Islamic states
Islamic states have adopted Islam as the ideological foundation of state and constitution.
Afghanistan
Iran
Mauritania
Oman
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
State religion
The following Muslim-majority nation-states have endorsed Islam as their state religion, and though they may guarantee freedom of religion for citizens, do not declare a separation of state and religion:
Algeria
Bahrain
Brunei
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Libya
Malaysia
Maldives
Morocco
Palestine
Qatar
Sahrawi Republic
Somalia
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Unclear or no declaration
These are neutral states where the constitutional or official announcement regarding status of religion is not clear or unstated.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Indonesia
Niger
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Syria
Secular states
Secular states in the Muslim world have declared separation between civil/government affairs and religion.
Albania
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Burkina Faso
Chad
The Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Mali
Nigeria
Senegal
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Islam by country
| Country/Region | Total Population | Muslim Population | Muslim percentage (%) of total population | Percentage (%) of world Muslim population | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
37,135,000 | 37,025,000 | 99.7 | 2.0 | Wikipedia |
| Albania |
3,057,220 | 1,797,645 | 58.8 | 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Algeria |
41,657,488 | 41,240,913 | 99 | 2.7 | Wikipedia |
 American Samoa |
50,826 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Andorra |
85,708 | 2,228 | 2.6 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Angola |
30,355,880 | 90,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Anguilla |
17,422 | < 1,000 | 0.6 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
95,882 | < 1,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Argentina |
44,694,198 | 400,000 | 0.9 | < 1 | Wikipedia |
 Armenia |
3,038,217 | 3,038 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Aruba |
116,576 | < 1,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Australia |
25,000,000 | 650,000 | 2.6 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Austria |
8,900,000 | 712,000 | 8 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Azerbaijan |
10,046,516 | 9,735,074 | 96.9 | 0.5 | Wikipedia |
 Bahamas |
332,634 | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Bahrain |
1,442,659 | 1,063,239 | 73.7 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Bangladesh |
170,000,000 | 153,700,000 | 90.4 | 9.2 | Wikipedia |
 Barbados |
293,131 | 4,396 | 1.5 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Belarus |
9,527,543 | 45,000–100,000 | 0.5–1.0 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Belgium |
11,570,762 | 879,377 | 7.6 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Belize |
385,854 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Benin |
11,340,504 | 3,141,319 | 27.7 | 0.14 | Wikipedia |
 Bermuda |
71,176 | < 1,000 | 1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Bhutan |
766,397 | ≤ 2,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Bolivia |
11,306,341 | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,849,891 | 1,955,084 | 50.7 | 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Botswana |
2,249,104 | 8,996 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Brazil |
210,000,000 | 35,167–1,500,000 | 0.02–0.7 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 British Virgin Islands |
35,802 | < 1,000 | 1.2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Brunei |
450,565 | 355,045 | 78.8 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Bulgaria |
7,057,504 | 861,015 | 13.4 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Burkina Faso |
19,742,715 | 12,141,769 | 61.5 | 0.6 | Wikipedia |
 Burma |
55,622,506 | 2,391,767 | 4.3 | 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Burundi |
11,844,520 | 1,184,452 | 10 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Cambodia |
16,449,519 | 312,5401 | 2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Cameroon |
25,640,965 | 7,692,289 | 30 | 0.4 | Wikipedia |
 Canada |
35,881,659 | 1,148,213 | 3.2 | 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Cape Verde |
568,373 | 11,367 | 2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Cayman Islands |
59,613 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Central African Republic |
