Middle East Population (estimate – 2009) (An often used version of Middle East, includes Cyprus and Egypt. In some cases, the Middle East is extended to include countries in North Africa with clear connection to Islam, like Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. We do not use the extended version on our site – check the Africa categories for more details.)
Bahrain: 728,709 | 81.2% Muslim
Iran: 66,429,284 | 98% Muslim
Iraq: 28,945,569 | 97% Muslim
Israel: 7,233,701 + 3,070,228 Palestinians | 16% Muslim (2004 census)
Jordan: 6,269,285 | 92% Muslim
Kuwait: 2,692,526 | 85% Muslim
Lebanon: 4,017,095 | 59.7% Muslim
Oman: 3,418,085 | 75% Muslim
Qatar: 833,285 | 77.5%
Saudi Arabia: 28,686,633 | 100% Muslim
Syria: 21,762,978 | 90% Muslim
Turkey | 76,805,524 | 99.8%
United Arab Emirates (UAE): 4,798,491 | 96% Muslim
Yemen: 22,858,238 | 99% Muslim
TOTAL Middle East Population: 278,553,314 million. 9 out of 10 Muslims in the Middle East don’t know any Christians.
External Links and Sources:
- Mapping the Global Muslim Population (Pew Research Forum)
- World Fact Book (CIA)
- Muslim Population Worldwide
- The Largest Muslim Communities
- Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Unengaged Unreached People Groups
- Unreached Ethnic People Group Listings (Joshua Project)
- and Wikipedia has several good links, maps and resources + World Religions: Britannica Book of the Year, ©2003
To Download:
- Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Unengaged Unreached Muslim People Groups 100,000 or more (xls file saved via MS Excel, 380 kb)
- 2010 World Muslim Population compiled by Houssain Kettani at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. 61 pages of interesting statistics on Muslim countries and the demographics of Muslim growth. (pdf, 788 kb)
Well , Every body knows that Islam enjoys absolute majority in Middle East , South East Asia and North Africa.
But Islam is also growing faster in Europe , America , Austrialia and Russia ( despite the fact that it is largely criticised by those who do not know even a single word about Islam. )
Every body should learn Islam. Islam is peaceful religion. But it is being presented wrongly. Please learn Islam by yourself.
@mujib.telling christians to learn about islam is a good thing. But knowing their own religion is also very important. I always marvel at people who ardently believe jesus died for their sins. in islam,(in line with God’s majesty) nobody needs to be crucified, humiliated before God can forgive sinners.
The people that operate this site are either totally ignorant of happenings in christian dominated areas europe, parts of africa etc or are simply mischeiveous.every right thinking person knows the most paramount need now is for declaration of 200 years of prayers for christians to be reconciled to God.since christianity has over the years drifted away from what jesus originally preached.