Islam in Pakistan
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| Total population | |
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| c. 231.69 million (2023 census) (96.35% of the population) | |
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| Majority: 85-90% Sunni Muslims, Minority: 10-15% Shia Muslims | |
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| Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi |
- Sunni Muslims (90%)
- Shia Muslims (10%)
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Islam is the largest and the state religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan has over 231.69 million adherents of Islam (excluding the administrative territory of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan) making it the second-largest Muslim population. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. Most Pakistani Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, which is represented by the Barelvi and Deobandi traditions.
About 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The majority are Sunni (85-90%) while Shias make up around 10-15%. Smaller minority Muslim populations in Pakistan include Quranists, nondenominational Muslims. There are also two Mahdi'ist based creeds practised in Pakistan, namely Mahdavia and Ahmadiyya, the latter of whom are considered by the constitution of Pakistan to be non-Muslims; they jointly constitute less than 1% of the population. Pakistan has the world's largest Muslim majority city (Karachi).