Religion in The Arab World
| Religions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muslims | 87% | |||
| Christians | 9% | |||
| Others | 4% | |||
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism were all founded in or near areas that are now Arab League countries. Consequently, the majority of the Arab League's citizens are either Muslims, Christians or Jews. The countries of the Arab League host several holy cities and other religiously significant locations, including Alexandria, Mecca, Medina, Kirkuk, Arbil, and Baghdad. Sunni Muslims make up the Majority of the Arab League's citizens. However, large numbers of Shi'a Muslims make up the majority in areas of Lebanon, Iraq, and Bahrain. Christianity is the second largest religion in the League, with over 20 million Christians living in countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. There are smaller Jewish populations living mainly in the western part of the Arab league. Places such as Morocco, Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Syria, Egypt and Iraq all have Jewish populations. However, most Arab Jews emigrated from the Arab states to Israel after its founding in 1948. Other minor religions such as Druze religion, the Bahá'í Faith, Mandeanism, Yazdanism, Zoroastrianism, Shabak religion and Yarsan are practiced on a much smaller scale.
- Muslim population - 311,093,951
- Total population - 349,870,608
Religious percentages of the Arab League
| N | Country | Muslims | Christians | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ | Arab League | 87% | 9% | 4% |
| 1 | Algeria | 97% | 2% | 1% |
| 2 | Bahrain | 70.2% | UNK | 29.8% |
| 3 | Comoros | 99% | 1% | n/a |
| 4 | Djibouti | 94% | 5% | 1% |
| 5 | Egypt | 90% | 10% | n/a |
| 6 | Iraq | 95% | 4.3% | 0.7% |
| 7 | Jordan | 91% | 8% | 1% |
| 8 | Kuwait | 85% | 10% | 10% |
| 9 | Lebanon | 54% | 45% | 1% |
| 10 | Libya | 97% | 2.4% | 0.6% |
| 11 | Mauritania | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | Morocco | 95% | 3% | 2% |
| 13 | Oman | 92.5% | 5% | 2.5% |
| 14 | Qatar | 67.5% | 20% | 12.5% |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 89% | 4.5% | 6.5% |
| 16 | Somalia | 99% | 0% | 0% |
| 17 | Sudan | 97% | 3% | |
| 18 | Syria | 80% | 20% | n/a |
| 19 | Tunisia | 95% | 3% | 2% |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 62% | 8.5% | 29.5% |
| 21 | Yemen | 95% | 0.2% | 4.8% |
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