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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)
Problem with the data? Refer it to Wikipedia, please.
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First submittedJuly 26, 2010
Times taken354,036
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Country
100
Maldives
99.9
Mauritania
99.8
Iran
99.8
Somalia
99.7
Afghanistan
99.4
Djibouti
99.0
Algeria
99.0
Morocco
98.3
Comoros
98.3
Niger
97.9
Tajikistan
97.8
Tunisia
%
Country
97.3
Azerbaijan
97.2
Jordan
97.2
Senegal
97.2
Yemen
97.0
Libya
96.5
Iraq
96.5
Pakistan
96.4
Gambia
96.2
Mali
96.2
Saudi Arabia
96.0
Sudan
94.5
Turkey
%
Country
93.7
Turkmenistan
93.5
Kosovo
92.4
Egypt
91.0
Bangladesh
89.1
Guinea
88.7
Uzbekistan
87.1
Indonesia
87.0
Syria
86.0
Oman
85.0
Kyrgyzstan
82.1
Brunei
78.6
Sierra Leone
%
Country
77.5
Qatar
74.6
Kuwait
74.0
Bahrain
72.0
United Arab Emirates
70.2
Kazakhstan
67.8
Lebanon
63.8
Burkina Faso
63.5
Malaysia
58.0
Chad
50.7
Albania
50.7
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102 Recent Comments
StabakMallick
+3
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
Any countries in the Middle East other than Cyprus and Israel are Muslim countries.
CharlieBlue
+3
Level 22
Feb 26, 2024
And even Northern Cyprus is Muslim.
HyddenRizz
+3
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
+4
Level 80
Aug 15, 2021
Is that you, Mr. Stevens?
bambrini
+2
Level 35
Mar 10, 2025
No, Islam is the name of the religion only. The people are called Muslims
Nickelis
+1
Level 39
May 17, 2021
I listed some southeastern European countries and was surprised when I got Kosovo
Mara501
+18
Level 27
Jun 22, 2021
pls add PALESTINE
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 13, 2026
Palestine is not a country according to JetPunk (Which defies whatever the UN says)
TaymSerhan0
+24
Level 32
Jul 18, 2021
Add Palestine
kalbahamut
+10
Level 80
Aug 15, 2021
Not a sovereign country
Corrode
+30
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
Pontiac
+2
Level 60
Dec 30, 2025
It is not sovereign
kalbahamut
+12
Level 80
Aug 17, 2021
winning a popularity contest at the UN doesn't make you sovereign.
G3ographyL0ver
+17
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
+16
Level 58
May 23, 2022
It actually is a sovereign nation.
TheodoreE45
+9
Level 94
Jul 13, 2023
No, it definitely is not. It's no more a sovereign nation than Somaliland or North Cyprus.
PjotrL
+5
Level 78
Mar 9, 2025
Being a UN observer gives Palestine definitely an edge over Somaliland or Northern Cyprus.
JeffreyChambrpot
+4
Level 45
Oct 6, 2025
Kosovo is sovereign, but isn't recognized by the UN nor does it have observer status.
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 13, 2026
It is not sovereign. If it was sovereign, no one would debate it
G3ographyL0ver
+1
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
suRrrrrrre pal
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jul 15, 2025
no
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 78
Aug 15, 2021
Got Comoros and Bahrain with 1:19 remaining
JWatson24
+2
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
+5
Level 80
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
+2
Level 91
Aug 18, 2021
Shouldn't you add Vatican City? (Sarcasm...lol)
elcampeador
+10
Level 78
Jun 1, 2022
If one Muslim family moved to the Holy See, it would change the percentages a bit.
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
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
+6
Level 80
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
+9
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
+17
Level 58
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
+11
Level 80
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
+9
Level 87
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
+12
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.

