Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam | Guyana | 103,000 | 8.20% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Islam | Haiti | 2,500 | 0.04% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Islam | Herzegovina | - | - | - | - | 1469 C.E. | Malcom, Noel. Bosnia: A Short History. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press (1994); pg. 52. | "The best source of information is the ottoman 'defters', tax-registers which recorded property-ownership & categorized people by their religion... The earliest defters, from 1468/9... The scholar who first analysed these documents, Nedim Filipovic, also noted that Islamicization was very slight in Hercegovina, and that it was most advanced, not surprisingly, in the small area round Sarajevo which had been held by the Turks since the 1440s. " |
| Islam | Honduras | 2,500 | 0.04% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Islam | Hong Kong | 4,000 | 1.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* Web site: "Arabic Paper "; web page: "Muslim Countries of the World " (viewed 15 June 1999). [Written 1998.] | [NOTE: Questionable statistical methodology.] "In 1986... Muslim Education Trust organization [U.K.] obtained... 1971 census & [info. from] Embassies of the respective countires... 1971 census showed the Muslim Minorities countries had around 308 Million Muslim.. "; "...add (784.5M [independent Muslim countries]+ 308M) = 1092.5 Million Muslims in 1971 "; Table shows country, "population " [number of Muslims in the country], & % Muslim. Total adds up to 317,391,000, so these figures are apparently intended to be estimates for 1986. |
| Islam | Hong Kong | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | RISEAP. Muslim Almanac - Asia Pacific. | Table: Muslim Population in Asia Pacific Region (1996) |
| Islam | Hong Kong | 37,000 | 0.57% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* 1997 Religious Studies News | Turning to the minority traditions, the Muslim population has been estimated at 37,000 and Hindus at 12,000, some living in Hong Kong for several generations. |
| Islam | Hong Kong | 50,000 | - | 4 units |
- | 1998 | Kagda, Falaq. Hong Kong (series: Cultures of the World). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1998); pg. 72. | "Islam: There are approximately 50,000 Muslims in Hong Kong. The majority are Chinese, with the rest mainly from Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Middle East, and Africa. There are three mosques on Hong Kong Island and one in Kowloon. " |
| Islam | Hong Kong | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1998 | Kagda, Falaq. Hong Kong (series: Cultures of the World). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1998); pg. 67. | "In all, there are more than 600 Buddhist and Taoist temple in the territory. There are also almost 800 Christian churches and chapels, four mosques, a Hindu temple, a Sikh temple, and a Jewish synagogue. " |
| Islam | Hong Kong | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Hong Kong | 26,000 | 0.50% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Islam | Hungary | - | - | - | - | 1300 C.E. | Malcom, Noel. Bosnia: A Short History. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press (1994); pg. 51. | "Speculation... is all that is possible on the relation between Bosnia and the Muslims of medieval Hungary--Arab merchants, descendants of Islamicized Turkic tribes and other immigrants. They are known to have lived in many parts of the Hungarian lands, including Srem, the area adjoining northeastern Bosnia, until their eventual expulsion from Hungary, along with the Jews, in the 14th century. " |
| Islam | Hungary | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Burke, Patrick. Eastern Europe. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers (1997); pg. 25. | Graphic: "Muslim Populations, 1992-95 "; Bulgaria: 1,140,000; Hungary: 3,000; Poland: 4,000; Romania: 55,000. |
| Islam | Hungary | 2,000 | 0.02% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Islam | Idaho | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Islam | Idaho | - | 0.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Muslim/Islamic "; Actual % between 0 and 0.5%, so sell was left blank. |
| Islam | Illinois | - | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Islam | Illinois | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Muslim/Islamic " |
| Islam | Illinois: Chicago | 28,000 | 1.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 110. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Cities by Percentage ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total Chicago pop: 2.8 million. |
| Islam | Illinois: Chicago | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Knoke, William. Bold New World: The Essential Road Map to the Twenty-First Century. New York: Kodansha International (1996); pg. 296. | "American cities like Chicago now have more Hindus than Episcopalians, more Buddhists than Hindus, more Muslims than Jews. " |
| Islam | India | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1150 C.E. | Peddicord, Kathleen (ed). The World's Best: The Ultimate Book for the International Traveler. Baltimore, MD: Agora, Inc. (1992); pg. 298. | "Ten miles south of Delhi is Qutb Minar, a 234-foot victory tower known as the Seventh Wonder of Hindustan... At the foot of the tower lies the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. The first mosque built in India, it was erected in the 12th century on the foundations of a Hindu temple. " |
| Islam | India | 68,735,232 | 21.74% | - | - | 1921 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 368. | Table: "The latest census gives the following enumeration of the adherents... " [1921 and 1931 figures.] |
| Islam | India | 77,677,544 | 22.16% | - | - | 1931 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 368. | Table: "The latest census gives the following enumeration of the adherents... " [1921 and 1931 figures.] |
| Islam | India | 40,000,000 | - | - | - | 1950 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 135. | "Islam... In most areas there are no exact censuses, but approximate figures for the mid-20th century are as follows, by major groups:... in Iran and Afghanistan, 27,000,000; in Pakistan, 66,000,000; in India, 40,000,000... " |
| Islam | India | 35,000,000 | - | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 11. | "While 71 million Moslems now live in their own state, Pakistan, which was carved out of India in 1947, some 35 million Moslems still remain in India... " |
| Islam | India | 366,527,008 | 10.70% | - | - | 1961 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion; PDF file: "Presentation on Religon " (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Table: Population by religious communities, India - 1961 to 2001; Table: Percentage distribution (unadjusted) of population by religious communities India - 1961 to 2001 Census (without excluding Assam and Jammu & Kashmir [no census conducted there in 1981, 1991]) |
| Islam | India | 40,000,000 | - | - | - | 1966 | Welty, Paul Thomas. The Asians: Their Heritage and Their Destiny (Revised Edition). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. (1966); pg. 124. | "The republic of India has a population of Muslims estimated at between 30 and 40 million. " |
| Islam | India | 61,418,000 | 11.20% | - | - | 1971 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion; PDF file: "Presentation on Religon " (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Table: Population by religious communities, India - 1961 to 2001; Table: Percentage distribution (unadjusted) of population by religious communities India - 1961 to 2001 Census (without excluding Assam and Jammu & Kashmir [no census conducted there in 1981, 1991]) |
| Islam | India | 61,000,000 | 11.16% | - | - | 1971 | *LINK* web site: Invest India; web page: Religions of India (viewed 16 Jan. 1999) | "The 1971 census produced the following statistics: 453 million Hindu; 61 million Muslim; 14 million Christian; 10 million Sikh; 3.8 million Buddhist; 2.6 million Jain; 2.2 million Parsis, Jews and others " |
| Islam | India | 50,000,000 | 8.77% | - | - | 1972 | Raman, T. A. India; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Fideler Company (1972); pg. 44, 48. | Pg. 44: "The population of the Republic of India is about 570 million... "; Pg. 48: "More than fifty million of India's people follow Islam... " |
| Islam | India | 80,000,000 | 13.00% | - | - | 1978 | Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991 reprint; 1st pub 1984). [Orig. source: Weeks, R. (ed.), "Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey " (1978)]; pg. 164-165. | Table: "Approximate Muslim populations and percentages of total populations " |
| Islam | India | 75,512,000 | 11.40% | - | - | 1981 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion; PDF file: "Presentation on Religon " (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Table: Population by religious communities, India - 1961 to 2001; Table: Percentage distribution (unadjusted) of population by religious communities India - 1961 to 2001 Census (without excluding Assam and Jammu & Kashmir [no census conducted there in 1981, 1991]) |
| Islam | India | 72,000,000 | 12.10% | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 359. | "According to recent census figures [Islam] claims in Pakistan 63 million out of a total population of 65 million... and in India, 72 million out of 595 million... " |
| Islam | India | 100,000,000 | 12.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* Web site: "Arabic Paper "; web page: "Muslim Countries of the World " (viewed 15 June 1999). [Written 1998.] | [NOTE: Questionable statistical methodology.] "In 1986... Muslim Education Trust organization [U.K.] obtained... 1971 census & [info. from] Embassies of the respective countires... 1971 census showed the Muslim Minorities countries had around 308 Million Muslim.. "; "...add (784.5M [independent Muslim countries]+ 308M) = 1092.5 Million Muslims in 1971 "; Table shows country, "population " [number of Muslims in the country], & % Muslim. Total adds up to 317,391,000, so these figures are apparently intended to be estimates for 1986. |
| Islam | India | 90,000,000 | - | - | - | 1989 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Global Prayer Digest 1/10/89); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | "PRAY FOR THE 90,000,000 MUSLIMS OF INDIA. " |
| Islam | India | 101,596,000 | 12.10% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion; PDF file: "Presentation on Religon " (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Table: Population by religious communities, India - 1961 to 2001; Table: Percentage distribution (unadjusted) of population by religious communities India - 1961 to 2001 Census (without excluding Assam and Jammu & Kashmir [no census conducted there in 1981, 1991]) |
| Islam | India | 92,000,000 | 10.90% | - | - | 1991 | Neusner, Jacob (ed). World Religions in America: An Introduction; Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press (1994); pg. 179. | Table: "breakdown of major religions in India, according to the population totals of the 1991 census, is roughly as follows " |
| Islam | India | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1991 | Wolpert, Stanley. India. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press (1991); pg. 72. | "About 10% of India's population continue to follow the religion of Islam... " |
| Islam | India | - | 11.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Islam | India | 101,090,000 | 11.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "India (CNI)/Church of North India (CNI) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 919 million... Main religions: Hinduism (82%), Islam (11%), Christianity (2%), Sikhism (2%)? " |
| Islam | India | 93,000,000 | 11.00% | - | - | 1996 | Halverson, Dean C. (ed.) The Compact Guide to World Religions; Colorado Springs, Colorado: International Students Inc. (1996). [Publisher is an Evangelical missionary organization.]; pg. 103. | "...the four nations with the largest number of Muslims today are all outside the Middle East: Indonesia--166 million, 88% of the population; Pakistan--111 million, 97%, Bangladesh--97 million; India--93 million, 11%. " |
| Islam | India | 103,000,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997); pg. 160-161. | List: "Top 10 Largest Muslim Populations in the World "; (Rank: 4) |
| Islam | India | 135,349,648 | 14.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.7%, Jains 0.5%, other 0.4%; Total Population: 966,783,171. |
| Islam | India | 104,500,000 | 11.00% | - | - | 1997 | Russell, Malcom B. The Middle East and South Asia 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 77. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Islam | India | 130,316,248 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998); pg. 77. | Table: "Top 10 Largest Muslim Populations in the World "; Rank: #4 |
| Islam | India | 131,000,000 | 14.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 548. | "Although only 14% of India's population is Muslim, the total number of Muslims in India is over 131 million, second in the world only to China. Muslims in India are concentrated in the areas adjacent to Pakistan and Bangladesh, on theplains of the Gangese Valley, and in the interior of the Deccan. " |
| Islam | India | 131,600,000 | 14.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 287. | "Location: India; Population: About 940 million; Religion: Hinduism (80%); Islam (14%); Christianity (2.4%); Sikhism (2%); Buddhism (0.7%); Jainism (0.5%)... " |
| Islam | India | - | 12.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 904,800,000 |
| Islam | India | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Monday Morning Reality Check " (Protestant); web page: "The 'Right' India Strategy? " by Justin D. Long, 1998 (viewed 5 March 1999) | "About three-quarters of India's population are Hindus, 10% Muslim, and 6% Christian. " |
| Islam | India | 120,000,000 | 12.00% | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* AP. "India Christians urged to form a national church " in Deseret News (21 Oct 2000) | "India, a nation of 1 billion people, is overwhelmingly Hindu. Muslims form 12 percent of the population... " |
| Islam | India | 127,131,000 | 12.00% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Islam | India | 138,188,000 | 13.40% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion; PDF file: "Presentation on Religon " (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Table: Population by religious communities, India - 1961 to 2001; Table: Percentage distribution (unadjusted) of population by religious communities India - 1961 to 2001 Census (without excluding Assam and Jammu & Kashmir [no census conducted there in 1981, 1991]) |
| Islam | India | 138,188,240 | 13.43% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Islam | India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 29,265 | 8.22% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Islam | India: Andhra Pradesh | 5,923,954 | 8.91% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Islam | India: Andhra Pradesh | 6,986,856 | 9.17% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Islam | India: Arunachal Pradesh | 11,922 | 1.38% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Islam | India: Arunachal Pradesh | 20,675 | 1.88% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Islam | India: Assam | 6,373,204 | 28.43% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Islam | India: Assam | 8,240,611 | 30.92% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Islam | India: Bihar | 11,000,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Global Prayer Digest 2/9/87); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Meanwhile, there are 11 million Muslims without any reported evangelistic work and another 63 million unreached Hindus. |
| Islam | India: Bihar | 12,787,985 | 14.81% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Islam | India: Bihar | 13,722,048 | 16.53% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Islam | India: Chandigarh | 35,548 | 3.95% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Islam | India: Chhattisgarh | 409,615 | 1.97% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
