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The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004.[1] Other sources used were CIA Factbook[2] and adherents.com.[3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov[4] (2005 estimates).
By country
Of the total Hindu population of the world, approx. 900 million live in India. Significant numbers of Hindus reside in Bali, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Guyana, Nepal, Mauritius, Suriname, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago. In Nepal and Bali, Hinduism is the major religion, and is still reflected in the traditional culture and architecture. There are also sizeable Hindu populations in Sri Lanka (1.42 million),[1] Pakistan (2 million),[2], United States (1,478,670),[3] South Africa (654,714),[4] the Middle East (1.4 million)[5] and the United Kingdom (558,342).[6]
Region | Country | Total Population (2005 est) | % of Hindus | Hindu total |
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Central Asia | Afghanistan | 29,928,987 | 0.5% | 149,644 |
Balkans | Albania | 3,563,112 | n/a | n/a |
North Africa | Algeria | 32,531,853 | n/a | n/a |
Southern Africa | Angola | 11,190,786 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Argentina | 39,537,943 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Armenia | 2,982,904 | n/a | n/a |
Oceania | Australia | 20,090,437 | 0.38% | 76,343 |
Central Europe | Austria | 8,184,691 | 0.002% | 163 |
Middle East | Azerbaijan | 7,911,974 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Bahrain | 688,345 | 7.7%[citation needed] | 53,002 |
South Asia | Bangladesh | 144,233,000 | 15%[citation needed] | 14,431,962 |
Eastern Europe | Belarus | 10,300,483 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Belgium | 10,364,388 | n/a | n/a |
Central America | Belize | 279,457 | 1% | 2,794 |
West Africa | Benin | 7,460,025 | n/a | n/a |
South Asia | Bhutan | 2,232,291 | 2% | 44,645 |
South America | Bolivia | 8,857,870 | n/a | n/a |
Balkans | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,025,476 | n/a | n/a |
Southern Africa | Botswana | 1,640,115 | 1% | 16,401 |
South America | Brazil | 186,112,794 | 0.002% | 3,722 |
Southeast Asia | Brunei | 372,361 | n/a | n/a |
Balkans | Bulgaria | 7,450,349 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Burkina Faso | 13,925,313 | n/a | n/a |
Central Africa | Burundi | 6,370,609 | n/a | n/a |
Southeast Asia | Cambodia | 13,607,069 | 0.3% | 40,821 |
West Africa | Cameroon | 16,380,005 | n/a | n/a |
North America | Canada | 32,805,041 | 1% | 328,050 |
Central Africa | Central African Republic | 3,799,897 | n/a | n/a |
Central Africa | Chad | 9,826,419 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Chile | 15,980,912 | n/a | n/a |
East Asia | China | 1,306,313,812 | 0.01% | 130,631 |
South America | Colombia | 42,954,279 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Comoros | 671,247 | 0.02% | 134 |
Central Africa | Congo (Brazzaville) | 3,039,126 | n/a | n/a |
Central Africa | Congo (Kinshasa) | 60,085,004 | n/a | n/a |
Central America | Costa Rica | 4,016,173 | n/a | n/a |
Balkans | Croatia | 4,495,904 | n/a | n/a |
North America | Cuba | 11,346,670 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Cyprus | 780,133 | n/a | n/a |
Central Europe | Czech Republic | 10,241,138 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Côte d'Ivoire | 17,298,040 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Denmark | 5,432,335 | 0.1% | 5,432 |
East Africa | Djibouti | 476,703 | n/a | n/a |
Caribbean | Dominican Republic | 8,950,034 | n/a | n/a |
Southeast Asia | East Timor | 1,040,880 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Ecuador | 13,363,593 | n/a | n/a |
