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The Ummah worldwide

Muslims around the world – where the Quran is at home

More than one in five people on earth is Muslim. Most do not live in the Arab world but in Asia – from Indonesia to Bangladesh. This page shows how diverse the Ummah is for whom the Quran is learned in so many languages.

≈ 1.6 bn
Muslims in 2010
≈ 23 %
of the world population
≈ 2.8 bn
expected by 2050 (projection)

Where Muslims live (share of all Muslims, 2010)

≈ 1.6 bn
  • Asia-Pacific৬২ %
  • Middle East & North Africa২০ %
  • Sub-Saharan Africa১৫ %
  • Europe২.৪ %
  • Americas০.৩ %

Countries with the most Muslims

  1. Indonesia২০৫ m · 88 %
  2. Pakistan১৭৮ m · 96 %
  3. India১৭৭ m · 15 %
  4. Bangladesh১৪৯ m · 90 %
  5. Egypt৮০ m · 95 %
  6. Nigeria৭৬ m · 48 %
  7. Iran৭৫ m · 99 %
  8. Turkey৭৫ m · 98 %
  9. Algeria৩৫ m · 98 %
  10. Morocco৩২ m · 99 %
  11. Iraq৩১ m · 99 %
  12. Afghanistan২৯ m · 99 %
  13. Saudi Arabia২৬ m · 97 %
  14. Malaysia১৭ m · 61 %
  15. United Arab Emirates৩.৬ m · 76 %

mshare of the population

In the Emirates people from more than 200 nations live together – Muslims from all over the world pray here side by side.

Sunni and Shia

According to Pew Research Center estimates (2009), about 87–90 % of Muslims are Sunni and about 10–13 % Shia. Both share the one Quran, the one qibla and the one Prophet ﷺ.

More about Sunni and Shia
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Rounded estimates by the Pew Research Center for 2010 (“The Future of the Global Muslim Population”, 2011) and the projection for 2050 (“The Future of World Religions”, 2015). Today's figures differ; they are meant for orientation.

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