Religions by country
This is the collection from artciles and sources of List of religious populations, Christianity by country, Islam by country, Buddhism by country, Hinduism by country,etc...with some latest current reports, artciles of US Department of State's International Religious Freedom Report 2007 and Background Notes Archive with national profiles from The World Factbook of CIA and many other different sources.
This article includes major religions only.Others could include smaller popular religions as Judaism, Baha'i, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism,etc...
Note that for Abrahamic religions such as Christianity, Islam and Judaism will show dual figures those are the percentage of people who believe in God and percentage of secular/nominal adherent.Examples: Christians in the whole Europe,North America or Muslims in Turkey and Balkans.But secular Jews are not included because they believe in God but are living as modern,secular people.
But the percentage of Buddhists are also show common numbers (as secular/nominal Buddhists) with some Eastern religions such as Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto with Chinese folk religion, Animism and even Ancestor Worship (one of traditional faiths in East Asia and influenced by Cofucianism);Mahayana Buddhism is the more popular than others.Another one is the percentage of people who have taken the Refuge (registered Buddhists) .Read more in article of Buddhism by country.And remember one thing,Buddhism is very special because it's an atheistic religion originally and Buddhism has harmonized with many different national culture as the traditional faith in some Asian countries.
And in some cases,in one column could contain more figures.
By country
Country or Territory | Christian | Muslim | Buddhist | Hindu | Others | Atheist | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 0.1% | 99% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3%* | n/a | *: Including Parsees, Baha'is,Sikhs, Jews,etc... | Wikipedia, [1][2][3][4] |
Albania | 30% | 70% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | [5][6][7] | |
Algeria | 99% | n/a | n/a | 1%* | n/a | *: Including Christians & Jews | [8][9][10] | |
Andorra | 90% | 2.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1% (Jews 0.2%) | 5% | [11][12] | |
Angola | 95% | 0.7% | n/a | n/a | 4%* | 0.3% | *: mostly African indigenous beliefs. | [13] |
Anguilla | 90.5% | 0.55% | 0.25% | 0.2% | 4.2%* | 4.3% | *: Rastafarians mostly, Vodouns, Baha'is, etc... | [14] |
Antigua & Barbuda | 74% - 91.4% | 0.3% | 0.25% | 1.5% - 2.2%* | 5.8% | *: Rastafarians mostly, Baha'is | [15][16] | |
Argentina | 79% - 94% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 3.2%* (Jews 0.8%) | 1.19% | [17][18][19][20][21] | |
Armenia | 98.7% | n/a | n/a | 1.3%* | n/a | *: Including Yezidis, Muslims, Jews, Baha'is. | [22][23] | |
Aruba | 90% | 10%* | *: includes Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist-Confucian, Jewish | [24][25] | ||||
Australia | 64% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.9% (Jews 0.4%) | 30.6%* | *: unspecified 11.6%, none 19% | [26][27][28] |
Austria | 49% - 81.4% | 4.2% | 0.13% | 0.05% | 0.22% (Jews 0.1%) | 14%* - 46.4% | *: unspecified 2%, none 12% | [29][30][31][32][33] |
Azerbaijan | 4.8% | 93.4% | n/a | 1.8%* | *: Includings Jews 0.2%, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas and Atheists. | [34][35][36] | ||
Bahamas | 96.3% | % | % | % | 0.8%* | 2.9% | *: Including Jews, Baha'is, Rastafarians, Vodouns, Hindus, Buddhists. | [37][38] |
Bahrain | 9% | 81.2% | 1% | 6.25% | 2.55%* | n/a | *: Bahá'ís, Sikhs, Jews, etc... | Wikipedia, [39][40][41] |
Bangladesh | 0.3% | 88.3% – 89.7% | 0.7% | 9.2% - 10.5% | 0.1%* | *: Animist and believers in tribal faiths | [42][43][44] | |
Barbados | 67% | 1.5% | 1% | 1% | 11.5%* | 17% | *: Rastafarians, Baha'is, etc… | [45][46][47] |
Belarus | 96% | 0.1% | n/a | 3.9%* | n/a | *: Jews 1%, Hare Krishnas & Baha'is. | [48][49][50][51] | |
Belgium | 38% - 77.5% | 4% | 0.3% | 0.07%* | 0.83%** | 17.3% | *: Including Hindus with Hare Krishnas/**: Jews 0.53%, Sikhs, Baha’is, Scientologists | [52][53][54][55] |
Belize | 79% | 0.58% | 0.35% | 2.3% | 7.77%* | 10% | *: Mostly Tribal Animists, Baha’is 2.73%, etc… | [56][57][58] |
Benin | 42.8% | 24.4% | n/a | % | 26.3%* | 6.5% | *: Vodoun 17.3%, Animists | [59][60] |
Bermuda | 67% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 11.9%* | 21% (unaffiliated 6%, unspecified 1%, none 14%) | *: Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc.... | [61][62] |
Bhutan | 0.5% | 97% | 2% | 0.5%* | n/a | *: In 0.5% "Others" could include some Christians. | Wikipedia, [63] | |
Bolivia | 97% | 0.01% | 0.26% | n/a | 0.73%* | 2% | *: Including the Baha'i Faith, Judaism, Shinto. | [64][65] |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 50% | 40% | 0.1%* | 9.9% | *: Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, etc… | [66][67][68] | ||
Botswana | 71.6% | 0.3% | n/a | 0.2% | 7.9%* | 21% | *: Badimo 6%, Baha'is | [69][70] |
Brazil | 89% | 0.016% | 0.13% | 0.0016% | 3.25%* | 7.6% | *: Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, Afro-Brazilian religious 0.3% (Candomblé & Umbanda), Jews 0.063%, Shinto, etc... | [71][72][73] |
British Virgin Islands | 96% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1%* | 2% | *: Rastafarians, Vodouns, Baha'is. | [74][75] |
Brunei | 10% | 64% | 14% | 1% | 9%* | 2% | *: Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jews, Nasrani, etc... | Wikipedia, [76][77][78] |
Bulgaria | 35% - 83.8% | 12.2% | 4%* | n/a | *: Roma animists mostly, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, etc... | [79][80][81] | ||
Burkina Faso | 10% - 20% | 50% - 60% | n/a | n/a | 20% - 40%* | n/a | *: Indigenous beliefs | [82][83][84] |
Burundi | 67% | 10% | n/a | n/a | 23%* | n/a | *: Indigenous beliefs | [85][86][87] |
Cambodia | 0.5% | 3.5% | 95% | 0.3% | 0.5%* | 0.4% | *: Tribal animism mostly, Cao Đài, the Baha'i Faith. | Wikipedia, [88][89] |
Cameroon | 40% - 53% | 20% - 22% | n/a | n/a | 25% - 40%* | n/a | *: Indigenous beliefs | [90][91][92] |
Canada | 70.3% - 77.1% | 2% | 1.1% - 3.6% | 1% | 3.7% - 9.5%* | 16.1% - 17% | *: Jews 1.1%, Sikhs 1%, Scientologists, Baha'is, aboriginal spiritualities. | [93][94][95][96] |
Cape Verde | 95% | 3% | n/a | n/a | 1%* | 1% | *: Indigenous beliefs. | [97][98] |
Cayman Islands | 77.95% | 0.19% | 0.31% | 0.26% | 16.59%* | 4.7% | *: Spiritists 14%, Jews 1.71%, Baha'is 0.88% | [99] |
Central African Republic | 50% - 80% | 10% - 15% | n/a | n/a | 10% - 35%* | n/a | *: Indigenous beliefs | [100][101][102] |
Chad | 34.3% | 53.1% | n/a | n/a | 7.8%* | 4.8% (unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1%) | *: animist 7.3%, other 0.5% | [103][104][105] |
Chile | 87.2% | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.01% | 4.4%* | 8.3% | *: Jews 0.1%, Baha'is 0.04%, etc... | [106][107][108] |
China (Including Tibet) | 6% | 1.5% | 80%* (over 8.4% have taken the Refuge) | n/a | 1% (Tribal or new religions, etc...) | 11.5% (Communists 5.5%; Atheists/Anti-religious 6%) | *: See the presentation above or here for more details | Wikipedia, [109][110][111][112][113][114] |
Christmas Island | 25% | 10% | 55% | 10%* | n/a | *: Including Bahai's, Hindus and Atheists. | [115] | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 15% | 80% | 5%* | n/a | *: Including Baha'is mostly, Buddhist and Hindus | [116] | ||
Colombia | 93.5% | 0.025% | 0.015% | 0.02% | 4.44% | 2% | *: Including Jews 0.05%, animists, etc... | [117][118] |
Comoros | 1% - 2% | 98% - 99% | n/a | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | [119][120][121] | |
Congo-Kinshasa | 80% - 90%* | 5% - 10% | n/a | n/a | 5% - 10%** | n/a | *: That includes Kimbanguists/**: includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs | [122][123][124] |
