List of religious populations
This is a list of religious populations by number of adherents and countries.
Adherent estimates in 2012
Adherents.com says "Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number".[2]
Religion | Adherents | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Christianity | billion 2.4[3] | 33% |
Islam | billion 1.8[3] | 24.1% |
Secular[lower-alpha 1]/Nonreligious[lower-alpha 2]/Agnostic/Atheist | billion 1.2 | 16% |
Hinduism | billion 1.15 | 15% |
Buddhism | million 521 | 7% |
Chinese traditional religion[lower-alpha 3] | million 394 | 5.50% |
Ethnic religions excluding some in separate categories | million 300 | 4.19% |
African traditional religions | million 100 | 1.40% |
Sikhism | million 30 | 0.32% |
Spiritism | million 15 | 0.21% |
Judaism | million 14 | 0.20% |
Bahá'í | million 7.0 | 0.10% |
Jainism | million 4.2 | 0.06% |
Shinto | million 4.0 | 0.06% |
Cao Dai | million 4.0 | 0.06% |
Zoroastrianism | million 2.6 | 0.04% |
Tenrikyo | million 2.0 | 0.02% |
Neo-Paganism | million 1.0 | 0.01% |
Unitarian Universalism | million 0.8 | 0.01% |
Rastafari | million 0.6 | 0.01% |
total | billion 7.167 | 100% |
Notes
- ↑ These figures may incorporate populations of secular/nominal adherents as well as syncretist worshipers, although the concept of syncretism is disputed by some.
- ↑ Nonreligious includes agnostic, atheist, secular humanist, and people answering 'none' or no religious preference. Half of this group is theistic but nonreligious.[2] According to a 2012 study by Gallup International "59% of the world said that they think of themselves as religious person, 23% think of themselves as not religious whereas 13% think of themselves as convinced atheists".[4]
- ↑ Chinese traditional religion is described as "the common religion of the majority Chinese culture: a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, as well as the traditional non-scriptural/local practices and beliefs."
By proportion
Christians
Countries with the greatest proportion of Christians from Christianity by country (as of 2010):
Vatican City 100% (100% Roman Catholic) Pitcairn Islands 100% (100% Seventh-day Adventist)[5] Samoa ~99% (mostly Protestant)[6] Romania 99% (mostly Romanian Orthodox) American Samoa 98.3% (mostly Protestant)[7] Malta 98.1%[8] (mostly Roman Catholic) Venezuela 98%[9] (71% Roman Catholic) Greece 98% [10] (95% Greek Orthodox) Marshall Islands 97.2% (mostly Protestant)[11] Tonga 97.2% (mostly Protestant)[12] San Marino 97%[13] (~97% Roman Catholic) Paraguay 96.9%[14] (mostly Roman Catholic) Peru 96.5%[15] (mostly Roman Catholic) El Salvador 96.4% (mostly Roman Catholic)[16] Kiribati 96% (mostly Protestant)[17] Federated States of Micronesia ~96% (mostly Protestant)[18] Barbados 95.1% (mostly Protestant)[19] Papua New Guinea 94.8% (mostly Protestant)[20] East Timor 94.2%[21][22] (mostly Roman Catholic) Armenia 93.5%[23] (mostly Armenian Orthodox)
Muslims
Countries with the greatest proportion of Muslims from Islam by country (as of 2010) (figures excluding foreign workers in parenthesis):
Maldives 100% (mostly Sunni)[24] Mauritania 100% (mostly Sunni) Saudi Arabia Reported to be 100%[25] (90–95% Sunni, 5–10% Shi'a[25]) Turkey 99.8% (75% Sunni, 25% Shi'a)[26] Somalia 99.8% (mostly Sunni)[27] Afghanistan ~99%[28] (mostly Sunni, 20% Shi'a)[29] Yemen 99.1% (99.9%) (53% Sunni, 47% Shi'a[30]) Morocco 98.7% (mostly Sunni) Algeria 98.3%[31] (mostly Sunni) Iran 98% (mostly Shi'a)[32] Tunisia 98% (mostly Sunni) Comoros 98% (mostly Sunni)[33] Pakistan 97%[34] (85% Sunni, 15% Shi'a)[35] Sudan 97%[36] (mostly Sunni) Libya 96.6% (99%)[37] (Sunni) Iraq 95% (Mostly Shi'a)[38] Kuwait 95% (Mostly Sunni)[39] Djibouti 94% (mostly Sunni)[40] Niger 93% (mostly Sunni)[41] Azerbaijan 91.6[42] (mostly Shi'a)[43] Bangladesh 89.4% (Sunni)[44] Egypt 89.3% (Sunni)[45] Indonesia 87.18% (99% Sunni)[46] Bahrain 79%[47] (Mostly Shi'a)[30]
Remarks: Saudi Arabia does not include other religious beliefs in their census, the figures for these other religious groups could be higher than reported in the nation. While conversion to Islam is among its most supported tenets, conversion from Islam to another religion is considered to be the sin of apostasy[48] and could be subject to the penalty of death in the country.
