Iran, Syria among Muslim-majority nations in the world
Christina Gregg, AOL.com
Jul 18th 2017 3:41PM
In the wake of President Trump's travel ban on refugees and citizens from six Muslim-majority nations, conversations and questions have emerged on the ancient global religion of Islam and its place modern culture.
According to Pew Research Center, an estimated 1.6 billion people are practicing Muslims around the world -- making Islam the world's second most popular religion. As of 2010, Christianity maintained its position as the most popular religion with an estimated 2.17 billion Christians scattered around the globe.
While each of the countries listed in Trump's revised travel ban (Syria, Yemen, Iran, Sudan, Somalia and Libya) are Muslim-majority nations, only Iran makes the list of top 10 countries with highest Muslim populations in the world.
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Afghanistan: 99.7% Muslim
Albania: 56.7% Muslim
Algeria: 99% Muslim
Azerbaijan: 96.9% Muslim
Bahrain: 70.3% Muslim
Bangladesh: 89.1% Muslim
Brunei: 78.8% Muslim
Burkina Faso: 61.6% Muslim
Chad: 52.1% Muslim
Comoros: 98% Sunni Muslim
Djibouti: 94% Muslim
Egypt: 90% Muslim
Guinea: 86.7% Muslim
Indonesia: 87.2% Muslim
Iran: 99.4% Muslim
Iraq: 99% Muslim
Jordan: 97.2% Muslim
Kazakhstan: 70.2% Muslim
Kosovo: 95.6% Muslim
Kuwait: 76.7% Muslim
Kyrgyzstan: 75% Muslim
Lebanon: 54% Muslim
Libya: 96.6% Muslim
Malaysia: 61.3% Muslim
Maldives: Muslim
Mali: 94.8% Muslim
Mauritania: 100% Muslim
Morocco: 99% Muslim
Niger: 80% Muslim
Nigeria: 50% Muslim
Oman: 84.9% Muslim
Pakistan: 96.4% Muslim
Qatar: 67.7% Muslim
Saudi Arabia: Citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia
Senegal: 95.4% Muslim
Sierra Leone: 60% Muslim
Somalia: Sunni Muslim
Sudan: Sunni Muslim
Syria: 87% Muslim
Tajikistan: Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10%
The Gambia: 85.7% Muslim
Tunisia: 99.1% Muslim
Turkey: 99.8% Muslim
Turkmenistan: 89% Muslim
United Arab Emirates: 76% Muslim
Uzbekistan: 88% Muslim
Western Sahara: Majority Muslim
Yemen: 99.1% Muslim
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