"فہرست ممالک بلحاظ مسلم اکثریت" کے نسخوں کے درمیان فرق

* {{cite web |url=http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/shi-a |title=Shia |publisher=Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs |quote=Shi'a Islam is the second largest branch of the tradition, with up to 200 million followers who comprise around 15% of all Muslims worldwide.۔۔ |access-date=5 دسمبر 2011 |archive-date=15 دسمبر 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215070956/http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/shi-a |url-status=dead}}

* {{cite book |author=Jalil Roshandel |title=Iran, Israel and the United States |publisher=Praeger Security International |year=2011 |page=15 |isbn=978-0-313-38698-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVcmKRyID2EC&pg=PA15 |quote=The majority of the world's Islamic population, which is Sunni, accounts for over 75 percent of the Islamic population; the other 10 to 20 percent is Shia.}}</ref>

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, as of mid-2002, there were 376,453,000 Christians, 329,869,000 Muslims and 98,734,000 people who practiced traditional religions in Africa. [http://www.bellbookandcandlepublications.com/greenwoodsvillage/gor/islam.php Ian S. Markham, (A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.)] is cited by Morehouse University as giving the mid-1990s figure of 278,250,800 Muslims in Africa, but still as 40.8% of the total population. These numbers are estimates, and remain a matter of conjecture. See Amadu Jacky Kaba. The spread of Christianity and Islam in Africa: a survey and analysis of the numbers and percentages of Christians, Muslims and those who practice indigenous religions. The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol 29, Number 2, جون 2005. Discusses the estimations of various almanacs and encyclopedium, placing Britannica's estimate as the most agreed figure. Notes the figure presented at the [http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/Statistics.htm World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here]، as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: [https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3835 The List: The World’s Fastest-Growing Religions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711181533/http://www.bellbookandcandlepublications.com/greenwoodsvillage/gor/islam.php |date=11 جولائی 2018}}، Foreign Policy, مئی 2007.</ref><ref>[http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif Britannica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214054323/http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif |date=14 دسمبر 2008}}، [http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/02016/images/map_of_religions.png Think Quest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618223858/http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/02016/images/map_of_religions.png |date=18 جون 2013}}، [http://www.wadsworth.com/religion_d/special_features/popups/maps/matthews_world/images/w001.jpg Wadsworth.com]</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vellturo|first=Madeline|date=May 2021|title=FACTSHEET: ISLAMISTS IN CENTRAL SAHEL|url=https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2021-05/2021%20Factsheet%20-%20Sahel.pdf|access-date=26 Jul 2021|website=UNITED STATES COMMISSION on INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM}}</ref>

متنوع [[ایشیا بحر الکاہل]] دنیا میں مسلمانوں کی سب سے زیادہ تعداد پر مشتمل ہے، جو مشترکہ [[مشرق وسطیٰ]] اور [[شمالی افریقا]] کو آسانی سے پیچھے چھوڑ دیتا ہے۔ <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-muslim/ |title=Muslims |date=18 دسمبر 2012 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |access-date=13 اکتوبر 2016}}</ref>

 

== بیرونی روابط ==

* [http://www.islamicpopulation.com/ Muslim Population-A Site with Extensive information regarding worldwide Muslim population]