How many muslims live in india?

However, there has been no particular census conducted in India regarding sects, but Indian sources like Times of India and Daily News and Analysis reported Indian Shia population in mid 2005–2006 between 25% and 31% of entire Muslim population of India which accounts them in numbers between 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 of 157,000,000 Indian Muslim population. read more

According to India's census, as of 2011 there are 138,188,240 Muslims in India. That equates to roughly 13.4 percent of the country's population, which at the time was over 1 billion people, making Islam the second most popular religion in India as of 2011. read more

When it comes to a share in global population of muslims, 11% of Muslims live in India. As a comparison of rise of population of Muslims in India and Pakistan, Pew research has revealed that, after partition, the population of hindus has declined whereas the population of muslims has increased by a marginal difference. read more