Sweden's official statistics counted 241,933 formally affiliated Muslims in 2020. The US Department of State's Sweden 2014 International Religious Freedom Report set the 2014 figure at around 6% (almost 600,000) of the total Swedish population.
For instance, in Sweden, the number of Muslims would climb threefold from fewer than a million (810,000) in 2016 to nearly 2.5 million in 2050 in the medium scenario, and fivefold to almost 4.5 million in the high scenario.
Swedish Arabs are citizens and residents of Sweden who emigrated from nations in the Arab world. They represent 5.3% of the total population of the country.
According to the survey data, there are 850 thousand Muslims in the Netherlands, i.e. approximately 5 percent of the population. This implies that nearly half of people with a non-western background living in the Netherlands adhere to Islam.
Although Islam is a minority religion in Russia, Russia has the largest Muslim population in Europe. According to the US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population.
According to the Finland official census (2021), there are 20,876 people in Finland belonging to registered Muslim communities, representing 0.37% of the total population. However, the vast majority of Muslims in Finland do not belong to any registered communities.
India. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in India. Growth rate of Muslims has been consistently higher than the growth rate of Hindus, ever since the census data of independent India has been available. For example, during the 1991–2001 decade, Muslim growth rate was 29.5% (vs 19.9% for Hindus).
Research estimates that the number of Muslims in Norway varies between 120,000 (2005) and 163,000 (2009). The Pew Research Centre estimates that with a high flow of migration, this number could reach 2,200,000 by 2050.
India will overtake Indonesia as the country with the largest number of Muslims in 2050 while Hindus will become the world's third largest population by that time, according to a new study by a US think-tank.
In total, there are likely 200,000-320,000 converts in Europe, making up less than two percent of Europe's Muslim population. Generally speaking, most European converts tend to follow liberal interpretations of Islam.
Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region (from Turkey to Indonesia), with over one billion adherents. As of June 2023, the largest Muslim population in a country is in Pakistan (240,760,000), followed by Indonesia (236,000,000), India (200,000,000), and Bangladesh (150,800,000).
In the country of just under 52 million people, the Korea Muslim Federation estimates that between 150,000 and 200,000 Muslims reside in South Korea, including 35,000 Korean Muslims.
In South Korea, Islam (이슬람교) is a minority religion. The Muslim community is centered in Seoul and there are a few mosques around the country. According to the Korea Muslim Federation, there are about 200,000 Muslims living in South Korea, and about 70 to 80 percent are foreigners.
Total population 211 million. 96 per cent Muslims (of them, 80-85 per cent Sunni, 15-20 per cent Shi'a); Christians 1.6 per cent; Hindus 1.6 per cent.
The Islamic community in Portugal numbers only around 50,000 people (out of a total population of 10 million), so importance of sharing this observance is important.
The Federation of Muslim Associations of Brazil estimates there are about 1.5 million Muslims and others say about 400,000 to 500,000. There are over 150 mosques where Muslims perform their daily prayers. Islam in Brazil may be presumed to have first been practiced by African slaves brought from West Africa.
Muslim population living in Spain has increased ten times in the last 30 years, exceeding 2.5 million.
Islam becomes the fastest growing religion in Japan, according to recent study. ?? The number of Muslims living in Japan, though small, has more than doubled in the past decade, from 110,000 in 2010 to 230,000 at the end of 2019. The country now boasts more than 110 mosques.
Muslims are a minority group in China, representing 1.6 to 2 percent of the total population (21-28 million people) according to various estimates. Though Hui Muslims are the most numerous group, the greatest concentration of Muslims are in Xinjiang, which contains a significant Uyghur population.
As many as 3,000 South Koreans convert to Islam every year, according to the KMF. But many of them face discrimination and misunderstanding. “When the Christians came to Korea, they spread their faith through charity work, building schools and hospitals, and grew to become a very powerful force in society.
According to the latest 2021 United Kingdom census, 3,801,186 Muslims live in England, or 6.7% of the population. The Muslim population again grew by over a million compared to the previous census.
The creation of the autonomous government was originally slated for 2022 but was postponed until 2025 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, among other reasons. While most of the Philippines' 110 million people are Christian, Muslims make up about 5% of the population.
How many Muslims are there in South Africa? The results indicate a total number of 553,717 Muslims in the RSA, which represents roughly 1.36% of the total population.
Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority country, with approximately 231 million adherents. Friday prayers in Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta.