Saudi-Iran row inflames Sunni-Shia divide

Percentage of population (2008-09)

Sunni Muslim
Shia Muslim
Other
Sectarian tensions

TURKEY
Total population 75.9m (2014)
80
20

Med. Sea

LEBANON
4m
47
29
24

ISRAEL

EGYPT Cairo
82.5m
90
7
3

SUDAN

SYRIA
22.2m
73
15
12

IRAQ
34.2m
65
35

KUWAIT

JORDAN

SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh
30.9m
67
23 Wahhabis and Salafis
10

Red Sea

YEMEN
26.2m
56 
42

AZERBAIJAN

Caspian Sea

IRAN Tehran
78.1m
90
10

TURKMENISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

Persian Gulf

BAHRAIN
1.2m
70
30

QATAR

UAE

OMAN

Gulf of Oman

Arabian Sea

Sources: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life / Mapping the Global Muslim Population, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs