Most of the world's Muslims live in Asia. Indonesia (240,271,522 | 86.1% Muslim), India (1,156,897,766 | 13.4% Muslim), Pakistan (174,578,558 | 95% Muslim) and Bangladesh (156,050,883 | 83% Muslim) have the world's highest Muslim populations.
Indonesia Muslims
Once called the Spice Islands, Indonesia, the fourth largest nation in the world, is a nation in which it is impossible to make generalisations. The people of Indonesia represent hundreds of languages, cultures and religions.
Today Indonesia is at a point of crisis. Every major region of Indonesia has suffered. Indonesia is an archipelago of 17,508 islands, still grapples with persistent poverty and unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, endemic corruption, a fragile banking sector, a poor investment climate, and unequal resource distribution among regions. Declining oil production and lack of new exploration investment turned Indonesia into a net oil importer in 2004. Unfortunately, Indonesia suffers new natural disasters all the time. Donors are assisting Indonesia with its disaster mitigation and early warning efforts.
Prayer Guide for Indonesia:
1. Pray for those in leadership in Indonesia.
2. Pray for those enduring economic hardship. Ask God to open doors for Christian workers to create employment opportunities.
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and home to the world's largest Muslim population. In 2005, Indonesia reached a historic peace agreement with armed separatists in Aceh, but it continues to face a low intensity separatist guerilla movement in Papua.
Ethnic groups: Javanese 40.6%, Sundanese 15%, Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%, Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9%
Religions: Islam 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4%
Languages: Indonesian, English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese.
School life expectancy: 12 years.
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