Religions by country as of 2007 | 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%[9][10][11] | n/a | n/a | n/a | The majority of Albanians today do not practice religion (42-74%)[12], but only 8-9% is atheist. | |
Algeria | | 99% | n/a | n/a | 1%* | n/a | Including Christians & Jews. | [19][20][21] |
American Samoa | 92% | % | % | % | 8%* | % | Including Atheists, Buddhists and Baha'is. | [22] |
Andorra | 90% | 2.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1% (Jews 0.2%) | 5% | | [23][24] |
Angola | 95% | 0.7% | n/a | n/a | 4%* | 0.3% | Mostly African indigenous beliefs. | [25] |
Anguilla | 90.5% | 0.55% | 0.25% | 0.2% | 4.2%* | 4.3% | Rastafarians and Jews among others | [26] |
Antigua and Barbuda | 74% - 91.4% | 0.3% | 0.05% | 0.25% | 1.5% - 2.2%* | 5.8% | Rastafarians mostly, Baha'is and Jews. | [27][28] |
Argentina | 79% - 94% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 3.2%* (Jews 0.8%) | 1.19% | | [29][30][31][32][33] |
Armenia | 98.7% | | n/a | n/a | 1.3%* | n/a | Including Yezidis, Muslims, Jews, Baha'is. | [34][35] |
Aruba | 90% | | | | 10%* | | Including Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist-Confucian, Jewish. | [35][36] |
Australia | 64% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.9% (Jews 0.4%) | 30.6%* | Unspecified 11.6%, none 19%. | [37][38][39] |
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) | [40][41][42][43][44] |
Azerbaijan | 4.8% | 93.4% | n/a | | 1.8%* | | Including Jews 0.2%, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas & Atheists. | [45][46][47] |
Bahamas | 96.3% | % | % | % | 0.8%* | 2.9% | Including Jews, Baha'is, Rastafarians, Vodouns, Hindus, Buddhists. | [48][49] |
Bahrain | 9% | 81.2% | 1% | 6.25% | 2.55%* | n/a | Bahá'ís, Sikhs, Jews, etc... | [50][51][52] |
Bangladesh | 0.3% | 88.3% – 89.7% | 0.7% | 9.2% - 10.5% | 0.1%* | n/a | Animist and believers in tribal faiths. | [53][54][55] |
Barbados | 67% | 1.5% | 1% | 1% | 11.5%* | 17% | Rastafarians, Baha'is, etc... | [56][57][58] |
Belarus | 96% | 0.1% | % | | 3.9%* | n/a | Jews 1%, Hare Krishnas & Baha'is. | [59][60][61][62] |
Belgium | 40% - 60% | 4% | 0.3% | 0.07%* | 0.83%** | 42-43% | Including Hindus with Hare Krishnas/**, Jews 0.53%, Sikhs, Baha’is, Scientologists. | [40][63][64][65].[66] |
Belize | 79% | 0.58% | 0.35% | 2.3% | 7.77%* | 10% | Mostly Animists, Baha’is 2.73%, etc... | [67][68][69] |
Benin | 42.8% | 24.4% | n/a | n/a | 26.3%* | 6.5% | Vodun 17.3%, Animists. | [70][71] |
Bermuda | 67% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 11.9%* | 21% | Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc... | [72][73] |
Bhutan | % | % | 75% | 24% | 1%* | % | It could include some Christians, Muslims. | [74] |
Bolivia | 97% | 0.01% | 0.26% | n/a | 0.73%* | 2% | Including the Bahá'í Faith, Judaism, Shinto. | [75][76] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50% | 40% | | | 0.1%* | 9.9% | Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, etc... | [77][78][79] |
Botswana | 71.6% | 0.3% | n/a | 0.2% | 7.9%* | 21% | Badimo 6%, Baha'is. | [80][81] |
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... | [82][83][84] |
British Virgin Islands | 96% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1%* | 2% | Rastafarians, Vodous, Baha'is. | [85][86] |
Brunei | 10% | 64% | 14% | 1% | 9%* | 2% | Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jews, Nasrani, etc... | [87][88][89] |
Bulgaria | 35% - 83.8% | 12.2% | | | 4%* | n/a | Roma animists mostly, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc... | [40][90][91] |
Burkina Faso | 10% - 20% | 50% - 60% | n/a | n/a | 20% - 40%* | n/a | Indigenous beliefs. | [92][93][94] |
Burundi | 67% | 10% | n/a | n/a | 23%* | n/a | Indigenous beliefs. | [95][96][97] |
Cambodia | 0.5% | 3.5% | 95% | 0.3% | 0.5%* | 0.4% | Tribal animism mostly, Cao Đài, the Bahá'í Faith. | [98][99] |
Cameroon | 40% - 53% | 20% - 22% | n/a | n/a | 25% - 40%* | n/a | Indigenous beliefs. | [100][101][102] |
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. | [103][104][105][106] |
Cape Verde | 95% | 3% | n/a | n/a | 1%* | 1% | Indigenous beliefs. | [107][108] |
Cayman Islands | 77.95% | 0.19% | 0.31% | 0.26% | 16.59%* | 4.7% | Spiritists 14%, Jews 1.71%, Baha'is 0.88%. | [109] |
Central African Republic | 50% - 80% | 10% - 15% | n/a | n/a | 10% - 35%* | n/a | Indigenous beliefs. | [110][111][112] |
Chad | 34.3% | 53.1% | n/a | n/a | 7.8%* | 4.8% (atheist 3.1%) | Animist 7.3%, other 0.5%. | [113][114][115] |
Chile | 87.2% | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.01% | 4.4%* | 8.3% | Jews 0.1%, Baha'is 0.04%, etc... | [116][117][118] |
China | 4% [119] | 1.5% | 80%* (8% registered) [120][121][122] | n/a | 0.5% (Tribal animism, new religions, etc...) | 14% [123] | Read articles of Buddhism by country or Religion in China for more details | [124][125][126][127][128] |
Christmas Island | 25% | 10% | 55% | | 10%* | n/a | Including Bahai's, Hindus and Atheists. | [129] |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 15% | 80% | | | 5%* | n/a | Including Baha'is mostly and Hindus. | [130] |
Colombia | 93.5% | 0.025% | 0.015% | 0.02% | 4.44% | 2% | Including Jews 0.05%, animists, etc... | [131][132] |
Comoros | 1% - 2% | 98% - 99% | n/a | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | | [133][134][135] |
Congo-Kinshasa | 80% - 90%* | 5% - 10% | n/a | n/a | 5% - 10%** | n/a | That includes Kimbanguists/**: includes syncretic sects and Animists. | [136][137][138] |
Congo-Brazzaville | 50% | 2% | % | % | 48%* | | Mostly Animists. | [139][140][141] |
Cook Islands | 90.2% | n/a | 1% | 1% | 2.2% (mostly Baha'is) | 5.6%* | unspecified 2.6%, none 3%. | [142] |
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. | [143][144][145][146] |
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 35% - 40% | 35% - 40% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 25% - 30%* | n/a | Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. | [147][148][149][150] |
Croatia | 62% - 92.6% | 1.3% | 0.03% | 0.01%% | Jews 0.85% | 2% - 5.2% | | [40][151][152][153] |
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. | [154][155][156] |
Cyprus | 79.3%* | 18% | 1% | 0.1% | 0.3% (mostly Jews) | 1.3% | Including many Christian sects. [157] | [158][159][160] |
Czech Republic | 14% - 28.9% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.003% | 2.6% (including Jews, Scientologists) | 67.8%* | unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59%. | [40][161][162] |
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. | [40][163][164][165][166] |
Djibouti | 0.8% - 5.8% | 94% - 99% | n/a | 0.02% | 0.1%* | n/a | Mostly Baha'is. | [167][168][169][170] |
Dominica | 90.9% | 0.2% | 0.25% | 0.2% | 2.35%* | 6.1% | Rastafarian 1.3%, Baha'is 1%. | [171][172][173] |
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%. | [174][175][176][177] |
East Timor | 98%* | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.7% | n/a | Roman Catholicism & Animism 97%. | [178][179][180] |
Ecuador | 85% - 97.5% | 0.002% | 0.2% | n/a | 0.7%* | 1.5% | Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc... | [181][182][183][184] |
