Asia's Muslim Population
General & Islamic Source
Country Total Population in 2008
(in million)
Muslim Population in 2008
(in million)
Muslim Percentage
Western Asia      
Armenia 3.1 0.12 4
Azerbaijan 8.7 7.8456 93.4
Bahrain 0.8 0.70 100
Cyprus 1.1 0.23 23
Georgia 4.6 0.9 20
Iraq 29.5 27.936 97
Israel 7.5 1.34 18.91
Jordan 5.8 5.452 94
Kuwait 2.7 2.6 100
Lebanon 4.0 2.27 59.7
Oman 2.7 2.376 99
Palestine Territory 4.2 3.724 98
Qatar 0.9 0.8 100
Saudi Arabia 28.1 24.6 100
Syria 19.9 16.56 90
Turkey 74.8 72.7542 99.8
UAE 4.5 4.554 99
Yemen 22.2 20.6793 100
South Central      
Afghanistan 32.7 29.601 100
Bangladesh 147.3 127.3286 88.3
Bhutan 0.7 0.05 5
India 1149.3 220.72 20
Iran 72.2 68.805 99
Kazakhstan 15.7 7.097 47
Kyrgyzstan 5.2 3.9 75
Maldives 0.30 0.30 100
Nepal 27 2.032 8
Pakistan 172.8 157.528 96.3
Srilanka 20.3 1.379 7
Tazikistan 7.3 6.12 90
Turkmenistan 5.2 4.628 89
Uzbekistan 27.2 23.232 88
South East Asia      
Brunai Darussalam 0.40 0.268 67
Cambodia 14.7 0.931 7
East Timor 1.1 0.036 4
Indonesia 239.9 195.272 88
Laos 5.9 0.059 1
Malaysia 27.7 15.399 59
Myanmar 49.2 7.575 15
Phlippines 90.5 8.48 10
Singapore 4.8 0.688 16
Thailand 66.1 6.5 10
Vietnam 86.2 0.833 1
East Asia      
China 1324.7 130.37 10
China, Hong Kong 7.0 0.0966 1.4
China, Macau 0.6
Japan 127.7 0.183 0.14
Korea, North 23.5
Korea, South 48.6 0.4347 0.9
Mongolia 2.7 0.16 6
Taiwan 23.0 0.05675 0.25

Total

4052.6 1215.51  

The Percentage of Muslim population in Asia is 30