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Estimated Percentage Range of Shia by Country

Approximate Percentage of Muslim Population that is Shia Approximate Percentage of World Shia Population 10-13% 10 - 15 <5 <1 -<1 -<1 <1 <10 <1 <1 <10 <1 65-75 -65-75 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <10 <1 <1 10 - 15 <1 <1 <5 <1 <1 ~10 <1 <1 <1 100% ~2 <1 <1 -<1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 3-4 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Chad Channel Islands Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faeroe Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Approximate Percentage of Muslim Population that is Shia Approximate Percentage of World Shia Population <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 --<1 <1 <1 <1 <5 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 ---<1 <1 2-3 <1 -<1 <1 15 - 25 10 - 15 <1 <1 10 - 15 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 --<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 ---<1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1

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Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma (Myanmar) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic

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Shia by Country (cont.)

Approximate Percentage of Muslim Population that is Shia Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Approximate Percentage of World Shia Population <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 10 - 15 <1 90 - 95 65 - 70 <1 -<1 <5 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <5 --20 - 25 <1 <1 25 - 35 45 - 55 <1 <1 <1 <1 10 - 20 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 9 - 14 <1 37 - 40 11 - 12 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 --<1 <1 <1 <1 ~1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 Approximate Percentage of Muslim Population that is Shia Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian territories Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Approximate Percentage of World Shia Population <2 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <10 <1 <1 <1 <1 <5 --<1 <1 <1 -<1 <5 70 - 75 <1 <1 <1 <1 <5 -<1 -<1 5 - 10 10 - 15 -<1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 --<1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <2 -<1 -<1 <1 10 - 15 -<1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 --

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Shia by Country (cont.)

Approximate Percentage of Muslim Population that is Shia Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Congo Republic of Macedonia Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Approximate Percentage of World Shia Population <1 <1 <1 ~10 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 10 - 15 <1 <15 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <10 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 1-2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 -<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Approximate Percentage of Muslim Population that is Shia Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu U.S. Virgin Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Approximate Percentage of World Shia Population 20 - 40 <1 15 - 20 <1 ~7 <10 <1 <1 <1 --<1 <1 10 - 15 ~1 --<1 <5 <1 ~10 10 - 15 10 - 15 <1 ~1 --<1 <1 -<1 35 - 40 <1 <1 <1 <1 ~2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 --<1 <1 4-6 <1 --<1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 --<1 <1 -<1 ~5 <1 <1

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