Egypt | 10% | 90% | n/a | n/a | Baha'is, Jews | n/a | Read sources for more details | [185][186] |
El Salvador | 84% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 1.3%* | 14.6% | Baha'is, Jews, Animists, etc... | [187][188][189] |
Equatorial Guinea | 93% | 1% | n/a | n/a | 5%* | 1% | Mostly animists and Baha'is 1%. | [190] |
Eritrea | 49% - 50% | 48% - 50% | 0.1% | 0.1% | over 2%* | 0.1% | indigenous beliefs 2%, Baha'is. | [191][192] |
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. | [40][193][194] |
Ethiopia | 60.8% | 32.8% | n/a | 0.005% | 6.3% (indigenous beliefs), Judaism | n/a | Some sources [195][196] show equal figures for Christian and Muslim from 45% - 50% per each. | [197][198] |
Falkland Islands | 94.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3.7%* | 2% | including Baha'is 0.3%. | [199][200] |
Faroe Islands | 93.96% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Baha'is 0.2% | 5.84% | | [201][202] |
Fiji | 52% - 54% | 7% | 1% | 33% - 34% | 0.9%* | 3% - 5% (Atheist 0.3%) | Mostly Baha'is. | [203][204][205] |
Finland | 35% - 80% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.19%* | 16% | Jews, Baha'is, others. | [40][206][207][208][209][210] |
France (Metropolitan France only) | 30% - 49% | 6.9% - 10% | 0.7% - 1.2% | 0.1% | 2%* | 50-64% (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. | [211][212][213][40][214][215][216][217][218] |
French Guiana | 85% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3%* | 8% | Animists 2%, Baha'is 0.9%, Sikhs. | [219] |
French Polynesia | 84% | n/a | 7.5%* | 0.5% | 2% (mostly Baha'is) | 6% | Mostly Chinese Buddhism. | [220] |
Gabon | 55 - 73% | 1% - 12% | n/a | n/a | 10%* | 5% | Indigenous beliefs. | [221][222] |
Gambia | 4% - 9% | 90% - 95% | n/a | 0.1% | 0.9%* | n/a | Indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. | [223][224][225] |
Georgia | 88.6% | 9.9% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.69%* | 0.7% | Including Jews 0.22%, Zoroastrians | [226][227][228] |
Germany | 64%* | 3.9% | 0.3% - 1%[229] | 0.12% | 1.4% (Jews 0.25%) | 30% | Total of many various Christian sects and state church tax according to voluntary relgious affiliation. | [40][230] |
Ghana | 68.8% | 15.9% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 9.1%* | 6.1% | Animist 8.5%, others (see sources). | [231][232] |
Gibraltar | 88.3% | 4% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 2.2%* | 3.6% | Jews 2.1%. | [233] |
Greece | 98% | 1.3% | 0.1% | unknown | 0.6% | n/a | Others include Jews, Scientologists, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas & Hellenic neopaganists. | [234][235][236] |
Greenland | 96.56% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.24%* | 2.2% | Traditional ethnic 0.74%, Baha'i 0.5%. | [237] |
Grenada | 93% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.5%* | 4% | Rastafarian/Spiritist 1.3%, Baha'is 0.2%. | [238][239] |
Guadeloupe | 94.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 2.3%* | 2% | Including Baha'is 0.4%, Rastafarians, Vodous. | [240] |
Guam | 89.6% | % | % | % | 10.4%* | unknown | Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Baha'is, etc... | [241][242] |
Guatemala | 87.6% - 93% | 0.01% | 0.1% | n/a | 4.9%* | 1.9% | Including indigenous Mayan beliefs, Baha'is. | [243][244][245] |
Guernsey | 100%* | 0% | 0% | 0% | n/a | n/a | Anglican 65.2%. | [246] |
Guinea | 7% - 10% | 85% | 0.1% | | 5% - 8%* | n/a | Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is & Hindus. | [247][248][249] |
