User:TS Brumwell/Muslims in CIA World Factbook

This is an article about the population of Muslims around the world. The numbers are broken down by region, by country and by percentage of population. Although the gathering of statistics is considered a science, people use different methodologies and theoretical formulas. Therefore, different people get different numbers. In order to ensure the readers some level of confidence in our figures, we have decided to select one primary source, and then list links to other authoritative sources in order to enable the reader to observe the variances.

The primary source used in these breakdowns is the CIA World Factbook. Some readers may want to know why we have chosen this as our statistical reference. The primary reason the CIA World Factbook is utilized, is because it is not only an authoritative source, but it is also updated weekly. Other sources that were considered were the US State Department figures, Adherents.com, the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report and the US Census Department. The reason the US State Department wasn't chosen, was because their statistics/numbers are updated irregularly. A small number of country departments update their numbers around every six months, while the majority update their numbers every year or so. Also, the US State Department regularly uses and references the figures in the CIA World Factbook. Adherents.com was not chosen as the primary source because it is seriously out of date and very few--if any--sources are quoted. The US Census Department was not chosen because its figures are based on the census, which takes place every ten years. Furthermore, the US Census Department and their International Data Base (IDB) falls under the US Department of Commerce. (optional) The US Department of Commerce is not known for their foreign intelligence gathering or their ability to balance the US Trade Deficit. Please rely on these numbers with caution.