Congo-Brazzaville | 50% | 2% | % | % | 48%* | *: Mostly Animists | [125][126][127] | |
Cook Islands | 90.2% | n/a | 1% | 1% | 2.2% (mostly Baha'is) | 5.6%* | *: unspecified 2.6%, none 3% | [128] |
Costa Rica | 87.3% - 92% | 0.1% | 2.24% | 0.06% | 0.9% - 2.4%* | 3.2% - 9.2% | *: Including Judaism, Scientology, Tenrikyo, and the Baha'i Faith. | [129][130][131][132] |
Côte d'Ivoire | 35% - 40% | 35% - 40% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 25% - 30%* | n/a | *: Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is | [133][134][135][136] |
Croatia | 62% - 92.6% | 1.3% | 0.03% | 0.01%% | Jews 0.85% | 2% - 5.2% | [137][138][139][140] | |
Cuba | 45% - 90%* | 0.0026% | 0.25% | 0.21% | 0.5% (Arará, Regla de Palo, Judaism) | 9% | *: Over 70% of Cubans could be nominal Catholic-Santería. | [141][142][143] |
Cyprus (Including Northern Cyprus) | 79.3%* | 18% | 1% | 0.1% | 0.3% (mostly Jews) | 1.3% | *: Including many Christian sects [144] | [145][146][147] |
Czech Republic | 14% - 28.9% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.003% | 2.6% (including Jews, Scientologists) | 67.8%* | *: unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% | Wikipedia, [148][149][150] |
Denmark | 89% | 2% - 3.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2%* | 6.9% (non-religious 5.4%, atheists 1.5%) | *: Including Jews 0.1%, Baha'is, Sikhs, Norse mythology. | [151][152][153][154][155] |
Djibouti | 0.8% - 5.8% | 94% - 99% | n/a | 0.02% | 0.1%* | n/a | *: Mostly Baha'is | [156][157][158][159] |
Dominica | 90.9% | 0.2% | 0.25% | 0.2% | 2.35%* | 6.1% | *: Rastafarian 1.3%, Baha'is 1% | [160][161][162] |
Dominican Republic | 87.1% - 95% | 0.05% - 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.04% | 2.26%* | 2.5% - 10.6% | *: Spiritist 2.18%, Baha’i 0.07%, Jewish 0.01% | [163][164][165][166] |
East Timor | 98%* | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.7% | n/a | *: Roman Catholicism & Animism 97% | [167][168][169] |
Ecuador | 85% - 97.5% | 0.002% | 0.2% | n/a | 0.7% | 1.5% | *: Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc... | [170][171][172][173] |
Egypt | 10% | 90% | n/a | n/a | Baha'is, Jews | n/a | In fact,proportions of the Muslim could lower and Christian higher. | [174][175] |
El Salvador | 84% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 1.3%* | 14.6% | *: Baha'is, Jews, Animists, etc... | [176][177][178] |
Equatorial Guinea | 93% | 1% | n/a | n/a | 5%* | 1% | *: Mostly Animists and small of Baha'is 1% | [179] |
Eritrea | 49% - 50% | 48% - 50% | 0.1% | 0.1% | over 2%* | 0.1% | *: indigenous beliefs 2%, Baha'is. | [180][181] |
Estonia | 10% - 27.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.01% | 0.3% (Jews 0.2%) | 71% | [182][183][184] | |
Ethiopia | 60.8% | 32.8% | n/a | 0.005% | 6.3% (indigenous beliefs) | n/a | Some sources [185][186] showed equal figures for Christian and Muslim from 45% - 50% per each. | [187][188] |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 94.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3.7%* | 2% | *: including Baha'is 0.3% | [189][190] |
Faroe Islands | 93.96% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Baha'is 0.2% | 5.84% | [191][192] | |
Fiji | 52% - 54% | 7% | 1% | 33% - 34% | 0.9%* | 3% - 5% (Atheist 0.3%) | *: Mostly Baha'is | [193][194][195] |
Finland | 36% - 86% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.19%* | 13.5% | *: Jews, Baha'is, others | [196][197][198][199][200][201] |
France (Metropolitan France only) | 30% - 83.3% | 6.9% - 10% | 0.7% - 1.2% | 0.1% | 2%* | 4% | *: Jews over 1%, Sikhs less than 1%, Scientologists.Please read more here for more details. | [202][203][204][205][206][207][208][209] |
French Guiana | 85% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3%* | 8% | *: indigenous beliefs 2%, Baha'is 0.9%, Sikhs. | [210] |
French Polynesia | 84% | n/a | 7.5%* | 0.5% | 2% (mostly Baha'is) | 6% | *: Mostly Chinese Buddhism is the mixture of Mahayana Buddhism with Chinese religions. | [211][212] |
Gabon | 55 - 73% | 1% - 12% | n/a | n/a | 10%* | 5% | *: | [213][214] |
Gambia | 4% - 9% | 90% - 95% | n/a | 0.1% | 0.9%* | n/a | *: indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. | [215][216][217] |
Georgia | 88.6% | 9.9% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.69%* | 0.7% | *: Including Jews 0.22% | [218][219][220] |
Gibraltar | 88.3% | 4% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 2.2%* | 3.6% | *: Jews 2.1% | [221] |
Greece | 98% | 1.3% | 0.1% | unknow | 0.6% | n/a | Others include Scientologists, Jews, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas, and followers of polytheistic Hellenic religions | [222][223][224] |
Greenland | 96.56% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.24%* | 2.2% | *: Traditional ethnic 0.74%, Baha'i 0.5% | [225] |
Grenada | 93% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.5%* | 4% | *: Rastafarian/Spiritist 1.3%, Baha'is 0.2% | [226][227] |
Guadeloupe | 94.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 2.3%* | 2% | *: Including Baha'is 0.4%, Rastafarians, Vodous. | [228] |
Guatemala | 87.6% - 93% | 0.01% | 0.1% | n/a | 4.9%* | 1.9% | *: Including indigenous Mayan beliefs, Baha'is | [229][230][231] |
Guinea | 7% - 10% | 85% | 0.1% | 5% - 8%* | n/a | *: Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is & Hindus. | [232][233][234] | |
Guinea-Bissau | 5% - 13% | 38% - 45% | n/a | n/a | 40% - 50%* | n/a | *: indigenous beliefs | |
Guyana | 50% - 57.4% | 7.2% - 10% | 0.7% | 28.3% - 35% | 2.4%* | 4% | *: Rastafarianism & Baha'ism | [235][236][237] |
Haiti | 83.7% | 0.02% | n/a | n/a | 2.18%* | 10.6% - 14.1%** | *: Voduns 2.1%, Baha'is/**: Census data didn't account for the remaining 3.5% of the population | [238] |
Honduras | 86% | 0.1% | 0.1% | n/a | 12.7%* | 1.1% | *: Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Jews | [239][240] |
Hong Kong | 8.1% | 1.3% | 90% (10% have taken the Refuge) | 0.1% | 0.2%* | 0.3% | *: Including Sikhs, Jews, Baha'is, Falun Gong, etc... | [241][242] |
Hungary | 35% - 75% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1%* | 15% - 23.5% | *: Jews 0.8%, Hindus, etc... | [243][244][245][246] | |
Iceland | 33% - 94% | 0.05% | 0.15% | n/a | 0.8%* | 3% - 5% | *: Jews, Baha'is | [247][248][249][250] |
India | 2.3% | 13.4% | 1.5% | 80.5% | 2.2% (Sikh 1.8%, Jains, Zoroastrians, Jews, Baha'is and tribal animisnts) | 0.1% (unspecified) | The overall percentage of Hindus in India has declined in recent years because about 200 million "untouchables" have converted from Hinduism to other religions as mostly Buddhism & Christianity. | Wikipedia, [251][252][253][254] |
Indonesia | 9.5 % | 87.2% | 1% | 2.2% | 0.1%* | n/a | *: mostly Tribal animism. | [255] |
Iran | 0.48% - 0.52% | 98% | 0% | 0.02% | 0.7% - 1%* | 0.4% - 0.8% (Atheism and Agnosticism are illegal) | *: Bahá'ís 300,000 - 350,000; Jews 25,000 - 30,000; Zoroastrians 30,000 - 60,000 | [256][257] |
Iraq | 2.3% | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0.7%* | n/a | *: Including the local religions of Yezidi, Shabaks, Sabean-Mandaean | [258][259] |
Ireland | 68% - 91.7% | 0.76% | 0.19% | 0.15% | 0.9%* | 6.3% | *: Including Jews, Baha'is, etc... | [260][261][262] |
Israel | 2.3% | 16% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 78.1%* | 3.4% | *: Jewish 76.5%, Druze 1.6% | [263][264] |
Italy | 70% - 90%* | 1.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% (Jews over 0.06%, Baha'is) | 14% | *: 87% nominally Catholics and 3% Protestants. | [265][266][267] |
Jamaica | 65.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1%* | 20.9% | *: Rastafarians 0.9%; Jews & Baha'is | [268][269][270][271] |
Japan | 0.8% | 0.1% | 96%* | 0.004% | 3% (Shinto,Tenrikyo) | unknow | *: Mostly Japanese worship both of Mahayana Buddhism and Shinto. | [272][273] |
Jordan | 3% - 6% | 93% - 95% | 0% | 0% | 1%* | *: Druzes and Baha'is | n/a | [274][275][276] |
