As of 2022, Islam in Mongolia, is practiced by approximately 5.4% of those who identify with a religion, according to the USCIRF. Given that 59.4 percent of the population reported having a religious identity in the 2020 census, Muslims constitute roughly 3.2 percent of the total population It is practised by the ethnic Kazakhs of Bayan-Ölgii Province (88.7% of total aimag population) and Khovd Province (11.5% of total aimag population, living primarily in the Khovd city, Khovd district, and Buyant district) in western Mongolia. In addition, a number of small Kazakh communities can be found in various cities and towns spread throughout the country. Islam is also practiced by the smaller communities of Khotons and Uyghurs.
Some Mongolian Muslims fused elements from Buddhism into their beliefs, even thinking of the Buddha as synonymous to Adam, the first prophet in Islam, although this does not happen in modern times.