Which country has the highest Muslim Population?

Indonesia has the highest Muslim Population, at 249.8M, followed by Pakistan (233M) and India (200M).

Which country has the lowest Muslim Population?

Tokelau has the lowest Muslim Population, at 10.

What is the median Muslim Population across countries?

The median is 145K across the 224 countries with data.

Where does this muslim majority countries data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Muslim-Majority Countries - Pew Research Center; Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050 - Pew Research Center; Field Listing - Religions - CIA World Factbook.

Country rankings

Muslim Majority Countries

Name: Muslim Majority Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Indonesia has the highest Muslim Population (249.8M), followed by Pakistan (233M) and India (200M). Tokelau has the lowest (10).

Culture225 countries · 6 metricsUpdated Sep 25, 2026Original page

3 sources

Showing

224 of 235 countries

Compare this metric Add to combined ranking Open full map

Muslim Population

Darker means higher. Click a place to highlight it.

Loading map…

Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 224 countries.

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 →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

145K

Middle half 1.9K – 3M

Average

8.7M

224 countries

Highest

249.8M

Indonesia

Lowest

Tokelau

Data

Click a column to sort, a row to highlight that place on the charts.

224 countries · # = rank by Muslim Population

#
1	Indonesia	249.8M	87.1%	—
2	Pakistan	233M	96.5%	—
3	India	200M	14.6%	—
4	Bangladesh	150.8M	91.0%	—
5	Nigeria	96M	48.0%	Population estimate is range: 95,000,000-97,000,000
6	Egypt	87.5M	92.4%	Population estimate is range: 85,000,000-90,000,000
7	Iran	85.7M	99.8%	—
8	Turkey	81.2M	94.5%	Population estimate is range: 78,000,000-84,400,000
9	Algeria	43.7M	99.0%	—
10	Iraq	39M	96.5%	Population estimate is range: 38,439,566-39,653,447
11	Sudan	38.6M	96.0%	—
12	Afghanistan	37M	99.7%	—
13	Morocco	36.4M	99.0%	—
14	Ethiopia	34.7M	31.3%	—
15	Saudi Arabia	31.5M	96.2%	—
16	Uzbekistan	29.9M	88.7%	—
17	China	28.1M	1.73%	Population estimate is range: 6,255,000-50,000,000
18	Yemen	26.8M	97.2%	—
19	Niger	21.1M	98.3%	—
20	Mali	20.5M	96.2%	—
21	Malaysia	20.1M	63.5%	—
22	Tanzania	19.4M	35.2%	—
23	Senegal	17.4M	97.2%	—
24	Russia	15M	11.0%	Population estimate is range: 14,000,000-16,000,000; Population estimate for Total Population is range: 144,350,000-146,750,000
24	Syria	15M	87.0%	—
26	Burkina Faso	13.5M	63.8%	—
27	Kazakhstan	13.2M	70.2%	—
28	Ivory Coast	11.3M	42.9%	—
29	Somalia	11M	99.8%	—
30	Guinea	10.6M	89.1%	—
31	Chad	10.5M	55.1%	—
32	Tunisia	10.2M	97.8%	—
33	Jordan	10.2M	97.2%	—
34	Azerbaijan	10.1M	97.3%	—
35	Cameroon	9.5M	30.6%	—
36	Tajikistan	9.3M	97.9%	—
37	France	6.9M	10.4%	—
38	Libya	6.6M	97.0%	—
39	Ghana	6.4M	19.9%	—
40	United Arab Emirates	6.3M	72.0%	—
41	Sierra Leone	6.1M	78.6%	—
42	Mozambique	5.8M	18.9%	—
43	Turkmenistan	5.6M	93.7%	—
44	Germany	5.6M	6.7%	—
45	Kyrgyzstan	5.5M	90.0%	Population estimate is range: 5,200,000-5,850,000
46	Kenya	5.5M	11.2%	—
47	Philippines	5.5M	5%	—
48	Uganda	5.4M	14.0%	—
49	Palestine	4.3M	97.5%	—
50	Mauritania	4.2M	99.9%	—
51	United Kingdom	4M	6%	—
52	Malawi	4M	20.0%	—
53	Thailand	3.6M	5.4%	—
54	Lebanon	3.6M	67.8%	—
55	United States	3.5M	1.1%	—
56	Benin	3.1M	27.7%	—
57	Italy	3M	4.8%	—
58	Eritrea	2.6M	51.6%	Population estimate is range: 2,160,000-3,100,000
59	Madagascar	2.6M	10.0%	—
60	Spain	2.5M	5%	—
61	South Sudan	2.5M	20.0%	—
62	Oman	2.4M	86.0%	—
63	Myanmar	2.4M	4.3%	—
64	Gambia	2.3M	96.4%	—
65	Kuwait	2.2M	74.6%	—
66	Sri Lanka	2.1M	9.7%	—
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2M	50.7%	—
68	DR Congo	1.9M	1.5%	—
69	Canada	1.8M	4.9%	—
70	Togo	1.6M	20.0%	—
71	Qatar	1.6M	77.5%	—
72	Israel	1.5M	18.0%	—
73	Nepal	1.3M	4.2%	—
74	Albania	1.2M	50.7%	—
75	Burundi	1.2M	10.0%	—
76	Bahrain	1.1M	74.0%	—
77	South Africa	1.1M	1.9%	—
78	Djibouti	998.3K	99.4%	—
79	Liberia	962K	20.0%	—
80	Singapore	915.1K	15.6%	—
81	Guinea-Bissau	911K	46.1%	—
82	Belgium	879.4K	7.6%	—
83	Central African Republic	861.8K	15.0%	—
84	Bulgaria	861K	13.4%	—
85	Australia	813.4K	3.2%	—
86	Comoros	807.2K	98.3%	—
87	Brazil	767.6K	0.36%	Population estimate is range: 35,167-1,500,000
88	Austria	745.6K	8.3%	—
89	Sweden	700K	7.1%	—
90	Western Sahara	599.6K	99.4%	—
91	North Macedonia	590.9K	32.2%	—
92	Rwanda	576.1K	4.8%	—
93	Switzerland	440K	5.9%	—
94	Argentina	400K	0.9%	—
94	Ukraine	400K	1.05%	Population estimate is range: 390,000-410,000
96	Georgia	398.7K	10.7%	—
97	Netherlands	387K	5%	—
98	Brunei	379.9K	82.1%	—
99	Maldives	374.8K	100.0%	—
