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The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006.^[1] Other sources used were the CIA World Factbook^[2] and adherents.com.^[3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov^[4] (2007 estimates).

Contents 1 By country 2 By region 3 Top 25 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] By country

Hinduism by country

Region	Country	Total Population (2007 est)	% of Hindus	Hindu total
Central Asia	Afghanistan	31,889,923	0.4%[1][2]	127,560
Balkans	Albania	3,600,523	n/a	n/a
North Africa	Algeria	32,531,853	n/a	n/a
Southern Africa	Angola	12,263,596	n/a	n/a
South America	Argentina	40,301,927	0.01%[3]	4,030
Middle East	Armenia	2,971,650	n/a	n/a
Oceania	Australia	20,434,176	0.5%[4]	102,171
Central Europe	Austria	8,199,783	0.1% (approx)[5]	8,200
Middle East	Azerbaijan	8,120,247	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Bahrain	708,573	6.25%[6]	44,286
South Asia	Bangladesh	150,448,339	9.2%[7] - 10.5%[8][9]	13,841,247 - 15,797,076
Eastern Europe	Belarus	9,724,723	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Belgium	10,392,226	0.06%[10]	6,235
Central America	Belize	294,385	2.3%[11]	6,771
West Africa	Benin	8,078,314	n/a	n/a
South Asia	Bhutan	2,327,849	2%[12] - 25%[13][14]	46,557 - 581,962
South America	Bolivia	9,119,152	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,552,198	n/a	n/a
Southern Africa	Botswana	1,815,508	0.17%[15]	3,086
South America	Brazil	190,010,647	0.0016%[16]	3,040
Southeast Asia	Brunei	374,577	0.035%[17]	131
Balkans	Bulgaria	7,322,858	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Burkina Faso	14,326,203	0.001%	150
Central Africa	Burundi	8,390,505	0.1%[18][19]	8,391
Southeast Asia	Cambodia	13,995,904	0.3%[20][21]	41,988
West Africa	Cameroon	18,060,382	n/a	n/a
North America	Canada	33,390,141	1% [22][23]	333,901
Central Africa	Central African Republic	4,369,038	n/a	n/a
Central Africa	Chad	9,885,661	n/a	n/a
South America	Chile	16,284,741	n/a	n/a
East Asia	China	1,321,851,888	n/a	n/a
South America	Colombia	44,379,598	0.02%[24]	8,876
East Africa	Comoros	711,417	0.1%(approx)	711
Central Africa	Congo (Brazzaville)	3,800,610	n/a	n/a
Central Africa	Congo (Kinshasa)	65,751,512	0.18%[25]	118,353
Central America	Costa Rica	4,133,884	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Croatia	4,493,312	0.01% (approx)[26]	449
North America	Cuba	11,394,043	0.21%[27]	23,927
Middle East	Cyprus	788,457	n/a	n/a
Central Europe	Czech Republic	10,228,744	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Côte d'Ivoire	18,013,409	0.1%[28][29]	18,013
Western Europe	Denmark	5,468,120	0.1%[30][31]	5,468
East Africa	Djibouti	496,374	0.02%[32]	99
Caribbean	Dominica	72,386	0.2%[33]	145
Caribbean	Dominican Republic	9,365,818	n/a	n/a
Southeast Asia	East Timor	1,084,971	n/a	n/a
South America	Ecuador	13,755,680	n/a	n/a
North Africa	Egypt	80,335,036	n/a	n/a
Central America	El Salvador	6,948,073	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Eritrea	4,906,585	0.1% (approx)[34]	4,907
Eastern Europe	Estonia	1,315,912	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Ethiopia	76,511,887	n/a	n/a
Oceania	Fiji	918,675	30%[35] - 33% [36][37]	275,603 - 303,163
Western Europe	Finland	5,238,460	0.01%[38]	524
Western Europe	France	63,718,187	0.1%[39][40]	63,718
West Africa	Gabon	1,454,867	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Gambia	1,688,359	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Georgia	4,646,003	0.01% (approx)[41]	465
Western Europe	Germany	82,400,996	0.119%[42]	98,057
West Africa	Ghana	22,931,299	0.05% (approx)[43]	11,466
Balkans	Greece	10,706,290	n/a	n/a
Caribbean	Grenada	89,971	0.7%[44]	630
Central America	Guatemala	12,728,111	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Guinea	9,947,814	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Guinea-Bissau	1,472,780	n/a	n/a
South America	Guyana	769,095	28.3%[45][46] - 33%[47][48][49]	217,654 - 253,801
Caribbean	Haiti	8,706,497	n/a	n/a
Central America	Honduras	7,483,763	n/a	n/a
Central Europe	Hungary	9,956,108	0.02%	1,767 [50]
Western Europe	Iceland	301,931	n/a	n/a
South Asia	India	1,028,610,328	80.5%[51][52][5]	909,542,254
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	234,693,997	2%[53][54][55]	4,693,880
Middle East	Iran	65,397,521	0.02% (appox)	13,079
Middle East	Iraq	27,499,638	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Ireland	4,109,086	0.08% [56]	3,100
Middle East	Israel	6,426,679	0.1% (appox)[57]	6,427
Western Europe	Italy	58,147,733	0.02% (appox)[58]	11,630
Caribbean	Jamaica	2,780,132	0.06%[59]	1,668
East Asia	Japan	127,433,494	0.004% (approx)	5,097
Middle East	Jordan	6,053,193	n/a	n/a
Central Asia	Kazakhstan	15,284,929	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Kenya	36,913,721	1%[60]	369,137
East Asia	Korea, North	23,301,725	n/a	n/a
East Asia	Korea, South	49,044,790	0.005% (appox)	2,452
Middle East	Kuwait	2,505,559	12%[61]	300,667
Central Asia	Kyrgyzstan	5,284,149	n/a	n/a
Southeast Asia	Laos	6,521,998	n/a	n/a
Eastern Europe	Latvia	2,259,810	0.006%[62]	136
Middle East	Lebanon	3,925,502	0.1% (approx)[63]	3,926
Southern Africa	Lesotho	2,125,262	0.1% (approx)[64][65]	2,125
West Africa	Liberia	3,195,931	0.1% (approx)[66]	3,196
North Africa	Libya	6,036,914	0.1%[67][68]	6,037
Eastern Europe	Lithuania	3,575,439	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Luxembourg	480,222	0.07% (approx)[69]	336
Balkans	Macedonia	2,055,915	n/a	n/a
Southern Africa	Madagascar	19,448,815	0.1% [70][71]	19,449
Southern Africa	Malawi	13,603,181	0.02%[72] - 0.2%[73]	2,721 - 27,206
Southeast Asia	Malaysia	24,821,286	6.3%[74][75]	1,563,741
South Asia	Maldives	369,031	0.01%[76]	37
West Africa	Mali	11,995,402	n/a	n/a
North Africa	Mauritania	3,270,065	n/a	n/a
Southern Africa	Mauritius	1,250,882	48%[77] - 50%[78]	600,423 - 625,441
North America	Mexico	108,700,891	n/a	n/a
Eastern Europe	Moldova	4,328,816	0.01% (approx)[79]	433
Central Asia	Mongolia	2,951,786	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Montenegro	684,736	n/a	n/a
North Africa	Morocco	33,757,175	n/a	n/a
Southern Africa	Mozambique	20,905,585	0.05%[80] - 0.2%[81]	10,453 - 41,811
Southeast Asia	Myanmar	47,373,958	0.5%[82]	236,870
Southern Africa	Namibia	2,055,080	n/a	n/a
South Asia	Nepal	28,901,790	80.6%[83] - 81%[84][85]	23,294,843 - 23,410,450
Western Europe	Netherlands	16,570,613	0.58%[86]	96,110
Oceania	New Zealand	4,115,771	1%[87]	41,158
Central America	Nicaragua	5,675,356	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Niger	12,894,865	n/a	n/a
West Africa	Nigeria	135,031,164	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Norway	4,627,926	0.5%	23,140
Middle East	Oman	3,204,897	3%[88] - 5.7%[89]	96,147 - 182,679
South Asia	Pakistan	164,741,924	1.5%[90] - 2.02%[91]	2,471,129 - 3,327,787
Central America	Panama	3,242,173	0.3%[92][93]	9,726
Oceania	Papua New Guinea	5,795,887	n/a	n/a
South America	Paraguay	6,669,086	n/a	n/a
South America	Peru	28,674,757	n/a	n/a
Southeast Asia	Philippines	91,077,287	0.05% (approx)	45,539
Central Europe	Poland	38,518,241	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Portugal	10,642,836	0.07%	7,396
Caribbean	Puerto Rico	3,944,259	0.09%[94]	3,550
Middle East	Qatar	907,229	7.2%[95][96]	65,320
East Africa	Réunion	784,000	6.7%[97]	52,528
Balkans	Romania	22,276,056	n/a	n/a
Eastern Europe	Russia	141,377,752	0.043%[98][99]	60,792
East Africa	Rwanda	9,907,509	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Saudi Arabia	27,601,038	0.6%[100] - 1.1%[101]	165,606 - 303,611
West Africa	Senegal	12,521,851	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Serbia	10,150,265	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Seychelles	81,895	2%	1,638
West Africa	Sierra Leone	6,144,562	0.04%[102] - 0.1%[103]	2,458 - 6,145
Southeast Asia	Singapore	4,553,009	4%[104][105]	262,120
Central Europe	Slovakia	5,447,502	0.1% (approx)	5,448
Central Europe	Slovenia	2,009,245	0,025% (approx)	500
East Africa	Somalia	9,118,773	n/a	n/a
Southern Africa	South Africa	43,997,828	1.25%[106][107]	549,973
Western Europe	Spain	40,448,191	n/a	n/a
South Asia	Sri Lanka	20,926,315	7.1%[108] - 15%[109]	1,485,768 - 3,138,947
North Africa	Sudan	39,379,358	n/a	n/a
South America	Suriname	470,784	20%[110] - 27.4%[111]	94,157 - 128,995
Southern Africa	Swaziland	1,133,066	0.15%[112] - 0.2%[113]	1,700 - 2,266
Western Europe	Sweden	9,031,088	0.078% - 0.12%[114]	7,044 - 10,837
Western Europe	Switzerland	7,554,661	0.38%[115][116]	28,708
Middle East	Syria	19,314,747	n/a	n/a
East Asia	Taiwan	22,858,872	n/a	n/a
Central Asia	Tajikistan	7,076,598	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Tanzania	39,384,223	0.9%[117][118]	354,458
Southeast Asia	Thailand	65,068,149	0.0045%[119]	2,928
West Africa	Togo	5,701,579	n/a	n/a
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	1,056,608	22.5%[120][121][122]	237,737
North Africa	Tunisia	10,276,158	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Turkey	71,158,647	n/a	n/a
Central Asia	Turkmenistan	5,097,028	n/a	n/a
East Africa	Uganda	30,262,610	0.2%[123] - 0.8%[124]	60,525 - 242,101
Eastern Europe	Ukraine	46,299,862	n/a	n/a
Middle East	United Arab Emirates	4,444,011	21.25%[125]	944,352
Western Europe	United Kingdom	60,776,238	1% [126][127]	607,762
North America	United States	301,139,947	0.4%[128][129]	1,204,560
South America	Uruguay	3,460,607	n/a	n/a
Central Asia	Uzbekistan	27,780,059	0.01% (approx)	2,778
South America	Venezuela	26,023,528	n/a	n/a
Southeast Asia	Vietnam	85,262,356	0.059%[130]	50,305
North Africa	Western Sahara	382,617	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Yemen	22,230,531	0.7%[131]	155,614
Southern Africa	Zambia	11,477,447	0.14%[132][133]	16,068
Southern Africa	Zimbabwe	12,311,143	0.1%[134]	123,111
Total		6,671,226,000	14.468% - 14.553%	965,211,399 - 970,921,642

