| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Afghanistan |
0.1% |
99% |
0.2% |
0.4% |
0.3%* |
n/a |
Including Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís, Sikhs, etc... |
[4][5][6] |
Albania |
35–41%[7][8] |
38.8% – 70%[8][7][9] |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
The majority of Albanians today do not practice religion (42–74%),[10] but only 8–9% are atheist. |
|
Algeria |
|
99% |
n/a |
n/a |
1%* |
n/a |
Including Christians & Jews. |
[16][17][18] |
American Samoa |
92% |
% |
% |
% |
8%* |
% |
Including Atheists, Buddhists and Baha'is. |
[19] |
Andorra |
90% |
2.8% |
0.5% |
0.7% |
1% (Jews 0.2%) |
5% |
|
[20][21] |
Angola |
95% |
0.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
4%* |
0.3% |
Mostly African indigenous beliefs. |
[22] |
Anguilla |
90.5% |
0.55% |
0.25% |
0.2% |
4.2%* |
4.3% |
Rastafarians and Jews among others |
[23] |
Antigua and Barbuda |
74% – 91.4% |
0.3% |
0.05% |
0.25% |
1.5% – 2.2%* |
5.8% |
Rastafarians mostly, Baha'is and Jews. |
[24][25] |
Argentina |
79% – 94% |
1.5% |
0.1% |
0.01% |
3.2%* (Jews 0.8%), (Sikhs 0.09%) |
1.19% |
|
[26][27][28][29][30] |
Armenia |
98.7% |
|
n/a |
n/a |
1.3%* |
n/a |
Including Yezidis, Muslims, Jews, Baha'is. |
[31][32] |
Aruba |
90% |
|
|
|
10%* |
|
Including Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist-Confucian, Jewish. |
[32][33] |
Australia |
64% |
1.7% |
2.1% |
0.7% |
0.9% (Jews 0.4%) |
19% |
Unspecified 11.6% |
[34][35][36] |
Austria |
81.4% |
4.2% |
0.13% |
0.05% |
0.22% (Jews 0.1%) |
14%* – 46.4% |
Unspecified 2%, none 12%. Christian self-identification based on voluntary Kirchensteuer (Ecclesiastical Church tax) |
[37][38][39][40][41] |
Azerbaijan |
4.8% |
93.4% |
n/a |
|
1.8%* |
|
Including Jews 0.2%, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas & Atheists. |
[42][43][44] |
Bahamas |
96.3% |
% |
% |
% |
0.8%* |
2.9% |
Including Jews, Baha'is, Rastafarians, Vodouns, Hindus, Buddhists. |
[45][46] |
Bahrain |
|
70.2% |
|
|
29.8% |
n/a |
Bahrain census defines Muslim & Other only. |
[47] |
Bangladesh |
0.3% |
88.3% – 89.7% |
0.7% |
9.2% – 10.5% |
0.1%* |
n/a |
Animist, tribal faiths, Sikhs and Jains |
[48][49][50] |
Barbados |
67% |
1.5% |
1% |
1% |
11.5%* |
17% |
Rastafarians, Baha'is, etc... |
[51][52][53] |
Belarus |
96% |
0.1% |
% |
|
3.9%* |
n/a |
Jews 1%, Hare Krishnas & Baha'is. |
[54][55][56][57] |
Belgium |
40% – 60% |
4% |
0.3% |
0.07%* |
0.83%** |
42% - 43% |
Including Hindus with Hare Krishnas/**, Jews 0.53%, Sikhs, Baha’is, Scientologists. |
[37][58][59][60][61] |
Belize |
79% |
0.58% |
0.35% |
2.3% |
7.77%* |
10% |
Mostly Animists, Baha’is 2.73%, etc... |
[62][63][64] |
Benin |
42.8% |
24.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
26.3%* |
6.5% |
Vodun 17.3%, Animists. |
[65][66] |
Bermuda |
67% |
0% |
0.1% |
0% |
11.9%* |
21% |
Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc... |
[67][68] |
Bhutan |
% |
% |
75% |
24% |
1%* |
% |
It could include some Christians, Muslims. |
[69] |
Bolivia |
97% |
0.01% |
0.26% |
n/a |
0.73%* |
2% |
Including the Bahá'í Faith, Judaism, Shinto. |
[70][71] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
50% |
40% |
|
|
0.1%* |
9.9% |
Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, etc... |
[72][73][74] |
Botswana |
85% |
0.3% |
n/a |
0.2% |
7.9%* |
1%[75][76] |
Badimo 6%, Baha'is. |
[77][78] |
Brazil |
91.9%[79] |
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, Sikhs etc... |
[80][81][82] |
British Virgin Islands |
96% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1%* |
2% |
Rastafarians, Vodous, Baha'is. |
[83][84] |
Brunei |
10% |
64% |
14% |
1% |
9%* |
2% |
Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jews, Nasrani, etc... |
[85][86][87] |
Bulgaria |
83.8% |
12.2% |
|
|
4%* |
n/a |
Roma animists mostly, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc... |
[37][88][89] |
Burkina Faso |
10% – 20% |
50% – 60% |
n/a |
n/a |
20% – 40%* |
n/a |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[90][91][92] |
Burundi |
