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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 652.8 million (2019) (32% of the population)  [1][2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Pakistan | 243,530,000[4] (2024) |
 India | 200,000,000[5] (2021) |
 Bangladesh | 150,400,000[6] (2022) |
 Afghanistan | 41,128,771[7][8] (2022) |
 Sri Lanka | 2,131,240[9] (2023) |
 Nepal | 1,483,060[10] (2021) |
 Maldives | 560,000[11][12] (2021) |
 Bhutan | 727[13][14] (2020) |
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Islam is the second-largest religion in South Asia, with more than 650 million Muslims living there, forming about one-third of the region's population. South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims living here.[15][16]
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238,181,034 (July 2021 est.)
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- ^ "10 Countries With the Largest Muslim Populations, 2010 and 2050". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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