According to the Pew Research Center in 2010, there were 50 Muslim-majority countries. Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in South and Southeast Asia, with over 1 billion adherents.
The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a nation home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), India (10.9%), and Bangladesh (9.2%). About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.
In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities. The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria.
Largest ethnic group of the world's Muslim is Arabic. followed by Bengalis and then Punjabis.
Out of 200 million population of Pakistan, with a population of more than 120 million, Punjabis are the largest ethnic group in Pakistan and the third largest ethnic Muslim community (6.4%) in the world.
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