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The Bibi-Heybat Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. Islam is the majority religion in Azerbaijan, but the country is considered to be the most secular in the Muslim world. [5] Estimates include 97.3% (The World Factbook, 2020) [6] and 99.2% (Pew Research Center, 2006) [7] of the population identifying as Muslim.
Islam is the majority religion in Azerbaijan, but the country is considered to be the most secular in the Muslim world. [2] Various reports have estimated 97.3% (CIA, 2020) [ 3 ] or 99.2% (Pew Research Center, 2006) [ 4 ] of the population identifying as Muslim; with the majority being adherents of the Shia branch (55-65%), while a significant ...
A Pew Research Study in 2015 found that the Muslim population was expected to grow twice as fast (70%) as the world population by 2060 (1.8 billion in 2015 to 3 billion by 2060). [313] This expected growth is much larger than any other religious group. [313] Muslims are likely to constitute roughly 26.3% of the world's total population by 2030 ...
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
The religion with the largest community of followers is Islam. The majority of the Muslims are Shia Muslims, and the Republic of Azerbaijan has the second-highest Shia population percentage in the world, after Iran. [81] The city's notable mosques include Juma Mosque, Bibi-Heybat Mosque, Muhammad Mosque and Taza Pir Mosque.
Azerbaijan religion-related lists (1 C) C. Christianity in Azerbaijan (6 C, 6 P) H. Hinduism in Azerbaijan (1 C, 2 P) I. Islam in Azerbaijan (4 C, 7 P) J.