Religion > Religions > Note: Countries Compared
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 |
