Countries by Religions

CountryReligions
AfghanistanIslam (Sunni 80%, Shiite 19%), other 1%
AlbaniaIslam 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% (est.)
AlgeriaIslam (Sunni) 99% (state religion), Christian and Jewish 1%
AndorraRoman Catholic (predominant)
AngolaIndigenous 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
Antigua and BarbudaChristian (predominantly Anglican and other Protestant; some Roman Catholic)
ArgentinaRoman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
ArmeniaArmenian Apostolic 95%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi 1%
AustraliaRoman Catholic 26%, Anglican 21%, other Christian 21%, Buddhist 2%, Islam
2%, other 1%, none 15% (2001)
AustriaRoman Catholic 74%, Protestant 5%, Islam 4%, none 12% (2001)
AzerbaijanIslam 93%, Russian Orthodox 3%, Armenian Orthodox 2%, other 2% (1995 est.)
BahamasBaptist 35%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 14%, Pentecostal 8%, Church of
God 5%, Methodist 4%, other Christian 15% (2000)
BahrainIslam (Shiite and Sunni) 81%, Christian 9%
BangladeshIslam 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998)
BarbadosProtestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%),
Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%
BelarusEastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish,
and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
BelgiumRoman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%
BelizeRoman Catholic 50%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7%, Anglican 5%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Mennonite 4%, Methodist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses
2%), none 9%, other 14% (2000)
Beninindigenous 50%, Christian 30%, Islam 20%
BhutanLamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
BoliviaRoman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Bosnia and HerzegovinaIslam 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%
BotswanaChristian 72%, Badimo 6%, none 21% (2001)
BrazilRoman Catholic 74%, Protestant 15%, Spiritualist 1%, none 7% (2000)
BruneiIslam (official religion) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous
beliefs and other 10%
BulgariaBulgarian Orthodox 83%, Islam 12%, other Christian 1% (2001)
Burkina FasoIslam 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
BurundiRoman Catholic 62%, indigenous 23%, Islam 10%, Protestant 5%
CambodiaTheravada Buddhist 95%, others 5%
Cameroonindigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%
CanadaRoman Catholic 43%, Protestant 23% (including United Church 10%, Anglican
7%, Baptist 2%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, none 16% (2001)
Cape VerdeRoman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church
of the Nazarene)
Central African Republicindigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant and Roman Catholic (both with animist
influence) 25% each, Islam 15%
ChadIslam 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7%
ChileRoman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, small Jewish population
ChinaOfficially atheist; Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%–4%, Muslim
1%–2% (2002 est.)
ColombiaRoman Catholic 90%
ComorosSunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Congo, Democratic Republic of theRoman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Islam 10%; other
syncretic and indigenous 10%
Congo, Republic ofChristian 50%, animist 48%, Islam 2%
Costa RicaRoman Catholic 76%, Evangelical 14%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other
Protestant 1%, other 5%, none 3%
Côte d'Ivoireindigenous 25%–40%, Islam 35%–40%, Christian 20%–30% (2001)
CroatiaRoman Catholic 88%, Orthodox 4%, Muslim 1%, other Christian less than 1%,
none 5% (2001)
Cubapredominantly Roman Catholic and Santería (Afro-Cuban syncretic religion)
CyprusGreek Orthodox 78%, Islam 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
Czech RepublicRoman Catholic 27%, Protestant 2%, unaffiliated 59% (2001)
DenmarkEvangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%
DjiboutiIslam 94%, Christian 6%
DominicaRoman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%
Dominican RepublicRoman Catholic 95%
East TimorRoman Catholic 90%, Islam 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, animist
(1992 est.)
