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Census data indicates that over 96% of the population is Muslim. The Population of Pakistan is 176,242,949 approximately which means there are around 169,193,231 Muslims there.

The Muslims belong to different schools which are called Madhahib (singular: Madhhab) i.e, schools of jurisprudence (also 'Maktab-e-Fikr' (School of Thought) in Urdu).

Around 85% of Pakistani Muslims are Sunni Muslims and there is a minority 10% Shi'a Muslims.The Hanafi school includes the Barelvis and Deobandis schools. Although the majority of Pakistani Shia Muslims belong to Ithna 'ashariyah school, there are significant minorities: Nizari Ismailis (Aga Khanis) and the smaller Mustaali Dawoodi Bohra and Sulaimani Bohra branches.

Many people on the Makran coast of Balochistan follow the Zikri sect of Islam. The Shia Ithna 'ashariyah school has its own Masjids and Hussainias. Mustaali Dawoodi Bohra and Sulaimani Bohra also have their own Masjids. While the Nizari Khoja Ismailis (Aga Khanis) pray in Jama'at Khanas.

There are small non-Muslim religious groups: Christians (1.6%), Hindus (1.85%), Ahmadis, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis, Bahá'ís, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and others making up approximately 3% of the population.

Answer 2

Pakistan Muslim population is 174 millions (96.3 % of total Pakistan population) per Pew Study Forum as of October 2009. See link below.

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