Obama: The U.S. is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world

In a 2009 interview with Laura Haim of Canal Plus, Obama said:
"Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."