EcuadorRoman Catholic 95%
EgyptIslam (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, Christian 1%, other 6%
El SalvadorCatholics 83%; growing population of evangelical Protestants (1992)
Equatorial Guineanominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
EritreaIslam, Eritrean Orthodox Christianity, Roman Catholic, Protestant
EstoniaEvangelical Lutheran 14%, Russian Orthodox 13%, other Christian (including
Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1%,
unaffiliated 34%, none 6% (2001)
EthiopiaIslam 45%–50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%–40%, animist 12%, other 3%–8%
FijiChristian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Islam 8%,
other 2%
FinlandEvangelical Lutheran 84%, Greek Orthodox 1%, other Christian 1%, none 14%
FranceRoman Catholic 83%–88%, Protestant 2%, Islam 5%–10%, Jewish 1%,
unaffiliated 4%
GabonChristian 55%–75%, animist, Islam less than 1%
GambiaIslam 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous 1%
GeorgiaOrthodox 84%, Islam 10%, Armenian-Gregorian 4%, Catholic 1% (2002)
GermanyProtestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Islam 4%, Unaffiliated or other 28%
GhanaChristian 63%, indigenous beliefs 21%, Islam 16%
GreeceGreek Orthodox 98%, Islam 1%, other 1%
GrenadaRoman Catholic 53%, Anglican 14%, other Protestant 33%
GuatemalaRoman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
GuineaIslam 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous 7%
Guinea-Bissauindigenous beliefs 50%, Islam 45%, Christian 5%
GuyanaChristian 50%, Hindu 35%, Islam 10%, other 5%
HaitiRoman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist
1%, other 1%), other 3%, none 1%. Note: roughly half the population
practices Vaudou
HondurasRoman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
HungaryRoman Catholic 52%, Calvinist 16%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 3%, other
Christian 1%, unaffiliated 15% (2001)
IcelandLutheran 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)
IndiaHindu 81%, Islam 13%, Christian 2%, Sikh 2% (2001)
IndonesiaIslam 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1% (1998)
IranIslam 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%); Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i
2%
IraqIslam 97% (Shiite 60%–65%, Sunni 32%–37%), Christian or other 3%
IrelandRoman Catholic 88%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 2%, none 4%
IsraelJudaism 77%, Islam 16%, Christian 2%, Druze 2% (2003)
ItalyRoman Catholic approx. 90%, Protestant, Jewish, Islamic
JamaicaProtestant 61.3%, (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church
2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic
4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7%
JapanShintoist and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
JordanIslam (Sunni) 92%, Christian 6% (mostly Greek Orthodox), other 2%
KazakhstanIslam 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
KenyaProtestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Islam 10%,
others 2% (note: estimates vary widely)
KiribatiRoman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day
Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999)
Korea, NorthBuddhism and Confucianism; religious activities almost nonexistent
Korea, Southno affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
KuwaitIslam 85% (Sunni 70%, Shiite 30%); Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
KyrgyzstanIslam 75%; Russian Orthodox 20%; other 5%
LaosBuddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including Christian 2%)
LatviaLutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
LebanonIslam 60% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite/Nusayri), Christian 39%
(Maronite, Melkite, Syrian, Armenian, and Roman Catholic; Greek, Armenian,
and Syrian Orthodox; Chaldean; Assyrian; Copt; Protestant), other 1%
LesothoChristian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Liberiatraditional 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%
LibyaIslam (Sunni) 97%
LiechtensteinRoman Catholic, 77%, Protestant, 7%; unknown, 11% (2002)
LithuaniaRoman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4%, Protestant (including Lutheran,
evangelical Christian Baptist) 2%, none 10% (2001)
LuxembourgRoman Catholic 87%; Protestant, Jewish, Islamic 13% (2000)
MacedoniaMacedonian Orthodox 32%, Islam 17% (2002)
Madagascarindigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Islam 7%
MalawiChristian 80%, Islam 13%, none 4% (1998)
MalaysiaMuslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; Shamanism (East Malaysia)
MaldivesIslam (Sunni)
MaliIslam 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
MaltaRoman Catholic 98%
Marshall IslandsProtestant 55%, Assembly of God 26%, Roman Catholic 8%, Bukot nan Jesus 3%,
Mormon 2%, other Christian 4%, none 2% (1999)
MauritaniaIslam 100%
MauritiusHindu 48%, Roman Catholic 24%, other Christian 8%, Islam 17% (2000)
Mexiconominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
MicronesiaRoman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%
MoldovaEastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
MonacoRoman Catholic 90%
MongoliaBuddhist Lamaist 50%, Islam 4%, Shamanism and Christian 4%, none 40% (2004)
MontenegroOrthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic
MoroccoIslam 99%, Christian 1%
MozambiqueMozambique 24%, Islam 18%, Zionist Christian 18%, none 23% (1997)
MyanmarBuddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Islam 4%,
Animist 1%, other 2%
NamibiaChristian 80%–90% (Lutheran at least 50%), indigenous beliefs 10%–20%
NauruChristian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)
NepalHindu 81%, Buddhist 11%, Islam 4%, Kirant 4% (2001)
NetherlandsRoman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Islam 6%, none 41%
(2002)
New ZealandAnglican 15%, Roman Catholic 12%, Presbyterian 11%, Methodist 3%,
Pentecostal 2%, Baptist 1%, other Christian 9%, none 26% (2001)
NicaraguaRoman Catholic 73%, Evangelical 15%, Moravian 2%, none 9% (1995)
NigerIslam 80%, indigenous beliefs and Christian 20%
NigeriaIslam 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
NorwayEvangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%,
other Christian 2% (2004)
OmanIslam: Ibadhi 75%, Sunni, Shi'a; Hindu
PakistanIslam 97% (Sunni 77%, Shiite 20%); Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
PalauRoman Catholic 42%, Protestant 23%, Modekngei 9% (indigenous), Seventh-Day
Adventist 5%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, Latter-Day Saints 1%, other religion
3%, unspecified or none 16% (2000)
Palestinian State (proposed)West Bank: Islam 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other
8%; Gaza Strip: Islam 98.7% (predominantly Sunni), Christian 0.7%, Jewish
0.6%.
