According to Pew Research the World’s Muslim population is more widespread than you might think.

As of 2010, there were an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, making Islam the world’s second-largest religious tradition after Christianity.

Although many people, especially in the United States, may associate Islam with countries in the Middle East or North Africa, nearly two-thirds (62%) of Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Pew Research Center analysis.

More Muslims live in India and Pakistan (344 million combined) than in the entire Middle East-North Africa region (317 million).

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