Nearly one in four people of the global population are Muslim, says latest research from Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. Some of the key findings:
- More than 60% of the global Muslim population is in Asia and about 20% is in the Middle East and North Africa.
- The Middle East-North Africa region has the highest percentage of Muslim-majority countries.
- More than 300 million Muslims, or one-fifth of the world’s Muslim population, live in countries where Islam is not the majority religion.
- India has the third-largest population of Muslims worldwide, behind Indonesia and Pakistan.
- China has more Muslims than Syria.
- Russia is home to more Muslims than Jordan and Libya combined.
- Of the total Muslim population, 10-13% are Shia Muslims and 87-90% are Sunni Muslims. Most Shias (between 68% and 80%) live in just four countries: Iran, Pakistan, India and Iraq.
Kawthar 12:38 am on October 8, 2009 Permalink |
I can’t wait to see how the dhimwits will react to this!
javs 1:32 am on October 8, 2009 Permalink |
actually, i’m surprised to read this.
its a shame that muslims nowadays are becoming christians, atheists, etc. the christian guys are working everywhere in bangladesh, africa, india, 3rd world countries to make every1 christians and they setup schools, hospitals in the worst shitty places and its horrible coz i know they blackmail poor muslims to accept christianity or not get treated? do you guys know that the muslims in indonesia are decreasing at an alarming rate ? once huge big masjids are now empty!!
i say this from personal experience coz i travel a lot and know these things
abunoor 8:43 am on October 8, 2009 Permalink |
The number used for U.S. in this study is 2.4 million Muslims.