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Muslims constitute the world's second largest religious group. According to a 2010 study and released January 2011,[1][2] Islam has 1.6 billion adherents, making up over 23% of the world population.[3][4][5] Most Muslims are of two denominations: Sunni (75–93.5%)[6] or Shia (6.6–20%).[7] Ahmadis represent about 1% of the Muslim population.[8]
Islam is the dominant religion in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Sahel,[1][9][10][11] and some parts of Asia.[12] Large communities of Muslims are also found in China, the Balkans, India, and Russia.[1][13] Other parts of the world host large Muslim immigrant communities; in Western Europe, for instance, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6% of the total population.[14]
According to the Pew Research Center in 2010 there were 50 Muslim-majority countries.[15][16] Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in South and Southeast Asia, with over 1 billion adherents.[17] The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a nation home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), India (10.9%), and Bangladesh (9.2%).[1][18] About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.[19] In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities.[1][18] The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria.[1]
Figures indicated in the first four columns below are based on the demographic study by the Pew Research Center report of The Future of the Global Muslim Population, as of 27 January 2011.[1][2]
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They numbered about 900 million in the late 20th century and constituted nine-tenths of all the adherents of Islām.
The great majority of Muslims are Sunnis - estimates suggest the figure is somewhere between 85% and 90%.
Shīʿites have come to account for roughly one-tenth of the Muslim population worldwide.
Shi'a Islam is the second largest branch of the tradition, with up to 200 million followers who comprise around 15% of all Muslims worldwide...
Estimates of around 20 million would be appropriate
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