100	Denmark	313.7K	5.4%	—
101	Greece	313.4K	3.7%	—
102	Cambodia	311K	2%	—
103	Hong Kong	295.7K	4.1%	—
104	Serbia	278.2K	4.2%	—
105	Cyprus	275K	25.3%	—
106	Mayotte	253.4K	97.0%	—
107	Mauritius	236K	17.3%	—
108	Gabon	211.9K	10.0%	—
109	Japan	185K	0.1%	—
110	Norway	175.5K	3.2%	—
111	Zambia	168.9K	1%	—
112	Mongolia	150K	5%	—
113	Finland	140K	2.5%	—
114	Romania	136.5K	0.65%	Population estimate is range: 73,000-200,000
115	Venezuela	125.2K	0.4%	—
116	Montenegro	122.8K	19.1%	—
117	Republic of the Congo	108K	2%	—
118	Zimbabwe	100K	0.7%	—
119	Colombia	96.3K	0.2%	—
120	Angola	90K	0.3%	—
121	Suriname	85.8K	14.3%	—
122	New Zealand	75.1K	1.5%	—
123	South Korea	75K	0.1%	—
124	Slovenia	73.6K	3.6%	—
125	Belarus	72.5K	0.75%	Population estimate is range: 45,000-100,000
126	Equatorial Guinea	71.8K	4%	—
127	Ireland	71K	1.4%	—
128	Vietnam	70.9K	0.07%	—
129	Trinidad and Tobago	65.7K	5%	—
130	Taiwan	60K	0.3%	—
131	Fiji	58.4K	6.3%	—
132	Guyana	55K	7.3%	—
133	Croatia	51K	1.3%	—
134	Hungary	50K	0.5%	Population estimate is range: 40,000 – 60,000
135	Portugal	36.5K	0.4%	—
136	Honduras	30K	0.3%	—
137	Timor-Leste	26K	2.05%	Population estimate is range: 3,202-48,709
138	Panama	25K	0.7%	—
139	El Salvador	18K	0.28%	—
140	Moldova	15K	0.4%	—
140	Luxembourg	15K	2.3%	—
142	Malta	11.7K	2.6%	—
143	Cape Verde	11.4K	2%	—
144	Cuba	11.1K	0.1%	—
145	Slovakia	10.9K	0.2%	—
146	Namibia	9,654	0.4%	—
147	Botswana	8,996	0.4%	—
148	New Caledonia	7,000	2.8%	—
149	Poland	6,796	0.02%	—
150	Eswatini	6,000	2%	—
151	Jamaica	5,624	0.2%	—
152	Mexico	5,500	0.01%	—
153	Haiti	5,000	0.1%	—
154	Barbados	4,396	1.5%	—
155	Chile	4,000	0.1%	—
156	North Korea	3,000	0.1%	—
156	Lithuania	3,000	0.1%	—
156	Lesotho	3,000	0.1%	—
159	French Guiana	2,400	0.9%	—
160	Andorra	2,228	2.6%	—
161	Liechtenstein	2,050	5.4%	—
162	Bolivia	2,000	0.1%	—
162	Dominican Republic	2,000	0.1%	—
162	Papua New Guinea	2,000	0.1%	—
162	Latvia	2,000	0.2%	—
162	Bhutan	2,000	0.2%	Population estimate. Actual population may be lower.
162	Guadeloupe	2,000	0.4%	—
162	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,000	1.7%	—
169	Estonia	1,508	0.1%	—
170	Costa Rica	1,500	0.1%	—
171	Guatemala	1,200	0.1%	—
172	Gibraltar	1,166	3.6%	—
173	Uruguay	1,100	0.1%	Population estimate is range: 700- 1,500
173	Solomon Islands	1,100	1%	—
175	Armenia	1,038	0.03%	—
176	Seychelles	1,036	1.1%	—
177	Peru	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Ecuador	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Laos	1,000	0.1%	—
177	Nicaragua	1,000	0.1%	—
177	Paraguay	1,000	0.1%	—
177	Puerto Rico	1,000	0.1%	—
177	Macau	1,000	0.1%	—
177	Bahamas	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Iceland	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Vanuatu	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Martinique	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	French Polynesia	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Guam	1,000	0.1%	—
177	Kiribati	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Grenada	1,000	0.3%	—
177	Micronesia	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Aruba	1,000	0.4%	Population less than 1000
177	United States Virgin Islands	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Cayman Islands	1,000	0.2%	Population less than 1000
177	Dominica	1,000	0.2%	Population less than 1000
177	Bermuda	1,000	1%	Population less than 1000
177	Greenland	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,000	0.3%	Population less than 1000
177	American Samoa	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Northern Mariana Islands	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	British Virgin Islands	1,000	1.2%	Population less than 1000
177	Monaco	1,000	0.8%	Population less than 1000
177	Marshall Islands	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	San Marino	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Anguilla	1,000	0.6%	Population less than 1000
177	Cook Islands	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Nauru	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Wallis and Futuna	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Tuvalu	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1,000	0.2%	Population less than 1000
177	Montserrat	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Falkland Islands	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
177	Niue	1,000	0.1%	Population less than 1000
216	Palau	500	3.8%	—
217	Belize	484	0.1%	—
218	Isle of Man	393	0.5%	—
219	Saint Lucia	292	0.2%	—
220	Antigua and Barbuda	208	0.25%	—
221	Tonga	60	0.1%	—
222	Samoa	52	0.03%	—
223	Faroe Islands	23	0.06%	—
224	Tokelau	10	0.1%	Population less than 10

