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In order to answer your query I assembled the information from The
World Factbook and the Islamic Web.
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CIA – The World Factbook – 2002
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Morocco
Population: 31,167,783
Religion: Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
Algeria
Population: 32,277,942
Religion: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Tunisia
Population: 9,815,644
Religion: Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Libya
Population: 5,368,585
Religion: Sunni Muslim 97%
Sudan
Population: 37,090,298
Religion: Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%,
Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)
Rwanda
Population: 7,398,074
Religion: Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%,
Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
Nigeria
Population: 129,934,911
Religion: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Egypt
Population: 70,712,345
Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
Saudi Arabia
Population: 23,513,330
Religion: Muslim 100%
Iran
Population: 66,622,704
Religion: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 1%
Afghanistan
Population: 27,755,775
Religion: Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1%
Pakistan
Population: 147,663,429
Religion: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and
other 3%
India
Population: 1,045,845,226
Religion: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other
groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
Iraq
Population: 24,001,816
Religion: Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or
other 3%
Turkey
Population: 67,308,928
Religion: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians
and Jews)
The Cia World Factbook: Religions
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2122.html
The CIA World Factbook 2002: Population
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
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Islamic Web
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Islamic Web provides a chart with all the countries of the world and
shows the percentage of Muslims each one.
http://islamicweb.com/begin/population.htm
There are two charts on this webpage. The first one shows the number
of Shis and the sects. The second chart provides the percentage of
Shia to Muslims for selected countries.
http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/cults/shia_population.htm
I then assembled the data from the above charts into one:
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% of Shia
Country Population Muslims to Muslims Sect
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Afghanistan 22,664,136 100% 15% Imami
Algeria 29,183,032 99%
Egypt 63,575,107 94%
India 952,107,694 14% 3% Isma'ili, Imami
Iran 66,094,264 99% 93.4% Imami
Iraq 21,422,292 97% 62.5% Imami
Libya 5,445,436 100%
Morocco 29,779,156 98.7%
Nigeria 103,912,489 75%
Pakistan 129,275,660 97% 20% Imami
Rwanda 6,853,359 1%
Saudi Arabia 19,409,058 100% 3.3% Imami
Sudan 31,547,543 85%
Tunisia 9,019,687 98%
Turkey 62,484,478 99.8% 20% Nusairi
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“Many people mistakenly think that Muslims are divided into two
halves: Sunnis and Shi'it. In reality Shia are between 7.5% to 11%.
All the rest (93.5%) are Sunnis (ignoring the fact the Shi'ism is a
totally different religion than Islam).
The word Shia includes all kinds of Shi'it Sects such as (Twelvers
Imami Rafidi Shia, Isma'ili Shia, Alawi (Nusairi) Shia, Druze Shia,
Zaidi Shia).”
http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/cults/shia_population.htm
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Clarification of Answer by
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27 Apr 2003 12:15 PDT
Hello Checkup,
Adherents.com provides a detailed religion by location index:
Over 42,000 religious geography and religion statistics citations
(membership statistics for over 4,000 different religions,
denominations, tribes, etc.) for every country in the world.
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/indexWhere.html
From this directory I extracted the most relevant information for your
inquiries. In addition, I researched other sources which are labeled
in each section of my answer.
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Egypt:
Egypt
% Muslim Sunni’s 94.00
% Muslim Non-Sunni’s 0.00
% Christians & Others 6.00
http://maaber.50megs.com/tenth_issue/spotlights_2e1.htm
“Sunni Islam is the state religion and faith of about 90% of
population.”
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_89.html#216
"Islam, the faith of more than 80% of the Egyptian population, is the
official religion of the country.. Most Egyptians are Sunni Muslims."
“Estimated at more than 52.5 million in mid 1990. Almost 90 percent
Sunni Muslims, 8.5 percent Coptic Christians, 1.5 percent other
Christians.”