PanamaRoman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Papua New GuineaRoman 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%
ParaguayRoman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, other Protestant 10%
PeruRoman Catholic 81%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Christian 1%,
unspecified or none 16% (2003 est.)
PhilippinesRoman Catholic 81%, Evangelical 3%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2%, Aglipayan 2%,
other Christian 5%, Islam 5% (2000)
PolandRoman Catholic 90% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1%, Protestant
and other (2002)
PortugalRoman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
QatarIslam 95%
RomaniaRomanian Orthodox 87%, Protestant 8%, Roman Catholic 5%, Islam and other
(2002)
RussiaRussian Orthodox 15%–20%, other Christian 2%, Islam 10%–15% (2006 est.;
includes practicing worshippers only)
RwandaRoman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Islam 4.6%,
indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
St. Kitts and NevisAnglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
St. LuciaRoman Catholic 68%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 6%, Evangelical
2%, Anglican 2%, other Christian 5%, Rastafarian 2%, none 5% (2001)
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesAnglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu, Seventh-Day
Adventist, other Protestant
SamoaCongregationalist 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)
San MarinoRoman Catholic
São Tomé and PríncipeCatholic 70%, Evangelical 3%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 2%, other 3%,
none 19% (2001)
Saudi ArabiaIslam 100%
SenegalIslam 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous 1%
SerbiaSerbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant
SeychellesRoman Catholic 83%, Anglican 6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Christian
3%, Hindu 2%, Muslim 1%, none 1%
Sierra LeoneIslam 60%, indigenous 30%, Christian 10%
SingaporeBuddhist 43%, Islam 15%, Taoist 9%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 5%, other Christian
10%, none 15% (2000)
SlovakiaRoman Catholic 69%, Protestant 11%, Greek Catholic 4%, none 13% (2001)
SloveniaCatholic 58% Orthodox 2%, other Christian 1%, Islam 2%, none 10%
Solomon IslandsChurch of Melanesia 33%, Roman Catholic 19%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11%,
United Church 10%, Christian Fellowship Church 2%, other Christian 4% (1999)
SomaliaIslam (Sunni)
South AfricaZion Christian 11%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8%, Catholic 7%, Methodist 7%,
Dutch Reformed 7%, Anglican 4%, other Christian 36%, Islam 2%, none 15%
(2001)
SpainRoman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Sri LankaBuddhist 70%, Islam 8%, Hindu 7%, Christian 6% (2001)
SudanIslam (Sunni) 70% (in north), indigenous 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south
and Khartoum)
SurinameHindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic
22.8%, Islam 19.6%, indigenous 5%
SwazilandZionist (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship) 40%;
Roman Catholic 20%; Muslim 10%; Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish,
and other 30%
SwedenLutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
SwitzerlandRoman Catholic 42%, Protestant 35%, Orthodox 2%, Muslim 4%, none 11% (2000)
SyriaIslam (Sunni) 74%; Alawite, Druze, and other Islamic sects 16%; Christian
(various sects) 10%; Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and
Aleppo)
Taiwanmixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
TajikistanIslam: Sunni 85%, Shiite 5%; other 10% (2003 est.)
Tanzaniamainland: Christian 30%, Islam 35%, indigenous 35%; Zanzibar: more than 99%
Islam
ThailandBuddhist 95%, Islam 5%, Christian 1% (2000)
TogoIndigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Islam 20%
TongaChristian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
Trinidad and TobagoRoman Catholic 26%, Anglican 8%, Baptist 7%, Pentecostal 7%, Seventh-Day
Adventist 4%, other Christian 6%, Hindu 22%, Islam 6%, none 2%
TunisiaIslam (Sunni) 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
TurkeyIslam (mostly Sunni) 99.8%, other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
TurkmenistanIslam 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
TuvaluChurch of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, Baha'i
1%
UgandaRoman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Islam 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
UkraineUkrainian Orthodox (Kiev Patriarchate 19%, Moscow Patriarchate 9%, no
particular division 16%), Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian
Autocephalous Orthodox 2%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004)
United Arab EmiratesIslam 96% (Sunni 80%, Shiite 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
United KingdomChristian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim
2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001)
United StatesProtestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, none
10% (2002)
UruguayRoman Catholic 66%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%
UzbekistanIslam (mostly Sunnis) 88%, Eastern Orthodox 9%
VanuatuPresbyterian 31%, Anglican 13%, Roman Catholic 13%, Seventh-Day Adventist
11%, other Christian 14%, indigenous beliefs 6% (including Jon Frum Cargo
cult), none 1%
Vatican City (Holy See)Roman Catholic.
VenezuelaRoman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%
VietnamBuddhist 9%, Catholic 7%, Hoa Hao 2%, Cao Dai 1%, Protestant, Islam, none
81%
Western Sahara (proposed state)Islam
YemenIslam (including Sunni and Shiite), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and
Hindu
ZambiaChristian 50%–75%, Islam and Hindu 24%–49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Zimbabwesyncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%,
indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%


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