Kazakhstan | 46% | 47% | 0.58% | 0.02% | 1.4%* | 5% | *: Mostly Shamanists, Jews, Baha'is | [277][278][279] |
Kenya | 78% | 10% | n/a | 1% | 11%* | unknow | *: indigenous beliefs 10%, Baha'is 0.9%; Sikhs, Jains & Jews 0.1% | [280][281] |
Kiribati | 97% | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | Baha'is 2% | 0.9% | [282] | |
North Korea | 0.1% | 0% | 64.5% | 0% | 1.9% (Confucianism, Shamanism, Chongdogyo) | 33.5%* | *: Over 90% total population influenced by Juche. | Wikipedia, [283] |
South Korea | 29.3% | 0.07% | 23%-65% (23% have taken the Refuge) | 0.005% | 0.7% (Korean Shamanism, Chondogyo, Confucianism, Judaism, etc...) | 46.9%* | *: 46.9% "Non-religious" (not true Atheists) could be nominal/secular Buddhists because every Koreans must worship their dead ancestors which influenced by Mahayana Buddhist rituals heavily and it's a part of traditional Confucianism. | Wikipedia, [284] |
Kuwait | 16% | 67.5% | 4% | 12% | 0.43%* | 0.07% | *: Sikhs 0.4%; Baha'is | [285] |
Kyrgyzstan | 11% - 20% | 75% - 80% | 0.35% | n/a | 4.5% - 8%* | n/a | *: Mostly Shamanists, Baha'is 0.1% | [286][287][288] |
Laos | 1.5% | 0.007% | 98% (65% have taken the Refuge)* | 0.003% | 0.15% (mostly Baha'is) | 0.25% | *: Including the mixture of Theravada Buddhism with animist and the numbers of East Asian Buddhism. | [289][290][291] |
Latvia | 58.25% | 0.017% | 0.004% | 0.006% | Jews 0.014% | 41.7% | [292] | |
Lebanon | 39% | 59.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1%* | n/a | *: Including Jews, Baha'is,etc... | [293][294] |
Lesotho | 80% - 90% | 1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 9% - 19%* | n/a | *: Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is | [295][296] |
Liberia | 40% | 20% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 39.7% | 0.1% | *: Mostly indigenous beliefs (over 39%), small numbers of Baha'is and Sikhs. | [297][298] |
Libya | 2.4% | 97% | 0.3% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.2% | [299][300][301][302] | |
Liechtenstein | 83.2% | 4.8% | 0.25% | n/a | 1%* | 10.75% | *: Jews 0.1%; Baha'is; no formal creed | [303][304] |
Lithuania | 85% | 0.08% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 5.4%* | 9.5% | *: Mostly "nontraditional" religions; over 0.1% Jews | [305][306] |
Luxembourg | 39% - 92% | 2% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4%* | 5% | *: Jews 0.2%, Baha'is | Wikipedia, [307][308][309] |
Macau | 7% | 0.1% | 85.3%* | n/a | 0.6% (0.5% Baha'is, Falun Gong) | 7% | *: Common figure for Buddhism with Chinese religions.Buddhism is 79.3% only | [310] |
Republic of Macedonia | 65.1% - 69% | 29% - 33.3% | n/a | n/a | 1% - 1.5% | n/a | See sources for various figures. | [311][312][313] |
Madagascar | 41% - 45% | 7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 47% - 51.4%* | 0.4% | * Over 45% - 50% is indigenous beliefs; Baha'is 0.1% | [314][315][316][317][318] |
Malawi | 79.9% | 12.8% | n/a | 0.2% | 2.8%* | 4.3% | *: Mostly indigenous beliefs 2.5%, Baha'is 0.2%, Rastafarians & Jews 0.1% | [319][320][321] |
Malaysia | 9.1% | 55% - 60.4% | 19.2% - 22% | 6.3% | 1.3%* | 0.8% | *: Including animists, Sikhs & Baha'is | [322][323][324] |
Maldives | 0.1% | 99.41% | 0.45% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | [325][326] | |
Mali | 1% - 5% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 5% - 9% | n/a | [327][328][329] | |
Malta | 55% - 97%* | 0.8% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.1%** | 2% | *: Roman Catholics 95%/**: Including Jews, Baha'is and others. | [330] |
Marshall Islands | 97.5% | 0% | 0% | 1%* | 1.5% | *: Mostly Baha'is and few Buddhists | [331][332] | |
Martinique | 91.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.4%* | 3% | *: Baha'is 0.5%, Rastafarians, Vodous. | [333][334] |
Mauritania | 99.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.1%* | 0% | *: Mostly Christians, Jews | [335] | |
