How Many Shia Are There In The World?
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
Saudi Arabia
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
United Arab Emirates
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
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
Saudi Arabia
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
United Arab Emirates
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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