Guinea-Bissau | 5% - 13% | 38% - 45% | n/a | n/a | 40% - 50%* | n/a | Indigenous beliefs. | [250][251] |
Guyana | 50% - 57.4% | 7.2% - 10% | 0.7% | 28.3% - 35% | 2.4%* | 4% | Rastafarians, Baha'is. | [252][253][254] |
Haiti | 83.7% | 0.02% | n/a | n/a | 2.18%* | 10.6%-14.1% | Vodous 2.1%, Baha'is. | [255] |
Honduras | 86% | 0.1% | 0.1% | n/a | 12.7%* | 1.1% | Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Jews. | [256][257] |
Hong Kong | 8.1% | 1.3% | 90% (10% registered)
| 0.1% | 0.2%* | 58%[258][259][260] | Including Sikhs, Jews, Baha'is, Falun Gong, etc... | [261][262] |
Hungary | 74.4% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.8%* | 24.7% | Jews 0.12%, etc... | [263] |
Iceland | 88.97% | 0.13% | 0.26% | n/a | 0.60%* | 10.04% | Ásatrúarfélagið, Baha'is | [40][264][265][266][267] |
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% | The overall percentage of Hindus has declined in recent years because about 200 million dalits have converted from Hinduism to other religions. | [268][269][270] |
Indonesia | 9.5% | 87.2% | 1% | 2.2% | 0.1%* | n/a | Mostly Tribal animism. | [271] |
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. | [272][273] |
Iraq | 2.3% | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0.7%* | n/a | Including the local religions of Yezidi, Shabaks, Sabean-Mandaean. | [274][275] |
Ireland | 68% - 91.7% | 0.76% | 0.19% | 0.15% | 0.9%* | 6.3% | Including Jews, Baha'is, etc... | [40][276][277] |
Isle of Man | 63.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 36.3% | | [278] |
Israel | 2.3% | 16% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 78.1%* | 3.4% | Jewish 76.5%, Druze 1.6%. | [279][280] |
Italy | 70% - 90%* | 1.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% (Jews over 0.06%, Baha'is) | 14% | 87% nominally Catholics and 3% Protestants. | [40][281][282] |
Jamaica | 65.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1%* | 20.9% | Rastafarians 0.9%; Jews & Baha'is. | [283][284][285][286] |
Japan | 0.8% | 0.1% | 96% (20% registered) * | 0.004% | 3% (Shinto, Tenrikyo) | 70-75% 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[287]
| 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[288][289][290] "polls indicate that fewer than 30% of Japanese people have any real religious beliefs" [291] |
Jersey | 86% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.6% | 13.4% | | [292] |
Jordan | 3% - 6% | 93% - 95% | 0% | 0% | 1%* | n/a | Druzes and Baha'is. | [293][294][295] |
Kazakhstan | 46% | 47% | 0.58% | 0.02% | 1.4%* | 5% | Mostly Shamanists, Jews, Baha'is. | [296][297][298] |
Kenya | 78% | 10% | n/a | 1% | 11%* | unknown | Indigenous beliefs 10%, Baha'is 0.9%; Sikhs, Jains & Jews. | [299][300] |
Kiribati | 97% | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | Baha'is 2% | 0.9% | | [301] |
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) | Over 90% total population influenced by Juche. Read here for more details. | [302] |
South Korea | 26.3% | 0.07% | 50% (23% registered)
| 0.005% | 0.7% (Korean Shamanism, Chondogyo, Confucianism, Judaism, etc...) | 50%* | 50% "Non-religious" (not necessarily Atheists) could be nominal Buddhist-Confucians because most Koreans worship their dead ancestors, a tradition influenced by Mahayana Buddhist rituals and a part of traditional Confucianism.[303] | [304] |
Kuwait | 16% | 67.5% | 4% | 12% | 0.43%* | 0.07% | Sikhs 0.4%, Baha'is. | [305] |
Kyrgyzstan | 11% - 20% | 75% - 80% | 0.35% | n/a | 4.5% - 8%* | n/a | Mostly Shamanists, Baha'is 0.1%. | [306][307][308] |
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. | [309][310][311] |
