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This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day. [citation needed]
Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region (from Turkey to Indonesia), with over one billion adherents. [19] Asia hosts the world's top 4 largest domestic populations, starting with Indonesia at 12.7% of the world, followed by Pakistan—11.1%, then India—10.9%, and Bangladesh—9.2%. [11] [20]
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
From Sunni vs. Shiite to Muslim vs. Islam, here's a look at the second most popular religion and a list of every Muslim-majority nation in the world. Iran, Syria among Muslim-majority nations in ...
This is a list of the largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states, based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2010 population estimates from the report's 2007 revision).
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in 1969 has 57 members, 56 of which are also member states of the United Nations, with 48 countries having a Muslim majority. Some member countries, especially in West Africa and South America , such as Ivory Coast , Guyana , Gabon , Mozambique , Nigeria , Suriname , Togo and Uganda – though ...
Certain Muslim states have declared Islam to be their state religion in their constitutions, but do not apply Islamic law in their courts. Islamic states which are not Islamic monarchies are usually referred to as Islamic republics, [16] such as the islamic republics of Iran, [17] Pakistan and Mauritania.
This is a list of 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation sorted by their estimated population. 8 countries ( Benin , Cameroon , Gabon , Guyana , Mozambique , Suriname , Togo and Uganda ) are not Muslim-majority, but they are members of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation .