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Religion in Contemporary Society Guest Lecturer: Diane D’Souza April 2011 Suffolk University
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These are some statistics for a class I gave at Suffolk University on Religion in Contemporary Society. I wanted students to have a sense of who Muslims are, and the diversity they represent.
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Religion in Contemporary Society
Guest Lecturer: Diane D’SouzaApril 2011
Suffolk University
Who are Muslims?
World Religious Communities Ranked by Size
Estimated 2009 Muslim Population
COUNTRY POPULATION % OF COUNTRY %OF WORLD MUSLIMTHAT IS MUSLIM
POPULATION REGION
Indonesia 202,867,000 88.2% 12.9% Asia
Pakistan 174,082,000 96.3 11.1 Asia
India 160,945,000 13.4 10.3 Asia
Bangladesh 145,312,000 89.6 9.3 Asia
Egypt 78,513,000 94.6 5.0 North Africa
Nigeria 78,056,000 50.4 5.0 Sub-Saharan Africa
Iran 73,777,000 99.4 4.7Asia
Turkey* 73,619,000 ~98 4.7 Asia
Algeria 34,199,000 98.0 2.2 North Africa
Morocco* 31,993,000 ~99 ~2North Africa
Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life • Mapping the Global Muslim Population, October 2009
Two-thirds of all Muslims live in 10
countries.
