Religion > Religions > All: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
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Afghanistan | Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1% |
Albania | Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% |
Algeria | Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
American Samoa | Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30% |
Andorra | Roman Catholic (predominant) |
Angola | indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.) |
Anguilla | Anglican 29%, Methodist 23.9%, other Protestant 30.2%, Roman Catholic 5.7%, other Christian 1.7%, other 5.2%, none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 Census) |
Antigua and Barbuda | Christian (predominantly Anglican with other Protestant, and some Roman Catholic) |
Argentina | nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% |
Armenia | Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3% |
Aruba | Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish |
Australia | Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) |
Austria | Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census) |
Azerbaijan | Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) |
Bahrain | Muslim (Shi'a and Sunni) 81.2%, Christian 9%, other 9.8% (2001 census) |
Bangladesh | Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998) |
Barbados | Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12% |
Belarus | Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) |
Belgium | Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25% |
Belize | Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000) |
Benin | indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
Bermuda | Anglican 23%, Roman Catholic 15%, African Methodist Episcopal 11%, other Protestant 18%, other 12%, unaffiliated 6%, unspecified 1%, none 14% (2000 census) |
Bhutan | Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25% |
Bolivia | Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14% |
Botswana | Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census) |
Brazil | Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) |
British Virgin Islands | Protestant 86% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, none 2%, other 2% (1991) |
Brunei | Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10% |
Bulgaria | Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census) |
Burkina Faso | Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10% |
Burma | Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2% |
Burundi | Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10% |
Cambodia | Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5% |
Cameroon | indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
Canada | Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census) |
Cape Verde | Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene) |
Cayman Islands | United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Church of God, other Protestant, Roman Catholic |
Central African Republic | indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% |
Chad | Muslim 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7% |
Chile | Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL% |
China | Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% |
Christmas Island | Buddhist 36%, Muslim 25%, Christian 18%, other 21% (1997) |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.) |
Colombia | Roman Catholic 90%, other 10% |
Comoros | Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2% |
Congo, Republic of the | Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2% |
Cook Islands | Cook Islands Christian Church 55.9%, Roman Catholic 16.8%, Seventh-Day Adventists 7.9%, Church of Latter Day Saints 3.8%, other Protestant 5.8%, other 4.2%, unspecified 2.6%, none 3% (2001 census) |
Costa Rica | Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% |
Cote d'Ivoire | Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40%, Christian 20-30% (2001) |
Croatia | Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census) |
Cuba | nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented |
Cyprus | Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4% |
Czech Republic | Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10% |
Denmark | Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% |
Djibouti | Muslim 94%, Christian 6% |
Dominica | Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), other 6%, none 2% |
Dominican Republic | Roman Catholic 95% |
East Timor | Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.) |
Ecuador | Roman Catholic 95%, other 5% |
Egypt | Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1% |
El Salvador | Roman Catholic 83%, other 17% |
Equatorial Guinea | nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices |
Eritrea | Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
Estonia | Evangelical Lutheran 13.6%, Orthodox 12.8%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1.4%, unaffiliated 34.1%, other and unspecified 32%, none 6.1% (2000 census) |
Ethiopia | Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8% |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | primarily Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist |
Faroe Islands | Evangelical Lutheran |
Federated States of Micronesia | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3% |
Fiji | Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2% |
Finland | Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) |
France | Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% |
French Guiana | Roman Catholic |
French Polynesia | Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6% |
Gabon | Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% |
Gaza Strip | Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6% |
Georgia | Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Catholic 0.8%, other 0.8%, none 0.7% (2002 census) |
Germany | Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% |
Ghana | Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21% |
Gibraltar | Roman Catholic 78.1%, Church of England 7%, other Christian 3.2%, Muslim 4%, Jewish 2.1%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 0.9%, none 2.9% (2001 census) |
Greece | Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% |
Greenland | Evangelical Lutheran |
Grenada | Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% |
Guadeloupe | Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1% |
Guam | Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.) |
Guatemala | Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs |
Guernsey | Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist |
Guinea | Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7% |
Guinea-Bissau | indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5% |
Guyana | Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5% |
Haiti | Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% |
Holy See (Vatican City) | Roman Catholic |
Honduras | Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3% |
Hong Kong | eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% |
Hungary | Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census) |
Iceland | Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004) |
India | Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
Indonesia | Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998) |
Iran | Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% |
Iraq | Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% |
Ireland | Roman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census) |
Israel | Jewish 76.5%, Muslim 15.9%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2003) |
Italy | approximately 90% Roman Catholic (about one-third regularly attend services); mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community |
Jamaica | Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7% |
Japan | observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) |
Jersey | Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian |
Jordan | Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.) |
Kazakhstan | Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7% |
Kenya | Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% |
Kiribati | Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, Church of God (1999) |
Kuwait | Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15% |
Kyrgyzstan | Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5% |
Laos | Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%) |
Latvia | Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox |
Lebanon | Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3% |
Lesotho | Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% |
Liberia | indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
Libya | Sunni Muslim 97% |
Liechtenstein | Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7%, unknown 10.6%, other 6.2% (June 2002) |
