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Answer BIt is estimated that 1,250,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 people in the world are Muslims and follow Islam (Based on an estimated world population 6,409,765,942 by the United States Census Bureau for 1/1/2005, that is 19.5% to 23.4% of all people, making Islam the second largest religion behind Christianity.) It is considered one of the Abrahamic, monotheistic faiths, along with Judaism and Christianity. Islam was founded by the prophet Muhammad (born in 570 A.D. in region that is now Saudi Arabia) in Arab territory between 610 and 622 A.D. and follow the last revelation from God; "Qur'an". Nearly one in five people in the world today claims the faith of Islam. A diverse community of believers spans the globe. Over fifty countries have Muslim-majority populations, while other groups of believers are clustered in minority communities on nearly every continent. Although Islam is often associated with the Arab world and the Middle East, fewer than 15% of Muslims are Arabs.Distribution of Muslims
Africa 412,324,632- 27.7% of all Muslims
Asia 1,023,564,000 - 68.7% ""
Europe 44,090,000 - 3.0% ""
North & South America 9,730,000 - 0.7% ""
Oceania 373,000- 0.0% ""
World 1,490,082,000 100%
Source: Wikipedia -2008
With about 1.41-1.57 billion Muslims comprising about 21-23% of the world's population. Muslims live in a lot of countries worldwide.
In the year 2000 it was estimated Christian = 29.9% Muslim = 19.2%
They projected by 2025 Christian= 25% Muslim = 30%
It is estimated that Afghanistan's population is 99.7% Muslim.
The Muslim population is ~ 1600 million Muslim (23% of total world population. Refer to link below.
More than 90 percent of Middle East's population is Muslim.
Afghanistan is the country with the highest percentage of Muslim population.
All over the world although with different percentage Muslim population to each country total population.
Not including Turkey, Kosovo is the European country with the highest Muslim percentage of its population. 89.6% of Kosovo's population is Muslim.
22.7 of the total population of Cyprus are Muslim, who are located mainly in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Saudia Arabia.
In Kashmir valley, 95% of total population are Muslims.
there more than 25% of Muslims in UP.
Estimate of percentage of Muslim population in Egypt is 94.6 % as of October 2009 (5 % of World Muslim population) [As published by the PEW forum for Religion and public life, October 2009] Refer to the related link for more information.
Scientists say approximately 50/50