What correlates with Muslim Population?

Pearson r against 1,290 other country metrics sharing at least 135 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Muslim Population tend to score higher on these

MuslimsReligious People by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 195
Plot
AFP CasesCountries with Polio
r = +0.74 · very strong · n = 141
Plot
Tuberculosis Total IncidenceTuberculosis Rate by Country
r = +0.70 · strong · n = 203
Plot
Total Religious PeopleReligious People by Country
r = +0.65 · strong · n = 195
Plot
Orphanhood Due to COVID as of 2022Countries with the Most Orphans
r = +0.63 · strong · n = 169
Plot
Individuals at Risk and Poor ($5.5/Day)Flooding by Country
r = +0.63 · strong · n = 146
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Muslim Population tend to score lower on these

GGGI Economics ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.45 · moderate · n = 147
Plot
Average Men's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.36 · moderate · n = 159
Plot
% ChristiansMost Christian Countries
r = −0.36 · moderate · n = 208
Plot
Environmental QualitySocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 169
Plot
% Female UsersFacebook Users by Country
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 209
Plot
Political Stability ScorePolitical Stability by Country
r = −0.34 · moderate · n = 209
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Muslim Population?: Indonesia has the highest Muslim Population, at 249.8M, followed by Pakistan (233M) and India (200M).
Which country has the lowest Muslim Population?: Tokelau has the lowest Muslim Population, at 10.
What is the median Muslim Population across countries?: The median is 145K across the 224 countries with data.
Where does this muslim majority countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Muslim-Majority Countries - Pew Research Center; Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050 - Pew Research Center; Field Listing - Religions - CIA World Factbook.