Irreligious and atheist
Countries with the greatest proportion of people without religion (including agnostics and atheists) from Irreligion by country (as of 2007):
Estonia 71–82% (77%) Czech Republic 70-81% (76%) Japan 64–88% (76%)[51] Denmark 72% Sweden 46–82% (64%) Vietnam 44–81% (63%) Macau 62%[52] Hong Kong 57%[53] France 43–64%[54] (54%) Norway 31–72% (52%) China 47%[55] (details) Netherlands 39–55% (47%) Finland 28–60% (44%) New Zealand 42%[56] United Kingdom 31–52% (42%)[54] South Korea 30–52% (41%) Germany 25[58]–55%[59] (40%) Hungary 32–46% (39%) Belgium 42–43% (39%) Bulgaria 34–40% (37%) Slovenia 35–38% (37%) Russia[60] 13–48% (31%)
Remarks: Ranked by mean estimate which is in brackets. Irreligious includes agnostic, atheist, secular believer, and people having no formal religious adherence. It does not necessarily mean that members of this group don′t belong to any religion. Some religions have harmonized with local cultures and can be seen as a cultural background rather than a formal religion. Additionally, the practice of officially associating a family or household with a religious institute while not formally practicing the affiliated religion is common in many countries. Thus, over half of this group is theistic and/or influenced by religious principles, but nonreligious/non-practicing and not true atheists or agnostics.[2] See Spiritual but not religious.
Hindus
Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus from Hinduism by country (as of 2010):
Nepal 81.3%[61] India 79.8%[62] Mauritius 54%[63] Fiji 33.7%[64] Guyana 28%[65] Bhutan 25%[66] Suriname 22.3%[67] Trinidad and Tobago 18.2%[68] United Arab Emirates 15%[69] Sri Lanka 12.6%[70] Kuwait 12%[71] Bangladesh 9.6%[72] Bahrain 8.1%[73] Réunion 6.7%[74] Malaysia 6.3%[75] Singapore 5.1% Oman 3% Seychelles 2.1%[76] New Zealand 2.0%[77] Pakistan 1.8% Indonesia 1.7%[78] USA 0.7%[79]
Buddhists
Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists from Buddhism by country (as of 2010):[80]
Taoists/Confucianists/Chinese traditional religionists
As a spiritual practice, Taoism has made fewer inroads in the West than Buddhism and Hinduism. Despite the popularity of its great classics the I Ching and the Tao Te Ching, the specific practices of Taoism have not been promulgated in America with much success;[81] these religions are not ubiquitous worldwide in the way that adherents of bigger world religions are, and they remain primarily an ethnic religion. Nonetheless, Taoist ideas and symbols such as Taijitu have become popular throughout the world through Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong, and various martial arts.[82]
Taiwan 33–80%[83] China 30%[84] Hong Kong 28%[53] Macau 13.9%[52] Singapore 8.5%[85] Malaysia 2.6%[86] South Korea 0.2–1%[87] Vietnam Philippines 0.01–0.05% Indonesia 0.05%
The Chinese traditional religion has 184,000 believers in Latin America, 250,000 believers in Europe, and 839,000 believers in North America as of 1998.[88][89]
Ethnic and indigenous
All of the below come from the U.S. Department of State 2009 International Religious Freedom Report,[90] based on the highest estimate of people identified as indigenous or followers of indigenous religions that have been well-defined. Due to the syncretic nature of these religions, the following numbers may not reflect the actual number of practitioners.
