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WORLD SHI'A POPULATION
- Includes all sects - Jafari, Twelvers, Ismailis, Zaidi, Alevis, Alawite, Bohri, Imami etc.
- The list is based on about 92% of global Muslim population (2005). Actual number of Shi'as could be marginally higher. Totals are at the end of the table.
| Country | Population | Muslim (%) | Muslim | Shi'a to Muslim (%) | Shi'a Population |
| Iran | 69,500,000 | 99% | 68,805,000 | 90% | 61,924,500 |
| Pakistan | 162,400,000 | 97% | 157,528,000 | 20% | 31,505,600 |
| India | 1,103,060,000 | 14% | 154,500,000 | 20% | 30,900,000 |
| Iraq | 28,800,000 | 97% | 27,936,000 | 65% | 18,158,400 |
| Turkey | 72,900,000 | 99% | 72,750,000 | 20% | 14,550,000 |
| Bangladesh | 144,200,000 | 88% | 127,328,600 | 5% | 6,336,430 |
| Azerbaijan | 8,400,000 | 93% | 7,845,600 | 80% | 6,276,480 |
| Yemen | 20,700,000 | 99% | 20,680,000 | 25% | 5,170,000 |
| Afghanistan | 29,900,000 | 99% | 29,601,000 | 15% | 4,440,150 |
| Nigeria | 131,500,000 | 50% | 65,750,000 | 5% | 3,287,500 |
| Russia | 143,000,000 | 19% | 27,650,000 | 8% | 2,212,000 |
| Syria | 18,400,000 | 90% | 16,560,000 | 15% | 2,484,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 24,600,000 | 100% | 24,600,000 | 10% | 2,460,000 |
| China | 1,303,700,000 | 3% | 39,111,000 | 6% | 2,346,660 |
| Indonesia | 221,900,000 | 88% | 195,272,000 | 1% | 1,952,720 |
| Uzbekistan | 26,400,000 | 88% | 23,232,000 | 6% | 1,393,920 |
| Lebanon | 3,800,000 | 60% | 2,270,000 | 60% | 1,362,000 |
| Algeria | 32,800,000 | 99% | 32,472,000 | 4% | 1,298,880 |
| Tanzania | 36,500,000 | 50% | 18,250,000 | 6% | 1,095,000 |
| Kuwait | 2,600,000 | 100% | 2,600,000 | 35% | 910,000 |
| United States | 296,500,000 | 2% | 6,000,000 | 15% | 900,000 |
| Egypt | 74,000,000 | 94% | 69,560,000 | 1% | 695,600 |
| UAE | 4,600,000 | 96% | 4,416,000 | 15% | 662,400 |
| Albania | 3,200,000 | 68% | 2,170,000 | 20% | 640,000 |
| Morocco | 30,700,000 | 99% | 30,393,000 | 2% | 607,860 |
| Sudan | 40,200,000 | 73% | 29,346,000 | 2% | 586,920 |
| Kenya | 33,800,000 | 24% | 8,000,000 | 7% | 560,000 |
| Senegal | 11,700,000 | 94% | 10,998,000 | 5% | 549,900 |
| Bahrain | 700,000 | 100% | 700,000 | 70% | 490,000 |
| Ivory Coast | 18,200,000 | 60% | 10,920,000 | 4% | 436,800 |
| Niger | 14,000,000 | 97% | 13,580,000 | 3% | 407,400 |
| Ethiopia | 77,400,000 | 50% | 38,700,000 | 1% | 387,000 |
| France | 60,700,000 | 10% | 5,980,000 | 6% | 358,800 |
| Kazakhstan | 15,100,000 | 47% | 7,097,000 | 5% | 354,850 |
| Tazikistan | 6,800,000 | 90% | 6,120,000 | 5% | 306,000 |
| Uganda | 26,900,000 | 16% | 4,304,000 | 7% | 301,280 |
| Brazil | 184,200,000 | 1% | 921,000 | 30% | 276,300 |
| Guinea | 9,500,000 | 85% | 8,075,000 | 3% | 242,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 13,900,000 | 50% | 6,950,000 | 3% | 208,500 |
| Ghana | 22,000,000 | 45% | 9,900,000 | 2% | 198,000 |
| Tunisia | 10,000,000 | 98% | 9,800,000 | 2% | 196,000 |
| Turkmenistan | 5,200,000 | 89% | 4,628,000 | 4% | 185,120 |
| Oman | 2,400,000 | 99% | 2,376,000 | 5% | 118,800 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,200,000 | 75% | 3,900,000 | 3% | 117,000 |
| Jordan | 5,800,000 | 94% | 5,452,000 | 2% | 109,040 |
| South Africa | 46,900,000 | 2% | 938,000 | 10% | 93,800 |
| Germany | 82,500,000 | 4% | 3,060,000 | 3% | 91,800 |
| Bulgaria | 7,700,000 | 12% | 890,000 | 10% | 89,000 |
| Somalia | 8,600,000 | 100% | 8,600,000 | 1% | 86,000 |
| Italy | 58,700,000 | 2% | 1,370,000 | 5% | 68,500 |
| Canada | 32,200,000 | 2% | 620,000 | 10% | 62,000 |
| Libya | 5,800,000 | 97% | 5,626,000 | 1% | 56,260 |
| Benin | 8,400,000 | 20% | 1,680,000 | 3% | 50,400 |
| Argentina | 38,600,000 | 1% | 500,000 | 10% | 50,000 |
| Serbia & Montenegro | 10,700,000 | 19% | 2,030,000 | 2% | 40,600 |
| Qatar | 800,000 | 95% | 760,000 | 5% | 38,000 |
| Mauritania | 3,100,000 | 100% | 3,100,000 | 1% | 31,000 |
| Gambia | 1,600,000 | 95% | 1,520,000 | 2% | 30,400 |
| Australia | 20,400,000 | 1% | 280,000 | 10% | 28,000 |
| Eritria | 4,700,000 | 50% | 2,350,000 | 1% | 23,500 |
| Bosnia Herzegovenia | 3,800,000 | 62% | 2,340,000 | 1% | 23,400 |
| Maldives | 300,000 | 100% | 300,000 | 5% | 15,000 |
| Dijbouti | 800,000 | 94% | 752,000 | 1% | 7,520 |
| Comoros | 700,000 | 98% | 686,000 | 1% | 6,860 |
| Macedonia | 2,000,000 | 32% | 630,000 | 1% | 6,300 |
| Mongolia | 2,600,000 | 6% | 160,000 | 4% | 6,400 |
| Western Sahara | 300,000 | 100% | 300,000 | 3% | 9,000 |
| TOTAL | 4,899,500,000 | 1,453,526,700 | 15% | 210,905,165 |
References
- The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 654.
- Individual country data from - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
- http://www.adherents.com
- http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=3591
- Demographics of Islam
"Shi'a population"