North Africa | Egypt | 77,505,756 | n/a | n/a |
Central America | El Salvador | 6,704,932 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Eritrea | 4,561,599 | n/a | n/a |
Eastern Europe | Estonia | 1,332,893 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Ethiopia | 73,053,286 | n/a | n/a |
Oceania | Fiji | 893,354 | 33% | 294,806 |
Western Europe | Finland | 5,223,442 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | France | 60,656,178 | 0.2% | 121,312 |
West Africa | Gabon | 1,389,201 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Gambia | 1,593,256 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Georgia | 4,677,401 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Germany | 82,431,390 | 0.1% | 82,431 |
West Africa | Ghana | 21,029,853 | n/a | n/a |
Balkans | Greece | 10,668,354 | n/a | n/a |
Caribbean | Grenada | 89,502 | 2% | 1,790 |
Central America | Guatemala | 14,655,189 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Guinea | 9,467,866 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Guinea-Bissau | 1,416,027 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Guyana | 765,283 | 35% | 267,849 |
Caribbean | Haiti | 8,121,622 | n/a | n/a |
Central America | Honduras | 6,975,204 | n/a | n/a |
Central Europe | Hungary | 10,006,835 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Iceland | 296,737 | n/a | n/a |
South Asia | India | 1,103,596,000 | 82% | 885,816,798 |
Southeast Asia | Indonesia | 241,973,879 | 1.81% | 4,379,727 |
Middle East | Iran | 68,017,860 | 0.1% | 68,017 |
Middle East | Iraq | 26,074,906 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Ireland | 4,015,676 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Israel | 6,276,883 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Italy | 58,103,033 | n/a | n/a |
Caribbean | Jamaica | 2,731,832 | 1.2% | 32,781 |
East Asia | Japan | 127,417,244 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Jordan | 5,759,732 | n/a | n/a |
Central Asia | Kazakhstan | 15,185,844 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Kenya | 33,829,590 | 1% | 338,295 |
East Asia | Korea, North | 22,912,177 | n/a | n/a |
East Asia | Korea, South | 48,422,644 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Kuwait | 2,335,648 | 2% | 46,712 |
Central Asia | Kyrgyzstan | 5,146,281 | n/a | n/a |
Southeast Asia | Laos | 6,217,141 | n/a | n/a |
Eastern Europe | Latvia | 2,290,237 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Lebanon | 3,826,018 | n/a | n/a |
Southern Africa | Lesotho | 1,867,035 | 0.1% | 1,867 |
West Africa | Liberia | 3,482,211 | n/a | n/a |
North Africa | Libya | 5,765,563 | 0.1% | 5,765 |
Eastern Europe | Lithuania | 3,596,617 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Luxembourg | 468,571 | n/a | n/a |
Balkans | Macedonia | 2,045,262 | n/a | n/a |
Southern Africa | Madagascar | 18,040,341 | 0.1% | 18,040 |
Southern Africa | Malawi | 12,158,924 | 0.2% | 24,317 |
Southeast Asia | Malaysia | 23,953,136 | 6.3% | 1,509,047 |
South Asia | Maldives | 349,106 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Mali | 12,291,529 | n/a | n/a |
North Africa | Mauritania | 3,086,859 | n/a | n/a |
Southern Africa | Mauritius | 1,230,602 | 50% | 615,301 |
North America | Mexico | 106,202,903 | n/a | n/a |
Eastern Europe | Moldova | 4,455,421 | n/a | n/a |
Central Asia | Mongolia | 2,791,272 | n/a | n/a |
North Africa | Morocco | 32,725,847 | n/a | n/a |
Southern Africa | Mozambique | 19,406,703 | 0.2% | 38,813 |
Southeast Asia | Myanmar | 42,909,464 | 0.5% | 214,547 |
Southern Africa | Namibia | 2,030,692 | n/a | n/a |
South Asia | Nepal | 27,676,547 | 79.2% | 21,919,825 |
Western Europe | Netherlands | 16,407,491 | 1% | 164,074 |
Oceania | New Zealand | 4,035,461 | 1.01% | 40,758 |
