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"Muslim Population by Country". The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Preface", The Future of the Global Muslim Population (Pew Research Center)
Jump up ^ "Executive Summary". The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
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Jump up ^ "Turmoil in the world of Islam". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
Jump up ^ "Christianity 2015: Religious Diversity and Personal Contact" (PDF). gordonconwell.edu. January 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
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"Shi-ite". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2010-08-26. They numbered about 900 million in the late 20th century and constituted nine-tenths of all the adherents of Islām.
Islamic Beliefs, Practices, and Cultures. Marshall Cavendish. 2010. p. 352. ISBN 0-7614-7926-0. Retrieved 19 December 2011. Within the Muslim community, the percentage of Sunnis is generally thought to be between 85 and 93.5 percent, with the Shia accounting for 6.6 to 15 percent, although some sources estimate their numbers at 20 percent. A common compromise figure ranks Sunnis at 90 percent and Shias at 10 percent.
"Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population". Pew Research Center. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-24. Of the total Muslim population, 10-13% are Shia Muslims and 87-90% are Sunni Muslims.
"Quick guide: Sunnis and Shias". BBC News. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 18 December 2011. The great majority of Muslims are Sunnis - estimates suggest the figure is somewhere between 85% and 90%.
Sunni Islam: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide "Sunni Islam is the dominant division of the global Muslim community, and throughout history it has made up a substantial majority (85 to 90 percent) of that community."
"Sunni and Shia Islam". Library of Congress Country Studies. Retrieved 17 December 2011. Sunni constitute 85 percent of the world's Muslims.
"Sunni". Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Retrieved 20 December 2012. Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam, comprising about 85% of the world's over 1.5 billion Muslims.
"Tension between Sunnis, Shiites emerging in USA". USA Today. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24. Among the world's estimated 1.4 billion Muslims, about 85% are Sunni and about 15% are Shiite.
Inside Muslim minds "around 80% are Sunni"
Who Gets To Narrate the World "The Sunnis (approximately 80%)"
A world theology N. Ross Reat "80% being the Sunni"
Islam and the Kadiyani jama'at "The Sunni segment, accounting for at least 80% of the worlds Muslim population"
Eastern Europe Russia and Central Asia "some 80% of the worlds Muslims are Sunni"
A dictionary of modern politics "probably 80% of the worlds Muslims are Sunni"
"Religions". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2010-08-25. Sunni Islam accounts for over 75% of the world's Muslim population...
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"Shīʿite". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2010-08-25. Shīʿites have come to account for roughly one-tenth of the Muslim population worldwide.
"Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population". Pew Research Center. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2013-09-24. The Pew Forum's estimate of the Shia population (10-13%) is in keeping with previous estimates, which generally have been in the range of 10-15%. Some previous estimates, however, have placed the number of Shias at nearly 20% of the world's Muslim population.
"Shia". Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Retrieved 5 December 2011. Shi'a Islam is the second largest branch of the tradition, with up to 200 million followers who comprise around 15% of all Muslims worldwide...
"Religions". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2010-08-25. Shia Islam represents 10-20% of Muslims worldwide...
Iran, Israel and the United States "The majority of the world's Islamic population, which is Sunni, accounts for over 75% of the Islamic population; the other 10-20 percent is Shia." (reference: CIA)
Sue Hellett; U.S. should focus on sanctions against Iran "Let me review, while Shia Islam makes up only 10-20 percent of the world's Muslim population, Iraq has a Shia majority (between 60-65 percent), but had a Sunni controlled government under Saddam Hussein and cronies from 1958-2003... (If you like government figures, see the CIA World Factbook.)"
Jump up ^ "Region: Middle East-North Africa". The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
Jump up ^ "Region: Sub-Saharan Africa". The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
Jump up ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Britannica Book of the Year 2003. Encyclopædia Britannica, (2003) ISBN 978-0-85229-956-2 p.306
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, as of mid-2002, there were 376,453,000 Christians, 329,869,000 Muslims and 98,734,000 people who practiced traditional religions in Africa. Ian S. Markham, (A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.) is cited by Morehouse University as giving the mid-1990s figure of 278,250,800 Muslims in Africa, but still as 40.8% of the total population. These numbers are estimates, and remain a matter of conjecture. See Amadu Jacky Kaba. The spread of Christianity and Islam in Africa: a survey and analysis of the numbers and percentages of Christians, Muslims and those who practice indigenous religions. The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol 29, Number 2, June 2005. Discusses the estimations of various almanacs and encyclopedium, placing Britannica's estimate as the most agreed figure. Notes the figure presented at the World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here, as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: The List: The World’s Fastest-Growing Religions, Foreign Policy, May 2007.
Jump up ^ Britannica , Think Quest, Wadsworth.com Archived 14 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
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Esposito (2004) pp.2,43
"Islamic World". Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
"Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents". Adherents.com. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
"Muslims in Europe: Country guide". BBC News (BBC). 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
"Religion In Britain". National Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2003-02-13. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
Jump up ^ "Mapping the Global Muslim Population". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
Jump up ^ According to David Shankland, 15% of Turkey's population. in Structure and Function in Turkish Society. Isis Press, 2006, p. 81.
Jump up ^ According to Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi, Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East edited by her, B. Kellner-Heinkele, & A. Otter-Beaujean. Leiden: Brill, 1997.
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Jump up ^ Paul, Eva (2006). Die Dawoodi Bohras – eine indische Gemeinschaft in Ostafrika (PDF). Beiträge zur 1. Kölner Afrikawissenschaftlichen Nachwuchstagung.
Jump up ^ Simon Ross Valentine (2008-10-06). Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jamaʻat: History, Belief, Practice. Columbia University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8.
Jump up ^ Larry DeVries; Don Baker; Dan Overmyer. Asian Religions in British Columbia. University of Columbia Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1662-5. Retrieved 29 March 2014. The community currently numbers around 15 million spread around the world
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Jump up ^ "Muslim-Majority Countries". The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
Jump up ^ "Region: Asia-Pacific". The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Number of Muslim by country". nationmaster.com. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
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^ Jump up to: a b "Reflecting a Nation: Stories from the 2011 Census, 2012–2013". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
^ Jump up to: a b Hans Rauscher (12 September 2014). "Muslime in Österreich". derStandard.at. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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