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Countries with
a Muslim Population Greater than 10 Percent or in Excess of One
Million |
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Country |
Population
(millions) (2003 est.) |
Population
Growth Rate |
Percent
Muslim |
Muslim
Population (millions) |
Government* |
Democracy
Score+ |
GDP per
Capita ($U.S.) (2002 est.) |
GDP Growth
Rate (2002) |
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Central African Republic |
3.7 |
1.6% |
15% - predominantly Sunni |
0.6 |
Republic |
6 |
$1,200 |
1.5% |
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Chad |
9.2 |
3.1% |
51% - predominantly Sufi |
4.7 |
Republic |
-2 |
$1,000 |
7.4% |
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China |
1,287.0 |
0.6% |
2% - predominantly Sunni |
25.7 |
Communist state |
-7 |
$4,700 |
8.0% |
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Comoros |
0.6 |
3.0% |
98% Sunni |
0.6 |
Republic |
-1 |
$700 |
2.0% |
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Cote d’lvoire |
17.0 |
2.2% |
39% - predominantly Sunni |
6.6 |
Republic with multiparty presidential regime |
4 |
$1,400 |
-1.6% |
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Cyprus |
0.8 |
0.6% |
18% - predominantly Sunni; located in Turkish area |
0.1 |
Republic |
10 |
$15,000 (Greek area); $6,000 (Turkish area) |
1.7% (Greek area); 2.6% (Turkish area) |
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Djibouti |
0.5 |
2.1% |
99% Sunni |
0.5 |
Republic |
2 |
$1,300 |
3.5% |
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Egypt |
74.7 |
1.9% |
94% - predominantly Sunni |
70.2 |
Republic |
-6 |
$4,000 |
3.2% |
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Eritrea |
4.4 |
1.3% |
50% Sunni |
2.2 |
Transitional government |
-6 |
$700 |
2.0% |
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Ethiopia |
66.6 |
2.0% |
45% - predominantly Sunni |
30.0 |
Federal republic |
1 |
$700 |
3.0% |
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France |
60.2 |
0.4% |
5 – 10% |
6.0 |
Republic |
9 |
$26,000 |
1.2% |
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Gabon |
1.3 |
2.5% |
12% - predominantly Sunni |
0.2 |
Republic with multiparty presidential regime |
-4 |
$6,500 |
0.2% |
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Gambia, The |
1.5 |
3.0% |
90% - predominantly Sunni |
1.4 |
Republic under multiparty democratic rule |
-5 |
$1,800 |
5.7% |
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Afghanistan |
28.7 |
3.4% |
84% Sunni, 15% Shi’a |
28.4 |
Islamic Republic |
N/A |
$700 |
N/A |
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Albania |
3.6 |
1.0% |
52% Sunni and 18% Bektashi (a liberal form of Shi’a Sufism
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2.5 |
Emerging democracy |
5 |
$4,400 |
7.3% |
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Algeria |
32.8 |
1.6% |
99% Sunni |
32.5 |
Republic |
-3 |
$5,400 |
3.3% |
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Azerbaijan |
7.8 |
0.4% |
93% - predominantly Shi’a |
7.3 |
Republic |
-7 |
$3,700 |
10.6% |
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Bahrain |
0.7 |
1.6% |
70% Shi’a, 30% Sunni |
0.7 |
Constitutional monarchy |
-9 |
$15,100 |
2.9% |
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Bangladesh |
138.4 |
2.1% |
83% - predominantly Sunni |
114.9 |
Parliamentary democracy |
6 |
$1,800 |
4.8% |
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Benin |
7.0 |
3.0% |
20% - predominantly Sunni |
1.4 |
Republic under multiparty democratic rule |
6 |
$1,100 |
6.0% |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina |
4.0 |
0.5% |
40% - predominantly Sunni |
1.6 |
Emerging federal democratic republic |
N/A |
$1,900 |
2.3% |
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Brunei |
0.4 |
2.0% |
67% - predominantly Sunni |
0.2 |
Constitutional sultanate |
N/A |
$18,600 |
3.0% |
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Burkina Faso |
13.2 |
2.6% |
50% - predominantly Sunni |
6.6 |
Parliamentary republic |
-3 |
$1,100 |
4.6% |
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Burundi |
6.1 |
2.2% |
10% - predominantly Sunni |
0.6 |
Republic |
-1 |
$500 |
4.5% |
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Cameroon |
15.7 |
2.0% |
20% - predominantly Sunni |
3.1 |
Republic with multiparty presidential regime |
-4 |
$1,700 |
4.0% |