Djilas
+2
Level 86
Dec 26, 2025
The main elements of a country are (control of) a territory, population and international recognition. Palestine does not control it's territory, you have to pass Israeli border control to enter and though some administration and policing is effectively subcontracted to the PA, the Israeli forces can come and go as they please, never mind the settler territories. Taiwan functions perfectly fine as an independent country despite not being a UN member. Israel is also partly recognised etc. On the other hand Somaliland has been independent since 1991, it just lacks formal recognition.
thiswinner1234
+1
Level 30
Jul 3, 2022
I forgot UAE

Damn.

neptyune2000
+1
Level 80
Nov 27, 2022
isnt Eritrea debatable
neptyune2000
+2
Level 80
Nov 27, 2022
isnt Eritrea debatable
polska3233u
+1
Level 24
Dec 31, 2025
r/commentmitosis
Enderboi
+1
Level 40
Dec 10, 2022
Great quiz!
MCdoesgeography
+2
Level 74
Jan 26, 2023
PLEASE accept UAE for United Arab Emirates
Quizmaster
+5
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...
ConnardLeBarbant
+5
Level 55
Feb 21, 2024
So frightening!
Flairship
+7
Level 66
Apr 4, 2024
How so?
HydratedMite
+3
Level 68
Jan 5, 2026
Islamophobia
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 8, 2026
It isn't a phobia if you just hate it. Phobia means the irrational fear of something. You cant just put -phobia at the end of a word and then start using it to bash people who don't have a positive opinion of stuff.

Also if we did, all Muslims would be Christianophobic.

G3ographyL0ver
+3
Level 25
Sep 7, 2024
HOW???
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 13, 2026
He means it is frightening for how many countries to still suck. There is a list above if you need it.
CharlieBlue
+1
Level 22
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
+4
Level 28
Apr 17, 2024
nigeria isnt muslim is it?
Neodymium
+2
Level 63
May 23, 2024
the north is
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Dec 30, 2025
But the majority of Nigeria isn't with the South being Christian
HydratedMite
+1
Level 68
Jan 5, 2026
It's almost 50/50 iirc
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 8, 2026
While it is close, it is still not 50%
palestinecounts
+1
Level 28
Apr 17, 2024
missed libya and guinea🫢
SonyVondern
+1
Level 75
Sep 23, 2024
Only missed Sierra Leone... did not know it was Muslim for the record.
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Oct 17, 2024
I love to see amazingly thought out comments like the ones on this quiz! Hope we get more of this!
luuktb
+2
Level 67
Feb 16, 2025
Iraq can't be 96.5 percent since 14 percent of Iraq's population is Christian.
5181161208113456
+4
Level 41
Apr 9, 2025
There's no way 99.4% of Iranians are actually muslim lol
Dontforget
+4
Level 75
Dec 24, 2025
On paper and in practice are very different things
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Dec 26, 2025
I guess we don't have a better reliable source, not easy to conduct a proper survey.
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Dec 30, 2025
With a gun pointed at your head you will do anything your government says.
GhostWolf0707
+1
Level 23
Jun 3, 2025
Excellent quiz, although spotted one mistake.

Guinea Bissau is Muslim majority.

Zeidane
+1
Level 40
Jun 16, 2025
yes most people in guinea Bissau is Muslim at about 45% but it doesn't touch 50%
vhm
+1
Level 61
Jul 11, 2025
The Wikipedia page you reference now says Nigeria is 47-49% Muslim. Other percentages have been updated too and should be reflected in the quiz, but Nigeria is not majority Muslim and the older number was likely based on bad data.
polska3233u
+1
Level 24
Dec 31, 2025
Close enough
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 8, 2026
Has to be 50% or more. Nigeria doesn't fit it even though it is close
JeffreyChambrpot
+3
Level 45
Oct 6, 2025
A lot of these percentages may be inaccurate, since in Muslim majority countries, apostasy is often harshly punished and people have social pressures to conform to Islam.

Many just identify as Muslim regardless of actual beliefs or practices.

