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Majority Muslim Countries

Can you name the countries of the world where at least 50% of residents are Islamic.
According to Wikipedia, most of which comes from Pew Research Center (2017)
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First submittedJuly 26, 2010
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Country
99.9
Mauritania
99.8
Somalia
99.7
Afghanistan
99.4
Iran
99
Algeria
99
Morocco
98.4
Maldives
98.3
Comoros
98.3
Niger
97.9
Tajikistan
97.8
Tunisia
97.3
Azerbaijan
%
Country
97.2
Jordan
97.2
Senegal
97.2
Yemen
97
Djibouti
97
Libya
96.5
Iraq
96.5
Pakistan
96.4
Gambia
96.2
Saudi Arabia
96
Sudan
95
Mali
93.7
Turkmenistan
%
Country
93.5
Turkey
93
Kosovo
92.4
Egypt
91
Bangladesh
89.1
Guinea
88.7
Uzbekistan
86.7
Indonesia
86
Syria
86
Oman
85
Kyrgyzstan
80.9
Brunei
78.6
Sierra Leone
%
Country
77.5
Qatar
74.6
Kuwait
73.7
Bahrain
72
United Arab Emirates
70.2
Kazakhstan
67.8
Lebanon
63.8
Burkina Faso
63.5
Malaysia
58.8
Albania
58
Chad
53.5
Nigeria
50.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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101 Recent Comments
Chronikhiles
+3
Level 49
Jul 14, 2018
Bosnia and Hezegovina is a majority Muslim country as well, but it's missing here.
Stickmanz
+1
Level 37
Mar 20, 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina is on this.
ferny2002
+2
Level 33
Oct 2, 2018
Lebanon is not at all majority muslim
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Oct 14, 2018
How do you figure?
smartguy2
+1
Level 68
Dec 16, 2018
You're right. Lebanon isn't ALL majority muslim. But it's enough to make it to this quiz.
ferny2002
+2
Level 33
Jun 5, 2019
The muslim population in Lebanon is less then 50%
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jun 5, 2019
It's either majority Muslim or not. There are not degrees to being a majority.
Shade9099
+3
Level 68
May 8, 2020
Then that makes it a plurality
BolyaiAnna
+3
Level 84
Apr 27, 2021
If you split islam between shia and sunni, then Lebanon is majority christian. Otherwise, it is a majority muslim country.
ThePerfectBoing
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Level 44
Aug 27, 2024
@BolyiaAnna Lebanon is 45% Christian. Yet as long as we're splitting, the majority of Christians in Lebanon comprise Maronite Christians, along with Melkite Greek Catholic and Greek Orthodox, as well as a good percentage of Armenian Apostolic, Armenian Catholic, Roman Catholic, Latin, Evangelical Protestantism, Syriac Catholic, Syriac Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholics and Coptic Orthodox (mainly Egyptian Expatriates)

You should have mentioned people of the Druze, Isma'ili and Alawite faiths, which are all branches of Islam.