Mauritius | 32.2% | 16.6% | 2.5% | 50% | % | 0.7% | [336][337][338] | |
Mayotte | 3%* | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | *: mostly Roman Catholic | [339] |
Mexico | 82.8% - 95.15% | 0.26% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.1%* | 4.38% - 16.9% | *: Jews 0.05%; Baha'is | [340][341][342][343] |
Micronesia | 95.4% - 97% | n/a | 1% | n/a | 1.6%* | 0.4% - 2% | *: Mostly Baha'is | [344][345][346] |
Moldova (Including Transnistria) | 98.3% | 0.07% | 0.02% | 0.01% | Jews 1.5% | 0.1% | [347][348][349] | |
Monaco | 20.5% - 90% | 10%* | n/a | *: Including Protestant mostly, Jewish 3%, Muslim, Greek Orthodox, Buddhist | [350][351] | |||
Mongolia | 1% | 4% | 94% (50% have taken the Refuge) | 1%* | n/a | *: Baha'is, Shamanists | [352][353] | |
Montenegro | 77.5% - 78%* | 18% | 0% | 0% | n/a | 4% - 4.5% | *: Orthodox 74% and Roman Catholic. | [354][355] |
Montserrat | 95.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Baha'is 2% | 2% | [356] | |
Morocco | 0.1% - 1.1% | 98.7% - 99.6% | 0.01% [357] | n/a | 0.09% - 0.2%* | n/a | *: Mostly Jews, Baha'is | [358][359] |
Mozambique | 41.3% | 17.8% - 20% | 0% | 0.2% | 17.5%* | 23.1% | *: Including African animists mostly, Jews & Baha'is | [360][361][362] |
Myanmar (Burma) | 4% - 6% | 4% | 89% - 90% | 0.5% | 0.5% - 1.5%* | n/a | *: Including Tribal animism mostly, Baha'i, Jewish. | [363][364] |
Namibia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Nauru | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Nepal | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Netherlands | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Netherlands Antilles | 92.3% | 0.31% | 0.26% | 0.6% | 1.33%* | 5.2% | *: Jews 1.3%, Baha'is | [365][366] |
New Caledonia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
New Zealand | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Nicaragua | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Niger | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Nigeria | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Niue | 81% | 8.4%* | 10.6% (unspecified 8.7%, none 1.9%) | *: That could include Buddhists, Baha'is, Hindus, Muslim, etc... | [367] | |||
Norfolk Island | 64% | 2.7%* | 33.3% (unspecified 15.2%, none 18.1%) | *: That could include Buddhists, Muslims, etc... | [368] | |||
Norway | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Oman | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Pakistan | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Palau | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Palestine | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Panama | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Papua New Guinea | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Paraguay | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Peru | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Philippines | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Pitcairn Islands | 100%* | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | *: Seventh-Day Adventist 100% | [369] |
Poland | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Portugal | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Puerto Rico | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Qatar | % | % | % | % | % | |||
File:Flag of Réunion (Local).svg Réunion | 84.9% | 2.15% | 1.18% | 6.7% | Jews 0.07% | 5% | [370] | |
Romania | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Russia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Rwanda | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Saint Helena | 95.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Baha'is 0.3% | 4% | [371][372] | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Saint Lucia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | n/a | [373] | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Samoa | % | % | % | % | % | |||
