Which country has the highest % Muslim via Pew?

Afghanistan has the highest % Muslim via Pew in 2020, at 99.9%, followed by Yemen (99.9%) and Iran (99.8%).

Which country has the lowest % Muslim via Pew?

United States Virgin Islands has the lowest % Muslim via Pew in 2020, at 0.5%.

What is the median % Muslim via Pew across countries?

The median is 4.2% across the 195 countries with data in 2020.

Where does this abortion in muslim countries data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Abortion law in Muslim-majority countries: an overview of the Islamic discourse with policy implications - Oxford University Press.

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Afghanistan has the highest % Muslim via Pew in 2020 (99.9%), followed by Yemen (99.9%) and Iran (99.8%). United States Virgin Islands has the lowest (0.5%).

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Abortion law in Muslim-majority countries: an overview of the Islamic discourse with policy implications - Oxford University Press

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

4.2%

Middle half 0.5% – 56.1%

Average

26.9%

195 countries

Highest

99.9%

Afghanistan

Lowest

0.5%

United States Virgin Islands

Biggest changes · 2010 → 2020

195 countries have a value in both years.

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225 countries · # = rank by % Muslim via Pew

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1	Afghanistan	99.9%	37M	To save mother's life
1	Yemen	99.9%	26.8M	To save mother's life
3	Iran	99.8%	85.7M	To save mother's life, When fetus is impaired
3	Somalia	99.8%	11M	To save mother's life
5	Morocco	99.7%	36.4M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health
6	Western Sahara	99.6%	599.6K	—
7	Iraq	99.5%	39M	To save mother's life
8	Tunisia	99.3%	10.2M	Upon request
9	Mauritania	99.2%	4.2M	To save mother's life
10	Libya	99.0%	6.6M	To save mother's life
10	Palestine	99.0%	4.3M	—
12	Sudan	98.9%	38.6M	To save mother's life
12	Tajikistan	98.9%	9.3M	Upon request
14	Mayotte	98.8%	253.4K	—
15	Algeria	98.4%	43.7M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s mental health+1
16	Comoros	98.3%	807.2K	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health
17	Niger	98.1%	21.1M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health+1
18	Djibouti	97.7%	998.3K	To save mother's life
19	Senegal	97.6%	17.4M	To save mother's life
20	Turkey	97.1%	81.2M	Upon request
20	Jordan	97.1%	10.2M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health
22	Gambia	97.0%	2.3M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s mental health+1
23	Pakistan	96.5%	233M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health
24	Uzbekistan	95.6%	29.9M	Upon request
25	Egypt	95.2%	87.5M	To save mother's life
26	Azerbaijan	94.7%	10.1M	Upon request
27	Turkmenistan	94.3%	5.6M	Upon request
28	Syria	94.2%	15M	To save mother's life
29	Mali	94.1%	20.5M	To save mother's life, In cases of incest or rape
29	Maldives	94.1%	374.8K	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health
31	Saudi Arabia	92.7%	31.5M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health
32	Kyrgyzstan	91.7%	5.5M	Upon request
33	Bangladesh	91.1%	150.8M	To save mother's life
34	Indonesia	87.0%	249.8M	To save mother's life
35	Guinea	86.8%	10.6M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health+2
36	Brunei	82.2%	379.9K	To save mother's life
37	Oman	81.8%	2.4M	To save mother's life
38	Kuwait	80.2%	2.2M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health+1
39	Sierra Leone	80.1%	6.1M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s mental health+1
40	Kazakhstan	77.9%	13.2M	Upon request
41	Qatar	75.9%	1.6M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health+1
42	Albania	74.5%	1.2M	Upon request
43	Bahrain	74.0%	1.1M	Upon request
44	United Arab Emirates	72.9%	6.3M	To save mother's life
45	Lebanon	67.8%	3.6M	To save mother's life
46	Burkina Faso	67.4%	13.5M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health+2
47	Malaysia	64.1%	20.1M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s mental health+1
48	Chad	56.4%	10.5M	To save mother's life, To preserve the mother’s physical health+1
49	Nigeria	56.1%	96M	To save mother's life
50	Guinea-Bissau	56.0%	911K	—
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.6%	2M	—
52	Eritrea	51.7%	2.6M	—
53	Ivory Coast	46.3%	11.3M	—
54	Ethiopia	36.2%	34.7M	—
55	North Macedonia	34.7%	590.9K	—
56	Benin	31.4%	3.1M	—
57	Tanzania	29.9%	19.4M	—
58	Cameroon	25.2%	9.5M	—
59	Cyprus	24.4%	275K	—
60	Montenegro	21.3%	122.8K	—
61	Ghana	19.9%	6.4M	—
62	Mozambique	19.4%	5.8M	—
63	Mauritius	17.5%	236K	—
64	Togo	16.1%	1.6M	—
64	Singapore	16.1%	915.1K	—