Haiti 50%[91] Guinea-Bissau 50% Cameroon 40% Togo 33%[92] Côte d'Ivoire 25% Sudan 25%[93] Benin 23% Burundi 20% Burkina Faso 15% New Zealand 15%[94] South Africa 15%[95] Democratic Republic of the Congo 12% Central African Republic 10% Gabon 10% Lesotho 10% Nigeria 10% Sierra Leone 10%[96] Indonesia 9%[97] Kenya 9% Palau 9%[98] Ghana 8.5% Guinea 5%
Sikhism
Countries with the greatest proportion of Sikhs:
India 1.9% United Kingdom 1.2%[99][100] Canada 0.9%[101] Malaysia 0.5%[102] Fiji 0.3%[103] Singapore 0.3%[104] United States 0.2%[105][106] New Zealand 0.2%[107] Australia 0.1%[108][109] Italy 0.1%[110]
The Sikh homeland is the Punjab state, in India, where today Sikhs make up approximately 61% of the population. This is the only place where Sikhs are in the majority. Sikhs have emigrated to countries all over the world – especially to English-speaking and East Asian nations. In doing so they have retained, to an unusually high degree, their distinctive cultural and religious identity. Sikhs are not ubiquitous worldwide in the way that adherents of larger world religions are, and they remain primarily an ethnic religion. But they can be found in many international cities and have become an especially strong religious presence in the United Kingdom and Canada.[111]
Spiritism
Cuba 10.3% Jamaica 10.2% Brazil 4.8% Suriname 3.6% Haiti 2.7% Dominican Republic 2.2% The Bahamas 1.9% Nicaragua 1.5% Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% Guyana 1.3% Venezuela 1.1% Colombia 1.0% Belize 1.0% Honduras 0.9% Puerto Rico 0.7% Panama 0.5% Iceland 0.5% Guadeloupe 0.4% Argentina 0.2% Guatemala 0.2%
Note that all these estimates come from a single source. However, this source gives a relative indication of the size of the Spiritist communities within each country.
Judaism
Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews (as of 2010):
Israel 75.4%[113] Palestine (West Bank only) 12–14% [114] Monaco 2.9%[115] United States 2.1%[116] Gibraltar 2.1% Cayman Islands 1.7%[117] Netherlands Antilles^ 1.3% Canada 1.1% France 0.8%[118] Argentina 0.6%[119] Uruguay 0.5%[120] Australia 0.5% Hungary 0.5%[121] U.S. Virgin Islands 0.5%[121] Latvia 0.3%[121] Germany 0.25%[58] Netherlands 0.2%[122] New Zealand 0.2%[121] Ukraine 0.2%[121] Russia 0.09%[123]
Bahá'ís
Countries with the greatest proportion of Bahá'ís (as of 2010) with a national population ≥200,000:
Belize 2.5% (The 2010 Belize Population Census recorded 202 Bahá'ís out of a total population of 304,106,[124][125] yielding a proportion of 0.066%) Bolivia 2.2% Zambia 1.8% Mauritius 1.8% (The 2011 Mauritius census recorded 639 Bahá'ís out of a total population of 1,236,817[126] yielding a proportion of 0.05%) Guyana 1.6% (The 2002 Guyana census recorded 500 Bahá'ís out of a total population of 751,223[127] yielding a proportion of 0.067%) Vanuatu 1.4% Barbados 1.2% (The 2010 Barbados census recorded 178 Bahá'ís out of a total population of 250,010[128] yielding a proportion of 0.07%) Trinidad and Tobago 1.2% Panama 1.2% Kenya 1.0% Lesotho 0.9% Papua New Guinea 0.9% Réunion 0.9% Chad 0.9% Botswana 0.8% Gambia 0.8% Suriname 0.8% Congo, Republic of the 0.6% Solomon Islands 0.6% Venezuela 0.6%
- Remarks and sources: "Most Baha'i Nations (2010)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-20. which used the "World Christian Database" for adherents estimates based on information provided by the World Christian Encyclopedia and "World Christian Trends". A source whose only systematic flaw was to consistently have a higher estimate of Christians than other cross-national data sets.[129] See "The Largest Baha'i Communities". Largest Religious Communities. Adherents.com. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-20. for 2000 estimates among all nations. Various census figures of some of these countries vary significantly. See Bahá'í statistics.