67% |
10% |
n/a |
n/a |
23%* |
n/a |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[93][94][95] |
Religions by country as of 2007 (C)
| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Cambodia |
0.5% |
3.5% |
95% |
0.3% |
0.5%* |
0.4% |
Tribal animism mostly, Cao Đài, the Bahá'í Faith. |
[96][97] |
Cameroon |
40% – 53% |
20% – 22% |
n/a |
n/a |
25% – 40%* |
n/a |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[98][99][100] |
Canada |
70.3% – 77.1% |
2% |
1.1% – 3.6% |
1% |
3.7% – 9.5%* |
19% – 30% |
Jews 1.1%, Sikhs 1%, Scientologists, Baha'is, aboriginal spiritualities. |
[101][102][103][104] |
Cape Verde |
95% |
3% |
n/a |
n/a |
1%* |
1% |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[105][106] |
Cayman Islands |
77.95% |
0.19% |
0.31% |
0.26% |
16.59%* |
4.7% |
Spiritists 14%, Jews 1.71%, Baha'is 0.88%. |
[107] |
Central African Republic |
50% – 80% |
10% – 15% |
n/a |
n/a |
10% – 35%* |
n/a |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[108][109][110] |
Chad |
34.3% |
53.1% |
n/a |
n/a |
7.8%* |
4.8% (atheist 3.1%) |
Animist 7.3%, other 0.5%. |
[111][112][113] |
Chile |
87.2% |
0.02% |
0.04% |
0.01% |
4.4%* |
8.3% |
Jews 0.1%, Baha'is 0.04%, etc... |
[114][115][116] |
China |
4–5%[117][118][119][120] |
1–2% |
18–20%[121][120][119] |
n/a |
20–30% (Folk religion and Taoism)[122][123][124] |
40–60% (non-religious, agnostics, or new religionists; atheists are 14–15%)[125][119] |
Read "religion in China" for more details. |
[126][127][128][129][130] |
Christmas Island |
25% |
10% |
55% |
|
10%* |
n/a |
Including Bahai's, Hindus and Atheists. |
[131] |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
15% |
80% |
|
|
5%* |
n/a |
Including Baha'is mostly and Hindus. |
[132] |
Colombia |
93.5% |
0.025% |
0.015% |
0.02% |
4.44% |
2% |
Including Jews 0.05%, animists, etc... |
[133][134] |
Comoros |
1% – 2% |
98% – 99% |
n/a |
0.1% |
n/a |
n/a |
|
[135][136][137] |
Congo-Kinshasa |
80% – 90%* |
5% – 10% |
n/a |
n/a |
5% – 10%** |
n/a |
That includes Kimbanguists/**: includes syncretic sects and Animists. |
[138][139][140] |
Congo-Brazzaville |
50% |
2% |
% |
% |
48%* |
|
Mostly Animists. |
[141][142][143] |
Cook Islands |
90.2% |
n/a |
1% |
1% |
2.2% (mostly Baha'is) |
5.6%* |
unspecified 2.6%, none 3%. |
[144] |
Costa Rica |
87.3% – 92% |
0.1% |
2.34% |
0.06% |
0.8% – 2.3%* |
3.2% – 9.2% |
Including Judaism, Scientology, Tenrikyo, and the Bahá'í Faith. |
[145][146][147][148] |
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
35% – 40% |
35% – 40% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
25% – 30%* |
n/a |
Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. |
[149][150][151][152] |
Croatia |
87.8% |
1.3% |
0.03% |
0.01%% |
Jews 0.85% |
2% – 5.2% |
|
[37][153][154][155][156] |
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. |
[157][158][159] |
Cyprus |
79.3%* |
18% |
1% |
0.1% |
0.3% (mostly Jews) |
1.3% |
Including many Christian sects.[32] |
[160][161][32] |
Czech Republic |
14% – 28.9% |
0.1% |
0.5% |
0.003% |
2.6% (including Jews, Scientologists) |
67.8%* |
unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59%. |
[37][162][163] |
Religions by country as of 2007 (D-F)
| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Denmark |
31% – 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. |
[37][164][165][166][167] |
Djibouti |
0.8% – 5.8% |
94% – 99% |
n/a |
0.02% |
0.1%* |
n/a |
Mostly Baha'is. |
[168][169][170][171] |
Dominica |
90.9% |
0.2% |
0.25% |
0.2% |
2.35%* |
6.1% |
Rastafarian 1.3%, Baha'is 1%. |
[172][173][174] |
Dominican Republic |
87.1% – 95% |
0.05% – 0.1% |
0.1% |
0.04% |
2.26%* |
2.5% – 10.6% |
Spiritist 2.18%, Bahá'í 0.07%, Jewish 0.01%. |
[175][176][177][178] |
East Timor |
98%* |
0.9% |
0.1% |
0.3% |
0.7% |
n/a |
Roman Catholicism & Animism 97%. |
[179][180][181] |
Ecuador |
85% – 97.5% |
0.002% |
0.2% |
n/a |
0.7%* |
1.5% |
Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc... |
[182][183][184][185] |
Egypt |
10% |
90% |
n/a |
n/a |
Baha'is, Jews |
n/a |