Latvia | 58.25% | 0.017% | 0.004% | 0.006% | Jews 0.014% | 41.7% | | [312] |
Lebanon | 39% | 59.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1%* | n/a | Including Jews, Baha'is, etc... | [313][314] |
Lesotho | 80% - 90% | 1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 9% - 19%* | n/a | Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. | [315][316] |
Liberia | 40% | 20% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 39.7% | 0.1% | Mostly indigenous beliefs (over 39%), small numbers of Baha'is and Sikhs. | [317][318] |
Libya | 2.4% | 97% | 0.3% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.2% | | [319][320][321][322] |
Liechtenstein | 83.2% | 4.8% | 0.25% | n/a | 1%* | 10.75% | Jews 0.1%; Baha'is; no formal creed. | [323][324] |
Lithuania | 44% - 85% | 0.08% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 5.4%* | 9.5% | "Nontraditional" religions; <0.1% Jews. | [40][325][326] |
Luxembourg | 39% - 92% | 2% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4%* | 22-28% | Jews 0.2%, Baha'is. | [40][327][328] |
Macau | 7% | 0.1% | 80%*[329] (17% registered)
| n/a | 0.6% (0.5% Baha'is, Falun Gong) | 45%[330] | | [331] |
Republic of Macedonia | 65.1% - 69% | 29% - 33.3% | n/a | n/a | 1% - 1.5% | n/a | See sources for various figures. | [332][333][334] |
Madagascar | 41% - 45% | 7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 47% - 51.4%* | 0.4% | Over 45% - 50% is indigenous beliefs; Baha'is 0.1% | [335][336][337][338][339] |
Malawi | 79.9% | 12.8% | n/a | 0.2% | 2.8%* | 4.3% | Mostly animists 2.5%, Baha'is 0.2%, Rastafarians & Jews. | [340][341][342] |
Malaysia | 9.1% | 55% - 60.4% | 19.2% - 22% | 6.3% | 1.3%* | 0.8% | Including animists, Sikhs & Baha'is. | [343][344][345] |
Maldives | 0.1% | 99.41% (overall) - 100% (citizen) | 0.45% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | | [346][347] |
Mali | 1% - 5% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 5% - 9% | n/a | | [348][349][350] |
Malta | 55% - 97%* | 0.8% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.1%** | 2% | Roman Catholics 95%/**: Including Jews, Baha'is, etc... | [40][351] |
Marshall Islands | 97.5% | 0% | | 0% | 1%* | 1.5% | Mostly Baha'is and few Buddhists. | [352][353] |
Martinique | 91.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.4%* | 3% | Baha'is 0.5%, Rastafarians, Vodous. | [354] |
Mauritania | | 99.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.1%* | 0% | Mostly Christians, Jews. | [355] |
Mauritius | 32.2% | 16.6% | 2.5% | 50% | n/a | 0.7% | | [356][357][358] |
Mayotte | 3%* | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | mostly Roman Catholic. | [359] |
Mexico | 82.8% - 95.15% | 0.26% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.1%* | 4.38% - 16.9% | Jews 0.05%; Baha'is. | [360][361][362][363] |
Micronesia | 95.4% - 97% | n/a | 1% | n/a | 1.6%* | 0.4% - 2% | Mostly Baha'is. | [364][365][366] |
Moldova | 98.3% | 0.07% | 0.02% | 0.01% | Jews 1.5% | 0.1% | | [367][368][369] |
Monaco | 20.5% - 90% | | | | 10%* | n/a | Including mostly Protestant, Jewish 3%, Muslim, Greek Orthodox, etc... | [370][371] |
Mongolia | 1% | 4% | 94% (50% registered)
| | 1%* | n/a | Baha'is, Shamanists | [372][373] |
Montenegro | 77.5% - 78%* | 18% | 0% | 0% | n/a | 4% - 4.5% | Orthodox 74% and Roman Catholic. | [374][375] |
Montserrat | 95.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Baha'is 2% | 2% | | [376] |
Morocco | 0.1% - 1.1% | 98.7% - 99.6% | 0.01% [377] | n/a | 0.09% - 0.2%* | n/a | Mostly Jews, Baha'is. | [378][379] |
Mozambique | 41.3% | 17.8% - 20% | 0% | 0.2% | 17.5%* | 23.1% | Including African animists mostly, Jews & Baha'is. | [380][381][382] |
Myanmar (Burma) | 4% - 6% | 4% | 89% - 90% | 0.5% | 0.5% - 1.5%* | n/a | Including Tribal animism mostly, Baha'i, Jewish. | [383][384] |
Namibia | 90% | 0.9% | 0.1% | n/a | 4%* | unknown | indigenous beliefs 3%, Jews, Baha'is. | [385][386] |
Nauru | 67% | n/a | 3% | n/a | 10%* | 20% | It's the country with highest percentage of Baha'is (over 9%). | [387] |
Nepal | 0.45% | 4% - 4.2% | 10.7% - 11% | 80.6% - 81% | 3.6% - 4%* | n/a | Kirant | [388][389][390] |
Netherlands | 29% - 45% | 5.5% - 5.8% | 0.1% - 1% | 0.6% | 0.4% - 0.8%* | 53% - 65%[391] | Jews 0.3% | [40][392][393] |
Netherlands Antilles | 92.3% | 0.31% | 0.26% | 0.6% | 1.33%* | 5.2% | Jews 1.3%, Baha'is. | [394][395] |
New Caledonia | 90% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1%* | n/a | Mostly Baha'is. | [396][397] |
New Zealand | 55.9% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 5.4% | 34.6% | | [398] |
Nicaragua | 82.5% | 0.02% - 0.03% | 0.1% | n/a | 1.6%* | 15.7% | Animist, Baha'is. | [399] |
Niger | 5%* | 95% | 0% | 0% | Baha'is | n/a | Mixture of Christianity and Animism. | [400][401][402] |
Nigeria | 40% | 50% | n/a | n/a | African animist 10% | n/a | The numbers of Christians and Muslims are roughly equal as 50/50. | [403][404] |
Niue | 81% | | | | 8.4%* | 10.6% | Baha'is mostly. | [405] |
Norfolk Island | 64% | | | | 2.7% | 33.3%* | Unspecified 15.2%, none 18.1%. | [406] |
Northern Mariana Islands | 79.7% | % | % | % | 20.3%* | % | Mostly Buddhists, Atheists, Baha'is and Animists. | [407] |
Norway | 10% - 89.9% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6%* | 6.7% | Jews, Sikhs, Baha'is. | [40][408][409] |
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. | [410][411][412] |
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 | [413][414][415][416] |
Palau | 71.7% | 0.1% | 3% | n/a | 8.8%* | 16.4% | Modekngei (indigenous to Palau). | [417][418] |
Palestine | 4.73% | 83.54% | n/a | n/a | 11.73%* | n/a | Jews 11.09%; Baha'is and others 0.64%. | [419][420][421] |
Panama | 88% - 95% | 0.3% - 3.5% | 0.4% - 2.1% | 0.3% | 2% - 4%* | 2% | Read sources for more details | [422][423] |
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 | [424][425] |
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. | [426][427][428] |
Peru | 83.1% | 0.003% | 0.31% | unknown | 0.11%* | 16.3% | Baha'is 0.09%, Jews 0.02%, Animist. | [429][430][431] |
Philippines | 92.5% - 94% | 5% | 0.1% - 2.5% | 0.05% | 0.35%* | 0.1% | Sikhs, Animists. | [432][433] |
Pitcairn Islands | 100%* | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Seventh-Day Adventist 100%. | [434] |
Poland | 75% - 96.7%* | 0.01% - 0.07% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.13% (Jews 0.1%) | 3% | nominal Roman Catholic 96%. | [40][435][436] |
Portugal | 86.7% - 95.5% | 0.33% | 0.03% | 0.07% | 0.02%* | 3.9% - 12.85% | Mostly Catholic. | [40][437][438] |
Puerto Rico | 97% | 0.13% | 0.03% | 0.09% | 0.77%* | 1.98% | Spiritists 0.7%, Jews 0.07%. | [439] |
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. | [440][441][442][443] |
Réunion | 84.9% | 2.15% | ? | 6.7% | 6.18% including Bahai 0.07% | 5% | Jews 0.07%[citation needed] | [444] |
Romania | 99% | 0.2% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.1%* | 0.1% | Predominantly Jews & small numbers of Baha'is. | [445][446][447] |
Russia | 18.5% - 78% | 10% - 14% | 1.1% - 1.45% | 0.45%[448][449] | Jews 0.5%; Shamanist 1%; Baha'is, new religions 0.5%. | 16% - 48%* | Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers. | [450][451][452] |
Rwanda | 93.6% | 4.6% | 0% | 0% | Animist 0.1% | 1.7% | | [453][454] |
Saint Helena | 95.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Baha'is 0.3% | 4% | | [455][456] |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 80% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1%* | 19% | Baha'is, Rastafarians. | [457] |
Saint Lucia | 90.8% | 0.1% | n/a | 0.2% | 2.9%* | 6% | Rastafarians 2.1%. | [458] (Page 100) |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | n/a | | [459] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88.9% | 1.5% | n/a | 3.3% | 0.3%* | 6% | Rastafarians, Baha'is. | [460][461][462] |
Samoa | 98% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.6%* | 0.1% | Baha'is 1.5%, Jews. | [463][464] |
San Marino | 99% | 0.1% | % | % | 0.4%* | 0.5% | Baha'is, Jews. | [465] |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 77.5% - 95% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% | 2% - 19.4% | | [466][467] |
Saudi Arabia | 4.5% (est.)[468][469] | 89% (overall) - 100% (citizen)* | 1.5% (est.)[470][471] | 4.5% (est.)[472][473] | 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. | [474][475][476] |
Senegal | 4% - 5% | 94% - 95% | 0.01% | n/a | 1% -2%* | n/a | Animists. | [477][478][479] |
Serbia | 83% - 91.6% | 3.2% - 5% | 0.01% [480] | n/a | 0.09%* | 5% | Jews >0.02%. | [481][482] |
Seychelles | 93.2% | 1.1% | 1% | 2.1% | 0.5%* | 2.1% | Mostly Baha'is. | [483][484] |
Sierra Leone | 20% - 30% | 60% | n/a | 0.1% | 5% - 10%* | n/a | Mostly Animists, Baha'is. See sources for various figures. | [485][486][487] |
Singapore | 14.6% | 14.9% | 60% | 4% | 1%* | 13% | Including Sikhs, Jews, Zoroastrians & Jains. | [488][489] |
Slovakia | 56% - 83.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1%* | 15.8% | Mostly Jews, Baha'is and others. | [40][490][491] |
Slovenia | 50% - 65% | 2.4% | 0.06% | 0.01% | 0.03%* | 25% - 35% | Jews, others. | [40][492][493] |
Solomon Islands | 97.1% | 0.07% | 0.03% | n/a | 2.3%* | 0.5% | Mostly Baha'is. | [494][495] |
Somalia | 0.1% | 99.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | [496][497] |
South Africa | 79.7% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 3%* | 15% | Indigenous beliefs, Jews, Sikhs, Baha'is. | [498][499] |
Spain | 60% - 76% | 2.3%[500] | 0.025% | 0.025% | 5%* | 19% | Jews 0.12%, Baha'is, etc... Read here for more details. About 76% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics, 5% other faith, and about 19% identify with no religion. [501] | [40][502][503] |
Sri Lanka | 8% | 7% | 70% | 15% | n/a | n/a | | [504][505] |
Sudan | 5% | 70% | 0% | 0% | 25%* | n/a | Indigenous beliefs. | [506] |
Suriname | 40% - 48% | 13.5% - 19.6% | 1% - 1.5% (Chinese) | 20% - 27.4% | 3.3% - 5%* | 4.4% | Animists mostly, Baha'is. | [507][508][509] |
Swaziland | 85% - 95% | 1% - 10% | 0% | 0.2% | 2.8%* | 1% | Baha'is, Jews. | [510][511] |
Sweden | 60% - 70% | 3%[512] | 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).[513] | [40][514][515] |
Switzerland | 43% - 79.3% | 4.3% | 0.29% | 0.38% | 0.33%* | 15.4% (unspecified 4.3%, Atheist 11.1%) | Jews, Baha'is, etc... | [40][516][517][518] |
Syria | 10% | 90%* | 0% | 0% | Jews & Yazidis | n/a | Sunni Muslims 74%, Alawis 12%, Druzes 3% & others. | [519][520][521] |
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. | [522][523][524] |
Tajikistan | 2.5% | 90% - 97% | 0.1% | unknown | 0.3%* | 0.1% | Zoroastrians, Shamanists, Hare Krishnas, Baha'is, Jews. | [525][526][527] |