Central America | Nicaragua | 5,465,100 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Niger | 11,665,937 | n/a | n/a |
West Africa | Nigeria | 128,771,988 | 0.05% | 64,385 |
Western Europe | Norway | 4,593,041 | 0.05% | 2,296 |
Middle East | Oman | 3,001,583 | 0.5% | 15,007 |
South Asia | Pakistan | 162,420,000 | 1.02% [citation needed] | 3,280,882 |
Middle East | Palestine | 3,761,904 | n/a | n/a |
Central America | Panama | 3,039,150 | 0.1% | 3,039 |
Oceania | Papua New Guinea | 5,545,268 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Paraguay | 6,347,884 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Peru | 27,925,628 | n/a | n/a |
Southeast Asia | Philippines | 87,857,473 | n/a | n/a |
Central Europe | Poland | 38,635,144 | n/a | n/a |
Western Europe | Portugal | 10,566,212 | 0.07% | 7,396 |
Caribbean | Puerto Rico | 3,916,632 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Qatar | 863,051 | 1% | 8,630 |
Balkans | Romania | 22,329,977 | n/a | n/a |
Eastern Europe | Russia | 143,420,309 | 0.042% | 60,000 [5] |
East Africa | Rwanda | 8,440,820 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Saudi Arabia | 26,417,599 | 1% | 264,175 |
West Africa | Senegal | 11,126,832 | n/a | n/a |
Balkans | Serbia and Montenegro | 10,829,175 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Seychelles | 81,188 | 1% | 811 |
West Africa | Sierra Leone | 6,017,643 | 0.1% | 6,017 |
Southeast Asia | Singapore | 4,425,720 | 4% | 177,028 |
Central Europe | Slovakia | 5,431,363 | n/a | n/a |
Central Europe | Slovenia | 2,011,070 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Somalia | 8,591,629 | n/a | n/a |
Southern Africa | South Africa | 44,344,136 | 1.2% | 532,129 |
Western Europe | Spain | 40,341,462 | n/a | n/a |
South Asia | Sri Lanka | 20,064,776 | 14% | 2,809,068 |
North Africa | Sudan | 40,187,486 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Suriname | 438,144 | 27% | 118,298 |
Southern Africa | Swaziland | 1,173,900 | 0.2% | 2,347 |
Western Europe | Sweden | 9,001,774 | 0.1% | 9,001 |
Western Europe | Switzerland | 7,489,370 | 0.1% | 7,489 |
Middle East | Syria | 18,448,752 | n/a | n/a |
East Asia | Taiwan | 22,894,384 | n/a | n/a |
Central Asia | Tajikistan | 7,163,506 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Tanzania | 36,766,356 | 0.3% | 110,299 |
Southeast Asia | Thailand | 65,444,371 | 0.1% | 65,444 |
West Africa | Togo | 5,681,519 | n/a | n/a |
Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,088,644 | 22.5% | 244,944 |
North Africa | Tunisia | 10,074,951 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Turkey | 69,660,559 | n/a | n/a |
Central Asia | Turkmenistan | 4,952,081 | n/a | n/a |
East Africa | Uganda | 27,269,482 | 0.8% | 218,155 |
Eastern Europe | Ukraine | 47,425,336 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | United Arab Emirates | 2,563,212 | 7.5% | 192,240 |
Western Europe | United Kingdom | 60,441,457 | 1.5% | 906,621 |
North America | United States | 295,734,134 | 0.5% | 1,478,670 |
South America | Uruguay | 3,415,920 | n/a | n/a |
Central Asia | Uzbekistan | 26,851,195 | n/a | n/a |
South America | Venezuela | 25,375,281 | n/a | n/a |
Southeast Asia | Vietnam | 83,535,576 | n/a | n/a |
North Africa | Western Sahara | 273,008 | n/a | n/a |
Middle East | Yemen | 20,727,063 | 0.7% | 145,089 |
Southern Africa | Zambia | 11,261,795 | 0.07% | 7,883 |
Southern Africa | Zimbabwe | 12,746,990 | 0.1% | 12,746 |
Total | 6,437,293,959 | 14.64% | 942,984,912 |
By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Hindu in a region (Hindus in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Hindu percentage compared to the total Hindu population of the world (Hindus in the region * 100/total Hindu population of the world).
