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The Question:

What is the largest Muslim country of the world?

The Answer:

If by that you mean, what country has the largest population of Muslims, the answer is Indonesia. There are an estimated 1 billion Muslims worldwide.

Here is a list of countries with the largest numbers of Muslims.

  • Indonesia
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • Bangladesh
  • Turkey
  • Iran
  • Egypt
  • Nigeria
  • Algeria
  • Morocco

To read more about Islam, check out our Islam primer.

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