[edit] 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).

Hinduism in Africa

Region	Total Population	Hindus	% of Hindus	% of Hindu total
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%

Hinduism in Asia

Region	Total Population	Hindus	% of Hindus	% of Hindu total
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%

Hinduism in Europe

Region	Total Population	Hindus	% of Hindus	% of Hindu total
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%

Hinduism in The Americas

Region	Total Population	Hindus	% of Hindus	% of Hindu total
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	5,806,720	1.3015%	0.191%
South America	371,075,531	389,869	0.105%	0.041%
Total	883,197,750	2,481,937	0.281%	0.263%

Hinduism in Oceania

Region	Total Population	Hindus	% of Hindus	% of Hindu total
Oceania	30,564,520	411,907	1.348%	0.044%
Total	30,564,520	411,907	1.348%	0.044%

[edit] Top 25

Top 25

Rank	Country	Hindu Population	% Hindu	Country	% Hindu	Hindu Population
1	India	909,542,254	80.5%	Nepal	80.6%	23,294,843
2	Nepal	23,294,843	80.6%	India	80.5%	909,542,254
3	Bangladesh	13,841,247	9.2%	Mauritius	48%	600,423
4	Indonesia	4,693,880	2%	Fiji	30%	275,603
5	Sri Lanka	3,485,768	15.4%	Guyana	28.3%	217,654
6	Pakistan	2,471,129	1.5%	Trinidad and Tobago	22.5%	237,737
7	Malaysia	1,563,741	6.3%	United Arab Emirates	21.25%[dubious – discuss]	944,352
8	United States	1,478,670	0.5%	Suriname	20%	94,157
9	United Arab Emirates	944,352	21.25%	Kuwait	12%[dubious – discuss]	300,667
10	United Kingdom	607,762	1%	Bangladesh	9.2%	13,841,247
11	Mauritius	600,423	48%	Qatar	7.2%	65,320
12	South Africa	549,973	1.25%	Sri Lanka	15.1%	1,485,768
13	Kenya	369,137	1%	Réunion	6.7%	52,528
14	Tanzania	354,458	0.9%	Malaysia	6.3%	1,563,741
15	Canada	333,901	1%	Bahrain	6.25%	44,286
16	Kuwait	300,667	12%	Singapore	4%	262,120
17	Fiji	275,603	33%	Oman	3%	96,147
18	Singapore	262,120	4%	Belize	2.3%	6,771
19	Trinidad and Tobago	237,737	22.5%	Indonesia	2%	4,693,880
20	Myanmar	236,870	0.5%	Bhutan	2%	46,557
21	Guyana	217,654	28.3%	Seychelles	2%	1,638
22	Saudi Arabia	165,606	0.6%	Pakistan	1.5%	2,471,129
23	Yemen	155,614	0.7%	South Africa	1.25%	549,973
24	Afghanistan	127,560	0.4%	United Kingdom	1%	607,762
25	Zimbabwe	123,111	0.1%	Kenya	1%	369,137

Top 25 countries with the highest percentage of Hindus.

Top 25 countries with the most Hindus.

[edit] See also

• List of religious populations
• Christianity by country
• Buddhism by country
• Islam by country
• Jews by country
• No Faith by Country
• Category:Bahá'í Faith by country and Bahá'í statistics

[edit] References

• The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 [135]
• CIA FactBook [136]
• adherents.com [137]
• Religious Freedom page [138]
• census.gov[139]

[edit] External links

• www.afghanhindu.info
• Hinduism in South Africa
• Hindu Students Council (primarily in the Americas, but with international chapters)

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