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_90.html
“The Bedouin living in Egypt number over 1,250,000; and virtually all
of them are Sunni Muslims.”
http://www.bethany.com/profiles/p_code1/161.html
“Religions: Sunni Islam is the majority religion with estimates
between 85-95%. Shiite sects also exist though somehow shyly.”
http://www.geocities.com/kimo_the_maniac/egypt.htm#Religions
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Libya
Libya
% Muslim Sunni’s 97.00
% Muslim Non-Sunni’s 0.00
% Christians & Others 3.00
http://maaber.50megs.com/tenth_issue/spotlights_2e1.htm
“Islam official religion; nearly entire population adheres to Sunni
branch of Islam”
“The overwhelming majority of Libyans (97%) are Muslims”
Sunni Muslim 97%”
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_185.html#449
“Practically all Libyans are Muslims, belonging to the Sunni branch,
but there are also communities that belong to the Khariji branch, but
these count for less than 1% of the total Libyan population.”
http://i-cias.com/e.o/libya_4.htm
Religion: Sunni Muslims (97 per cent), Christians (some 50,000 in all)
http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive2/libya/libya.htm
From the above data it appears that 97% of the total population of
Libya is Muslim and of this 100% are Sunni.
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Sudan
“Sudanese Muslims are adherents of the Sunni branch of Islam,
sometimes called orthodox, by far the larger of the two major
branches; the other is Shia, which is not represented in Sudan.”
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/countries/bl_SudanIslamTenets.htm
"Population: 33,550,552... Religion: 70% Sunni Muslim, 19% Christian,
9.9% traditional religions, 1.1% non-religious”
"Muslims... make up about 75% of the total Sudanese population.
Approximately 95% of the Northern provinces consist of Arabic-speaking
Muslims... Sudanese Muslims are of the Sunni--or traditional--sect"
"Population: 33,550,552... Religion: 70% Sunni Muslim, 19% Christian,
9.9% traditional religions, 1.1% non-religious”
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_310.html#712
“The Shukria, who number about 159,100, are primarily Sunni Muslims.
One of the smallest groups of Arabs in Sudan, the Shukria compose less
than 1% of Sudan's total population. They speak an Arabic dialect
called Shukriyya, or Badawi.”
http://www.bethany.com/profiles/p_code5/1741.html
“RELIGIONS: Mostly Islamic with over 73% of the population Sunni
Muslims while around 17% follow local native tribal beliefs and 8% are
Christians.”
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/sudan.htm
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Indonesia
Population: 231,328,092
Religion: Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%,
Buddhist 1%, other 1%
The CIA World Factbook 2002: Indonesia
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
According to Islamic Web 95% of the population in Indonesia is Muslim.
http://islamicweb.com/begin/population.htm
“Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world, with 170.3
million Muslims among its population.”
Source: Asia Times Online
http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/CK20Ae01.html
"Location: Indonesia; Population: 195 million; Religion: Islam (87%);
Protestantism (6%); Catholicism (3%); Hinduism (3%); Buddhism (1%) "
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_148.html
The third largest ethnic group in Indonesia are the Madurese. The
majority of the Madurese (nine million) live on Java near the island
of Madura, with four million still inhabiting Madura.
Religion: Strict Sunni Muslims with some folk Islam
http://www.cbfonline.org/mission/unevangelized/madurese.cfm
90 % of Indonesians are Sunni Muslims
6 % of Indonesians are Christianity
2 % of Indonesians are Buddhism
1 % of Indonesians are Hinduism (Balinese)
1 % of Indonesians are Confucianism.
http://www.iuj.ac.jp/iiep/ParticipantPages/PowerPoint/winter99/challenge/challenge.PPT
From the above data it appears that 100% of the Muslim population is
Sunni.
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Malaysia
Population: 22,662,365
Religion: Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in
addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
The CIA World Factbook 2002: Malaysia
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/my.html
According to Islamic Web 52% of the population in Malaysia is Muslim.
http://islamicweb.com/begin/population.htm
“Malaysia has 10.8 million Muslims out of a population of 22 million
people, most of them ethnic Malays.”
