WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sunni Islam (/ˈsuːni, ˈsʊni/) is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world’s Muslims. Its name comes from the word Sunnah, referring to the tradition of Muhammad.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most Muslims are either of two denominations: Sunni (87–90%, roughly 1.7 billion people) or Shia (10–13%, roughly 180–230 million people). Islam is the majority religion in several subregions: Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, and the Middle East.

Detailed explanation-3: -The great majority–upwards of 85 to 90 percent–of the world’s more than 1.6 billion Muslims are Sunnis. Shia constitute about 10 to 15 percent of all Muslims, and globally their population is estimated at less than 200 million.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four countries with the largest Sunni-majority populations are Egypt (where  99% of Muslims are Sunni), Indonesia ( 99%), Bangladesh ( 99%) and Pakistan ( 87%). Of these, Pakistan is expected to have the greatest annual growth in its number of Sunni Muslims.