Editing Shia Islam (section)

===Significant populations worldwide===
Figures indicated in the first three columns below are based on the October 2009 demographic study by the [[Pew Research Center]] report, ''Mapping the Global Muslim Population''.<ref name="PRC" /><ref name="mgmpPRC" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; float:left;"
|+Nations with over 100,000 Shia<ref name="PRC" /><ref name="mgmpPRC" />
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! style="width:10%;"|Country
! style="width:10%;"|Article
! style="width:10%;"|Shia population in 2009 (Pew)<ref name="PRC" /><ref name="mgmpPRC" /><!-- This column shows Pew statistics only, please! -->
! style="width:10%;"|Percent of population that is Shia in 2009 (Pew)<ref name="PRC" /><ref name="mgmpPRC" /><!-- This column shows Pew statistics only, please! -->
! style="width:10%;"|Percent of global Shia population in 2009 (Pew)<ref name="PRC" /><ref name="mgmpPRC" /><!-- This column shows Pew statistics only, please! -->
! style="width:20%;" class="unsortable"|Population estimate ranges and notes <!-- Please provide reliable, verifiable reference with the claim -->
|-
| {{Flagicon|Iran}} [[Islam in Iran|Iran]]
| [[Islam in Iran]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|66000}}66,000,000–69,500,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|90}}90–95
| align=right | {{ntsh|37}}37–40
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Shi'a Islam in Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| [[Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|25200}}25,272,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|15}}15
| align=right | {{ntsh|15}}15
| align=right | A 2023 census estimate was that Shia made up about 15-20% of Pakistan's population.<ref>{{cite web |date= 2023 |title=2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: Pakistan |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/pakistan/ |publisher=US Department of State}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagicon|Iraq}} [[Iraq]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Iraq]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|19000}}19,000,000–24,000,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|55}}55–65
| align=right | {{ntsh|10}}10–11
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|India}} [[Shi'a Islam in India|India]]
| [[Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|12300}}12,300,000–18,500,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|1.3}}1.3–2
| align=right | {{ntsh|9}}9–14
| align=right | 
|-
| {{Flagicon|Yemen}} [[Yemen]]
| [[Shia Islam in Yemen]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|7000}}7,000,000–8,000,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|35}}35–40
| align=right | {{ntsh|5}}~5
| align=right | Majority following [[Zaidiyyah|Zaydi Shia]] sect.
|-
| {{Flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Turkey]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|6000}}6,000,000–9,000,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|10}}~10–15
| align=right | {{ntsh|3}}~3–4
| align=right | Majority following [[Alevism|Alevi Shia]] sect.
|-
| {{Flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azerbaijan]]
| [[Islam in Azerbaijan]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|4500}}4,575,000–5,590,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|45}}45–55
| align=right | {{ntsh|2}}2–3
| align=right | Azerbaijan is majority Shia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reynolds |first=James |date=12 August 2012 |title=Why Azerbaijan is closer to Israel than Iran |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19063885 |publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Umutlu |first=Ayseba |title=Islam's gradual resurgence in post-Soviet Azerbaijan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/islam-gradual-resurgence-post-soviet-azerbaijan-180108110517329.html}}</ref><ref name="Bedford">{{cite book |last=Bedford |first=Sofie |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327829401 |title=Turkish–Azerbaijani Relations: One Nation – Two States? |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1138650817 |editor-last1=Ismayilov |editor-first1=Murad |page=128 |editor-last2=Graham |editor-first2=Norman A.}}</ref> A 2012 work noted that in Azerbaijan, among believers of all faiths, 10% identified as Sunni, 30% identified as Shia, and the remainder of followers of Islam simply identified as Muslim.<ref name="Bedford" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|Afghanistan}}[[Afghanistan]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Afghanistan]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|3000}}3,000,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|15}}15
| align=right | {{ntsh|1}}~2
| align=right | A reliable census has not been taken in Afghanistan in decades, but about 20% of Afghan population is Shia, mostly among ethnic [[Tajiks|Tajik]] and [[Hazaras|Hazara]] minorities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Massoud |first=Waheed |date=6 December 2011 |title=Why have Afghanistan's Shias been targeted now? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16045209 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagicon|Syria}} [[Syria]]
| [[Islam in Syria]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|2400}}2,400,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|13}}13
| align=right | {{ntsh|1}}~2
| align=right | Majority following [[Alawites|Alawites Shia]] sect.
|-
| {{Flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Lebanon]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|1000}}2,100,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|31}} 31.2
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |In 2020, the CIA World Factbook stated that Shia Muslims constitute 31.2% of Lebanon's population.<ref>{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Lebanon |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lebanon/ |publisher=CIA World Factbook}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Saudi Arabia]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Saudi Arabia]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|2000}}2,000,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|6}}~6
| align=right | {{ntsh|1}}
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Nigeria]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|3000}}<2,000,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|1}}<1
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right | Estimates range from as low as 2% of Nigeria's Muslim population to as high as 17% of Nigeria's Muslim population.{{Efn|A 2019 [[Council on Foreign Relations]] article states: "Nobody really knows the size of the Shia population in Nigeria. Credible estimates that its numbers range between 2 and 3 percent of Nigeria's population, which would amount to roughly four million."<ref name=Campbell>{{cite web |first=John |last=Campbell |url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/more-trouble-between-nigerias-shia-minority-and-police |title=More Trouble Between Nigeria's Shia Minority and the Police |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |date=10 July 2019}}</ref> A 2019 BBC News article said that "Estimates of [Nigerian Shia] numbers vary wildly, ranging from less than 5% to 17% of Nigeria's Muslim population of about 100 million."<ref>{{cite news |first=Haruna Shehu |last=Tangaza |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49175639 |title=Islamic Movement in Nigeria: The Iranian-inspired Shia group |publisher=BBC |date=5 August 2019}}</ref>}} Some, but not all, Nigerian Shia are affiliated with the banned [[Islamic Movement in Nigeria]], an Iranian-inspired Shia organization led by [[Ibrahim Zakzaky]].<ref name="Campbell" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Tanzania]]
| [[Islam in Tanzania]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|1500}}~1,500,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|2.5}}~2.5
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Kuwait]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|0500}}500,000–700,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|20}}20–25
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right | Among Kuwait's estimated 1.4&nbsp;million citizens, about 30% are Shia (including [[Ismaili]] and [[Ahmadi]], whom the Kuwaiti government count as Shia). Among [[Expatriates in Kuwait|Kuwait's large expatriate community]] of 3.3&nbsp;million noncitizens, about 64% are Muslim, and among expatriate Muslims, about 5% are Shia.<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Kuwait |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/kuwait/ |publisher=[[Office of International Religious Freedom]], United States Department of State}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Bahrain]]
| [[Islam in Bahrain]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|400}}400,000–500,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|66}}65–70
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|Tajikistan}} [[Tajikistan]]
| [[Shi'a Islam in Tajikistan]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|400}}~400,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|4}}~4
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |Shi'a Muslims in Tajikistan are predominantly [[Nizari Isma'ilism|Nizari Ismaili]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany]]
| [[Islam in Germany]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|400}}~400,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|0.5}}~0.5
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|UAE}} [[United Arab Emirates]]
| [[Islam in the United Arab Emirates]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|300}}~300,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|3}}~3
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]
| [[Islam in the United States]]<br />[[Shia Islam in the Americas]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|225}}~225,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|0.07}}~0.07
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right | Shi'a form a majority amongst Arab Muslims in many American cities, e.g. Lebanese Shi'a forming the majority in [[Detroit]].<ref>Aswad, B. and Abowd, T., 2013. Arab Americans. Race and Ethnicity: ''The United States and the World'', pp. 272–301.</ref>
|-
| {{Flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]]
| [[Islam in the United Kingdom]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|125}}~125,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|0.2}}~0.2
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar]]
| [[Islam in Qatar]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|100}}~100,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|3.5}}~3.5
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right |
|-
| {{Flagicon|Oman}} [[Oman]]
| [[Islam in Oman]]
| align=right | {{ntsh|100}}~100,000
| align=right | {{ntsh|2}}~2
| align=right | {{ntsh|0}}<1
| align=right | As of 2015, about 5% of Omanis are Shia (compared to about 50% [[Ibadi]] and 45% Sunni).<ref>{{cite news |last=Erlich |first=Reese |date=4 August 2015 |title=Mitigating Sunni-Shia conflict in 'the world's most charming police state' |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-04/mitigating-sunni-shia-conflict-world-s-most-charming-police-state |publisher=Agence France-Presse}}</ref>
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