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CountriesReligiousChristianityIslamHinduSyncreticBuddhismAnimistJudaismTaoism
United States [+]81.00%74.54%0.90%0.57%0.26%1.09%0.57%1.90%0.02%
United Kingdom [+]73.84%62.63%4.34%1.31%0.36%0.40%0.13%0.42%0.01%
Germany [+]77.00%70.78%4.90%0.12%0.01%0.30%0.15%
France [+]80.85%70.19%7.89%0.08%0.36%1.04%0.18%0.77%
Japan [+]90.50%1.96%0.15%0.02%0.23%69.07%0.01%
Spain [+]84.00%80.56%3.04%0.04%0.02%0.03%
Italy [+]81.32%79.39%1.16%0.01%0.08%0.01%0.06%
Portugal [+]93.09%85.73%0.85%0.06%0.10%0.56%0.02%0.03%
Greece [+]97.39%94.38%2.40%0.02%0.05%
Ireland [+]93.95%92.99%0.58%0.10%0.11%0.02%0.04%0.04%
Andorra [+]92.04%90.70%0.90%0.35%0.38%
United Arab Emirates [+]98.64%7.14%67.48%22.25%0.35%
Afghanistan [+]99.80%0.03%99.56%0.03%0.01%0.01%0.01%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]94.10%91.40%0.17%0.03%1.34%1.62%
Albania [+]84.93%21.44%63.00%0.01%
Armenia [+]96.54%95.10%0.03%1.30%0.01%0.02%
Angola [+]98.21%89.12%1.04%0.01%7.59%
Argentina [+]88.00%85.15%1.51%0.02%0.07%0.68%
Austria [+]84.58%73.00%4.75%0.05%0.02%0.07%0.10%
Australia [+]68.99%61.45%2.23%0.84%0.33%2.47%0.28%0.45%0.02%
Azerbaijan [+]98.07%2.41%95.00%0.09%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]97.07%52.00%45.00%0.03%
Barbados [+]79.50%64.34%0.80%0.42%0.04%0.01%0.01%
Bangladesh [+]99.92%0.20%89.70%9.00%0.60%0.35%
Belgium [+]80.80%69.20%5.00%0.07%0.02%0.30%0.02%0.28%
Burkina Faso [+]99.50%29.35%57.90%12.20%
Bulgaria [+]95.27%82.27%12.89%0.03%
Bahrain [+]100.00%9.80%89.60%1.52%0.02%0.05%
Burundi [+]99.74%88.90%2.50%0.08%8.09%
Benin [+]96.66%40.00%26.47%0.08%28.40%
Brunei [+]98.82%3.00%81.29%0.81%3.64%7.00%3.64%0.01%
Bolivia [+]96.00%94.26%0.01%0.01%0.04%1.58%0.04%
Brazil [+]91.50%88.23%0.02%0.01%0.02%0.13%2.30%0.06%
Bahamas [+]97.10%96.60%0.03%0.32%0.10%0.03%
Bhutan [+]99.97%1.22%1.00%10.39%84.02%3.24%
Botswana [+]97.51%69.20%2.74%0.14%0.01%0.06%23.51%0.02%
Belarus [+]58.90%56.84%0.20%0.01%0.13%
Belize [+]84.38%73.65%0.19%0.20%0.47%0.25%0.21%0.60%
Canada [+]83.57%76.61%1.94%0.80%0.08%1.94%0.21%0.99%0.01%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]99.49%93.02%1.30%0.14%0.01%4.72%
Central African Republic [+]98.76%49.20%15.00%34.00%
Republic of the Congo [+]92.63%80.63%1.93%0.01%5.24%
Switzerland [+]86.58%80.56%4.11%0.31%0.32%0.22%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]99.42%37.50%37.50%0.01%0.05%24.00%
Chile [+]94.00%91.28%0.03%0.01%0.02%0.88%0.12%
Cameroon [+]99.27%49.52%21.40%27.98%
China [+]67.50%5.80%2.50%42.00%12.60%3.99%0.34%
Colombia [+]98.50%97.01%0.06%0.02%0.01%0.88%0.02%
Costa Rica [+]90.00%88.22%0.01%0.79%0.03%0.03%0.09%0.25%
Cuba [+]86.85%65.89%0.07%0.22%50.00%0.06%2.59%0.01%0.19%
Cabo Verde [+]98.21%94.78%3.20%0.13%0.01%
Cyprus [+]96.80%74.53%20.27%0.02%
Czechia [+]24.25%21.38%0.01%0.01%0.03%0.03%0.07%
Djibouti [+]99.04%1.39%97.50%0.04%
Denmark [+]89.89%81.72%4.01%0.11%0.08%0.01%0.04%
Dominica [+]94.00%92.00%0.20%0.09%0.12%
Dominican Republic [+]88.00%87.00%0.02%0.02%0.94%0.01%0.08%
Algeria [+]100.00%0.80%99.00%0.05%0.21%
Ecuador [+]91.50%90.30%0.01%0.03%0.05%0.25%0.01%
Estonia [+]30.97%28.37%0.15%0.03%0.01%0.10%0.37%0.13%0.01%
Egypt [+]99.00%12.12%86.43%0.01%
Eritrea [+]98.72%57.50%40.12%0.02%0.75%
Ethiopia [+]99.87%61.56%34.44%0.01%3.77%0.01%
Finland [+]83.40%79.40%0.45%0.07%0.09%0.02%
Fiji [+]98.95%64.00%6.00%28.00%0.23%0.16%0.01%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]96.85%86.51%0.30%0.59%6.76%
Gabon [+]98.40%74.72%15.00%8.38%
Grenada [+]95.19%87.00%0.49%0.24%
Georgia [+]91.24%79.80%9.90%0.50%0.27%
Ghana [+]94.00%70.34%17.60%0.02%5.30%
The Gambia [+]99.48%4.35%90.00%0.02%4.36%
Guinea [+]99.81%8.00%85.00%0.09%6.59%
Equatorial Guinea [+]96.56%89.20%3.94%0.05%1.72%
Guatemala [+]95.41%95.00%0.01%0.20%0.02%0.02%0.01%0.03%
Guinea-Bissau [+]98.38%10.88%39.91%47.50%
Guyana [+]95.00%55.75%7.50%29.50%0.13%0.05%1.11%0.01%
Honduras [+]90.00%89.00%0.14%0.05%0.54%0.01%0.01%
Croatia [+]94.35%91.37%1.47%0.01%
Haiti [+]90.00%82.00%0.02%45.00%1.99%0.01%
Hungary [+]72.84%67.36%0.05%0.03%0.11%
Indonesia [+]99.25%10.60%83.99%1.50%0.86%0.80%1.33%
Israel [+]95.50%2.00%19.99%73.10%
India [+]99.69%2.34%13.40%80.45%0.01%0.77%0.24%0.01%
Iraq [+]98.90%1.89%95.00%0.09%0.01%
Iran [+]99.64%0.16%99.00%0.01%0.01%
Iceland [+]96.75%91.55%0.50%0.16%0.34%0.44%
Jamaica [+]80.06%68.81%0.05%0.56%0.01%12.94%0.02%0.13%
Jordan [+]100.00%3.00%97.00%
Kenya [+]99.67%80.63%10.45%0.44%7.12%0.01%
Kyrgyzstan [+]95.00%10.07%77.02%0.41%0.40%0.01%
Cambodia [+]99.61%0.37%1.92%0.22%4.00%96.69%0.26%
Kiribati [+]99.00%96.00%0.01%
Comoros [+]99.76%0.13%98.06%1.47%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]91.12%89.79%0.28%0.95%7.02%
North Korea [+]35.68%1.66%0.01%0.06%4.58%16.00%
South Korea [+]54.58%28.59%0.15%0.09%22.55%1.05%
Kuwait [+]100.00%4.72%91.95%4.00%
Kazakhstan [+]88.48%29.00%59.32%0.01%0.11%0.18%0.02%
Laos [+]98.89%1.50%1.00%0.10%0.24%67.73%27.50%0.01%
Lebanon [+]97.00%40.70%54.00%1.84%
Saint Lucia [+]94.10%92.18%0.10%0.30%0.04%
Liechtenstein [+]94.54%86.78%5.48%0.41%0.11%
Sri Lanka [+]99.95%7.26%9.60%12.46%70.26%0.01%
Liberia [+]99.00%85.00%11.25%2.64%
Lesotho [+]99.72%94.18%0.08%0.06%5.04%
Lithuania [+]84.79%82.96%0.08%0.01%0.01%0.02%0.18%
Luxembourg [+]95.04%91.06%2.00%0.12%
Latvia [+]79.94%79.02%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.27%
Libya [+]100.00%3.00%96.95%0.03%0.01%0.12%
Morocco [+]100.00%1.00%98.91%0.02%
Monaco [+]87.10%80.20%0.80%1.51%
Moldova [+]85.96%82.13%3.60%0.10%0.11%
Montenegro [+]95.49%75.93%19.11%0.02%
Madagascar [+]99.39%58.58%5.47%0.06%0.08%0.03%35.08%
Marshall Islands [+]97.80%93.41%1.28%
North Macedonia [+]98.10%63.74%34.20%0.05%
Mali [+]99.81%3.00%94.00%2.80%
Myanmar [+]99.51%7.76%4.17%0.10%0.20%74.79%12.00%
Mongolia [+]69.05%1.94%3.00%1.64%53.00%9.10%
Mauritania [+]99.89%0.26%97.00%0.52%
Malta [+]98.50%97.27%1.00%0.01%0.20%0.01%
Mauritius [+]99.29%32.52%17.32%48.59%0.27%0.18%0.09%
Maldives [+]100.00%0.45%98.00%0.23%0.42%
Malawi [+]99.39%72.28%14.60%0.23%11.99%
Mexico [+]97.28%96.86%0.20%0.01%0.03%0.02%0.02%0.06%0.01%
Malaysia [+]99.82%8.26%61.00%6.00%2.51%19.20%2.74%
Mozambique [+]99.12%47.34%24.36%0.16%0.02%0.01%26.78%
Namibia [+]98.07%87.00%0.48%0.16%10.02%0.11%
Niger [+]99.90%3.90%91.50%4.04%
Nigeria [+]99.69%42.00%50.80%0.01%6.68%
Nicaragua [+]91.00%90.05%0.03%0.11%0.52%0.01%0.04%
Netherlands [+]66.00%57.94%5.80%0.65%0.04%1.21%0.15%
Norway [+]88.95%84.01%2.04%0.11%0.02%0.28%0.02%0.02%
Nepal [+]99.81%1.42%4.39%81.34%0.07%9.04%3.56%
Nauru [+]100.00%96.99%1.54%1.46%
New Zealand [+]60.81%54.07%1.12%1.99%0.26%2.10%0.72%0.11%
Oman [+]100.00%3.34%89.87%2.62%0.30%0.01%
Panama [+]100.00%97.93%0.31%0.01%0.07%0.38%0.24%0.15%0.05%
Peru [+]96.00%93.80%0.02%0.03%0.03%0.17%0.01%
Papua New Guinea [+]99.48%96.00%0.03%0.05%0.04%2.50%0.01%
Philippines [+]99.07%91.74%5.55%0.06%0.11%1.19%
Pakistan [+]99.90%1.70%95.69%2.20%0.06%0.11%
Poland [+]92.00%90.46%0.01%0.01%0.01%
Palau [+]98.47%86.06%2.20%0.13%0.25%0.85%8.42%
Paraguay [+]97.00%95.10%0.06%0.23%0.46%0.05%
Qatar [+]98.23%14.45%47.00%26.48%2.15%
Romania [+]98.37%97.51%0.40%0.04%
Serbia [+]94.72%91.22%3.10%0.01%
Russia [+]85.96%74.23%11.57%1.22%0.74%0.14%
Rwanda [+]99.65%89.45%4.60%0.01%4.08%
Saudi Arabia [+]98.00%3.00%93.82%1.00%0.10%0.36%
Solomon Islands [+]99.68%90.00%0.32%0.33%5.00%
Seychelles [+]99.03%93.65%1.68%2.51%0.09%0.38%0.45%0.07%
Sudan [+]99.00%7.15%71.00%20.00%
Sweden [+]84.00%76.06%6.00%0.09%0.17%0.21%
Singapore [+]88.22%18.21%14.22%5.05%6.26%33.03%0.02%0.01%10.85%
Slovenia [+]76.00%67.00%3.00%0.01%
Slovakia [+]86.56%75.48%0.01%0.04%
Sierra Leone [+]98.78%19.05%55.32%0.05%23.74%
San Marino [+]89.40%86.31%0.02%
Senegal [+]99.83%3.49%93.89%0.01%2.00%
Somalia [+]99.96%0.05%99.50%0.06%0.07%
Suriname [+]100.00%48.00%19.60%27.40%0.08%0.18%4.95%0.05%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]98.76%94.41%1.50%0.24%
El Salvador [+]88.90%86.10%0.03%0.01%0.38%0.01%0.01%
Syria [+]98.54%7.52%90.20%0.02%
Eswatini [+]98.82%78.43%0.66%0.15%18.81%
Chad [+]99.75%34.00%55.20%0.03%0.02%10.01%
Togo [+]99.75%48.00%14.00%37.00%
Thailand [+]99.00%0.60%10.00%0.08%0.09%87.00%0.71%
Tajikistan [+]97.50%2.02%90.00%0.08%0.09%0.03%
Timor-Leste [+]99.61%98.00%0.70%0.10%0.67%
Turkmenistan [+]99.00%9.00%89.00%0.01%0.01%
Tunisia [+]100.00%0.35%99.00%0.01%
Tonga [+]99.57%94.21%0.10%0.12%0.01%
Türkiye [+]99.50%0.42%98.58%0.02%0.05%0.02%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]86.54%55.88%5.03%18.40%0.32%0.94%0.05%0.20%
Tuvalu [+]99.30%96.99%0.10%
Taiwan [+]93.00%5.41%0.45%40.05%25.08%0.26%20.78%
Tanzania [+]99.11%47.77%36.00%0.75%0.05%0.02%13.69%
Ukraine [+]86.52%85.20%0.99%0.01%0.10%0.10%0.15%
Uganda [+]99.57%83.30%12.00%0.58%0.01%0.01%3.37%0.01%
Uruguay [+]82.80%81.83%0.03%0.30%
Uzbekistan [+]98.21%5.00%93.00%0.01%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]98.10%89.90%0.10%0.30%0.71%0.11%
Venezuela [+]95.61%95.00%0.10%0.02%0.04%0.19%0.06%
Viet Nam [+]63.60%9.10%0.11%0.06%0.93%49.00%4.00%
Vanuatu [+]96.69%85.00%0.20%4.51%
Samoa [+]98.54%95.38%0.03%0.01%0.01%
Yemen [+]100.00%99.00%
South Africa [+]93.60%80.94%1.69%1.50%0.07%0.32%7.96%0.16%
Zambia [+]99.82%87.00%0.55%0.50%0.06%0.03%10.49%0.01%
Zimbabwe [+]97.44%81.88%1.07%0.15%0.01%13.54%0.09%

Countries by Religion

This section provides statistics related to religion.

Do you Know what are the world's religions, and how they distributed? In our table you can ordering of religions by adherents by percent of total countries population.

Our map shows importance of religion by country.

The world's principal religions may be classified:

  • Christianity : Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox , Anglican, Other Christian.
  • Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform.
  • Islam: Sunni, Shi’a,Ibadhi, Nation of Islam, Alawite, Ahmadiyya.
  • Buddhism:Mahayana, Theravada.
  • Zoroastristan.
  • Hindu.
  • Sikh.
  • Shinto.
  • Baha’i.
  • Taoism.
  • Confucianism.
  • Jain.
  • Syncretic Religions: Afro/Christian Religions of Latin America – Santeria.
  • Animist:Various native American/African religions.
  • Non-Religious : Atheists, non-believers.
  • Other: Resto de religiones.

This data religious by country gives information from ARDA