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CIA WORLD FACTBOOK FIGURES

Continent	Country or Territory	Total Country Population	Estimated % of Muslims	Estimated # of Muslims	Links to Alternative Figures
World	Whole World	6,602,224,175	?%	?%
Asia	Afghanistan	31,889,923	99%	31,571,024
Asia	Akrotiri	6,300	-	-
Asia	Albania	3,600,523	70%	2,520,366
Africa	Algeria	33,333,216	99%	32,999,884
Oceania	American Samoa	57,663	-	-
Europe	Andorra	71,882	-	-
Africa	Angola	12,263,596	-	-
North America	Anguilla	13,667	-	-
North America	Antigua & Barbuda	33,333,216	99%	32,999,884
South America	Argentina	40,301,927	-	-
Asia	Armenia	2,971,650	-	-
North America	Aruba	100,018	< 10%	< 10,001
Asia	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	0	0
Oceania	Australia	20,434,176	1.5%	204,341
Europe	Austria	8,199,783	4.2%	344,390
Asia	Azerbaijan	8,120,247	93.4%	7,584,310
Asia	' Bahrain	708,573	1% [1]	7,086
South Asia	Bangladesh	150,448,339	0.7% [2]	1,053,138
Western Europe	Belgium	10,392,226	0.3% [3]	31,177
Central America	Belize	294,385	0.35% [4]	1,030
South Asia	Bhutan	2,327,849	66% - 75%[5] - 97% (approx)[6]	1,536,380 - 1,745,887 - 2,250,014
South America	Bolivia	9,119,152	0.26% [7]	23,710
Balkans	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,552,198	0.01%	455
South America	Brazil	190,010,647	0.130% [8]	247,014
Southeast Asia	Brunei	374,577	14.4% [9]	53,939
Eastern Europe	Bulgaria	7,322,858	0.015% (approx)	1,098
Southeast Asia	Cambodia	13,995,904	95% [10]	13,296,109
North America	Canada	33,390,141	1.1%[11] - 3.6% [12][13]	367,292 - 1,202,045
South America	Chile	16,284,741	0.04% [14]	6,514
East Asia	China	1,321,851,888	8% [15] - 21% [16] - 80% (approx)[[17][18][19][20]	105,748,151 - 277,588,896 - 1,057,481,510
South America	Colombia	44,379,598	0.01% [21]	4,438
Central America	Costa Rica	4,133,884	2.34% [22]	96,733
West Africa	Cote d'Ivoire	18,013,409	0.06% [23]	10,808
Balkans	Croatia	4,493,312	0.03%	1,348
Caribbean	Cuba	11,394,043	0.25% [24]	28,485
Central Europe	Czech Republic	10,228,744	0.2% [25]	20,458
Western Europe	Denmark	5,468,120	0.1%	5,468
Caribbean	Dominican Republic	9,365,818	0.1% [26][27]	9,366
Southeast Asia	East Timor	1,084,971	0.1%	1,085
South America	Ecuador	13,755,680	0.2% [28][29]	27,511
South America	El Salvador	6,948,073	0.03% [30]	2,084
East Africa	Eritrea	4,906,585	0.1% [31]	4,907
Eastern Europe	Estonia	1,315,912	0.4% [32]	5,264
Oceania	Fiji	918,675	1%	9,187
Western Europe	Finland	5,238,460	0.1% [33]	5,238
Western Europe	France	63,718,187	1.2% [34]	764,618
South America	30px French Guiana	203,321	4% [35][36]	8,132
Oceania	French Polynesia	278,963	1%	2,790
Western Europe	Germany	82,400,996	1% [37]	824,001
West Africa	Ghana	22,931,299	0.05% [38]	11,466
Balkans	Greece	10,706,290	0.1% (approx)	10,706
Central America	Guatemala	12,728,111	0.1% [39]	12,728
South America	Guyana	769,095	0.25% [40] - 0.7%(approx)[41][42]	1,923 - 5,384
Central America	Honduras	7,483,763	0.1% [43]	7,484
East Asia	Hong Kong	6,980,412	90% [44][45]	6,282,371
Eastern Europe	Hungary	9,956,108	0.2% (approx)[46]	19,912
Western Europe	Iceland	301,931	0.15% [47]	453
South Asia	India	1,129,866,154	1.1% - 1.5% [48]	12,428,528 - 16,947,992
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	234,693,997	0.8%[49] - 2.3% [50]	1,877,552 - 5,397,962
Western Europe	Ireland	4,109,086	0.2%	8,218
Middle East	Israel	6,426,679	0.1% [51]	6,426
Western Europe	Italy	58,147,733	0.2%	116,295
Caribbean	Jamaica	2,780,132	0.3% [52][53]	8,340
East Asia	Japan	127,433,494	96% [54]	122,336,154
Central Asia	Kazakhstan	15,284,929	0.55% [55]	84,067
East Asia	North Korea	23,301,725	64.5% (approx)	15,029,613
East Asia	South Korea	49,044,790	23.3%[56] - 48% [57]	11,427,436 - 23,541,499
Central Asia	Kyrgyzstan	5,284,149	0.35% [58]	18,495
Middle East	Kuwait	2,505,559	4% [59]	100,222
Southeast Asia	Laos	6,521,998	96%[60]	6,261,118
Eastern Europe	Latvia	2,259,810	0.004% [61]	90
Middle East	Lebanon	3,925,502	0.1% [62]	3,926
Southern Africa	Lesotho	2,125,262	0.1% (approx)[63][64]	2,125
West Africa	Liberia	3,195,931	0.1% [65]	3,196
Western Europe	Liechtenstein	34,247	0.22% [66]	75
East Asia	Macau	456,989	85%	388,441
East Africa	Madagascar	19,448,815	0.3% (approx)[67]	58,346
Southeast Asia	Malaysia	24,821,286	22% [68][69]	5,460,683
East Africa	Mauritius	1,250,882	2.5%	31,272
North America	Mexico	108,700,891	0.1% (approx)[70][71]	108,701
Central Asia	Mongolia	2,951,786	50%[72] - 94%[73][74]	1,475,893 - 2,774,679
Southeast Asia	Myanmar	47,373,958	90% [75][76]	42,636,562
Southern Africa	Namibia	2,055,080	0.1% [77]	2,055
South Asia	Nepal	28,901,790	11% [78][79]	3,179,197
Western Europe	Netherlands	16,570,613	1% [80]	165,706
Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles	223,652	0.7% (approx)[81]	1,566
Oceania	New Caledonia	221,943	3% [82][83]	6,657
Oceania	New Zealand	4,115,771	1.2% [84][85]	49,389
Central America	Nicaragua	5,675,356	0.1% [86]	5,675
Western Europe	Norway	4,627,926	1.5% [87]	69,419
Middle East	Oman	3,204,897	1% [88][89]	32,049
South Asia	Pakistan	164,741,924	0.5%	823,710
Central America	Panama	3,242,173	2.1% [90]	68,086
Oceania	Papua New Guinea	5,795,887	0.3% [91]	17,388
South America	Paraguay	6,669,086	0.5% [92]	33,345
South America	Peru	28,674,757	0.31% [93]	88,892
Southeast Asia	Philippines	91,077,287	2.5%	2,276,932
Western Europe	Portugal	10,642,836	0.03%	3,193
Central Europe	Poland	38,518,241	0.1%	38,518
Caribbean	Puerto Rico	3,944,259	0.03% [94]	1,183
Middle East	Qatar	907,229	5% (approx)[95][96]	45,361
East Africa	Reunion	784,000	1%	7,840
Eastern Europe	Romania	22,276,056	0.01% (approx)[97]	2,228
Eastern Europe	Russia	141,377,752	0.75%[98] - 1.1% - 1.45%[99]	1,060,333 - 1,555,155 - 2,049,977
Middle East	Saudi Arabia	27,601,038	0.45% [100][101]	124,205
West Africa	Senegal	12,521,851	0.01%	1,252
Balkans	Serbia	10,150,265	0.01% (approx)	1,015
East Africa	Seychelles	81,895	1%	819
Southeast Asia	Singapore	4,553,009	51% [102] - 61.1% [103][104]	2,322,035 - 2,781,888
Central Europe	Slovakia	5,447,502	0.1% [105]	5,447
Central Europe	Slovenia	2,009,245	0.06% (approx)	1,206
Western Europe	Spain	40,448,191	0.025% [106]	10,112
Southern Africa	South Africa	43,997,828	0.1% [107]	43,998
South Asia	Sri Lanka	20,926,315	76.7%	16,050,484
South America	Suriname	470,784	1%	4,708
Western Europe	Sweden	9,031,088	0.2%	18,062
Western Europe	Switzerland	7,554,661	0.29% [108]	21,909
East Asia	Taiwan	22,858,872	35%[109] - 75%[110] - 93% [111]	8,000,605 - 17,144,154 - 21,258,751
Central Asia	Tajikistan	7,076,598	0.1% [112]	7,076
East Africa	Tanzania	39,384,223	0.1% [113]	39,384
Southeast Asia	Thailand	65,068,149	95% [114]	61,814,742
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	1,056,608	0.7% [115]	7,396
Middle East	Turkey	71,158,647	0.1% [116]	71,159
Central Asia	Turkmenistan	5,097,028	0.1% [117]	50,970
Eastern Europe	Ukraine	46,299,862	0.1% (approx)[118]	46,300
Middle East	United Arab Emirates	4,444,011	5% [119][120]	222,201
Western Europe	United Kingdom	60,776,238	1.2% [121]	729,314
North America	USA	301,139,947	2% [122]	6,022,799
South America	Uruguay	3,460,607	0.1% [123]	3,461
Central Asia	Uzbekistan	27,780,059	0.2% [124][125]	55,560
Oceania	Vanuatu	211,971	1% [126]	2,120
South America	Venezuela	26,023,528	0.2% [127]	52,047
Southeast Asia	Vietnam	85,262,356	16%[128] - >50%[129] - 85% (approx)[130]	13,641,977 - >42,631,178 - 72,473,003
Southern Africa	Zimbabwe	12,311,143	0.1% [131]	12,311
Total		6,671,226,000	7.335% – 10.348% - 22.702% (depending on extent of syncretism)	489,325,203 - 690,364,656 - 1,514,475,924

