1. Socio-Demography

Religions

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CountriesDateReligiousChristianityIslamHinduSyncreticBuddhismAnimistJudaismTaoism
United States [+]197588.52%84.66%0.07%0.47%3.10%
United Kingdom [+]197591.33%87.62%1.30%0.53%0.02%0.13%0.81%
Germany [+]194598.00%96.00%0.49%
France [+]197588.60%83.70%3.04%0.05%0.06%0.18%0.11%1.03%
Japan [+]197589.82%3.00%0.04%0.01%0.04%70.82%
Spain [+]197597.95%97.82%0.03%0.01%0.01%0.03%
Italy [+]197587.90%86.84%0.33%0.07%
Portugal [+]197596.01%95.84%0.05%0.01%
Greece [+]197599.81%98.02%1.46%0.04%
Ireland [+]197599.74%98.58%0.06%0.07%
United Arab Emirates [+]1975100.00%2.18%89.56%
Afghanistan [+]197594.00%0.05%91.18%0.68%0.02%0.06%0.01%
Albania [+]197574.69%29.20%45.48%0.01%
Angola [+]197599.67%86.35%0.40%0.01%12.75%
Argentina [+]197599.54%96.00%0.03%0.02%0.13%2.00%
Austria [+]197595.30%94.57%0.39%0.01%0.13%
Australia [+]197590.63%89.00%0.20%0.11%0.04%0.09%0.03%1.00%
Barbados [+]197588.74%70.19%0.17%0.11%1.80%0.01%
Bangladesh [+]197599.80%0.10%85.40%13.50%0.50%
Belgium [+]197594.00%90.58%1.02%0.02%0.04%0.01%0.33%
Burkina Faso [+]197599.99%10.26%35.73%53.40%
Bulgaria [+]197584.76%72.29%11.96%0.08%
Bahrain [+]1975100.00%3.82%96.18%
Burundi [+]197599.98%76.17%0.93%0.04%19.90%
Benin [+]197599.96%21.00%11.85%66.68%
Bolivia [+]197598.93%98.17%0.01%0.05%0.57%0.02%
Brazil [+]197599.42%98.84%0.06%0.02%0.20%0.05%0.12%
Bahamas [+]197596.60%87.09%0.41%
Bhutan [+]1975100.00%0.09%3.00%24.00%72.65%0.20%
Botswana [+]197599.95%45.98%0.03%0.05%53.00%0.02%
Canada [+]197589.44%86.85%0.19%0.09%0.14%0.07%0.05%1.31%0.13%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]197599.97%90.92%1.00%0.01%5.98%
Central African Republic [+]1975100.00%54.58%6.26%32.75%
Republic of the Congo [+]197599.19%90.40%0.41%7.00%
Switzerland [+]197598.76%98.03%0.27%0.03%0.03%0.34%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]197599.85%28.73%23.00%0.03%0.02%47.97%
Chile [+]197596.62%93.25%0.02%0.01%1.05%0.16%
Cameroon [+]197599.90%43.46%20.94%33.59%
China [+]197553.78%1.45%1.45%37.51%8.22%4.65%0.10%
Colombia [+]1975100.00%96.85%0.12%0.66%0.05%
Costa Rica [+]197599.43%97.92%0.11%0.23%0.09%0.27%
Cuba [+]197577.35%76.11%0.01%0.04%70.00%0.06%0.02%0.05%
Cabo Verde [+]197599.33%98.48%0.66%
Cyprus [+]197598.05%77.23%18.81%0.01%
Denmark [+]197596.63%94.96%0.25%0.07%0.14%
Dominican Republic [+]197587.65%84.08%0.02%0.69%0.01%
Algeria [+]197599.98%0.58%99.02%0.03%0.21%
Ecuador [+]1975100.00%93.59%0.03%0.02%0.42%0.02%
Egypt [+]1975100.00%7.33%92.63%0.01%
Ethiopia [+]197599.99%56.76%30.00%0.01%13.00%0.11%
Finland [+]197593.40%92.17%0.02%0.03%
Fiji [+]197599.44%50.74%7.89%39.89%0.04%0.02%
Gabon [+]197599.70%79.57%0.83%5.79%
Grenada [+]197599.91%83.30%0.05%
Ghana [+]197599.88%51.90%15.21%0.01%32.59%
The Gambia [+]197599.47%3.50%83.62%0.02%11.25%
Guinea [+]197599.87%1.41%64.04%0.03%34.34%
Equatorial Guinea [+]197597.33%87.64%0.63%7.75%
Guatemala [+]197598.76%90.45%0.02%0.20%0.02%0.01%
Guinea-Bissau [+]1975100.00%10.64%30.32%59.01%
Guyana [+]1975100.00%53.73%9.00%34.00%0.14%0.28%2.77%0.01%
Honduras [+]197598.85%96.25%0.06%0.03%0.16%0.01%0.02%
Haiti [+]197596.26%92.56%0.03%50.00%
Hungary [+]197584.61%81.21%0.05%0.88%
Indonesia [+]197598.73%11.57%78.00%2.13%0.78%0.99%4.92%
Israel [+]1975100.00%2.32%10.72%85.66%
India [+]197599.43%4.59%11.91%76.00%0.01%0.78%3.33%0.01%
Iraq [+]1975100.00%4.61%95.00%0.09%0.01%
Iran [+]1975100.00%1.01%98.60%0.30%
Iceland [+]197598.92%98.62%0.04%0.08%
Jamaica [+]197593.27%81.77%0.08%0.35%0.02%6.47%0.05%0.04%
Jordan [+]1975100.00%5.97%93.00%
Kenya [+]197599.98%64.98%6.25%0.53%26.30%0.01%
Cambodia [+]197597.40%1.06%2.50%0.08%3.00%86.00%4.15%
Comoros [+]197599.97%0.07%98.00%0.70%
North Korea [+]197532.00%2.00%4.00%26.00%
South Korea [+]197599.58%24.53%0.01%0.04%17.99%42.97%
Kuwait [+]1975100.00%4.00%93.00%1.00%
Laos [+]197595.52%1.97%0.70%0.04%0.73%54.00%38.00%0.01%
Lebanon [+]197597.83%50.70%37.70%
Sri Lanka [+]197599.22%8.61%7.51%13.00%69.59%0.01%
Liberia [+]197598.76%31.11%16.35%50.03%
Lesotho [+]197599.94%86.71%0.05%0.01%12.00%
Luxembourg [+]197596.81%95.81%0.38%0.20%
Libya [+]1975100.00%3.09%94.08%
Morocco [+]1975100.00%1.16%98.61%0.09%
Madagascar [+]197599.93%48.78%1.78%0.02%0.06%0.03%48.87%
Mali [+]197599.92%1.72%89.06%8.82%
Myanmar [+]197599.72%6.41%3.81%1.28%0.35%76.00%11.30%
Mongolia [+]197555.00%0.57%1.65%0.30%17.30%32.84%
Mauritania [+]197599.95%0.52%98.00%1.00%
Malta [+]197599.47%99.21%0.02%0.02%
Mauritius [+]197599.67%36.41%16.31%45.00%0.17%0.63%0.06%
Maldives [+]1975100.00%0.15%98.24%1.00%
Malawi [+]197599.99%62.35%15.79%0.11%21.00%
Mexico [+]197594.37%93.36%0.03%0.03%0.08%0.03%0.01%
Malaysia [+]197599.78%6.27%50.00%7.55%23.83%6.48%4.84%
Mozambique [+]197599.92%41.74%13.60%0.06%44.08%
Niger [+]197599.93%0.43%86.00%13.25%
Nigeria [+]197599.76%44.00%44.04%11.65%
Nicaragua [+]197599.44%94.22%0.04%0.62%0.01%0.04%
Netherlands [+]197587.68%82.86%0.74%0.15%0.10%0.03%0.23%
Norway [+]197592.00%90.42%0.10%0.18%0.02%
Nepal [+]197599.68%0.05%2.80%73.79%0.03%11.92%11.00%
New Zealand [+]197594.53%93.20%0.04%0.13%0.24%0.05%0.26%0.13%
Oman [+]1975100.00%100.00%
Panama [+]1975100.00%93.20%3.65%0.15%0.20%0.10%0.33%0.06%
Peru [+]197599.86%95.99%0.01%0.08%0.56%0.02%
Papua New Guinea [+]197599.94%97.01%0.10%0.06%1.95%0.01%
Philippines [+]197599.70%92.99%4.55%0.16%0.13%0.85%
Pakistan [+]197599.97%3.02%94.49%2.12%0.14%0.07%
Poland [+]197597.05%96.98%0.05%
Paraguay [+]197599.54%97.25%0.07%0.88%0.05%
Qatar [+]1975100.00%99.00%
Romania [+]197591.83%90.28%0.95%0.42%
Russia [+]197546.35%29.64%11.88%0.31%0.27%1.28%
Rwanda [+]197599.99%65.03%8.00%0.03%22.00%
Saudi Arabia [+]1975100.00%1.06%97.08%
Sudan [+]1975100.00%5.06%71.23%21.27%
Sweden [+]197594.00%93.55%0.06%0.08%0.19%
Singapore [+]197596.43%8.18%17.61%5.72%54.00%9.05%0.01%0.02%
Sierra Leone [+]1975100.00%8.81%39.78%0.06%50.85%
Senegal [+]197598.96%5.18%86.00%0.01%7.46%
Somalia [+]197599.92%0.12%98.72%0.01%0.04%
Suriname [+]197598.56%59.55%19.62%9.62%0.18%0.30%6.59%0.21%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]1975100.00%92.71%2.41%
El Salvador [+]197597.97%97.11%0.01%0.27%0.01%0.01%
Syria [+]1975100.00%11.91%87.40%0.03%
Eswatini [+]197599.61%73.06%0.07%0.06%25.00%
Chad [+]197599.97%27.67%46.85%24.00%
Togo [+]197599.94%33.77%15.92%50.00%
Thailand [+]197599.63%1.19%3.94%0.17%1.81%90.88%1.46%
Tunisia [+]197599.99%0.57%95.00%0.41%
Türkiye [+]197599.98%0.75%98.57%0.02%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]197599.91%63.06%5.54%21.21%0.17%0.43%0.03%0.17%
Taiwan [+]197599.80%6.90%0.45%53.00%27.00%0.17%12.00%
Tanzania [+]197599.80%39.79%32.57%0.13%0.07%0.01%25.00%
Uganda [+]197599.98%71.47%7.81%0.72%16.98%0.01%
Uruguay [+]197595.43%74.89%0.01%1.43%
Venezuela [+]197599.73%94.60%0.01%0.01%0.11%0.06%
Viet Nam [+]197535.71%9.40%0.24%0.05%3.59%13.16%8.32%
South Africa [+]197597.95%76.95%1.23%1.94%0.01%0.01%17.17%0.54%
Zambia [+]197599.73%70.88%0.29%0.18%0.04%0.04%28.00%0.02%
Zimbabwe [+]197599.82%55.58%0.96%0.07%42.00%0.10%

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