how many muslim countries  are there in the world ?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country
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afghanistan and  every muslim country
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According to the 2001 Census, 2.7% of the United Kingdom's population identifies themselves as Muslim. This corresponds to 1.59 million people. In comparison there are 42 million Christians, 559 thousand Hindus, 336 thousand Sikhs, 267 thousand Jews, and  152 thousand Buddhists. About 1/4 of the Census respondents chose not to state their religion or chose no religion (this also includes those who chose Jedi)
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The five most populous Islamic nations are:\nIndonesia   161 million 95% Muslim\nBangladesh  100 million 85% Muslim\nNigeria     100 million 75% Muslim\nPakistan     90 million  97% Muslim\nTurkey       66 million  99% Muslim
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So exactly how many countries are there in the world…you think this would be easy to find out. Try it yourself. Open that atlas that your Gran bought you for your last birthday and start counting…whatever answer you get will probably be wrong. \nYou see the number of countries in the world is constantly changing. For example with the demise of the Soviet Union a whole load of new countries sprang up overnight.\n\nAdding to this confusion is the fact that some countries aren’t recognised by other countries. Again in the former Soviet Union there are three self proclaimed independent states called South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Transdniester – why haven’t you heard of them...well no-one in the international community will actually recognize that they exist…they obviously don’t know the right people. \n\nAnd even though most encyclopaedias seem to suggest that there are officially 193 countries in the world ask George Bush he’ll tell you there are only 192. Why…because he doesn’t include Taiwan. You see China claims that Taiwan is actually a province of China…and George doesn’t want to get on the wrong side of the Chinese!! \n\nAs King, and as a gesture of goodwill I have decided that I will recognise that there are 193 countries in the world…there you go Taiwan your in! I therefore declare that my country is the 194th country in the world!! Glad that’s settled.
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there are 193 countries
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in my oponion they are muslim countries like:\niran\npakistan\nsaudi arabia\negypt\nsomalia
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middle east is 22 arab countries including (Egypt)+israel+iran+turkey.\n\nthe 22 arab countries:11 countries are located in asia and 11 in africa.\n\nTurkey and iran are not arabs and donot speak arabic.
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Sadly, the Islamic countries care very little for human rights or development.  I am not saying it is the religion that dont support rights and development, but the sad truth is that the "Islamic" countries are ruled by extremist NON religious people, who care more about hogging the oil profits for themselves, rather than to use it for developmental benefit.\n\nIt is NO surprise to me that out of only 30 countries, there are NO "Islamic" countries included.  Please understand that I dont mean to badmouth Islam, or Muslims- but the true Muslim people usually get shafted by their governments. Democratic countries regularly shaft their citizens as well, but because of democratic constitutions, there are always developmental programs.\n\nI agree very much with byefareed - it is a political thing, not religious!
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Asia Only          364,270,713  \nRest of the World  653,786,676\nWORLD TOTAL        1,018,057,389\n\nhttp://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm
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There are 243 regions that may be considered countries. These contain several types of nations.\n\nFor complete details, you may refer the following link:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries
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According to Wikipedia, there are 840,000,000 people in Africa as of 2005, about 65% of them are muslims, which gives us 546,000,000.
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I imagine that you could find Muslims in just about every culture.  There are lots of countries where Muslims make up the majority, or a large minority.  Indonesia has the largest Muslim population.  There are distinct Muslim cultures in China, India, and in many African countries.\n\nSee this link:\n\nhttp://www.aneki.com/muslim.html\n\nThere are Sunni Muslims, which is the majority.  There are also Shi'ites who have a huge population in Iran.  The Kurds have a distinctive Islamic culture.\n\nI hope this helps at least a little!\n\n\nHere's another cool site, showing different Muslim cultures in Africa:\nhttp://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/MuslimAfrica/index.shtml
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193 Countries in the world.  There are colonies and territories that may be incorrectly noted as countries, but they are not independent intities. \n\nRead more at the link below.
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"The Adherents.com collection of religious adherent statistics now has over 43,000 adherent statistic citations, for over 4,300 different faith groups, covering all countries of the world. This is not an absolutely exhaustive compilation of all such data, but it is by far the largest compilation available on the Internet."\n\nSo...over 4,300.
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World population:  6 505 834 462  \n\nChristianity: 2.1 billion\n\nIslam: 1.3 billion\n\nSecular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion\n\nHinduism: 900 million\n\nChinese traditional religion: 394 million\n\nBuddhism: 376 million\n\nprimal-indigenous: 300 million\n\nAfrican Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million\n\nSikhism: 23 million\n\nJuche: 19 million\n\nSpiritism: 15 million\n\nJudaism: 14 million\n\nBaha'i: 7 million\n\nJainism: 4.2 million\n\nShinto: 4 million\n\nCao Dai: 4 million\n\nZoroastrianism: 2.6 million\n\nTenrikyo: 2 million\n\nNeo-Paganism: 1 million\n\nUnitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand\n\nRastafarianism: 600 thousand\n\nScientology: 500 thousand
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Islam will not become the most populous religion, Its height now is due mostly to child birth with a very few conversions thrown in. If muslim countries had freedom of religion, (which they do not) then many more muslims would convert out ... The world under islam would indeed be a backwards savage place. This is proven by looking at how muslim majority countries operate right now. Almost all are to some degree dictatorships, with few if any human rights, no womens rights, no freedom of religion, no freedom of press. Islam is comming close to an end now, despite its high population, its tearing apart at the seems, look at iraq and how muslms are slaughtering other muslims. Look at the world in general and how 28 nations are under attack by islam currently. These are all facts and not "zionist" lies or someother nonsense.. islam must reform. And to respond to a poster.. NO islam is NOT the most numerical religion in the usa.. in fact it is one of the smallest.. there are more jews, and far far more christians. there are more wiccans, buddhists and what not.. \nIf you love islam so much then go live in an islamic country instead of trying to impose islam on others..