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, all but last row, is the percentage of population that is Buddhist in a region (Buddhists in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last row shows the Buddhist percentage compared to the total Buddhist population of the world (Buddhists in the region * 100/total Buddhist population of the world).

(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

Buddhism in Africa

Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Central Africa	88,166,923	0	0%	0%
East Africa	202,711,873	40,454	0.019%
North Africa	211,584,604	0	0%	0%
Southern Africa	143,871,660	77,127	0.035%
West Africa	280,965,354	0	0%	0%
Total	927,300,414	117,581	0.012%

Buddhism in Asia

Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Central Asia	95,398,532	2,879,280	3.018%
East Asia	1,585,083,298	467,848,179 - 1,247,740,793	29.515% - 78.717%
Middle East	285,194,911	585,025	0.205%
South Asia	1,491,019,011	38,601,550	2.588%
Southeast Asia	592,738,430	216,615,239	36.544%
Total	4,049,434,182	726,336,585 - 1,506,229,199	17.936% - 37.196%

Buddhism in Europe

Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Balkans	67,379,383
Central Europe	77,052,660
Eastern Europe	212,144,987
Western Europe	389,933,160
Total	746,510,190

Buddhism in The Americas

Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Caribbean	24,683,536	43,498	0.176%
Central America	44,030,092	152,228	0.345%
North America	462,382,674	7,241,845	1.566%
South America	384,863,028	499,020	0.129%
Total	915,959,330	7,936,420	0.866%

Buddhism in Oceania

Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Oceania	32,021,885	542,920	1.695%

Top 20

Top 20 by population on the left and by percentage on the right.

Top 20

Rank	Country	Buddhist Population	% of Buddhists	Country	% of Buddhists	Buddhist Population
1	China	277,588,896 - 1,057,481,510	21% - 80%	Mongolia	98%	2,816,644
2	Japan	122,369,253	96%	Bhutan	97%	2,250,014
3	Vietnam	74,268,750	85%	Cambodia	96.5%	13,938,460
4	Thailand	61,814,742	95%	Japan	96%	122,369,253
5	Myanmar	43,918,200	90%	Taiwan	95.5%	22,131,451
6	South Korea	23,531,874	48%	Laos	95%	6,195,898
7	Taiwan	22,131,451	95.5%	Thailand	95%	61,814,742
8	Sri Lanka	16,050,484	76.7%	Hong Kong	93%	6,701,580
9	North Korea	15,106,650	63.5%	Myanmar	90%	43,918,200
10	Cambodia	13,938,460	96.5%	Vietnam	85%	74,268,750
11	India	12,274,668	1.05%	Macau	85%	408,850
12	Hong Kong	6,701,580	93%	China	21% - 80%	277,588,896 - 1,057,481,510
13	Laos	6,195,898	95%	Sri Lanka	76.7%	16,050,484
14	Nepal	6,069,376	21%	North Korea	63.5%	15,106,650
15	United States	6,039,800	2%	Singapore	61%	2,777,335
16	Malaysia	5,970,800	22%	South Korea	48%	23,531,874
17	Indonesia	5,397,962	2.3%	Malaysia	22%	5,970,800
18	Mongolia	2,816,644	98%	Nepal	21%	6,069,376
19	Singapore	2,777,335	61%	Brunei	14.4%	54,600
20	Philippines	2,276,932	2.5%	United Arab Emirates	5%	219,000

Listing of Muslims by country.

Important note: Population counts by religious affiliation, like most demographic characteristics of a population, are based upon statistical science and subject to observational error and are technically referred to as estimates. Likewise, partisans may seek to bias the estimates. The percentage of Muslim population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [132]. Other sources used were the CIA World Factbook [133] and Adherents.com [134]. In a few cases of conflicting estimates, the average of lowest and highest estimates was calculated. The total population of each country was taken from census.gov [135] (2005 estimates).

By Source

The CIA World Factbook: wiki internal page link

US State Department: wiki internal page link

US Department of Census: wiki internal page link

US State Dept's Freedom of Religion Report: wiki internal page link

Adherents.com: wiki internal page link

Uncle Bob's Religious Info Stuff: wiki internal page link