Who practices Islam?
According to a 2009 study of 232 countries:
23% of the global population are Muslim.
About 1 out of 5
1.57 Billion people world-wide are Muslim.
87% - 90% are Sunni Muslim
10% - 13% are Shia Muslim
a small minority belonging to other sects.
Islam is growing at about 2.9% per year.
It is growing faster than the world population, which grows at 2.3% annually.
57 countries are represented in the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
Approximately 50 are majority-Muslim countries
Arabs account for around 20% of all Muslims
The majority of Muslims live in Asia and Africa.
62% of the world's Muslims live in Asia.
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in population - 234 million
In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries.
In Africa, Egypt and Nigeria are the largest.
The Peoples Republic of China has the 8th highest Muslim Population (65.3 mil).
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