How many Muslim-majority countries are there?

Answer 1

There are 50 Muslim-Majority countries in the world according to Pew Forum studies as of October 2009.

Pew forum included Palestine as a nation in their Study. However, although the international community; including the USA, Russia, and European Union; agrees on the two State solution (Israel and Palestine), it is currently called Palestinian territories until the country of Palestine is declared formally and recognized by the UN.

Country% of MuslimsMuslim PopulationMauritania

99.9%3,083,772Maldives

99.9%348,756Western Sahara

99.8%272,461Somalia

99.5%8,548,670Turkey

99%68,963,953Iran

99%67,337,681Algeria

99%32,206,534Afghanistan

99%29,629,697Yemen

99%20,519,792Tunisia

99%9,974,201Oman

99%2,971,567Comoros

99%664,534Djibouti

99%471,935Morocco

98.7%32,300,410Iraq

97%25,292,658Libya

97%5,592,596Pakistan

96.35%156,491,617Saudi Arabia

95.7%25,281,642Tajikistan

95%6,805,330Jordan

95%5,471,745Qatar

95%819,898Senegal

94%10,459,222Azerbaijan

93.4%7,389,783Egypt

91%70,530,237Mali

90%11,062,376Niger

90%10,499,343Gambia

90%1,433,930Uzbekistan

89%23,897,563Turkmenistan

89%4,407,352Indonesia

88.22%213,469,356Bangladesh

88%127,001,272Syria

88%16,234,901Guinea

85%8,047,686Kuwait

85%1,985,300Bahrain

85%585,093Kyrgyzstan

80%4,117,024United Arab Emirates

76%1,948,041Lebanon

70%2,678,212Albania

70%2,494,178Brunei

67%249,481Sudan

65%26,121,865Malaysia

60.4%14,467,694Sierra Leone

60%3,610,585Burkina Faso

55%7,658,922Chad

54%5,306,266Nigeria

50%64,385,994Eritrea

50%2,280,799Ethiopia

47.5%34,700,310Kazakhstan47%7,137,346

There are 50 Muslim majority countries.

RankCountryPopulationMuslim %Main sectMain fiqhReligion and stateType of governmentMilitary power (active troops)GDP (PPP) per capita (US$)1231231231231Indonesia228,582,00086.1%[3]SunniShafi`iNone [4]Presidential republic316,000[5]3,7252Pakistan172,800,000[6]97%[7]Sunni/Shi'aHanafiIslamic state[8]Parliamentary democracy528,000[9]2,5923Bangladesh162,221,000[10]89%[11]SunniHanafiSecular [12]Parliamentary democracy120,000[13]1,3784Nigeria154,279,000[14]50%[15]SunniMalikiNonePresidential Federal Republic78,500[16]2,0355Egypt77,100,000[17]90%[18]SunniShafi`iState religion[19]Semi-presidential republic450,000[20]5,4916Turkey71,517,100[21]99.8%[22]Sunni/Shi'aHanafi/AleviSecular[23]Parliamentary democracy514,850[24]12,8887Iran70,495,782[25]98%[26]Shi'aJafariIslamic state[27]Presidential republic and Theocracy545,000[28]10,6248Sudan39,379,35870%[29]SunniMalikiNoneAuthoritarian republic104,500[30]2,1729Algeria33,769,669[31]99%[32]SunniMalikiState religion[33]Presidential republic127,500[34]6,53810Afghanistan32,738,376[35]99%[36]SunniHanafiIslamic state[37]Presidential republic70,000[38]72411Morocco33,723,41899%[39]SunniMalikiState religion[40]Constitutional monarchy196,300[41]4,07612Iraq31,234,000[42]97%[43]Shi'aJafariState religionParliamentary democracy254,418[44]3,60013Malaysia27,730,000[45]60.4%[46]SunniShafi`iState religion[47]Parliamentary democracy and EM110,000[48]13,31514Saudi Arabia27,601,038[49]100%[50]SunniHanbali/SalafiIslamic state[51]Absolute monarchy199,500[52]23,24315Uzbekistan27,372,00088%[53]SunniHanafiSecularPresidential republic53,000[54]2,34416Yemen23,013,37699%[55]Sunni/Shi'aShafi`i/ZaidiIslamic state[56]Presidential republic65,000[57]2,33517Syria19,405,00090%[58]SunniHanafiNone[59]Authoritarian republic296,000[60]4,44818Kazakhstan15,217,711[61]70.2%[62]SunniHanafiSecular[63]Presidential republic65,800[64]11,08619Niger13,272,67990%[65]SunniMalikiSecular[66]Parliamentary democracy5,300[67]66620Burkina Faso13,228,00050%[68]SunniMalikiSecularSemi-presidential republic6,000[69]1,25321Mali11,995,40290%[70]SunniMalikiSecularSemi-presidential republic7,350[71]1,03122Senegal11,658,00094%[72]SunniMalikiSecularSemi-presidential republic9,400[73]1,68523Tunisia10,383,57798%[74]SunniMalikiState religion[75]Presidential republic35,000[76]7,47324Guinea10,211,43785%[77]SunniMalikiSecularMilitary junta9,700[78]1,07425Somalia9,558,666100%[79]SunniShafi`iIslamic StateCoalition government10,00060026Azerbaijan8,676,000[80]93.4%[81]Shi'aJafariSecular[82]Presidential republic95,0007,65627Tajikistan7,215,70097%[83]SunniHanafiState religion[84]Presidential republic6,000[85]1,84128Sierra Leone6,294,774[86]60%[87]SunniMalikiNonePresidential republic13,000[88]69229Libya6,173,579[89]97%[90]SunniMalikiState religion[91]Jamahiriya Revolution76,000[92]12,27730Jordan5,568,56595%[93]SunniHanafiState religionConstitutional monarchy100,700[94]4,88631United Arab Emirates5,432,746[95]76%[96]SunniMalikiState religion[97]Federal constitutional monarchy50,500[98]37,29332Kyrgyzstan5,356,86975%[99]SunniHanafiSecular[100]Semi-presidential republic12,500[101]-33Turkmenistan5,110,02389%[102]SunniHanafiSecular[103]Parliamentary republic26,000[104]5,15434Chad5,041,69054%[105]SunniMalikiSecularPresidential republic30,350[106]1,67535Lebanon4,196,45360%[107]Sunni/Shi'aHanafi/JafariNoneParliamentary democracy72,100[108]11,27036Kuwait3,399,637[109]85%[110]Sunni/Shi'aMalikiState religion [111]Constitutional monarchy15,500[112]39,30537Albania3,170,048[113]70%[114]SunniHanafiNoneParliamentary republic9,500[115]6,897[116]38Mauritania3,124,000[117]99.99%[118]SunniMalikiIslamic state[119]Military junta15,750[120]2,00839Oman2,577,000[121]93%[122]Ibadi-State religion[123]Absolute monarchy41,700[124]23,96740Kosovo[a]2,100,000[125]90%[126]SunniHanafiSecular[127]Parliamentary republic-1,800[128]41The Gambia1,700,00090%[129]SunniMalikiSecularPresidential republic800[130]1,32642Bahrain1,046,81481%[131]Shi'aJafariState religion[132]Constitutional monarchy11,200[133]32,60443Comoros798,00098%[134]SunniMalikiState religionFederal republic-1,12544Qatar744,029[135]77.5%[136]SunniHanbaliState religion[137]Absolute monarchy12,400[138]80,87045Djibouti496,37494%[139]SunniShafi`iSecularSemi-presidential republic9,8502,27146Brunei381,371[141]67%[142]SunniShafi`iState religionAbsolute monarchy7,00051,00547Maldives350,000[144]100% [145]SunniShafi`iState religionPresidential republic1,0004,604
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There are approximately 50 Muslim majority population countries
57 countries
there are 44 Muslim countries in the world ...

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there are 50 Islam dominated countries worldwide
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there are 53 Muslims countries in the world which are given below..

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Benin

Brunei

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Egypt

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Libya

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Mauritania

Morocco

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Suriname

Syria

Tajikistan

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Western Sahara

Yemen
More than 50 countries with majority Muslim population.

Answer 2

There are 47 countries where Muslims make up the majority of the population.