Islam Followers Population in the World
Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Twitter Yahoo! Bookmarks Print AP – HOLD FOR RELEASE 11 p.m. ET; graphic shows countries with the largest Muslim population By ERIC GORSKI, AP Religion Writer Eric Gorski, Ap Religion Writer – 1 hr 57 mins ago The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the world practice Islam, according to a report Wednesday billed as the most comprehensive of its kind. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life report provides a precise number for a population whose size has long has been subject to guesswork, with estimates ranging anywhere from 1 billion to 1.8 billion. The project, three years in the making, also presents a portrait of the Muslim world that might surprise some. For instance, Germany has more Muslims than Lebanon, China has more Muslims than Syria, Russia has more Muslims than Jordan and Libya combined, and Ethiopia ha...