5,745,062 | 861,759 | 15 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Chad |
15,833,116 | 9,183,207 | 58 | 0.4 | Wikipedia |
 Chile |
17,925,262 | 4,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 China |
1,390,000,000 | 6,255,000–50,000,000 | 0.45–3 | 0.4 – 2.8 | Wikipedia |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
596 | < 1,000 | 80 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Colombia |
48,168,996 | 96,337 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Comoros |
821,164 | 807,204 | 98.3 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 DR Congo |
85,281,024 | 12,792,153 | 10 | 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Cook Islands |
9,038 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Costa Rica |
4,987,142 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Ivory Coast |
26,260,582 | 11,265,789 | 42.9 | 0.5 | Wikipedia |
 Croatia |
4,270,480 | 64,057 | 1.5 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Cuba |
11,116,396 | 11,116 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Cyprus |
1,100,000 | 275,000 | 25.3 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Czech Republic |
10,686,269 | 10,000–20,000 | 0.1–0.2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Denmark |
5,809,502 | 313,713 | 5.4 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Djibouti |
884,017 | 857,496 | 97 | 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Dominica |
74,027 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Dominican Republic |
10,298,756 | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Ecuador |
16,498,502 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
| Egypt |
95,000,000 | 85,000,000–90,000,000 | 90–94.7 | 4.9 | Wikipedia |
 El Salvador |
6,187,271 | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Equatorial Guinea |
797,457 | 79,745 | 10 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Eritrea |
6,000,000 | 2,160,000–3,100,000 | 36–51.6 | 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Estonia |
1,244,288 | 1,508 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Ethiopia |
105,000,000 | 35,600,000 | 33.9 | 1.8 | Wikipedia |
 Faroe Islands |
51,018 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Falkland Islands |
3,198 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 F.S. Micronesia |
103,643 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Fiji |
926,276 | 58,355 | 6.3 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 Finland |
5,537,364 | 102,000 | 1.8 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 France |
67,000,000 | 5,720,000 | 8.8 | 0.3 | Wikipedia |
| French Guiana |
281,612 | 2,400 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | Wikipedia |
 French Polynesia |
290,373 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Gabon |
2,119,036 | 211,903 | 10 | < 0.1 | |
| Gambia |
2,092,731 | 2,002,743 | 95.7 | 0.1 | |
 Georgia |
4,926,087 | 527,091 | 10.7 | < 0.1 | |
 Germany |
83,000,000 | 4,500,000–5,000,000 | 5.4–6 | 0.2 | |
 Ghana |
28,102,471 | 5,058,444 | 17.6 | 0.2 | |
 Gibraltar |
29,461 | 1,150 | 4 | < 0.1 | |
 Greece |
10,761,523 | 215,230–613,406 | 2–5.7 | < 0.1 | |
 Greenland |
57,691 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Grenada |
112,207 | < 1,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | |
| Guadeloupe |
402,119 | 2,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | |
 Guam |
167,772 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Guatemala |
16,581,273 | 1,200 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Guinea |
11,855,411 | 10,563,171 | 89.1 | 0.5 | |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,833,247 | 826,794 | 45.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Guyana |
740,685 | 55,000 | 7.3 | < 0.1 | |
 Haiti |
10,788,440 | 5,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Honduras |
9,182,766 | 30,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | |
 Hong Kong |
7,213,338 | 295,746 | 4.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Hungary |
9,825,704 | 40,000–60,000 | 0.4–0.6 | < 0.1 | |
 Iceland |
343,518 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | |
 India |
1,370,000,000 | 195,000,000 | 14.2 | 10.9 | |
| Indonesia |
263,000,000 | 229,000,000 | 87.2 | 12.7 | |
| Iran |
83,000,000 | 82,500,000 | 99.4 | 4.6 | |
| Iraq |
40,194,216 | 38,465,864 | 95.7 | 1.9 | |
 Ireland |
5,068,050 | 70,952 | 1.4 | < 0.1 | |
 Isle of Man |
89,407 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | |
 Israel |
