THE ISLAMIC WORLD

THE ISLAMIC WORLDThe 57 countries in the Organization of the Islamic Conference are home to 1.3 billion people. The attendant diversity in culture, geography, economics and politics can be seen in the five country snapshots below. Roll over each region to view the population figures (total, thousands, in 2000*)  Download PDF of Islamic world map or click here to view the text only version.

POPULATION OF THE OIC COUNTRIES (total, thousands, in 2000)* Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria 113,862 Sudan 31,095 Uganda 23,300 Mozambique 18,292 C�te d'Ivoire 16,013 Cameroon 14,876 Burkina Faso 11,535 Mali 11,351 Niger 10,832 Senegal 9,421 Somalia 8,778 Guinea 8,154 Chad 7,885 Benin 6,272 Togo 4,527 Sierra Leone 4,405 Mauritania 2,665 Gambia 1,303 Gabon 1,230 Guinea-Bissau 1,199 Comoros 706 Middle East & North Africa Iran 70,330 [ Read more ] Egypt 67,884 Algeria 30,291 Morocco (including Western Sahara) 29,878 Iraq 22,946 Saudi Arabia 20,346 [ Read more ] Yemen 18,349 Syria 16,189 Tunisia 9,459 Libya 5,290 Jordan 4,913 Lebanon 3,496 Occupied Palestinian Territory 3,191 United Arab Emirates 2,606 Oman 2,538 Kuwait 1,914 Bahrain 640 Djibouti 632 Qatar 565 Europe & Central Asia Turkey 66,668 Uzbekistan 24,881 Afghanistan 21,765 Kazakhstan 16,172 Azerbaijan 8,041 Tajikistan 6,087 Kyrgyzstan 4,921 Turkmenistan 4,737 Albania 3,134 South & East Asia and Pacific  Indonesia 212,092 [ Read more ] Pakistan 141,256 [ Read more ] Bangladesh 137,439 Malaysia 22,218 [ Read more ] Brunei Darussalam 328 Maldives 291 Latin America & Caribbean  Guyana 761 Suriname 417 *Many countries outside the OIC have sizeable Muslim populations, notably India, which is home to 175 million Muslims. Source: SEDAC