Last but not least a very small minority of the Bahai followers

EytanMelech
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Level 67
Jan 10, 2019
forgot burkina faso and the maldives
GeoDude
+12
Level 47
Feb 20, 2019
Lots of constructive and intelligent comments here.
G3ographyL0ver
+2
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
Lol. so many people hating on Islam instead of using this section for what it is for.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 80
Mar 22, 2019
I'm from Malaysia (but not Muslim) and living in China!
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 67
May 10, 2019
Didn't think to meander through the Balkans.
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 76
May 10, 2019
Got them all but Brunei
SpartanLlama
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Level 74
May 10, 2019
Lol missed a few obvious ones like Syria, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, which I would have gotten if I had thought of them. Got 27/48. I was impressed how I got Mauritania, though.
graphpaper
+1
Level 33
Jun 6, 2024
I, too, would have gotten the ones I didn't if I had thought of them. Crazy, huh
TjizzleDizzle
+2
Level 68
May 10, 2019
Had a first try, if not so, than first in a LONG time...and was just 1 off. Annoying first world issue, i know. Only one i forgot was Bangladesh.
rcshelton23
+4
Level 56
May 10, 2019
can't believe I missed UAE. It has Arab in it's country name for crying out loud lol
kalbahamut
+7
Level 81
May 11, 2019
Arab isn't exactly the same thing as Muslim. Did you get Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Mauritania? They all have "Islamic Republic" in their official country names. And none of them are Arab.
Tramp
+11
Level 77
May 13, 2019
I mean, there are non-Muslim Arabs, but let's be honest, the association between Arabs and Islam is pretty strong for obvious reasons.
smartguy2
+2
Level 68
Jun 5, 2019
Well Tramp I know a lot of Arabs who aren't muslim. What you're saying doesn't make sense.
akbadry
+6
Level 51
Nov 9, 2019
There are millions of Arab Christians in nearly all Arab countries so I never understood why people saw "Arab" and "Muslim" as being synonymous...or they're just ignorant I guess
Djilas
+11
Level 84
Jan 2, 2021
Is this a serious question? Christian Arabs are a tiny minority, there's no majority non-Muslim Arab country, Arabic is the holy language of Islam and you don't see many non-Arab inscriptions on mosques. The association is obvious ...
AliHamid
+1
Level 49
Jul 9, 2024
Lebanon is half Muslim and half Christian,
xyzzy
+3
Level 71
Aug 10, 2021
Arabic predates Islam.
ThePerfectBoing
+1
Level 44
Aug 27, 2024
@kalbahamut Scratch Mauritania out. Mauritania's a part of the Arab League, The official language of Mauritania is Arabic and the majority speak Arabic with a northwest African (Twareg) accent, even though a lot speak Berber. It still is a an Arab country.
G3ographyL0ver
+1
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
The top six nations with the most muslims are not arab
Camillo
+2
Level 14
Aug 14, 2019
Very nice and interesting quiz
ScarecrowBoat
+2
Level 35
Oct 30, 2019
I somehow forgot Saudi Arabia...
CLD99
+1
Level 60
Apr 22, 2020
Almost forgot Kosovo..... overall, though, 100% first try and I'm pretty happy.
stoodmarsh
+3
Level 35
May 12, 2020
i only got half because i'm a dumb american :"(
parkave
+6
Level 57
Dec 18, 2020
A fellow dumb American, got them all
G3ographyL0ver
+1
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
you can do it!
PenguinTorpedo
+4
Level 49
Dec 21, 2020
man i always forget jordan exists
G3ographyL0ver
+1
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
lol same,(I lived there)
Yungmiko3
+2
Level 28
Dec 29, 2020
I wonder what this list would look like come 2100
deebte
+4
Level 65
Jun 2, 2021
honestly i think the percentages would drop especially in southeast asia and the balkans since they are focus areas for christian missionaries, arabia and north africa would stay stable, sub saharan africa would also drop from christian missionaries, maybe the stan countries too, but it'll probably rise in percentage somewhere
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 93
Jul 13, 2023
It's actually mind-boggling how rapidly Christianity is rising in Africa, even in the last decade alone.
NV1
+1
Level 53
Jan 6, 2021
Update! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country#Table
syphus590
+1
Level 28
Feb 15, 2021
6:36

