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Egypt Facts
[by
http://www.pewforum.org/global-religious-landscape-muslim.aspx]
Muslims number 1.6 billion, representing
23% of all people worldwide. There are two major branches of Islam – Sunni
and Shia. The overwhelming majority (87-90%) of Muslims are Sunnis; about
10-13% are Shia Muslims.8
Muslims are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region, where six-in-ten (62%)
of all Muslims reside. Many Muslims also live in the Middle East and North
Africa (20%) and sub-Saharan Africa (16%). The remainder of the world’s
Muslim population is in Europe (3%), North America (less than 1%) and Latin
America and the Caribbean (also less than 1%).
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