World's Muslim Population

Statistics About the Muslim Population of the World

Nearly one-fourth of the world’s population today is Muslim. The Muslim population is a diverse community of believers spanning the globe. Over fifty countries have Muslim-majority populations, while other groups of believers are clustered in minority communities on nearly every continent.

Although Islam is often associated with the Arab world and the Middle East, fewer than 15% of Muslims are Arab.

Country	Number of Muslims
Indonesia	203 million
Pakistan	174 million
India	161 million
Bangladesh	145 million
Egypt	79 million
Nigeria	78 million
Iran	74 million
Turkey	74 million
Algeria	34 million
Morocco	32 million
Iraq	30 million
Sudan	30 million
Afghanistan	28 million
Ethiopia	28 million
Uzbekistan	26 million
Saudi Arabia	25 million
Yemen	23 million
China	22 million
Syria	20 million
Russia	16 million