5/48

StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 18, 2021
Fun Fact did you know any country ending with Stan is a Muslim country
CharlieBlue
+3
Level 23
Feb 26, 2024
Not Hindustan.
Chokonger
+1
Level 45
Nov 11, 2024
Hindustan is not an official English name though.
Neodymium
+1
Level 62
Oct 17, 2024
this is correlation, not causation
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
I scored 43/48
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
Nice but
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
+more people
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
Eid Mo Barik
StabakMallick
+2
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
Any countries in the Middle East other than Cyprus and Israel are Muslim countries.
CharlieBlue
+2
Level 23
Feb 26, 2024
And even Northern Cyprus is Muslim.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2025
And I think Jetpunk classifies Palestine as part of Israel too (which is obviously Muslim)
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
The name is Islam
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Aug 15, 2021
Is that you, Mr. Stevens?
bambrini
+1
Level 33
Mar 10, 2025
No, Islam is the name of the religion only. The people are called Muslims
Nickelis
+1
Level 26
May 17, 2021
I listed some southeastern European countries and was surprised when I got Kosovo
Mara501
+8
Level 27
Jun 22, 2021
pls add PALESTINE
TaymSerhan0
+11
Level 32
Jul 18, 2021
Add Palestine
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Aug 15, 2021
Not a sovereign country
Corrode
+16
Level 60
Aug 16, 2021
Not only is it a sovereign country, it's one recognised by more UN members than Kosovo which is on this list
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Aug 17, 2021
winning a popularity contest at the UN doesn't make you sovereign.
G3ographyL0ver
+6
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
That is the most counterintuative thing ever. being recoignized by most of the UN is literrally most people's definitions of being a country.
purplejack
+9
Level 57
May 23, 2022
It actually is a sovereign nation.
TheodoreE45
+5
Level 93
Jul 13, 2023
No, it definitely is not. It's no more a sovereign nation than Somaliland or North Cyprus.
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 93
Jul 13, 2023
No, it definitely is not. It's no more a sovereign nation than Somaliland or North Cyprus.
PjotrL
+1
Level 76
Mar 9, 2025
Being a UN observer gives Palestine definitely an edge over Somaliland or Northern Cyprus.
G3ographyL0ver
+1
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
suRrrrrrre pal
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
Aug 15, 2021
Got Comoros and Bahrain with 1:19 remaining
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
Did anything new happen to Turkey? Like, did they change their census data or the way they classify religious groups? Last time I took this quiz, I think they were pretty close to the top of the list with around 99% (although I could be misremembering).
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Aug 15, 2021
Seems plausible. A very small percentage (under 1%) of Turkish citizens are Christian, Jewish, or some other religion. The majority of the gap between the 89% cited here and 100 are various flavors of agnostic, atheist, deist, irreligious, secularist, or "none," but these people usually had observant Muslim parents or grandparents or great grandparents, and a lot of polls done in this area of the world would count all of those people as Muslim, too. The Wikipedia article may have switched to a different source that used different categorizations.
DarthKnight
+1
Level 90
Aug 18, 2021
Shouldn't you add Vatican City? (Sarcasm...lol)
elcampeador
+6
Level 79
Jun 1, 2022
If one Muslim family moved to the Holy See, it would change the percentages a bit.
Neodymium
+1
Level 62
Oct 17, 2024
1 family would be a bit less than half a percent of the Vatican.
Toscaa
+1
Level 24
Dec 24, 2021
I was expecting Saudi Arabia in the first place, but Maldives? wow...
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Feb 2, 2022
The Maldives is a smaller and more homogenous country with fewer resident expats. To gain Saudi citizenship you must be Muslim, if you are born to Muslim parents in Saudi Arabia you are by default a Muslim, and apostasy is still punishable by death there, so, I assume the 2% that are non-Muslim are all expats.
petarsimic8
+4
Level 43
Apr 28, 2022
How come there is no Palestine here? There is so called Kosovo here and it is not the member of the UN!
purplejack
+11
Level 57
May 23, 2022
This irritates me as well about JetPunk leaving out Palestine from their list of recognised countries. I read somewhere that the reason was the territory of Palestine is disputed. But Kosovo is also disputed AND with less international recognition by UN member states. At least if Kosovo is recognised by JetPunk, they should recognise Palestine. Or if they don't recognise Palestine, they should also not recognise Kosovo.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Jul 8, 2022
That's not the reason. The reason is that Palestine is not a sovereign country. Kosovo is. International recognition is one component of sovereignty, but far from the only one.
Koopa
+2
Level 82
Feb 23, 2025
What's your definition of sovereign? Kosovo isn't in the UN (though recognized by > 100 member states). Palestine isn't in the UN either, but has observer status (and recognized by almost 150 member states).
HyddenRizz
+2
Level 67
Mar 9, 2025
I think what the harbinger of doom above you is suggesting is that Palestinians don't have complete control of Palestine. Israel is able to cut off water and electricity and controls the ins and outs more than Serbia does to Kosovo.

It's a slightly strange distinction though, and it feels like UN recognition would be the most obvious way, because what else is a country except for a UN member. Countries are all made up anyway, the UN is the formal organisation.

thiswinner1234
+1
Level 30
Jul 3, 2022
I forgot UAE

Damn.

neptyune2000
+1
Level 78
Nov 27, 2022
isnt Eritrea debatable
neptyune2000
+2
Level 78
Nov 27, 2022
isnt Eritrea debatable
Enderboi
+1
Level 39
Dec 10, 2022
Great quiz!
MCdoesgeography
+2
Level 71
Jan 26, 2023
PLEASE accept UAE for United Arab Emirates
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 26, 2023
We do of course
AnonymousGopher
+1
Level 47
Apr 23, 2023
I like this quiz
blahblahblahblak
+1
Level 27
Jun 12, 2023
Aw man, missed Qatar and Brunei...
YTBRSosyalEmre
+1
Level 65
Jul 4, 2023
42/48

forgot saudi arabia...

ConnardLeBarbant
+1
Level 55
Feb 21, 2024
So frightening!
Flairship
+2
Level 65
Apr 4, 2024
How so?
G3ographyL0ver
+1
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
HOW???
CharlieBlue
+1
Level 23
Feb 26, 2024
Missed out on two: Sierra Leone and... Saudi Arabia (can you believe it?). It was also surprising to see Africa's most populated country as a Muslim majority country.
palestinecounts
+3
Level 28
Apr 17, 2024
nigeria isnt muslim is it?
Neodymium
+2
Level 62
May 23, 2024
the north is
palestinecounts
+1
Level 28
Apr 17, 2024
missed libya and guinea🫢
UnrequitedLove
+1
Level 71
Sep 23, 2024
Only missed Sierra Leone... did not know it was Muslim for the record.
Neodymium
+1
Level 62
Oct 17, 2024
I love to see amazingly thought out comments like the ones on this quiz! Hope we get more of this!
luuktb
+1
Level 65
Feb 16, 2025
Iraq can't be 96.5 percent since 14 percent of Iraq's population is Christian.
5181161208113456
+1
Level 40
Apr 9, 2025
There's no way 99.4% of Iranians are actually muslim lol
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