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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
AlbaniaAlbania	percentages are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower
Central African RepublicCentral Africa	animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
ChinaChina	officially atheist
Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire	the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim
HaitiHaiti	roughly half of the population practices voodoo
IraqIraq	while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50 percent since the fall of the Saddam HUSSEIN regime in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon
JapanJapan	total adherents exceeds 100% because many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism
KenyaKenya	a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
LebanonLebanon	17
North KoreaNorth Korea	autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
RussiaRussia	estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
TokelauTokelau	on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant

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