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class="featuretextsmall" valign="top" align="left"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091008224604/http://www.dcp2.org/"><strong>DCPP > </strong></a></strong><br>Evidence-based analyses to inform health policymaking in developing countries.</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><img height="2" alt="Divider" src="/web/20091008224604im_/http://www.prb.org/images/browsedivider.gif" width="225" vspace="5"></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div>  <p><br/> <div id="featuredlinksbox"> <div id="content_0_middlecolumn_0_middlecontent_0_pnlTitle"> <div id="titles"><span class="titletext">FAQ: Muslims</span></div> </div> <div id="content_0_middlecolumn_0_middlecontent_0_contentBody"> <h2> <b>How many Muslims live in the United States? </b> </h2> <p><b>Muslim Populations, Mid-2005</b> </p> <table bordercolor="#666666" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="220" border="1"> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#99ccff"> <td width="110"> <div align="center"><b>Region</b> </div></td> <td width="92"> <div align="center"><b>Muslims</b> </div></td></tr> <tr> <td><b>World</b> </td> <td> <div align="right">1,308,941,000</div></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><b>Africa</b> </td> <td> <div align="right">357,846,000</div></td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Asia</b> </td> <td> <div align="right">910,375,000</div></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><b>Europe</b> </td> <td> <div align="right">33,303,000</div></td></tr> <tr> <td><b>L. America </b></td> <td> <div align="right">1,745,000</div></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><b>N. America </b></td> <td> <div align="right">5,259,000</div></td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Oceania</b> </td> <td> <div align="right">412,000</div></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><b>United States </b></td> <td> <div align="right">4,745,200</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="little">Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, <i>2006 Book of the Year</i>.</p> <h2>Which countries have populations that are predominantly Muslim? </h2> <ul class="biblio"> <li><img src="/web/20091008224604im_/http://www.prb.org/images2/bullet-arrow.gif">See "Table 1. 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