List of ethnic groups by Muslim population
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This is a list that shows each ethnic group in the world that has a population of more than one million Muslims, ranked by their Muslim population. The table below shows each of these ethnicity's Muslim populations, their total populations (including non-Muslims), the percentage of their populations that are Muslim, the country the ethnic group is found in, and sources
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| Rank | Ethnic Group | Main countries found in | Muslim population of the Ethnic Group | Total population of the Ethnic Group | % of the Ethnic Group that is Muslim | Islamic sects | School of jurisprudence | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabs | Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia etc. etc. | 300,000,000? | 330,000,000? | 90% or so? | Majority Sunni, minority Shia and smaller minority Ibadi | Hanafi in Levant, Hanbali in Arabian Peninsula, Shafi in Yemen, Maliki in North Africa | Don't have these yet |
| 2 | Bengalis | Bangladesh, India (West Bengal, Assam, Tripura) | 176,000,000 | 260,000,000 | 68% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 3 | Punjabis | Pakistan | 97,000,000 | 130,000,000 | 75% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 4 | Javanese | Indonesia | 92,110,000 | 94,790,000 | 97% | Sunni | Shafi | No reference yet |
| 5 | Hausa | Nigeria and Niger | 79,200,000 | 80,000,000 | 99% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 6 | Turks | Turkey, Cyprus | 61,100,000 | 65,000,000 | 94% | 90%-Sunni, 10% Alevi | Hanafi for Sunni, Batiniyya for Alevi | No reference yet |
| 7 | Pashtuns | Afghanistan, Pakistan | 60,000,000 | 60,000,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 8 | Persian | Iran | 52,500,000 | 52,500,000 | 100% | Twelver Shia | Ja'fari | No reference yet |
| 9 | Fulbe | Nigeria, Guinea, Senegal, ect.. | 39,200,000 | 40,000,000 | 98% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 10 | Sundanese | Indonesia (West Java) | 36,450,000 | 36,666,000 | 99% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 10 | Kurds | Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran | 32,760,000 | 36,400,000 | 90% (10% Non-Muslim Kurds are mostly adherent to Yarsanism and Yazidism | 80% Sunni, 10% Twelver Shia, 10% Alevi | Majority Shafi'i, minority Hanafi for Sunni, Ja'fari for Twelver, Batiniyya for Alevi | No reference yet |
| 12 | Sindhis | Pakistan | 29,600,000 | 36,000,000 | 83% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 13 | Uzbeks | Uzbekistan | 34,000,000 | 34,000,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 14 | Azeri | Azerbaijan, Iran | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 100% | Twelver Shia | Ja'fari | No reference yet |
| 15 | Malays | Malaysia, Indonesian, Brunei, Singapore and deep southern Thailand | 27,310,000 | 27,450,000 | 99.95% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 16 | Tajiks | Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan | 22,500,000 | 22,500,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 17 | Oromo | Ethiopia | 20,550,000 | 35,745,000 | 55-60% (57.5%) | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 18 | Somali | Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya | 18,630,000 | 18,630,000 | 100% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 19 | Saraiki | Pakistan | 19,634,000 | 19,634,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 20 | Muhajir | Pakistan | 16,130,000 | 16,134,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 21 | Kazakh | Kazakhstan, China (Xinjiang), Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan), Mongolia (Bayan-Ölgii) | 15,850,000 | 15,850,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 22 | Mandinka | Mali, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, The Gambia ect.. | 13,350,000 | 13,350,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 23 | Uyghur | China (Xinjiang) | 12,672,000 | 12,672,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 24 | Hui | China | 10,750,000 | 10,750,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 25 | Baloch | Pakistan (Balochistan), Iran (Sistan and Balochistan) | 10,500,000 | 10,500,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 26 | Sylhetis | Bangladesh (Sylhet) | 10,300,000 | 10,300,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 27 | Kanuri | Nigeria (Borno State), Niger, Chad | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 28 | Gujarati | India (Gujarat), Pakistan (Karachi) | 9,345,000 | 60,000,000 | 15.5% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 29 | Mappila | India (Kerala) | 8,873,500 | 8,874,500 | 100% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 30 | Hazara | Central Afghanistan | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 100% | Twelver Shia | Ja'fari | No reference yet |
| 31 | Wolof | Senegal | 6,909,000 | 7,677,000 | 90% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 32 | Rifians | Morocco | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 33 | Minangkabau | Indonesia, Malaysia | 7,420,000 | 7,420,000 | 100% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 34 | Mossi | Burkino Faso | 7,213,000 | 11,097,000 | 65% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 35 | Shilha | Morocco | 7,200,000 | 7,200,000 | 100% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference ye |
| 36 | Madurese | Indonesia (East Java) | 7,157,518 | 7,166,091 | 99.9% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference ye |
| 37 | Kashmiris | India and Pakistan (Kashmir) | 7,150,000 | 7,150,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 38 | Turkmen | Turkmenistan | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 39 | Betawi | Indonesia | 6,607,019 | 6,800,944 | 97.1% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 40 | Kabyle | Algeria | 6,500,000 | 6,500,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 41 | Buginese | Indonesia (Sulawesi island) | 6,348,200 | 6,413,217 | 99% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 42 | Tatar | Russia (Tatarstan) | 6,200,000 | 6,200,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 43 | Tamil | India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka | 6,100,000 | 76,000,000 | 8% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 44 | Banjar | Indonesia, Malaysia | 5,700,000 | 5,700,000 | 100% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 45 | Kyrgyz | Kyrgyzstan | 5,365,000 | 5,365,000 | 100% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 46 | Lurs | Iran | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 100% | Twelver Shia | Ja'fari | No reference yet |
| 47 | Hindkowans | Pakistan | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 48 | Central Atlas Tamazight | Morocco | 4,750,000 | 4,750,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 49 | Bantenese | Indonesia (Banten) | 4,634,374 | 4,642,277 | 99.83% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 50 | Songhai | Niger, Mali | 4,500,000 | 4,500,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 51 | Nupe | Nigeria | 4,500,000 | 4,500,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 52 | Gilaks | Iran (Gilan province) | 4,380,000 | 4,380,000 | 100% | Twelver Shia | Jafari'i | No reference yet |
| 53 | Albanians | Albania, Kosovo | 4,350,000 | 6,000,000 | 72.5% | Majority Sunni, minority Bektashi | Hanafi for Sunni, Batiniyya for Bektashi | No reference yet |
| 54 | Mazanderani | Iran | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 100% | Twelver Shia | Jafari'i | No reference yet |
| 55 | Circassian | Russia, Turkey, Levant | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 56 | Acehnese | Indonesia (Aceh) | 3,398,818 | 3,403,961 | 99.85% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 57 | Gurma | Ghana, Burkina Faso | 3,200,000 | 3,200,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 58 | Sasak | Indonesia (Lombok) | 3,154,000 | 3,175,000 | 99.33% | Sunni | Shafi'i | No reference yet |
| 59 | Meo | India | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 100% | Sunni | Hanafi | No reference yet |
| 60 | Zaza | Turkey | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 100% | Sunni (predominantly), Alevism (minority) | Hanafi and Shafi'i for Sunni, Batiniyya for Alevism | No reference yet |
| 61 | Chaoui | Algeria | 2,870,000 | 2,870,000 | 100% | Sunni | Maliki | No reference yet |
| 62 | Gbagyi | Nigeria | 560,000 | 700,000 | 80% | Sunni (predominantly) | Maliki | No reference yet |
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