(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Central Africa | 83,121,055 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
East Africa | 193,741,900 | 667,694 | 0.345% | 0.071% |
North Africa | 202,151,323 | 5,765 | 0.003% | 0.001% |
Southern Africa | 137,092,019 | 1,269,844 | 0.926% | 0.135% |
West Africa | 268,997,245 | 70,402 | 0.026% | 0.007% |
Total | 885,103,542 | 2,013,705 | 0.228% | 0.213% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Central Asia | 92,019,166 | 149,644 | 0.163% | 0.016% |
East Asia | 1,527,960,261 | 130,631 | 0.009% | 0.014% |
Middle East | 274,775,527 | 792,872 | 0.289% | 0.084% |
South Asia | 1,437,326,682 | 929,515,433 | 64.67% | 98.475% |
Southeast Asia | 571,337,070 | 6,386,614 | 1.118% | 0.677% |
Total | 3,903,418,706 | 936,975,194 | 24.004% | 99.266% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Balkans | 65,407,609 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Central Europe | 74,510,241 | 163 | 0% | 0% |
Eastern Europe | 212,821,296 | 717,101 | 0.337% | 0.076% |
Western Europe | 375,832,557 | 1,306,052 | 0.348% | 0.138% |
Total | 728,571,703 | 2,023,316 | 0.278% | 0.214% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Caribbean | 24,898,266 | 279,515 | 1.123% | 0.030% |
Central America | 41,135,205 | 5,833 | 0.014% | 0.006% |
North America | 446,088,748 | 1,806,720 | 0.405% | 0.191% |
South America | 371,075,531 | 389,869 | 0.105% | 0.041% |
Total | 883,197,750 | 2,481,937 | 0.281% | 0.263% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Oceania | 30,564,520 | 411,907 | 1.348% | 0.044% |
Top 25
Top 25 by population on the left and by percentage on the right.
Rank | Country | Hindu Population | % Hindu | Country | % Hindu | Hindu Population |
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1 | India | 885,816,798 | 80% | Nepal | 79.2% | 21,919,825 |
2 | Nepal | 21,919,825 | 79.2% | India | 80% | 885,816,798 |
3 | Bangladesh | 15,473,362 | 10.5% | Mauritius | 52% | 615,301 |
4 | Indonesia | 4,379,727 | 1.81% | Guyana | 35% | 267,849 |
5 | Fiji | 294,882 | 33.02% | Sri Lanka | 15% | 3,009,806 |
6 | Pakistan | 900,716 | 0.6% | Suriname | 27% | 118,298 |
7 | Philippines [dubious ] | 1,757,150 | 2% | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.5% | 244,944 |
8 | Malaysia | 1,509,047 | 6.3% | Sri Lanka | 15% | 3,009,806 |
9 | United States | 1,478,670 | 0.5% | Bangladesh | 10.5% | 15,473,362 |
10 | United Kingdom | 906,621 | 1.5% | Bahrain | 7.7% | 53,002 |
11 | Russia | 717,101 | 0.5% | United Arab Emirates | 7.5% | 192,240 |
12 | Mauritius | 615,301 | 50% | Malaysia | 6.3% | 1,509,047 |
13 | Bhutan | 44,645 | 2% | Singapore | 4% | 177,028 |
14 | South Africa | 532,129 | 1.2% | Pakistan | 0.62% | 900,716 |
15 | Kenya | 338,295 | 1% | Bhutan | 2% | 44,645 |
16 | Canada | 328,050 | 1% | Philippines [dubious ] | 2% | 1,757,150 |
17 | Fiji | 294,806 | 33% | Kuwait | 2% | 46,712 |
18 | Guyana | 267,849 | 35% | Grenada | 2% | 1,790 |
19 | Saudi Arabia | 264,175 | 1% | Indonesia | 1.81% | 4,379,727 |
20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 244,944 | 22.5% | United Kingdom | 1.5% | 906,621 |
21 | Uganda | 218,155 | 0.8% | South Africa | 1.2% | 532,129 |
22 | Myanmar | 214,547 | 0.5% | Jamaica | 1.2% | 32,781 |
23 | United Arab Emirates | 192,240 | 7.5% | New Zealand | 1.01% | 40,758 |
24 | Singapore | 177,028 | 4% | Kenya | 1% | 338,295 |
25 | Netherlands | 164,074 | 1% | Canada | 1% | 328,050 |
See also
- Islam by country
- Jews by country
- Buddhism by country
- Christianity by country
- Roman Catholics by country
- Protestants by country
References
- The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [6]
- CIA FactBook [7]
- adherents.com [8]
- Religious Freedom page [9]
- census.gov[10]