2024-08-07 15:01:50
New Delhi/Jakarta: There are more than 1.9 billion Muslims in the world. With such a large population, Islam is the second largest religion on earth. Along with this, it is also the fastest growing religion in the world. The followers of Islam are mainly divided between 1.5 billion Sunni and 25 to 35 crore Shia Muslims. The rest are in some smaller sects. There are currently 50 Muslim-majority countries in the world, that is, countries where the population of Muslims is more than 50 percent. But do you know which are the countries with the highest Muslim population in the world? By the way, you will be surprised to know that among the 10 countries with the highest Muslim population, there are two countries which are not Muslim-majority. India is also among the top countries with the highest Muslim population in the world. Although Muslims are present all over the world, but most of them live in North and Central Africa, Middle East, South and South-East Asia. In many countries of these regions, more than 90 percent of the Muslim population is Muslim. These include Muslim majority countries like Egypt, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Turkey and Iran.
Indonesia has the most Muslims
According to the report of World Population Review, Indonesia ranks first in terms of Muslim population in the world. There are more than 24.2 crore Muslims here, which is about 87 percent of the total population of Indonesia. At the same time, it is 11.7 percent of the total Muslim population of the world. Pakistan ranks second in terms of Muslim population, where there are more than 24.07 crore Muslims. India ranks third in this list. More than 20 crore Muslims live in India.
10 countries with the largest Muslim population
The 10 most populated countries in the world
country population
1- Indonesia – 242,700,000
2. Pakistan – 240,760,000
3. India- 200,000,000
4. Bangladesh – 150,800,000
5- Nigeria – 97,000,000
6. Egypt – 90,000,000
7. Turkey – 84,400,000
8. Iran – 82,500,000
9. China- 50,000,000
10. Algeria – 43,737,096
Note- These figures are of 2021.