66	India	15.2%	200M	—
67	Israel	14.7%	1.5M	—
68	Suriname	13.1%	85.8K	—
69	Liberia	12.7%	962K	—
70	Malawi	11.6%	4M	—
71	Uganda	11.4%	5.4M	—
72	Kenya	10.9%	5.5M	—
73	Georgia	10.5%	398.7K	—
74	Bulgaria	10.3%	861K	—
75	Sri Lanka	10.2%	2.1M	—
76	France	9.1%	6.9M	—
77	Gabon	8.6%	211.9K	—
78	Austria	8.3%	745.6K	—
79	Russia	8.2%	15M	—
80	Sweden	8.1%	700K	—
81	Belgium	6.8%	879.4K	—
82	Philippines	6.5%	5.5M	—
82	Germany	6.5%	5.6M	—
82	Guyana	6.5%	55K	—
85	United Kingdom	6.4%	4M	—
86	South Sudan	6.2%	2.5M	—
86	Central African Republic	6.2%	861.8K	—
88	Switzerland	6.1%	440K	—
89	Fiji	5.8%	58.4K	—
90	Netherlands	5.5%	387K	—
90	Trinidad and Tobago	5.5%	65.7K	—
92	Nepal	5.1%	1.3M	—
92	Greece	5.1%	313.4K	—
94	Canada	4.9%	1.8M	—
95	Thailand	4.5%	3.6M	—
96	Italy	4.4%	3M	—
96	Serbia	4.4%	278.2K	—
98	Denmark	4.2%	313.7K	—
99	Norway	4.1%	175.5K	—
100	Equatorial Guinea	4%	71.8K	—
101	Spain	3.6%	2.5M	—
101	Malta	3.6%	11.7K	—
103	Australia	3.5%	813.4K	—
103	Mongolia	3.5%	150K	—
105	Myanmar	3.3%	2.4M	—
106	Burundi	3%	1.2M	—
107	New Caledonia	2.8%	7,000	—
108	Cambodia	2%	311K	—
109	China	1.8%	28.1M	—
109	Rwanda	1.8%	576.1K	—
109	Luxembourg	1.8%	15K	—
112	Ireland	1.7%	71K	—
113	South Africa	1.6%	1.1M	—
113	Finland	1.6%	140K	—
113	Slovenia	1.6%	73.6K	—
116	Republic of the Congo	1.5%	108K	—
117	New Zealand	1.4%	75.1K	—
117	Croatia	1.4%	51K	—
119	United States	1.2%	3.5M	—
119	Madagascar	1.2%	2.6M	—
119	Iceland	1.2%	1,000	—
122	Brazil	0.5%	767.6K	—
122	Mexico	0.5%	5,500	—
122	Japan	0.5%	185K	—
122	Vietnam	0.5%	70.9K	—
122	Colombia	0.5%	96.3K	—
122	South Korea	0.5%	75K	—
122	Argentina	0.5%	400K	—
122	Angola	0.5%	90K	—
122	Ukraine	0.5%	400K	—
122	Poland	0.5%	6,796	—
122	Peru	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Venezuela	0.5%	125.2K	—
122	North Korea	0.5%	3,000	—
122	Taiwan	0.5%	60K	—
122	Zambia	0.5%	168.9K	—
122	Chile	0.5%	4,000	—
122	Guatemala	0.5%	1,200	—
122	Romania	0.5%	136.5K	—
122	Ecuador	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Zimbabwe	0.5%	100K	—
122	Bolivia	0.5%	2,000	—
122	Haiti	0.5%	5,000	—
122	Dominican Republic	0.5%	2,000	—
122	Honduras	0.5%	30K	—
122	Papua New Guinea	0.5%	2,000	—
122	Cuba	0.5%	11.1K	—
122	Portugal	0.5%	36.5K	—
122	Hungary	0.5%	50K	—
122	Belarus	0.5%	72.5K	—
122	Laos	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Hong Kong	0.5%	295.7K	—
122	Nicaragua	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Paraguay	0.5%	1,000	—
122	El Salvador	0.5%	18K	—
122	Slovakia	0.5%	10.9K	—
122	Costa Rica	0.5%	1,500	—
122	Panama	0.5%	25K	—
122	Uruguay	0.5%	1,100	—
122	Puerto Rico	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Namibia	0.5%	9,654	—
122	Moldova	0.5%	15K	—
122	Armenia	0.5%	1,038	—
122	Jamaica	0.5%	5,624	—
122	Lithuania	0.5%	3,000	—
122	Botswana	0.5%	8,996	—
122	Lesotho	0.5%	3,000	—
122	Latvia	0.5%	2,000	—
122	Timor-Leste	0.5%	26K	—
122	Estonia	0.5%	1,508	—
122	Eswatini	0.5%	6,000	—
122	Solomon Islands	0.5%	1,100	—
122	Bhutan	0.5%	2,000	—
122	Macau	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Cape Verde	0.5%	11.4K	—
122	Belize	0.5%	484	—
122	Bahamas	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Guadeloupe	0.5%	2,000	—
122	Vanuatu	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Martinique	0.5%	1,000	—
122	French Guiana	0.5%	2,400	—
122	French Polynesia	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Barbados	0.5%	4,396	—
122	Samoa	0.5%	52	—
122	Curacao	0.5%	—	—
122	Saint Lucia	0.5%	292	—
122	Guam	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Kiribati	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Seychelles	0.5%	1,036	—
122	Grenada	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Micronesia	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Aruba	0.5%	1,000	—
122	Tonga	0.5%	60	—
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.5%	2,000	—
122	United States Virgin Islands	0.5%	1,000	—
—	DR Congo	—	1.9M	—
—	Antigua and Barbuda	—	208	—
—	Isle of Man	—	393	—
—	Andorra	—	2,228	—
—	Cayman Islands	—	1,000	—
—	Dominica	—	1,000	—
—	Bermuda	—	1,000	—
—	Faroe Islands	—	23	—
—	Greenland	—	1,000	—
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	—	1,000	—
—	Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	1,000	—
—	American Samoa	—	1,000	—
—	Northern Mariana Islands	—	1,000	—
—	Gibraltar	—	1,166	—
—	Liechtenstein	—	2,050	—
—	British Virgin Islands	—	1,000	—
—	Monaco	—	1,000	—
—	Marshall Islands	—	1,000	—
—	San Marino	—	1,000	—
—	Palau	—	500	—
—	Anguilla	—	1,000	—
—	Cook Islands	—	1,000	—
—	Nauru	—	1,000	—
—	Wallis and Futuna	—	1,000	—
—	Tuvalu	—	1,000	—
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	—	1,000	—
—	Montserrat	—	1,000	—
—	Falkland Islands	—	1,000	—
—	Tokelau	—	10	—
—	Niue	—	1,000	—