Source: Asia Times Online
http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/CK20Ae01.html
"Islam is the official state religion, although all have the
constitutional right of freedom of profession and practice of their
own religion. Although 53% of the population is Muslim, the Islamic
religion is closely identified with the Malay community. Virtually all
Malays are Muslims"
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_193.html
“It is different in Malaysia where the Malays are all Sunni Muslims
who follow the teachings of Imam Shafei.”
http://www.smpke.jpm.my/prime%20minister/publications/articles/article8.htm
From the above data it appears that 100% of the Muslim population is
Sunni.
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China
Population: 1,284,303,705
Religion: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
The CIA World Factbook 2002: China
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html
According to Islamic Web 11% of the population in China is Muslim.
http://islamicweb.com/begin/population.htm
Total Population: 1,261,832,482 (2000)
Muslim Population: ~40,000,000 (2000)
Muslim Ethnic Groups:
Hui: 45%
Uygur: 40%
Aalar, Boan, Dongxiang, Kazakh, Salar, Tajik, Tartar, & Uzbek: 15%
Google Cache: Benevolence International Foundation.
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:XGrzYX0nx1cC:www.benevolence.org/china.asp+muslim+population+%25+China&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
"Many ethnic groups have their own religious preferences. For
example... The Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tatar, Ozbek, Tajik,
Dongxiang, Salar, and Bonan follow Islam. "
http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_69.html
Today's Muslim Population in China
http://www.bethany.com/profiles/a_code/china5.html
China's roughly eight million Uighurs are mainly Sunni Muslims, like
the Taliban, but many are Sufi, a tolerant form of Islamic mysticism
which the Taliban opposes, experts say.
http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/2001/10/5_3.html
“It has been traditionally accepted in Chinese-Muslim historiography
that all Muslims in China are Sunni of Hanafi School. Even tentative
conclusions which had identified proto-Shi'ite propensities among some
currents of New Teaching (Xin Jiao) in China have been contested in
various quarters.”
http://www.bethany.com/profiles/a_code/china3.html
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According to the following excerpts Wahhabism appear to be an
offshoot of the Sunni faith.
“A Sunni group, the Wahhabis have been active in Central Asia and
Muslim regions of the Caucasus. The group has a reputation for going
beyond simply teaching its form of Islam. The group is usually well
funded, helps construct mosques and brings in Korans printed in local
languages. The Wahhabis, generally, receive their money from Saudi
Arabia.
(..)
The Wahhabi movement originated in Saudi Arabia in the eighteenth
century. It was a reformist Sufi movement aimed at cleansing Islam in
Arabia. The Wahhabis advocated an orthodox view of Islam, one which
refuted the inventions of the religion after the death of the Prophet
Muhhammad. Wahhabism rejected "magical rituals," and the veneration of
Saints or any human being, something which had become commonplace
among Sufi orders. The Wahhabi movement united the Arabian tribes in
the 18th century and later, in the early 20th century, provided the
foundations for the modern state of Saudi Arabia. The aggressiveness
of Wahhabism in proselytizing is matched by its strict interpretations
of Islam, and hence has often been labeled fundamentalist.”
http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/dstanpannier1905.html
“It matters that Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S. ally and home to
Islam's two most sacred cities, Mecca and Medina, practices a strict
offshoot of the Sunni faith – Wahhabism.”
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1571/43_17/80309417/p1/article.jhtml?term=muslims
To understand more about the Wahhabi:
Who or What is a Wahhabi?
http://www.ahle-sunnat.org.uk/WAHABI.html
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Additional information that may interest you:
Countries with the largest Muslim populations in the world
1 Indonesia 182,570,000
2 Pakistan 134,480,000
3 India 121,000,000
4 Bangladesh 114,080,000
5 Turkey 65,510,000
6 Iran 62,430,000
7 Egypt 58,630,000
8 Nigeria 53,000,000
9 Algeria 30,530,000
10 Morocco 28,780,000
http://www.aneki.com/muslim.html
The Religious Composition of the Arab countries
This chart lists the percentage of Muslim Sunni’s and Muslim
Non-Sunni’s in Arab countries.
http://maaber.50megs.com/tenth_issue/spotlights_2e1.htm
The Cia World Factbook: Religions
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2122.html
The CIA World Factbook 2002: Population
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2119.html
I hope the above information helps you in your research.
Best regards,
Bobbie7
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