Dr. Susmit Kumar
Muslims are a majority in 47 countries. They are the following, according to their form of government, percent Muslim population, and other data (from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s The World Factbook at CIA website, July 2009):
(i) Democracy:
|
Country |
Muslim (% of Population) |
Area (sq km) |
Population |
|
Bangladesh |
83% |
144,000 |
156,050,883 |
|
Senegal |
94% |
196,190 |
13,711,597 |
|
Sierra Leone |
60% |
71,740 |
6,440,053 |
|
Turkey |
99% |
780,580 |
76,805,524 |
(ii) Emerging Democracy:
|
Albania |
70% |
28,748 |
3,639,453 |
|
Gambia |
90% |
11,300 |
1,782,893 |
|
Indonesia |
88% |
1,919,440 |
240,271,522 |
|
Lebanon |
60% |
10,400 |
4,017,095 |
|
Niger |
80% |
12,670,000 |
15,306,252 |
|
Nigeria |
50% |
923,768 |
149,229,090 |
(iii) Limited Democracy:
|
Algeria |
99% |
2,381,740 |
34,178,188 |
|
Azerbaijan |
93% |
86,600 |
8,238,672 |
|
Burkina Faso |
50% |
274,200 |
15,746,232 |
|
Chad |
51% |
12,840,000 |
10,329,208 |
|
Djibouti |
94% |
23,000 |
516,055 |
|
Egypt |
90% |
1,001,450 |
83,082,869 |
|
Guinea |
85% |
245,857 |
10,057,975 |
|
Kazakhstan |
47% |
2,717,300 |
15,399,437 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
75% |
198,500 |
5,431,747 |
|
Malaysia |
60% |
329,750 |
25,715,819 |
|
Maldives |
NA |
300 |
396,334 |
|
Mali |
90% |
12,400,000 |
12,666,987 |
|
Mauritania |
100% |
1,030,700 |
3,129,486 |
|
Tajikistan |
90% |
143,100 |
7,349,145 |
|
Tunisia |
98% |
163,610 |
10,486,339 |
|
Turkmenistan |
89% |
488,100 |
4,884,887 |
|
Uzbekistan |
88% |
447,400 |
27,606,007 |
|
Yemen |
NA |
527,970 |
23,822,783 |
(iv) Authoritarian:
|
Libya |
97% |
1,759,540 |
6,310,434 |
|
Syria |
90% |
185,180 |
20,178,485 |
(v) Monarchy:
|
Bahrain |
81% |
665 |
727,785 |
|
Brunei |
67% |
5,770 |
388,190 |
|
Jordan |
92% |
92,300 |
6,342,948 |
|
Kuwait |
85% |
17,820 |
2,691,158 |
|
Morocco |
99% |
446,550 |
34,859,364 |
|
Oman |
NA |
212,460 |
3,418,085 |
|
Qatar |
95% |
11,437 |
833,285 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
100% |
2,149,690 |
28,686,633 |
|
UAE |
96% |
83,600 |
4,798,491 |
(vi) Theocracy:
|
Iran |
98% |
16,480,000 |
66,429,284 |
(vii) Transitional:
|
Comoros |
98% |
2,170 |
752,438 |
|
Eritrea |
NA |
121,320 |
5,647,168 |
|
Pakistan |
97% |
803,940 |
176,242,949 |
|
Somalia |
NA |
637,657 |
9,832,017 |
|
Sudan |
70% |
2,505,810 |
41,087,825 |
(viii) No Functional Government:
|
Afghanistan |
99% |
647,500 |
33,609,937 |
|
Iraq |
97% |
437,072 |
28,945,657 |
