Islam in Thailand

Haroon Mosque [th]

Islam is a minority faith in Thailand, with statistics in 2006, suggesting 4.9% of the population are Muslim.[1][2] Figures as high as 5% of Thailand's population have also been mentioned.[3][4][5] A 2023 Pew Research Center survey gave 7%.[6] Thai Muslims are the largest religious minority in the country.[7] As of 2024, there are approximately 7.5 million Thai Muslims in the Kingdom or about 12% of the total 62.5 million Thai populations. .[8]

Most Thai Muslims are Sunni Muslims, although Thailand has a diverse population that includes immigrants from around the world.[9][10]

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  6. ^ "Most people in the countries surveyed identify as Buddhist or Muslim". Pew Research Center. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2022). "Muslims as Thailand's Largest Religious Minority". Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia. pp. 234–249. doi:10.4324/9780429275449-16. ISBN 9780429275449. S2CID 245974385. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Muslim in Thailand". Royal Thai Embassy, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ [1] Archived 31 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "thai2arab.com". thai2arab.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2013.