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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

Country Name

Total Population

Percentage of Shia

Number of Shia

Sect

Afghanistan

22,664,136

15%

3,399,620

Imami

Azerbaijan

7,676,953

75%

5,757,715

Imami

Bahrain

590,042

61.3%

361,696

Imami

India

952,107,694

3%

28,563,231

Isma'ili, Imami

Iran

66,094,264

93.4%

61,732,043

Imami

Iraq

21,422,292

62.5%

13,388,933

Imami

Kuwait

1,950,047

30%

585,014

Imami

Lebanon

3,776,317

41%

1,548,290

Imami, Druze

Oman

2,186,548

2%

43,731

Imami

Pakistan

129,275,660

20%

25,855,132

Imami

Qatar

547,761

5%

27,388

Imami

Saudi Arabia

19,409,058

3.3%

640,499

Imami

Syria

15,608,648

15.3%

2,388,123

Nusairi, Druze

Turkey

62,484,478

20%

12,496,896

Nusairi

United Arab Emirates

3,057,337

16%

489,174

Imami

Yemen

13,483,178

46.9%

6,323,610

Zaidi

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

11.0%

163,601,094

 

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.

Country Name

Total Population

Percentage of Muslims

Number of Muslims

Percentage of Shia to Muslims

Number of Shia

Afghanistan

22,664,136

100

22,664,136

15

3,399,620

Azerbaijan

7,676,953

93.4

7,170,274

80

5,736,219

Bahrain

590,042

100

590,042

65

383,527

India

952,107,694

14

133,295,077

10 - 2

13,329,507

Iran

66,094,264

99

65,433,321

70

45,803,324

Iraq

21,422,292

97

20,779,623

65 - 30

13,506,755

Kuwait

1,950,047

89

1,735,542

30

520,662

Lebanon

3,776,317

70

2,643,422

65

1,718,224

Oman

2,186,548

100

382,000

2

7,640

Pakistan

129,275,660

97

125,397,390

15 - 2

18,809,608

Qatar

547,761

100

547,761

15

82,164

Saudiarabia

19,409,058

100

19,409,058

5

970,452

Syria

15,608,648

90

14,047,783

15 - 9

2,107,167

Turkey

62,484,478

99.8

62,359,509

6

3,741,570

U.A.E

3,057,337

96

2,935,044

15

440,256

Yemen

13,483,178

99

13,348,346

15

2,002,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

7.58%

112,558,954

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