu | 243304 | 0 |
| Vatican City | 826 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 26814843 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 85846997 | 70000 |
| Yemen | 23580000 | 23344200 |
| Zambia | 12935000 | 646750 |
| Zimbabwe | 12521000 | 125210 |