Read sources for more details |
[186][187] |
El Salvador |
96% |
0.03% |
0.03% |
0.03% |
1.3%* |
1%[188][76] |
Baha'is, Jews, Animists, etc... |
[189][190][191] |
Equatorial Guinea |
93% |
1% |
n/a |
n/a |
5%* |
1% |
Mostly animists and Baha'is 1%. |
[192] |
Eritrea |
49% – 50% |
48% – 50% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
over 2%* |
0.1% |
indigenous beliefs 2%, Baha'is. |
[193][194] |
Estonia |
10% – 27.8% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
0.01% |
0.3% (Jews 0.2%) |
50–70% |
In a 2000 census, 34% were unaffiliated , 32% other and unspecified , and 6% had no religion. |
[37][195][196] |
Ethiopia |
60.8% |
32.8% |
n/a |
0.005% |
6.3% (indigenous beliefs), Judaism |
n/a |
Some sources[197][198] show equal figures for Christian and Muslim from 45% – 50% per each. |
[199][200] |
Falkland Islands |
94.3% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
3.7%* |
2% |
including Baha'is 0.3%. |
[201][202] |
Faroe Islands |
93.96% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Baha'is 0.2% |
5.84% |
|
[203][204] |
Fiji |
52% – 54% |
7% |
1% |
33% – 34% |
0.9%* |
3% – 5% (Atheist 0.3%) |
Sikhs (0.5%) and Bahai's |
[205][206][207] |
Finland |
40% – 80% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.01% |
0.19%* |
16% |
Jews, Baha'is, others. |
[37][208][209][210][211][212] |
France (Metropolitan France only) |
54% |
4% |
0.7% – 1.2% |
0.1% |
4%* |
31–64% Some people may identify as both agnostic and members of a religious community. A December 2006 poll by Harris Interactive, published in The Financial Times, found that 32% of the French population described themselves as agnostic, a further 32% as atheist and only 27% believed in any type of God or supreme being.) |
*: Jews over 1%, Sikhs less than 1%, Scientologists. Please read more here for more details. |
[213][214][215][37][216][217][218][219][220] |
French Guiana |
85% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
3%* |
8% |
Animists 2%, Baha'is 0.9%, Sikhs. |
[221] |
French Polynesia |
84% |
n/a |
7.5%* |
0.5% |
2% (mostly Baha'is) |
6% |
Mostly Chinese Buddhism. |
[222] |
Religions by country as of 2007 (G-K)
| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Gabon |
55 – 73% |
1% – 12% |
n/a |
n/a |
10%* |
5% |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[223][224] |
Gambia |
4% – 9% |
90% – 95% |
n/a |
0.1% |
0.9%* |
n/a |
Indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. |
[225][226][227] |
Georgia |
88.6% |
9.9% |
0.1% |
0.01% |
0.69%* |
0.7% |
Including Jews 0.22% |
[228][229][230] |
Germany |
67% |
3.9% |
0.3% – 1%[231] |
0.12% |
1.4% (Jews 0.25%), (Sikhs 0.03%) |
25%[232]-55%[233] |
|
[37][232] |
Ghana |
68.8% |
15.9% |
0.05% |
0.05% |
9.1%* |
6.1% |
Animist 8.5%, others (see sources). |
[234][235] |
Gibraltar |
88.3% |
4% |
0.1% |
1.8% |
2.2%* |
3.6% |
Jews 2.1%. |
[236] |
Greece |
98% |
1.3% |
0.1% |
unknown |
0.6% |
n/a |
Others include Jews, Scientologists, Baha'is, Sikhs, Hare Krishnas & Hellenic neopaganists. |
[237][238][239] |
Greenland |
96.56% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.24%* |
2.2% |
Traditional ethnic 0.74%, Baha'i 0.5%. |
[240] |
Grenada |
93% |
0.3% |
0.5% |
0.7% |
1.5%* |
4% |
Rastafarian/Spiritist 1.3%, Baha'is 0.2%. |
[241][242] |
Guadeloupe |
94.6% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
2.3%* |
2% |
Including Baha'is 0.4%, Rastafarians, Vodous. |
[243] |
Guam |
89.6% |
% |
% |
% |
10.4%* |
unknown |
Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Baha'is, etc... |
[244][245] |
Guatemala |
95% |
0.01% |
0.1% |
n/a |
4.9%* |
1.9% |
Including indigenous Mayan beliefs, Baha'is. |
[246][247] |
Guernsey |
100%* |
0% |
0% |
0% |
n/a |
n/a |
Anglican 65.2%. |
[248] |
Guinea |
7% – 10% |
85% |
0.1% |
|
5% – 8%* |
n/a |
Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is & Hindus. |
[249][250][251] |
Guinea-Bissau |
5% – 13% |
38% – 45% |
n/a |
n/a |
40% – 50%* |
n/a |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[252][253] |
Guyana |
50% – 57.4% |
7.2% – 10% |
0.7% |
28.3% – 35% |
2.4%* |
4% |
Rastafarians, Baha'is. |
[254][255][256] |
Haiti |
83.7% |
0.02% |
n/a |
n/a |
2.18%* |
1%[257][76] |
Vodous 50%, Baha'is. |
[258] |
Honduras |
86% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
n/a |
12.7%* |
1.1% |
Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Jews. |
[259][260] |
Hong Kong |
8.1% |
1.3% |
90%
(10% registered)
|
0.1% |
0.2%* |
58%[261][262][263] |
Including Sikhs, Jews, Baha'is, Falun Gong, etc... |
[264][265] |
Hungary |
74.4% |
0.03% |
0.05% |
0.02% |
0.8%* |
24.7% |
Jews 0.12%, etc... |
[266] |
Iceland |
88.97% |
0.13% |
0.26% |
n/a |
0.60%* |
10.04% |
Ásatrúarfélagið, Baha'is, Sikhs |
[37][267][268][269][270] |
India |
2.3% |
13.4% |
0.8% |
80.5% |
2.9% (Sikh 1.9%, Jains 0.4%, Baha'is 0.2%, Tribal animists 0.3%, Zoroastrians, Jews) |
0.1% |
|
[271][231][272][273] |
Indonesia |
9.5% |
87.2% |
1% |
2.2% |
0.1%* |
n/a |
Mostly Tribal animism. |
[274] |
Iran |
1.25% – 2.00% |
98% |
0.01% |
0.02% |
4.05% – 5%* |
n/a |
Bahá'ís 300,000 – 350,000; Jews 25,000 – 30,000; Zoroastrians 30,000 – 60,000; Sikhs 6,000 |
[275][276] |
Iraq |
2.3% |
97% |
0% |
0% |
0.7%* |
n/a |
Including the local religions of Yezidi, Shabaks, Sabean-Mandaean. |
[277][278] |
Ireland |
91.7% |
0.76% |
0.19% |
0.15% |
0.9%* |
6.3% |
Including Jews, Baha'is, Sikhs etc... |
[37][279][280] |
Isle of Man |
63.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
36.3% |
|
[281] |
Israel |
2.3% |
16% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
78.1%* |
3.4% |
Jewish 76.5%, Druze 1.6%. |
[282][283] |
Italy |
70% – 90%* |
1.4% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% Jews, 0.1% Sikhs over 0.06%, Baha'is |
14–27%[213] |
87% nominally Catholics and 3% Protestants. |
[37][284][285] |
Jamaica |
65.1% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
1%* |
3%[286][76] |
Rastafarians 0.9%; Jews & Baha'is. |
[287][288][289][290] |
Japan |
0.8% |
0.1% |
70% (20–45% practicing) |
0.004% |
3% (Shinto, Tenrikyo) |
70–84%
Professor Robert Kisala estimates that only 30% of Japanese adhere to a religion. A research done by Phil Zuckerman concluded that 64–65% of Japanese are non-believers in God[61]
|
Frequently seen high figures of Buddhism such as 90% come primarily from birth records following a longstanding practice of family lines being officially associated with a local Buddhist temple[291][231][292] "polls indicate that fewer than 30% of Japanese people have any real religious beliefs"[293] According to Johnstone (1993:323), 84% of the Japanese claim no personal religion[294]
|
Jersey |
86% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
0.6% |
13.4% |
|
[295] |
Jordan |
3% – 6% |
93% – 95% |
0% |
0% |
1%* |
n/a |
Druzes and Baha'is. |
[296][297][298] |
Kazakhstan |
46% |
47% |
0.58% |
0.02% |
1.4%* |
5% |
Mostly Shamanists, Jews, Baha'is. |
[299][300][301] |
Kenya |
78% |
10% |
n/a |
1% |
11%* |
unknown |
Indigenous beliefs 10%, Baha'is 0.9%; Sikhs, Jains & Jews. |
[302][303] |
Kiribati |
97% |
0.1% |
n/a |
n/a |
Baha'is 2% |
0.9% |
|
[304] |
North Korea |
0.1% |
0% |
64.5%
(2% registered)
|
0% |
30% (Confucianism, Shamanism, Chongdogyo) |
10–15% (A research in the year 2005 by Phil Zuckerman revealed that only about 15% of North Koreans are non-believers in God but warns about its unreliability) |
Over 90% total population believe in Juche. Read here for more details. |
[305] |
South Korea |
26.3% |
0.07% |
22.8%[306]-40% |
0.005% |
0.7% (Korean Shamanism, Chondogyo, Confucianism, Judaism, etc...) |
52%[307] |
According to Eungi (2003), 52% of South Koreans do not believe in God.[307][308] |
[309] |
Kuwait |
16% |
67.5% |
4% |
12% |
0.43%* |
0.07% |
Sikhs 0.4%, Baha'is. |
[310] |
Kyrgyzstan |
11% – 20% |
75% – 80% |
0.35% |
n/a |
4.5% – 8%* |
n/a |
Mostly Shamanists, Baha'is 0.1%. |
[311][312][313] |
Religions by country as of 2007 (L-M)
| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Laos |
1.5% |
? |
65% (65% have taken the Refuge) * |
? |
31.5% (mostly animists, also Baha'is and Muslims) |
0.25% |
Including the mixture of Theravada Buddhism with animist and the numbers of East Asian Buddhism. |
[314][315][316] |
Latvia |
70% |
0.017% |
0.004% |
0.006% |
Jews 0.014% |
20–29%[317] |
|
[318][76] |
Lebanon |
39% |
59.7% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
1.1%* |
n/a |
Including Jews, Baha'is, etc... (As of 1932 Lebanon was an 82% Christian majority) |
[319][320] |
Lesotho |
80% – 90% |
1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
9% – 19%* |
n/a |
Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. |
[321][322] |
Liberia |
40% |
20% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
39.7% |
0.1% |
Mostly indigenous beliefs (over 39%), small numbers of Baha'is and Sikhs. |
[323][324] |
Libya |
2.4% |
97% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
n/a |
0.2% |
|
[325][326][327][328] |
Liechtenstein |
83.2% |
4.8% |
0.25% |
n/a |
1%* |
10.75% |
Jews 0.1%; Baha'is; no formal creed. |
[329][330] |
Lithuania |
44% – 85% |
0.08% |
0.01% |
0.01% |
5.4%* |
9.5% |
"Nontraditional" religions; <0.1% Jews. |
[37][331][332] |
Luxembourg |
39% – 92% |
2% |
0.5% |
0.1% |
0.4%* |
22–28% |
Jews 0.2%, Baha'is. |
[37][333][334] |
Macau |
7% |
0.1% |
80%*[335]
(17% registered)
|
n/a |
0.6% (0.5% Baha'is, Falun Gong) |
45%[336] |
|
[337] |
Republic of Macedonia |
65.1% – 69% |
29% – 33.3% |
n/a |
n/a |
1% – 1.5% |
n/a |
See sources for various figures. |
[338][339][340] |
Madagascar |
41% – 45% |
7% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
47% – 51.4%* |
0.4% |
Over 45% – 50% is indigenous beliefs; Baha'is 0.1% |
[341][342][343][344][345] |
Malawi |
79.9% |
12.8% |
n/a |
0.2% |
2.8%* |
4.3% |
Mostly animists 2.5%, Baha'is 0.2%, Rastafarians & Jews. |
[346][347][348] |
Malaysia |
9.1% |
55% – 60.4% |
19.2% – 22% |
6.3% |
1.3%* |
0.8% |
Including animists, Sikhs & Baha'is. |
[349][350][351] |
Maldives |
0.1% |
99.41% (overall) – 100% (citizen) |
0.45% |
0.01% |
0.01% |
0.02% |
|
[352][353] |
Mali |
1% – 5% |
90% |
0% |
0% |
5% – 9% |
n/a |
|
[354][355][356] |
Malta |
55% – 97%* |
0.8% |
0.1% |
n/a |
0.1%** |
2% |
Roman Catholics 95%/**: Including Jews, Baha'is, etc... |
[37][357] |
Marshall Islands |
97.5% |
0% |
|
0% |
1%* |
1.5% |
Mostly Baha'is and few Buddhists. |
[358][359] |
Martinique |
91.6% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
4.4%* |
3% |
Baha'is 0.5%, Rastafarians, Vodous. |
[360] |
Mauritania |
|
99.9% |
0% |
0% |
0.1%* |
0% |
Mostly Christians, Jews. |
[361] |
Mauritius |
32.2% |
16.6% |
2.5% |
50% |
n/a |
0.7% |
|
[362][363][364] |
Mayotte |
3%* |
97% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
mostly Roman Catholic. |
[365] |
Mexico |
82.8% – 95.15% |
0.26% |
0.1% |
n/a |
0.1%* |
4.38% – 16.9% |
Jews 0.05%; Baha'is. |
[366][367][368][369] |
Federated States of Micronesia |
95.4% – 97% |
n/a |
1% |
n/a |
1.6%* |
0.4% – 2% |
Mostly Baha'is. |
[370][371][372] |
Moldova |
98.3% |
0.07% |
0.02% |
0.01% |
Jews 1.5% |
0.1% |
|
[373][374][375] |
Monaco |
20.5% – 90% |
|
|
|
10%* |
n/a |
Including mostly Protestant, Jewish 3%, Muslim, Greek Orthodox, etc... |
[376][377] |
Mongolia |
2.1% |
3.0% |
53% |
|
3.3%* |
38.6% |
Total of 2.9% are subscribed to Shamanism, here included in the "Others" category |
[378] |
Montenegro |
77.5% – 78%* |
18% |
0% |
0% |
n/a |
4% – 4.5% |
Orthodox 74% and Roman Catholic. |
[379][380] |
Montserrat |
95.5% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
Baha'is 2% |
2% |
|
[381] |
Morocco |
0.1% – 1.1% |
98.7% – 99.6% |
0.01%[382] |
n/a |
0.09% – 0.2%* |
n/a |
Mostly Jews, Baha'is. |
[383][384] |
Mozambique |
41.3% |
17.8% – 20% |
0% |
0.2% |
17.5%* |
5%[385] |
Including African animists mostly, Jews & Baha'is. |
[386][387][388] |
Myanmar (Burma) |
4% – 6% |
4% |
89% – 90% |
0.5% |
0.5% – 1.5%* |
n/a |
Including Tribal animism mostly, Baha'i, Jewish. |
[389][390] |
Religions by country as of 2007 (N-Q)
| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Namibia |
90% |
0.9% |
0.1% |
n/a |
4%* |
unknown |
indigenous beliefs 3%, Jews, Baha'is. |
[391][392] |
Nauru |
67% |
n/a |
3% |
n/a |
10%* |
20% |
It is the country with the highest percentage of Baha'is (over 9%). |
[393] |
Nepal |
0.45% |
4% – 4.2% |
10.7% – 11% |
80.6% – 81% |
3.6% – 4%* |
n/a |
Kirant |
[394][395][396] |
Netherlands |
29% – 45% |
5.5% – 5.8% |
0.1% – 1% |
0.6% |
0.4% – 0.8%* |
53% – 65%[397] |
Jews 0.3% |
[37][398][399] |
Netherlands Antilles |
92.3% |
0.31% |
0.26% |
0.6% |
1.33%* |
5.2% |
Jews 1.3%, Baha'is. |
[400][401] |
New Caledonia |
90% |
4% |
3% |
2% |
1%* |
n/a |
Mostly Baha'is. |
[402][403] |
New Zealand |
55.9% |
1.0% |
1.4% |
1.7% |
5.4% |
34.6% |
|
[404] |
Nicaragua |
90% |
0.02% – 0.03% |
0.1% |
n/a |
1.6%* |
2%[405][76] |
Animist, Baha'is. |
[406] |
Niger |
5%* |
95% |
0% |
0% |
Baha'is |
n/a |
Mixture of Christianity and Animism. |
[407][408][409] |
Nigeria |
40% |
50% |
n/a |
n/a |
African animist 10% |
n/a |
The numbers of Christians and Muslims are roughly equal as 50/50. |
[410][411] |
Niue |
81% |
|
|
|
8.4%* |
10.6% |
Baha'is mostly. |
[412] |
Norfolk Island |
64% |
|
|
|
2.7% |
33.3%* |
Unspecified 15.2%, none 18.1%. |
[413] |
Northern Mariana Islands |
79.7% |
% |
% |
% |
20.3%* |
% |
Mostly Buddhists, Atheists, Baha'is and Animists. |
[414] |
Norway |
30% – 89.9% |
1.8% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.6%* |
6.7% |
Jews, Sikhs, Baha'is. |
[37][415][416][417] |
Oman |
2.54% – 4.9% |
87.4% – 92.66% |
0.8% – 1.2% |
3% – 5.7% |
0.3% – 1.1%* |
0.1% – 0.3% |
Sikhs, Baha'is. |
[418][419][420] |
Pakistan |
1.5% |
96% – 97% |
0.1% |
1.2% – 2% |
0.1% – 0.3%* |
0.1% – 0.3% |
Ahmadis, Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Baha'is, animist. Read here for more details |
[421][422][423][424] |
Palau |
71.7% |
0.1% |
3% |
n/a |
8.8%* |
16.4% |
Modekngei (indigenous to Palau). |
[425][426] |
Palestinian National Authority |
4.73% |
83.54% |
n/a |
n/a |
11.73%* |
n/a |
Jews 11.09%; Baha'is and others 0.64%. |
[427][428][429] |
Panama |
88% – 95% |
0.3% – 3.5% |
0.4% – 2.1% |
0.3% |
2% – 4%* |
2% |
Read sources for more details |
[430][431] |
Papua New Guinea |
66% – 96%* |
0.035% |
0.3% |
n/a |
Animist 33%, Baha'is 0.3%. |
|
Many citizens integrate their Christian faith with some indigenous beliefs and practices |
[432][433] |
Paraguay |
92% – 96.9% |
0.008% |
0.5% |
n/a |
1%* |
1.5% – 5% |
Animist 0.5%, Baha'is 0.2%, Jews 0.1%, New religions. |
[434][435][436] |
Peru |
83.1% |
0.003% |
0.31% |
unknown |
0.11%* |
2%[437][76] |
Baha'is 0.09%, Jews 0.02%, Animist. |
[438][439][440] |
Philippines |
92.5% – 94% |
5% |
0.1% – 2.5% |
0.05% |
0.35%* |
0.1% |
Sikhs, Jews, Animists. |
[441][442] |
Pitcairn Islands |
100%* |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Seventh-Day Adventist 100%. |
[443] |
Poland |
75% – 96.7%* |
0.01% – 0.07% |
0.1% |
n/a |
0.13% (Jews 0.1%) |
3% |
nominal Roman Catholic 96%. |
[37][444][445] |
Portugal |
86.7% – 95.5% |
0.33% |
0.03% |
0.07% |
0.02%* |
3.9% – 12.85% |
Mostly Catholic. |
[37][446][447] |
Puerto Rico |
97% |
0.13% |
0.03% |
0.09% |
0.77%* |
1.98% |
Spiritists 0.7%, Jews 0.07%. |
[448] |
Qatar |
8.5% – 10.3% |
71% – 77.5% |
5% |
7.2% – 12.7% |
Baha'is 0.2% |
0.8% |
See sources because non-Islamic religious numbers depend on ethnic groups. |
[449][450][451][452] |
Religions by country as of 2007 (R-S)
| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Réunion |
84.9% |
2.15% |
? |
6.7% |
6.18% including Bahai 0.07% |
5% |
Jews 0.07%[citation needed] |
[453] |
Romania |
99% |
0.2% |
0.01% |
0.01% |
0.1%* |
0.1% |
Predominantly Jews & small numbers of Baha'is. |
[454][455][456] |
Russia |
18.5% – 78% |
10% – 14% |
1.1% – 1.45% |
0.45%[457][458][dead link] |
Jews 0.5%; Shamanist 1%; Baha'is, new religions 0.5%. |
16% – 48%* |
Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers. |
[459][460][461] |
Rwanda |
93.6% |
4.6% |
0% |
0% |
Animist 0.1% |
1.7% |
|
[462][463] |
Saint Helena |
95.7% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Baha'is 0.3% |
4% |
|
[464][465] |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
98% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1%* |
1% |
Baha'is, Rastafarians. |
[466] |
Saint Lucia |
90.8% |
0.1% |
n/a |
0.2% |
2.9%* |
6% |
Rastafarians 2.1%. |
[467] (Page 100) |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
99% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
n/a |
|
[468] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
88.9% |
1.5% |
n/a |
3.3% |
0.3%* |
6% |
Rastafarians, Baha'is. |
[469][466][470] |
Samoa |
98% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
1.6%* |
0.1% |
Baha'is 1.5%, Jews. |
[471][472] |
San Marino |
99% |
0.1% |
% |
% |
0.4%* |
0.5% |
Baha'is, Jews. |
[473] |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
77.5% – 95% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
0.1% |
2% – 19.4% |
|
[474][475] |
Saudi Arabia |
4.5% (est.)[476][477] |
97% (overall)[478]* |
1.5% (est.)[479][480] |
4.5% (est.)[481][482] |
unknown (Sikhs, Baha'is, Jews). |
n/a |
All non-Islamic religions are prohibited. Estimates for non-Islamic religions are based on nationalities. Read here for more details. |
[483][484][476] |
Senegal |
4% – 5% |
94% – 95% |
0.01% |
n/a |
1% -2%* |
n/a |
Animists. |
[485][486][487] |
Serbia |
83% – 91.6% |
3.2% – 5% |
0.01%[488] |
n/a |
0.09%* |
5% |
Jews >0.02%. |
[489][490] |
Seychelles |
93.2% |
1.1% |
1% |
2.1% |
0.5%* |
2.1% |
Mostly Baha'is. |
[491][492] |
Sierra Leone |
20% – 30% |
60% |
n/a |
0.1% |
5% – 10%* |
n/a |
Mostly Animists, Baha'is. See sources for various figures. |
[493][494][495] |
Singapore |
14.6% |
14.9% |
60% |
4% |
1%* |
13% |
Including Sikhs, Jews, Zoroastrians & Jains. |
[496][497] |
Slovakia |
56% – 83.8% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1%* |
15.8% |
Mostly Jews, Baha'is and Sikhs |
[37][498][499] |
Slovenia |
50% – 65% |
2.4% |
0.06% |
0.01% |
0.03%* |
25% – 35% |
Jews, others. |
[37][500][501] |
Solomon Islands |
97.1% |
0.07% |
0.03% |
n/a |
2.3%* |
0.5% |
Mostly Baha'is. |
[502][503] |
Somalia |
0.1% |
99.9% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
[504][505] |
South Africa |
79.7% |
1.5% |
0.1% |
1.2% |
3%* |
1%[506][76] |
Indigenous beliefs, Jews, Sikhs, Baha'is. |
[507][508] |
Spain |
60% – 76% |
2.3%[509] |
0.025% |
0.025% |
5%* |
19–41%[213] |
Jews 0.12%, Baha'is, Sikhs etc... Read here for more details. About 76% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics, 5% other faith, and about 19% identify with no religion.[510] |
[37][511][512] |
Sri Lanka |
8% |
7% |
70% |
15% |
n/a |
n/a |
|
[513][514] |
Sudan |
5% |
70% |
0% |
0% |
25%* |
n/a |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[515] |
Suriname |
40% – 48% |
13.5% – 19.6% |
1% – 1.5% (Chinese) |
20% – 27.4% |
3.3% – 5%* |
4.4% |
Animists mostly, Baha'is. |
[516][517][518] |
Swaziland |
85% – 95% |
1% – 10% |
0% |
0.2% |
2.8%* |
1% |
Baha'is, Jews. |
[519][520] |
Sweden |
60% – 70% |
3%[521] |
0.2% |
0.08% – 0.12% |
0.3% |
30 – 33% |
At the end of 2008, 72,9% of Swedes belonged to the Church of Sweden (Lutheran), this number has been decreasing by about 1% on a yearly basis for the last two decades. Church of Sweden services are sparsely attended (hovering in the single digit percentages of the population).[522] |
[37][523][524] |
Switzerland |
43% – 79.3% |
4.3% |
0.29% |
0.38% |
0.33%* |
15.4% (unspecified 4.3%, Atheist 11.1%) |
Jews, Baha'is, Sikhs etc. |
[37][525][526][527] |
Syria |
10% |
90%* |
0% |
0% |
Jews & Yazidis |
n/a |
Sunni Muslims 74%, Alawis 12%, Druzes 3% & others. |
[528][529][530] |
Religions by country as of 2007 (T-Z)
| Country or territory |
Christian |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Others |
Non-religious |
Notes |
References and sources |
Taiwan |
4.5% |
0.3% |
93%* (35% registered) |
n/a |
2.2% |
n/a |
Mostly Taiwanese people worship both of Mahayana Buddhism with Chinese religions. |
[531][532][533] |
Tajikistan |
2.5% |
90% – 97% |
0.1% |
unknown |
0.3%* |
0.1% |
Zoroastrians, Shamanists, Hare Krishnas, Baha'is, Jews. |
[534][535][536] |
Tanzania |
30% – 40% |
30% – 40% |
0.1% |
0.9% |
18.5% – 38.5% * |
0.5% |
Indigenous beliefs 18% – 38%, Baha'is 0.4%, Sikhs, Zoroastrians. |
[537][538][539][540] |
Thailand |
0.7% |
4% |
95% |
0.0045% |
0.1%* |
n/a |
Including animists, Jews, Sikhs, etc... |
[541][542] |
Togo |
29% – 47.1% |
13.7% – 20% |
0% |
0% |
33% – 51%* |
5% – 6.1% |
Indigenous beliefs. |
[543][544][545] |
Tokelau |
95% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
5%* |
n/a |
Baha'is 4.5%. |
[546] |
Tonga |
83% |
|
|
|
14%* |
|
Including other Christian groups, Baha'is >6%,Muslims, Hindus and Atheists. |
[547] |
Trinidad and Tobago |
57.6% |
5.8% |
0.7% |
22.5% |
10.1%* |
3.3% (Atheists 1.9%) |
Spiritual Baptists 1.4%, Orisha 0.1%, other Afro-American religions, Baha'is, Rastafarians & Jews. |
[548][549][550][551] |
Tunisia |
1% |
98% |
n/a |
n/a |
1%* |
n/a |
Jews, Baha'is, Atheists. |
[552][553] |
Turkey |
0.16% |
99% – 99.8% |
n/a |
n/a |
0.06%* (0.04% Jews, 0.02% Baha'is) |
n/a |
The Jews are the second largest non-Muslim population in Turkey after Christians, with a population of 26,000.[554] but the non-Muslim population declined in the early 2000s. |
[555][556][557][558] |
Turkmenistan |
9% (Eastern Orthodox) |
89% |
% |
% |
0.3%* |
1.7% |
Baha'is, Buddhists, Hare Krishnas, various Christians. |
[559][560] |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
86% |
0.5% |
1.5% |
2% |
4%* |
6% |
Baha'is, Vodous, Rastafarians. |
[561][562] |
Tuvalu |
97% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
3%* |
n/a |
Baha'is |
[563] |
Uganda |
83.9% – 85% |
12.1% |
n/a |
0.8%[564] |
1.2% – 2.3%* |
0.9% |
Baha'is, Jews & Sikhs. |
[565][566] |
Ukraine |
35% – 96.1%* |
0.5% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
2.5% (Jews 0.6%) |
unknown |
Including many various Christian sects. |
[567][568][567] |
United Arab Emirates |
8.5% |
61.75% |
4.25% |
21.25% |
4.25%* |
n/a |
Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís, and Sikhs. |
[569][570] |
United Kingdom |
71.6% |
2.7% |
1.2%[231] |
1% |
8%* |
15.5–52%[213] |
Sikhs 0.6% Jews 0.5% Pagans (Wiccans).[571] |
[37][572][573] |
United States |
78% |
1% |
2%[231]
(0.7% registered)
|
0.4% |
Jews 2.5% (1% registered, cultural 1.5%); others 1%* |
15.1% |
Others include new religions, Baha'is, Sikhs, animists etc. |
[574] (Read here for more details) |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
93% |
% |
% |
% |
5%* |
2% |
Rastafarians, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, etc... |
[575][576] |
Uruguay |
70% – 83% |
0.01% |
0.1% |
0.01% |
0.88%* |
17% |
Jews 0.75%, Baha'is. |
[577][578] |
Uzbekistan |
7% – 11% |
80% – 88% |
0.2% |
0.01% |
0.09%* |
0.7% – 1.7% |
Jews 0.065%, Zoroastrians, Baha'is. |
[579][580] |
Vanuatu |
83% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
14.4%* |
2.3% |
Animists 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), Baha'is. |
[581][582] |
Vatican City |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
The Vatican is the "central government" of the Roman Catholic Church. |
[583][584] |
Venezuela |
98% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
n/a |
0.9%* |
0.5% |
Including Animists, Baha'is and Jews. |
[585][586][587] |
Vietnam |
8% |
0.08% |
85%
(16% registered)
|
0.06% |
5.66% (Cao Đài 3%, Tribal religions 2.5%, Baha'i 0.1%, new religions). |
1.2% |
Including various Vietnamese-Buddhist sects as Hoà Hảo, Tứ Ân Hiếu Nghĩa,etc... Read more here. |
[588][589][590][591] |
Wallis and Futuna |
99% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
n/a |
1% |
|
[592] |
Western Sahara |
0.1% |
99.9% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
[593][594] |
Yemen |
0.2% |
99% |
0% |
0.7% |
0.01%* |
0.019% |
|
[595][596] |
Zambia |
87% |
0.7% |
0% |
0.3% |
7%* |
5% |
Animists, Baha'is. |
[597] |
Zanzibar |
1% |
99% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
[540][538] |
Zimbabwe |
70% – 80% |
1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
17.7% – 27.7%* |
1.1% |
Mostly animists, Baha'is 0.3%, Jews 0.1%. |
[598][599] |