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HOW MANY SHIA 'S ARE THERE IN
THE WORLD
source: islamicweb.com
Many people
mistakenly think that Muslims are divided into two halves:
Sunnis and Shi'it. In reality Shia are between 7.5% to 11%.
All the rest (93.5%) are Sunnis (ignoring the fact the
Shi'ism is a totally different religion than Islam). The word
Shia includes all kinds of Shi'it Sects such as (Twelvers
Imami Rafidi Shia, Isma'ili Shia, Alawi (Nusairi) Shia, Druze
Shia, Zaidi Shia).
The first
statistic was all taken from the British Encyclopedia for the
year 1997. However, we feel that it has some incorrect
numbers for some countries such as Iran. Their number is compared to the total number of Muslims which is
1,482,596,925
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Country Name
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Total Population
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Percentage of Shia
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Number of Shia
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Sect
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Afghanistan
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22,664,136
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15%
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3,399,620
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Imami
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Azerbaijan
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7,676,953
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75%
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5,757,715
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Imami
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Bahrain
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590,042
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61.3%
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361,696
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Imami
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India
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952,107,694
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3%
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28,563,231
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Isma'ili, Imami
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Iran
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66,094,264
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93.4%
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61,732,043
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Imami
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Iraq
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21,422,292
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62.5%
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13,388,933
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Imami
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Kuwait
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1,950,047
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30%
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585,014
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Imami
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Lebanon
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3,776,317
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41%
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1,548,290
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Imami, Druze
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Oman
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2,186,548
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2%
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43,731
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Imami
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Pakistan
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129,275,660
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20%
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25,855,132
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Imami
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Qatar
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547,761
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5%
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27,388
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Imami
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Saudi Arabia
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19,409,058
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3.3%
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640,499
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Imami
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Syria
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15,608,648
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15.3%
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2,388,123
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Nusairi, Druze
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Turkey
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62,484,478
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20%
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12,496,896
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Nusairi
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United Arab
Emirates
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3,057,337
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16%
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489,174
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Imami
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Yemen
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13,483,178
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46.9%
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6,323,610
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Zaidi
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Total
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11.0%
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163,601,094
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This statistic
was all taken from many independent sources for the year 1999.
It is more accurate than the previous one. It is important to
remember that Shia have a high birth rate since their
religion allows adultery
(Mut'a). The percentage of Shia this
time is relative to the percentage of Muslims.
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Country Name
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Total Population
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Percentage of Muslims
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Number of Muslims
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Percentage of Shia to Muslims
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Number of Shia
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Afghanistan
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22,664,136
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100
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22,664,136
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15
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3,399,620
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Azerbaijan
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7,676,953
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93.4
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7,170,274
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80
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5,736,219
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Bahrain
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590,042
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100
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590,042
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65
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383,527
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India
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952,107,694
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14
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133,295,077
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10
- 2
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13,329,507
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Iran
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66,094,264
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99
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65,433,321
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70
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45,803,324
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Iraq
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21,422,292
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97
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20,779,623
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65
- 30
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13,506,755
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Kuwait
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1,950,047
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89
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1,735,542
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30
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520,662
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Lebanon
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3,776,317
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70
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2,643,422
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65
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1,718,224
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Oman
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2,186,548
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100
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382,000
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2
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7,640
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Pakistan
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129,275,660
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97
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125,397,390
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15
- 2
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18,809,608
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Qatar
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547,761
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100
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547,761
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15
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82,164
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Saudiarabia
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19,409,058
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100
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19,409,058
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5
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970,452
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Syria
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15,608,648
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90
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14,047,783
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15
- 9
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2,107,167
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Turkey
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62,484,478
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99.8
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62,359,509
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6
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3,741,570
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U.A.E
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3,057,337
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96
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2,935,044
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15
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440,256
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Yemen
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13,483,178
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99
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13,348,346
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15
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2,002,251
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Total
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7.58%
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112,558,954
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