What correlates with % Muslim via Pew (2020)?

Pearson r against 1,399 other country metrics sharing at least 117 countries, 2 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher % Muslim via Pew tend to score higher on these

Teetotalers MaleTeetotalism by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 175
Plot
TeetotalersTeetotalism by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 175
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Teetotalers FemaleTeetotalism by Country
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 175
Plot
% of Men Who Are CircumcisedCircumcision by Country
r = +0.75 · very strong · n = 191
Plot
Birth Defect RateBirth Defect Rates by Country
r = +0.64 · strong · n = 179
Plot
Average Household SizeNumber of Households by Country
r = +0.61 · strong · n = 170
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher % Muslim via Pew tend to score lower on these

% ChristiansMost Christian Countries
r = −0.73 · very strong · n = 183
Plot
EIU Electoral Process ScoreDemocracy Index by Country
r = −0.66 · strong · n = 130
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GGGI Global Equality Score (0-1.0)Global Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.62 · strong · n = 146
Plot
Personal Freedom ScoreFreedom Index by Country
r = −0.61 · strong · n = 161
Plot
GGGI Economics ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.61 · strong · n = 146
Plot
Equality IndexLGBT Rights by Country
r = −0.61 · strong · n = 180
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest % Muslim via Pew?: Afghanistan has the highest % Muslim via Pew in 2020, at 99.9%, followed by Yemen (99.9%) and Iran (99.8%).
Which country has the lowest % Muslim via Pew?: United States Virgin Islands has the lowest % Muslim via Pew in 2020, at 0.5%.
What is the median % Muslim via Pew across countries?: The median is 4.2% across the 195 countries with data in 2020.
Where does this abortion in muslim countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Abortion law in Muslim-majority countries: an overview of the Islamic discourse with policy implications - Oxford University Press.