Islam in Pakistan

Islam is the official religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. As of 2017, 97% of the population is Muslim, with 75% being Sunni and 20% Shi'a.^[1] There are about~230 millions (2021 est.)^[2][3]
Muslim population in Pakistan^[4] which is the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia. The Shi'a Muslim population is the second largest in the world after Iran, more than 60 million. Pakistan has been called a "global centre for political Islam".^[5] Pakistani nationalism is religious in nature being Islamic nationalism. Religion was the basis of Pakistani nationalist narrative.^[6]

1. ↑ [1] Archived 2020-05-24 at the Wayback Machine CIA World Factbook - Pakistan
2. ↑ "Headcount finalised sans third-party audit". 26 May 2018.
3. ↑ "POPULATION BY RELIGION" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
4. ↑ "2008 World Population Data Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
5. ↑ Ḥaqqānī, Husain (2005). Pakistan: between mosque and military. Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 131. ISBN 0-87003-214-3. Retrieved 23 May 2010. Zia ul-Haq is often identified as the person most responsible for turning Pakistan into a global center for political Islam. ...
6. ↑ Ahmed, Ishtiaq (27 May 2016). "The dissenters". The Friday Times. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2022.