Muslim diaspora

A Pew Research study from 2020 estimates that approximately 80 million Muslims make up 29% of all international migrants, slightly above their 25% share of the global population.

Syria has the highest number of Muslim migrants at about 8.1 million, largely due to the Syrian civil war since 2011, with many relocating to Turkey and Lebanon.

Following closely is the United Arab Emirates, which is home to over 6 million foreign-born Muslims, making it the second most popular destination.

Like Saudi Arabia, the UAE is a wealthy Muslim nation with a significant demand for foreign labor, with international migrants comprising 94% of its population.

But in general almost every Muslim country in the world has sent immigrants to Canada – from Pakistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania to Yemen and Bangladesh.

This increase is primarily attributed to higher migration rates from Algeria, Morocco, Syria, Turkey and Pakistan.

A 2010 Pew Research Center study reported that 2.7% of the world's Muslim population live in Europe.

[12] A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2010[update] found that Muslims make up 0.1% of all of Latin America's population.

[15] Islam came to Suriname with immigrants from Indonesia (Java) and South Asia (today India, Pakistan and Bangladesh).

[16] The Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies in its 2017 US Religion census estimated that 1.1% (or 3,450,000) of the population of the United States are Muslim.