Religion in Afghanistan

The official religion in Afghanistan is Islam, which is practiced by over 99% of its citizens. Sunni Islam makes up 80-89% of the total population while the remaining 10-19% are Shi'as and about 1% or less practice other religions.

Apart from Muslims, there are also small minorities of Christians, Buddhist, Parsi, Sikhs and Hindus

At a population growth rate of 3.85, Afghanistan has the fastest growing Muslim population in the world.

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