Lithuania | Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran and Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other or unspecified 5.5%, none 9.5% (2001 census) |
Luxembourg | 87% Roman Catholic, 13% Protestants, Jews, and Muslims (2000) |
Macau | Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.) |
Madagascar | indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% |
Malawi | Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census) |
Malaysia | Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia |
Maldives | Sunni Muslim |
Mali | Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1% |
Malta | Roman Catholic 98% |
Marshall Islands | Protestant 54.8%, Assembly of God 25.8%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Bukot nan Jesus 2.8%, Mormon 2.1%, other Christian 3.6%, other 1%, none 1.5% (1999 census) |
Martinique | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997) |
Mauritania | Muslim 100% |
Mauritius | Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, other Christian 8.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census) |
Mayotte | Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) |
Mexico | nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
Moldova | Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) |
Monaco | Roman Catholic 90% |
Mongolia | Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none 40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4% (2004) |
Montserrat | Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations |
Morocco | Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2% |
Mozambique | Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1% (1997 census) |
Namibia | Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20% |
Nauru | Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic) |
Nepal | Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census) |
Netherlands | Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002) |
Netherlands Antilles | Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal 4.9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, Methodist 2.9%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%, other Christian 4.2%, Jewish 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.2%, none 5.2% (2001 census) |
New Caledonia | Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10% |
New Zealand | Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census) |
Nicaragua | Roman Catholic 72.9%, Evangelical 15.1%, Moravian 1.5%, Episcopal 0.1%, other 1.9%, none 8.5% (1995 census) |
Niger | Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christian |
Nigeria | Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% |
Niue | Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 61.1%, Latter-Day Saints 8.8%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.4%, unspecified 8.7%, none 1.9% (2001 census) |
Norfolk Island | Anglican 34.9%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%, Australian Christian 2.4%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 2.7%, unspecified 15.3%, none 18.1% (2001 census) |
North Korea | traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) |
Northern Mariana Islands | Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found) |
Norway | Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004) |
Oman | Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu |
Pakistan | Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% |
Palau | Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other religion 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census) |
Panama | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% |
Papua New Guinea | Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34% |
Paraguay | Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant 10% |
Peru | Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.) |
Philippines | Roman Catholic 80.9%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census) |
Pitcairn Islands | Seventh-Day Adventist 100% |
Poland | Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002) |
Portugal | Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995) |
Puerto Rico | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% |
Qatar | Muslim 95% |
Reunion | Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995) |
Romania | Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census) |
Russia | Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) |
Rwanda | Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001) |
Saint Helena | Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic |
Saint Lucia | Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, Rastafarian 2.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Roman Catholic 99% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant |
Samoa | Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, other Christian 4.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
San Marino | Roman Catholic |
Sao Tome and Principe | Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census) |
Saudi Arabia | Muslim 100% |
Senegal | Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1% |
Serbia and Montenegro | Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
Seychelles | Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) |
Sierra Leone | Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% |
Singapore | Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census) |
Slovakia | Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census) |
Slovenia | Catholic 57.8%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 2.4%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census) |
Solomon Islands | Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 census) |
Somalia | Sunni Muslim |
South Africa | Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census) |
South Korea | no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1% |
Spain | Roman Catholic 94%, other 6% |
Sri Lanka | Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data) |
Sudan | Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum) |
Suriname | Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5% |
Swaziland | Zionist 40% (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship), Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish and other 30% |
Sweden | Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist |
Switzerland | Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census) |
Syria | Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) |
Taiwan | mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% |
Tajikistan | Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.) |
Tanzania | mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim |
Thailand | Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census) |
The Bahamas | Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census) |
The Gambia | Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
Togo | indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20% |
Tokelau | Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2% |
Tonga | Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, other Christian 5.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census) |
Tunisia | Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1% |
Turkey | Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) |
Turkmenistan | Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Baptist 40%, Anglican 18%, Methodist 16%, Church of God 12%, other 14% (1990) |
Tuvalu | Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6% |
Uganda | Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% |
Ukraine | Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate 19%, Orthodox (no particular jurisdiction) 16%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 9%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 1.7%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004 est.) |
United Arab Emirates | Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4% |
United Kingdom | Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) |
United States | Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.) |
Uruguay | Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31% |
Uzbekistan | Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% |
Vanuatu | Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census) |
Venezuela | nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% |
Vietnam | Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census) |
Virgin Islands | Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7% |
Wallis and Futuna | Roman Catholic 99%, other 1% |
West Bank | Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8% |
Western Sahara | Muslim |
Yemen | Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
Zambia | Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
Zimbabwe | syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1% |
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Posted on 07 May 2010
Frank juliet