8,424,904 | 1,516,482 | 18 | 0.1 | |
 Italy |
62,246,674 | 2,987,840 | 4.8 | 0.1 | |
 Jamaica |
2,812,090 | 5,624 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | |
 Japan |
126,168,156 | 185,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Jordan |
10,458,413 | 10,165,577 | 97.2 | 0.4 | |
| Kazakhstan |
18,744,548 | 13,158,672 | 70.2 | 0.5 | |
 Kenya |
48,397,527 | 5,500,000 | 11.2 | 0.2 | |
 Kiribati |
109,367 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Kosovo |
1,907,592 | 1,823,657 | 95.6 | 0.1 | |
| Kuwait |
2,916,467 | 2,175,684 | 74.6 | 0.2 | |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,849,296 | 4,679,436 | 80 | 0.3 | |
 Laos |
7,234,171 | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Latvia |
1,923,559 | 2,000 | 0.1-0.2 | < 0.1 | |
| Lebanon |
6,100,075 | 3,519,743 | 57.7 | 0.2 | |
 Lesotho |
1,962,461 | 3,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Liberia |
4,809,768 | 961,953 | 20 | < 0.1 | |
| Libya |
6,754,507 | 6,551,871 | 97 | 0.4 | |
 Liechtenstein |
38,000 | 2,050 | 5.4 | < 0.1 | |
 Lithuania |
2,793,284 | 3,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Luxembourg |
605,764 | 18,172 | 3 | < 0.1 | |
 Macau |
606,340 | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Madagascar |
25,683,610 | 2,568,361 | 10 | < 0.1 | |
 Malawi |
19,842,560 | 3,968,512 | 20 | 0.1 | |
| Malaysia |
31,809,660 | 16,318,355 | 61.3 | 1.1 | |
| Maldives |
374,775 | 374,775 | 100 | < 0.1 | |
| Mali |
18,429,893 | 17,508,398 | 95 | 0.8 | |
 Malta |
449,043 | 11,675 | 2.6 | < 0.1 | |
 Marshall Islands |
75,684 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Martinique |
385,551 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | |
| Mauritania |
3,845,430 | 3,840,430 | 99.9 | 0.2 | |
 Mauritius |
1,364,283 | 236,020 | 17.3 | < 0.1 | |
| Mayotte |
256,518 | 253,439 | 97 | < 0.1 | |
 Mexico |
127,000,000 | 5,500 | 0.01 | < 0.01 | |
 Moldova |
3,437,720 | 15,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | |
 Monaco |
30,727 | < 1,000 | 0.8 | < 0.1 | |
 Mongolia |
3,103,428 | 150,000 | 5 | < 0.1 | |
 Montenegro |
614,249 | 122,849 | 19.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Montserrat |
5,315 | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Morocco |
38,314,130 | 37,930,989 | 99 | 2.1 | |
 Mozambique |
27,233,789 | 3,830,063 | 17.9 | 0.3 | |
 Namibia |
2,413,643 | 9,654 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | |
 Nauru |
10,084 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Nepal |
29,218,867 | 1,292,909 | 4.2 | 0.1 | |
 Netherlands |
17,254,300 | 880,000 | 5.1 | 0.1 | |
 Netherlands Antilles |
304,759 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | |
 New Caledonia |
278,500 | 7,000 | 2.8 | < 0.1 | |
 New Zealand |
4,903,800 | 41,000 | 0.9 | < 0.1 | |
 Nicaragua |
6,284,757 | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Niger |
21,466,863 | 21,101,926 | 98.3 | 1 | |
| Nigeria |
200,000,000 | 95,000,000–103,000,000 | 47.6–51.6 | 5.3 | |
 Niue |
1,611 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 North Korea |
25,610,672 | 3,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 North Macedonia |
2,118,945 | 705,608 | 33.3 | < 0.1 | |
 Northern Mariana Islands |
56,200 | < 1,000 | 0.7 | < 0.1 | |
 Norway |
5,328,212 | 175,507 | 3.2 | < 0.1 | |
| Oman |
4,633,752 | 2,427,000 | 86 | 0.2 | |
| Pakistan |
210,000,000 | 202,650,000 | 96.5 | 11.1 | |
 Palau |
17,900 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Palestine |
4,780,978 | 4,298,000 | 97.5 | 0.3 | |
 Panama |
4,158,783 | 25,000 | 0.7 | < 0.1 | |
 Papua New Guinea |
8,558,800 | 2,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Paraguay |
7,052,983 | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Peru |
31,237,385 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Philippines |
106,463,000 | 5,127,084–10,700,000 | 5–11 | 0.3 – 0.6 | |
 Poland |
38,430,000 | 6,796 | 0.02 | < 0.1 | |
 Portugal |
10,291,027 | 65,000 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | |
 Puerto Rico |
3,337,177 | 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Qatar |
2,450,285 | 1,566,786 | 77.5 | 0.1 | |
 Congo |
5,399,895 | 107,997 | 2 | < 0.1 | |
| Réunion |
865,826 | 36,364 | 4.2 | < 0.1 | |
 Romania |
19,524,000 | 73,000–200,000 | 0.3–1.0 | < 0.1 | |
 Russia |
146,750,000 | 15,000,000-22,000,000 | 10-15 | 1.7 | |
 Rwanda |
12,001,136 | 576,054 | 4.8 | < 0.1 | |
 Saint Helena |
4,534 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
46,204 | < 1,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | |
 Saint Lucia |
178,844 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
6,286 | < 1,000 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
109,557 | 2,000 | 1.7 | < 0.1 | |
 Samoa |
199,052 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 San Marino |
33,344 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
199,910 | 5,931 | 3 | < 0.1 | |
| Saudi Arabia |
34,220,000 | 33,535,000 | 98.2 | 1.8 | |
| Senegal |
15,726,037 | 15,112,721 | 96.1 | 0.8 | |
 Serbia |
7,001,444 | 221,460 | 3.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Seychelles |
94,205 | 1,036 | 1.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Sierra Leone |
7,719,729 | 6,067,706 | 78.6 | 0.3 | |
 Singapore |
5,612,253 | 721,000–842,116 | 14.7 | < 0.1 | |
 Slovakia |
5,443,120 | 10,866 | 0.1–0.2 | < 0.1 | |
 Slovenia |
2,066,880 | 73,568 | 3.6 | < 0.1 | |
 Solomon Islands |
667,044 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Somalia |
11,000,000 | 10,978,000 | 99.8 | 0.6 | |
 South Africa |
57,725,600 | 1,050,000 | 1.9 | < 0.1 | |
 South Korea |
51,635,256 | 35,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 South Sudan |
12,323,419 | 2,464,683 | 20 | < 0.1 | |
 Spain |
46,659,302 | 1,180,000 | 2.6 | 0.1 | |
 Sri Lanka |
21,700,000 | 2,105,000 | 9.7 | 0.1 | |
| Sudan |
40,825,770 | 39,585,777 | 97 | 1.9 | |
 Suriname |
600,000 | 83,400 | 13.9 | < 0.1 | |
 Swaziland |
1,159,250 | 129,230 | 10 | < 0.1 | |
 Sweden |
10,182,291 | 800,000 | 8.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Switzerland |
8,492,956 | 440,000 | 5.2 | < 0.1 | |
| Syria |
18,000,000 | 16,700,000 | 70 | 1 | |
 Republic of China |
23,576,705 | 60,000 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | |
| Tajikistan |
9,540,000 | 9,253,000 | 97.9 | 0.4 | |
 Tanzania |
54,199,163 | 19,426,814 | 35.2 | 0.8 | |
 Thailand |
70,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 4.3 | 0.2 | |
 East Timor |
1,261,407 | 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Togo |
7,352,000 | 1,593,011 | 20 | 0.1 | |
 Tokelau |
1,499 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Tonga |
100,651 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
1,356,633 | 78,000 | 5.8 | < 0.1 | |
| Tunisia |
11,446,300 | 11,190,000 | 99.8 | 0.6 | |
| Turkey |
83,155,000 | 74,423,725 | 89.5 | 4.6 | |
| Turkmenistan |
6,031,187 | 5,610,000 | 93.7 | 0.3 | |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
37,910 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Tuvalu |
10,640 | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Uganda |
38,823,100 | 5,435,234 | 14 | 0.3 | |
 Ukraine |
42,263,873 | 390,000–1,000,000 | 0.9–2.5 | < 0.1 | |
 United Arab Emirates |
9,541,615 | 7,251,627 | 76 | 0.2 | |
 United Kingdom |
66,040,229 | 4,130,000 | 6.3 | 0.2 | |
 United States |
327,827,000 | 3,450,000 | 1.1 | 0.2 | |
 U.S. Virgin Islands |
104,914 | < 1,000 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Uruguay |
3,505,985 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Uzbekistan |
34,036,800 | 29,920,000 | 88.7 | 1.7 | |
 Vanuatu |
304,500 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
 Vatican City |
800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Venezuela |
31,304,016 | 125,216 | 0.4 | < 0.1 | |
 Vietnam |
96,160,163 | 96,160 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Wallis and Futuna |
15,714 | < 1,000 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | |
| Western Sahara |
603,253 | 599,633 | 99.4 | < 0.1 | |
| Yemen |
28,036,829 | 27,784,498 | 99.2 | 1.5 | |
 Zambia |
16,887,720 | 168,877 | 1 | < 0.1 | |
 Zimbabwe |
14,000,000 | 100,000 | 0.7 | < 0.1 |
Islam Continents
Table
| Region | Muslims | Muslim percentage (%) of total population | Percentage (%) of World Muslim population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 1,200,000,000 | 24.3 | 66.7 |
| Central Asia | 54,000,000 | 81 | 3.0 |
| South Asia | 600,000,000 | 31.4 | 30.6 |
| Southeast Asia | 240,000,000 | 40 | 13.3 |
| East Asia | 50,000,000 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Middle East-North Africa | 315,322,000–488,603,838 | 91.2 | 27.1 |
| Africa | 550,000,000 | 47 | 30.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 283,302,393 | 29.6 | 15.7 |
| North America | 3,500,000–7,000,000 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| South America | 791,000 | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| Europe | 44,138,000 | 6.0 | 2.7 |
| Oceania | 650,000 | 1.6 | 0.04 |
| World | 1,800,000,000 | 24.1 | 100 |
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