JetpunkSandwich
+1
Level 44
Nov 20, 2025
Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone I missed. I was anticipating missing some in Western Africa.
Snoflakes
+11
Level 73
Dec 24, 2025
I guess that last person in the Maldives finally converted
Timbo
+2
Level 67
Dec 24, 2025
Any new entrants or exits with this update? Or is it just the figures?
Followall
+3
Level 59
Dec 24, 2025
Nigeria and Guinea-bissau were taken off
Remster
+5
Level 81
Dec 24, 2025
Those poor people.
ZIZI
+3
Level 61
Dec 30, 2025
what are you on about??
Remster
+2
Level 81
Dec 31, 2025
Oh, sorry for being unclear. I meant that most of those countries seem like awful places to live.
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 13, 2026
He is on to play JetPunk.
ThobiasEriksson
+4
Level 76
Dec 25, 2025
Palestine is missing, it's 97.5% muslim.
Remster
+5
Level 81
Dec 25, 2025
So is my neighbour's house.
Xtrordinary
+5
Level 74
Dec 26, 2025
Your neighbour's house therefore contains a minimum of 40 people.
Remster
+5
Level 81
Dec 26, 2025
I live in London. You'd be surprised.
ThobiasEriksson
+2
Level 76
Jan 2, 2026
Your neighbour's house isn't a country. Palestine is.
Remster
+2
Level 81
Jan 2, 2026
See the second reply to your original comment.
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 13, 2026
Palestine nor Remster's house is not recognized by JetPunk. We won't all agree to the countryness of Palestine, but we should all agree that JetPunk doesn't recognize Palestine and we should leave it as that
Pontiac
+2
Level 60
Dec 30, 2025
Palestine is not a nation recognized by JetPunk. One would think people would have learned by now that JetPunk doesn't recognize Palestine but no, in every quiz there is somebody who doesn't know and then argues about it.
Danicide
+1
Level 66
Dec 30, 2025
Totally forgot about the islands
Jacobusername05
+3
Level 55
Dec 30, 2025
Certainly all lovely countries that are safe to visit ☺️
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Dec 30, 2025
We certainly have different ideas of safe. Afghanistan is NOT safe, Yemen is NOT safe, Syria is NOT safe, Iran is NOT safe, etc.
Jacobusername05
+3
Level 55
Jan 2, 2026
What kind of mental illness is this?
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 5, 2026
Have you forgotten about 9/11 (killed over 3,000 innocent civilians, majority were American), Yemen Civil War, Sudanese Civil War, how free women are in the Middle East, bombings from wars, the people who go missing overnight, workers are at a severe risk of dying on job, and many more. People who hijack planes are usually from these countries (Saudi Arabia contributed the most hijackers to 9/11). I am not saying that all are horrible but the majority of them ain't all lovely and safe.
Kamehameha2011
+1
Level 67
Jan 22, 2026
You can’t generalize a people based on what a small minority of them have done. If you really believe that, then what about colonialism, both world wars, the holocaust, Timothy McVeigh, etc? You can;t say all christians are evil based on that
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Jan 12, 2026
Apparently people can name every country in the world on this website but can't detect obvious sarcasm.
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 13, 2026
Sarcasm with an emoji does not involve a warm smiley face. It also does not involve stating "What type of mental illness is this?" when told about their obviously false statement
phnuggle
+2
Level 52
Dec 30, 2025
Yes, Oman and Indonesia are on my bucket list.

btw - Iran has a great many atheists, it is a country of free-thinkers and science is well regarded.

Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Dec 30, 2025
It is also a country where if you speak out against the Quran you go missing.
polska3233u
+1
Level 24
Dec 31, 2025
Missed somalia and bangladesh :(
DenizYaman
+1
Level 57
Jan 1, 2026
Turkiye less than 94. More like 60-70. Atheism , Deism etc. is growing in Turkiye.
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Jan 5, 2026
Here we go again with the number thing. Some things are best to leave in the past
nichster
+1
Level 56
Jan 18, 2026
Could we include Palestine as a non answer (ie. It is already filled in)? Would appease those who want Palestine as an answer whilst also recognising the problematic nature of adding it as a full answer.
Remster
+1
Level 81
Jan 19, 2026
Or people could stop bringing their political obsessions to a fun quiz site.
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