Jainism
By population
Christians
Largest Christian populations (as of 2011):
United States 229,157,250[130] (details) Brazil 169,213,130[131] Russia 114,198,444[132] Mexico 106,204,560[133] Nigeria 80,510,000[134] Philippines 78,790,000[135] China 67,070,000[134] Democratic Republic of the Congo 63,150,000[134] France 55,948,600 Italy 55,832,000 Ethiopia 51,477,950 Germany 50,752,580[136] Colombia 44,502,000 Ukraine 41,973,000 South Africa 40,243,000 Spain 38,568,000 Poland 36,526,000 Kenya 33,625,790 Argentina 33,497,100 United Kingdom 33,200,417 Uganda 29,943,000 India 28,436,000 Venezuela 28,340,790 Peru 27,365,100 Indonesia 24,123,000
Hindus
Largest Hindu populations (as of 2010):
India 957,636,314 Nepal 21,354,570 Bangladesh 14,274,430 Indonesia 4,012,470[78] Pakistan 2,603,895 Sri Lanka 2,554,606 Malaysia 1,700,100 United States 1,543,730 United Arab Emirates 1,239,610 South Africa 749,870 Mauritius 665,820 United Kingdom 630,000 Canada 497,960 Tanzania 403,570 Kuwait 328,440 Australia 275,500 Singapore 264,370 Fiji 261,097[64] Trinidad and Tobago 240,100[68] Myanmar 203,000[137] Bhutan 177,100 Germany 120,000
Muslims
Largest Muslim populations (as of 2017):
Indonesia 245,000,000[78] Pakistan 203,000,000 India 182,000,000 Bangladesh 142,937,800 Nigeria 90,000,000 Iran 73,238,340 Egypt 70,056,000 Turkey 70,036,838 Algeria 36,092,810 Morocco 31,351,800 Afghanistan 30,112,680 Sudan 30,064,180 Iraq 29,767,300 Ethiopia 28,120,050 Saudi Arabia 26,624,560 Uzbekistan 25,628,240 Russia 25,000,000[138] Yemen 23,836,523 China 20,095,870 Syria 19,601,750 Malaysia 17,085,402
Buddhists
Largest Buddhist populations
Sikhs
Largest Sikh populations
India 22,892,600 UK 853,000 Canada 620,200 USA 500,010 Malaysia 120,000 Bangladesh 100,000[139] Australia 72,300 Italy 70,000 Thailand 70,000 Myanmar 70,000 United Arab Emirates 50,000 Germany 40,000 Mauritius 37,700 Australia 72,300 Pakistan 50,000 Kenya 20,000 Kuwait 20,000 Philippines 20,000 New Zealand 17,400 Indonesia 15,000 Singapore 14,500
Jews
Largest Jewish populations (as of 2011):
United States 6,588,065[140] Israel 5,907,500[141] France 493,600 Canada 375,000[121] United Kingdom 291,000[121] Russia 194,000[121] Argentina 181,800[121] Germany 119,000[121] Australia 97,300[142] Brazil 95,300[121] Ukraine 70,200[121] South Africa 67,000[121] Hungary 48,200[121] Mexico 39,200[121] Belgium 30,000[121] Italy 28,200[121] Chile 18,500[121] Turkey 17,400[121] Uruguay 17,300[121] Belarus 12,000[121]
Bahá'ís
Largest Bahá'í populations (as of 2010) in countries with a national population ≥200,000:[143]
India 1,897,651 (The 2011 Census of India recorded 4,572 Bahá'ís[144][145]) United States 512,864 Kenya 422,782 Vietnam 388,802 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 282,916 Philippines 275,069 Iran 251,127 Zambia 241,112 South Africa 238,532 Bolivia 215,359 Tanzania 190,419 Venezuela 169,811 Uganda 95,098 Chad 94,499 Pakistan 87,259 Burma (Myanmar) 78,915 Colombia 70,504 Malaysia 67,549 Thailand 65,096 Papua New Guinea 59,898
Jainism
As of 2005:[146]
See also
Religions:
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External links
- Asian-Nation: Religious Affiliation among Asian Americans
- International Religious Freedom Report 2007 of U.S. Department of State
- Background Notes of U.S. Department of State
- The World Factbook of CIA
- Adherents.com
- Religious Freedom page
- Religious Intelligence
- World Statesmen
- BBC News – Muslims in Europe: Country guide
- Vipassana Foundation – Buddhists around the world