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Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
The Shia are muslim right?
List of nations with Shia population[edit]
Figures indicated in the first three columns below are based on the October 2009 demographic study by the Pew Research Center report, Mapping the Global Muslim Population.[53][54]
Nations with over 100,000 Shia[53][54]
Country
Shia population[53][54]
Percent of Muslim population that is Shia[53][54]
Percent of global Shia population[53][54]
Minimum estimate/claim
Maximum estimate/claim
Iran 66,000,000 – 70,000,000 90–95 37–40
Iraq 19,000,000 – 22,000,000 65–70 11–12
Pakistan 18,000,000 – 50,000,000 25–33 25–33 43,250,000[72] – 57,666,666[73][74]
India 16,000,000 – 24,000,000 10–15 9–14 40,000,000[75] – 50,000,000.[76]
Yemen 8,000,000 – 10,000,000 35–40 5
Turkey 7,000,000 – 11,000,000 10–15 4–6
Azerbaijan 5,000,000 – 7,000,000 65–75 3–4 85% of total population[77]
Afghanistan 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 10–15 <2 15–19% of total population[62]
Syria 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 15–20 <2
Nigeria <4,000,000 <5 <2 5-10 million[78]
Saudi Arabia 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 15–22 <1
Lebanon 1,000,000 – 1,600,000[79] 30-35[80][81][82] <1 Estimated, no official census.[83]
Tanzania <2,000,000 <10 <1
Kuwait 360,000 - 480,000 30-40[59][60] <1 30%-40% of 1.2m Muslims (citizen only)[59][60]
Germany 400,000 – 600,000 10–15 <1
Bahrain 375,000 – 400,000 66–70 <1 375,000 (66%[84] of citizen population) 400,000 (70%[85] of citizen population)
Tajikistan 400,000 7 <1
United Arab Emirates 300,000 – 400,000 10 <1
United States 200,000 – 400,000 10–15 <1
Oman 100,000 – 300,000 5–10 <1 948,750[86]
United Kingdom 100,000 – 300,000 10–15 <1
Qatar 100,000 10