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. | [528][529][530][531] |
Thailand | 0.7% | 4% | 95% | 0.0045% | 0.1%* | n/a | Including animists, Jews, Sikhs, etc... | [532][533] |
Togo | 29% - 47.1% | 13.7% - 20% | 0% | 0% | 33% - 51%* | 5% - 6.1% | Indigenous beliefs. | [534][535][536] |
Tokelau | 95% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5%* | n/a | Baha'is 4.5%. | [537] |
Tonga | 83% | | | | 14%* | | Including other Christian groups, Baha'is >6%,Muslims, Hindus and Atheists. | [538] |
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. | [539][540][541][542] |
Tunisia | 1% | 98% | n/a | n/a | 1%* | n/a | Jews, Baha'is, Atheists. | [543][544] |
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.[545] but the non-Muslim population declined in the early 2000s. | [546][547][548][549] |
Turkmenistan | 9% (Eastern Orthodox) | 89% | % | % | 0.3%* | 1.7% | Baha'is, Buddhists, Hare Krishnas, various Christians. | [550][551] |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 86% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2% | 4%* | 6% | Baha'is, Vodous, Rastafarians. | [552][553] |
Tuvalu | 97% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3%* | n/a | Baha'is | [554] |
Uganda | 83.9% - 85% | 12.1% | n/a | 0.8%[555] | 1.2% - 2.3%* | 0.9% | Baha'is, Jews & others. | [556][557] |
Ukraine | 35% - 96.1%* | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.5% (Jews 0.6%) | unknown | Including many various Christian sects. | [558][559][560] |
United Arab Emirates | 8.5% | 61.75% | 4.25% | 21.25% | 4.25%* | n/a | Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís, and Sikhs. | [561][562] |
United Kingdom | 35% - 71.6% | 2.7% | 1.2% [563] | 1% | 8%* | 15.5% | Sikhs 0.6% Jews 0.5% Pagans (Wiccans). [564] | [40][565][566] |
United States | 78% | 1% | 2% [567] (0.7% registered)
| 0.4% | Jews 2.5% (1% registered, cultural 1.5%); others 1%* | 15.1% | Mostly new religions, Baha'is, Sikhs, animists, Scientologists, etc... | [568] (Read here for more details) |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 93% | % | % | % | 5%* | 2% | Rastafarians, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, etc... | [569][570] |
Uruguay | 70% - 83% | 0.01% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.88%* | 17% | Jews 0.75%, Baha'is. | [571][572] |
Uzbekistan | 7% - 11% | 80% - 88% | 0.2% | 0.01% | 0.09%* | 0.7% - 1.7% | Jews 0.065%, Zoroastrians, Baha'is. | [573][574] |
Vanuatu | 83% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 14.4%* | 2.3% | Animists 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), Baha'is. | [575][576] |
Vatican City | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | The Vatican is the "central government" of the Roman Catholic Church. | [577][578] |
Venezuela | 98% | 0.4% | 0.2% | n/a | 0.9%* | 0.5% | Including Animists, Baha'is and Jews. | [579][580][581] |
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. | [582][583][584][585] |
Wallis and Futuna | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0% | n/a | 1% | | [586] |
Western Sahara | 0.1% | 99.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | [587][588] |
Yemen | 0.2% | 99% | 0% | 0.7% | 0.01%* | 0.019% | Mostly Jews. | [589][590] |
Zambia | 87% | 0.7% | 0% | 0.3% | 7%* | 5% | Animists, Baha'is. | [591] |
Zanzibar | 1% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | [592][593] |
Zimbabwe | 70% - 80% | 1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 17.7% - 27.7%* | 1.1% | Mostly animists, Baha'is 0.3%, Jews 0.1%. | [594][595] |