Talk:Islam by country/Archive 3

Muslim Population Figure Is Wrong
Nowhere does the Pew study cited either state or suggest anywhere that the 2020 global population for Muslims is 1.9 billion. Please, show where it so states. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population/

According to the Pew study, in 2010 (the last year with reliable data), the global Muslim population was 1.6 billion. Pew does, however, project -- "project," mind you -- that Islam's global population will be 2.2 billion by 2030. But, that's an educated guess based on current rates of growth.--Mwidunn (talk) 19:36, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Fun Facts
“ The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom or Francethan in Lebanon and more in Russia or China than in Syria. Also, Ethiopia has more Muslims than Afghanistan. The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has more Muslims than any other Muslim-majority countries except Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, Iran and Turkey.”

what’s the purpose of this paragraph? Is Wikipedia a curator of fun interesting factoids? This needs to be removed. 100.4.105.230 (talk) 18:41, 14 September 2023 (UTC)


 * No, these are just bizarre and rambling comparisons. It's removed. Iskandar323 (talk) 06:16, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

UK Muslim population decreased on table by 1.7 million.
User:NebY decided to remove the updating of Muslims in the UK, removing 1.7 million British Muslims, dropping the percentage from 6.6% to 3.3%, because of the figures not including Scottish Muslims, recorded in 2011 as being 76,737, 3% of British Muslims. The alternative was to add a note stating this, rather than keeping 2.1 million lower figure, which appears to be taken from a 2016 article rather than direct from census data. Furbian (talk) 15:59, 26 September 2023 (UTC)


 * It's a messy situation and will be until we get the Scottish results due in Summer 2024, though we do have figures for Northern Ireland now (Table MS-B20). Which figures should we use for the total population and the percentage? If we exclude Scotland from the total, we understate the UK's overall population. If we give only the percentage of Muslims in England and Wales in 2021, then if (as seems likely) the percentage in Scotland is lower and given that the percentage in Northern Ireland is lower, then we overstate the UK percentage. Yet if we stick with 2011 census figures, we understate the current number of Muslims. Has no WP:RS attempted a synthesis of the 2021 England and Wales figures with the published Northern Ireland ones and informed estimates for Scotland? NebY (talk) 18:17, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 October 2023
Mexico's muslim population is 7,982 according to the 2020 Census. Source (INEGI spreadsheet): https://inegi.org.mx/contenidos/programas/ccpv/2020/tabulados/cpv2020_b_eum_12_religion.xlsx CRoblesBNO (talk) 23:03, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

FRENCH POLYNESIA
There is no Muslim population in French Polynesia. 2405:CC00:3010:2265:FDAC:15A1:E246:B68C (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Pakistan population - 2023 Census
Please update Pakistan's muslim population based on 2023 census. Total population now estimated at 249.6 million, excluding Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan (collectively Pakistan administered Kashmir). 97% of this expected to be muslim - 242 million.

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40243646/pakistans-population-attains-new-mark-amid-economic-slump

http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1809?_hi=1&_pos=1 M.suleiman.a (talk) 10:19, 19 December 2023 (UTC)


 * ❌ please provide reliable sources that support the changes you want made. The linked source provides the total population as of 2023, but not the Muslim population. "97% expected to be Muslim" is speculative. Rehsarb (talk) 14:13, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 * https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2017/tables/pakistan/Table09n.pdf
 * 2017 results in the link above (which were released in full) have the figure at 96.5%. We should use this until full 2023 census results are released (beyond total population already quoted in earlier reply).
 * Thank you. M.suleiman.a (talk) 20:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done The table under the countries header already lists 96.5% and cites the 2017 census, so it looks like this edit has already been implemented. SSSB (talk) 11:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

PLease can somebody at least mildly competent take a look at this.

250 million total population exclusing Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.

96.5% * 250 million = 241 million.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by M.suleiman.a (talk • contribs) 17:52, 8 February 2024 (UTC)


 * We can't apply 2017 proportions to 2023 totals. That would be bad practice outside Wikipedia, especially when there's such a dramatic increase in the population (~20%), but on Wikipedia it would breach a key policy, that of verifiability, and our consequential policy No original research. NebY (talk) 18:38, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. M.Bitton (talk) 16:51, 9 February 2024 (UTC)