Current status of the Muslim world

1. CurrentStatus of the
MuslimWorld
Syed Sajjadur Rahman
14 April 2019

2. How Many
MuslimsAre
There? – 2015
- 1.8 billion
-24.1% ofWorld
Population
-Asia-Pacific 62%
-South Asia33%
-SoutheastAsia13%
-MENA 23%
-Sub-SaharanAfrica
15%
Source:PewCentre

3. Projected Muslim
Population in 2050
- 2.76billion
-29.7% ofworld
population
-AsiaPacific 53%
-Sub-SaharanAfrica 24%
-MENA 20%
-India172 Million (2011)
Source:PewCentre
Top 10 countries with the largest Muslim Populations 2010-2050
2010
(Mn.)
% of
world
popn.
2050
(Mn)
% of
world
Popn.
1 Indonesia 209.12 13.1 1 India 310.6 11.2
2 India 176.2 11.0 2 Pakistan 273.1 9.9
3 Pakistan 167.4 10.5 3 Indonesia 256.8 9.3
4 Bangladesh 134.43 8.4 4 Nigeria 230.7 8.4
5 Nigeria 77.3 4.8 5 Bangladesh 182.4 6.6
6 Egypt 77.0 4.8 6 Egypt 119.5 4.3
7 Iran 73.6 4.6 7 Turkey 89.3 3.2
8 Turkey 71.3 45 8 Iran 86.2 3.1
9 Algeria 34.7 2.2 9 Iraq 80.2 2.9
10 Morocco 31.9 2.0 10 Afghanistan 72.2 2.6

4. - Islam has the
second largest
following among
religions (24.2%)
following
Christianity
(31%)
- By 2060, Islam
will become the
biggest.
 Muslim Fertility Rates are higher
 especially in Sub-Saharan Africa Africa (5.6%)
 Asia-Pacific Rates are low (Bangladesh 1.1%)
 Relatively young population (Sub-Saharan
Africa, MENA)
Source: Pew Centre

5. Economy
Of the 57 member
countries of IsDB,
- 40 are middle-
income countries
or more
- Low-income
countries are
mostly inAfrica.
Country
Classification
Africa and Latin America (22) Asia (10) Middle-East &North Africa (MENA), and
Europe (25) *
Low Income
Countries (LICs): 15
Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad,
Gambia,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra
Leone, Somalia,Togo, Uganda
(13)
Tajikistan (1) Afghanistan (1)
Lower Middle-
Income Countries
(LMICs): 18
Cameroon, Comoros, Cote
d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Nigeria,
Senegal (6)
Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Kyrgyz Republic,
Uzbekistan (4)
Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco,
Pakistan, Sudan,Tunisia,Yemen (8)
Upper Middle-
Income Countries
(UMICs): 15
Gabon,Guyana, Suriname (3) Kazakhstan, Malaysia,
Maldives,Turkmenistan
(4)
Albania,Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Libya,Turkey (8)
High Income
Countries (HICs): 7
Brunei (1) Bahrain, Kuwait,Oman, Qatar, SaudiArabia,
UAE (6)
Source: World Development Indicators, 2019 (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ny.gdp.pcap.cd).
*Data for 2017 for Syria and Palestine were not available.

6. Social
- Increasing
Urban poverty
- Basic social
indicators vary
by regions, but
are often poor
 Human Development Index low in Africa, medium in
South Asia and relatively high in Southeast Asia and the
Middle-East
 Gender equality remains a problem
 Urban poverty has increased from 10.9% in 2013 to
23.8%.
 Maternal and under 5 mortality rates remain high
 Spending in education and health remain low.
 Youth unemployment is a major issue
Source: UNHDR

7.  Conflict and Fragility
 Fragile State Indicators
2018 “heatmap” –
concentration of fragile
and conflict areas in the
Muslim world (Africa
and MENA)
 - 7 out of 10 most
fragile countries
 Internal and External
Conflicts
 - the role of control over
oil supplies
 - sectarian conflicts
 - Historical enmities