São Tomé and Príncipe | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Saudi Arabia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Senegal | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Serbia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Seychelles | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Sierra Leone | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Singapore | 14.6% | 14.9% | 61% | 4% | 1%* | 4.5% | *: Including Sikhs, Jews, Zoroastrians & Jains. | Wikipedia, [374][375] |
Slovakia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Slovenia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Solomon Islands | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Somalia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
South Africa | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Spain | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Sri Lanka | 8% | 7% | 70% | 15% | n/a | n/a | [376][377] | |
Sudan | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Suriname | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Swaziland | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Sweden | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Switzerland | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Syria | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Taiwan | 4.5% | 0.3% | 93.5%* (35% have taken the Refuge) | n/a | 1.7% | n/a | *: Mostly Taiwanese people worship both of Mahayana Buddhism with Chinese religions. | [378][379][380] |
Tajikistan | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Tanzania | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Thailand | 0.7% | 4% | 95% | 0.0045% | 0.1%* | n/a | *: Including animists, Jews, Sikhs, etc... | [381][382] |
Togo | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Tonga | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Tunisia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Turkey | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Turkmenistan | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 86% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2% | 4%* | 6% | *: Baha'is, Vodouns, Rastafarians. | [383][384] |
Tuvalu | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Uganda | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Ukraine | % | % | % | % | % | |||
United Arab Emirates | % | % | % | % | % | |||
United Kingdom | % | % | % | % | % | |||
United States | 78% | 1% | 2% | 0.4% | Jews 2.5%, others 1%* | 15.1% | *: Mostly new religions, Baha'is, Sikhs, indigenous beliefs, Scientologists, etc... | Wikipedia, [385] |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 93% | % | % | % | 5%* | 2% | *: Rastafarians, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, etc... | [386][387] |
Uruguay | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Uzbekistan | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Vanuatu | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Vatican City (Holy See) | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Vatican is as the "central government" of the Roman Catholic Church | [388][389] |
Venezuela | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Vietnam | 8% | 0.08% | 85%* (16% have taken the Refuge) | 0.06% | 5.66% (Cao Đài 3%, Tribal religions 2.5%, Baha'i 0.1%, new relgions) | 1.2% (Communists) | *: Including many Vietnamese-Buddhist sects as Hoà Hảo, Tứ Ân Hiếu Nghĩa,etc... | Wikipedia, [390][391] |
Western Sahara | 0.1% | 99.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | [392][393] | |
Yemen | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Zambia | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Zanzibar | 1% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | [394][395] | |
Zimbabwe | % | % | % | % | % |
Sources
- The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2007 [396]
- The US State Department's Background Notes [397]
- CIA FactBook [398]
- adherents.com [399]
- Religious Freedom page [400]
- Religious Intelligence [401]