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Not to be confused with Muslin. For other uses, see Muslim (name) and Muslim (disambiguation). Muslims Muslims praying in 1865 Cairo by Jean-Leon Gerome Total population 1.8 billion worldwide (2015 est.) [1] [2] [3] Founder Muhammad [4] Regions with significant populations   Indonesia 227,226,404 [5]   Pakistan 197,547,566 [6]   India 189,000,000 [7]   Bangladesh 148,607,000 [8]   Nigeria 95,316,131 [9]   Egypt 87,336,965 [10]   Iran 81,529,435 [11]   Turkey 80,683,525 [12]   China 50,000,000 [13]   Algeria 40,559,749 [14]   Iraq 38,800,190 [15]   Ethiopia 35,713,657 [16]   Afghanistan 34,022,437 [17]   Morocco 33,646,788 [18]   Sudan 30,490,000 [2]   Yemen 27,784,498 [19]   Saudi Arabia 27,143,182 [20]   Uzbekistan 26,550,000 [2]   Malaysia 19,237,161 [21]   Syria 18,930,000 [2] Rest of the world 287,230,000 [2] Religions 65–75% Sunni Islam [22] [note 1] 10–13% Shia Islam [22] 15–20% Non-denominational Islam [23] ~1% Ahmadiyya [24] ~1% Other Muslim traditions, e.g. Ibadi Islam [23] S...