List of religious populations

List of religious populations

This is a list of religious populations by number of adherents and countries.

A map of the world, showing the major religions distributed in the world as of today

Current world estimates

List of religious populations

Pew Research Center made its "Population Growth Projections, 2010–2050" based on 2010 baseline estimates. New estimates for 2020 are still work in progress. Their methodology is published as an appendix.

Largest religion by country

A map showing the prevailing religious population by country based on the Pew Research Center's 2010 baseline estimates.

By proportion

Christians

Countries and territories with the greatest proportion of Christians from Christianity by country, in 2010:

Christian population percentage by country, June 2014.

• Vatican City 100% (100% Roman Catholic) • Pitcairn Islands 100% (100% Seventh-day Adventist) • East Timor 99.6% (mostly Roman Catholic) • Samoa ~99.0% (mostly Protestant) • Armenia 98.5% (96% Oriental Orthodox) • American Samoa 98.3% (mostly Protestant; ARDA claim) • Malta 98.1% (mostly Roman Catholic) • Venezuela 98.0% (71% Roman Catholic) • Greece 98.0% (95% Eastern Orthodox) • Marshall Islands 97.2% (mostly Protestant) • Tonga 97.2% (mostly Protestant) • San Marino 97.0% (~97% Roman Catholic) • Paraguay 96.9% (mostly Roman Catholic) • El Salvador 96.4% (mostly Roman Catholic; ARDA claim) • Kiribati 96.0% (mostly Protestant) • Federated States of Micronesia ~96.0% (mostly Protestant) • Barbados 95.1% (mostly Protestant) • Papua New Guinea 94.8% (mostly Protestant; ARDA claim) • Mexico 94.6% (mostly Roman Catholic) • Peru 94.5% (mostly Roman Catholic) • Romania 93.0% (mostly Eastern Orthodox) • Poland 92.9% (mostly Roman Catholic) • Croatia 91.1% (mostly Roman Catholic) • Philippines 90.0% (mostly Roman Catholic)

Muslims

Countries and territories with a considerable proportion of Muslims from Islam by country in 2010, excluding foreign workers in brackets:

Muslim Percentage by country, 2020

• Maldives 100% • Mauritania 99.9%

• Morocco 99.9% • Yemen 99.8% (65% Sunni, 35% Shia) • Somalia 99.7% • Afghanistan 99.7% (90% Sunni, 10% Shia) • Iran 99.6% (95% Shia, 5% Sunni) • Tunisia 99.5% • Azerbaijan 99.2% (55% Shia, 45% Sunni) • Gaza Strip 99.0% • Iraq 99.0% (60% Shia, 40% Sunni) • Niger 99.0% (mostly Sunni) • Turkey 98.6% (85% Sunni, 15% Shia) • Comoros 98.3% • Algeria 98.0% • Tajikistan 97.9% • Saudi Arabia 97.2% (90% Sunni, 10% Shia) • Sudan 97.0% • Djibouti 96.9% • Libya 96.6% • Pakistan 96.4% (85% Sunni, 12% Shia, 3% Other) • Uzbekistan 96.3% • Egypt 94.6% • Syria 92.2% (80% Sunni, 20% Shia)

Irreligious and atheists

Countries with the greatest proportion of people without religion, including agnostics and atheists, from Irreligion by country in 2020:

Nonreligious population by country in 2010.

• Czech Republic 78.4% • North Korea 71.3% • Estonia 60.2% • Japan 60.0% • Hong Kong 54.7% • China 51.8% • South Korea 46.6% • Latvia 45.3% • Netherlands 44.3% • Uruguay 41.5% • New Zealand 39.6% • Mongolia 36.5% • France 31.9% • United Kingdom 31.2% • Belgium 31.0% • Vietnam 29.9% • Sweden 29.0% • Australia 28.6% • Belarus 28.6% • United States 28.0% • Luxembourg 26.7% • Germany 26.3% • Canada 24.5% • Cuba 23.2% •  Switzerland 22.8% • Spain 21.0% • Finland 20.8% • Hungary 20.3% • Bermuda 19.4% • Slovenia 18.8%

Data is ranked by mean estimate in parentheses. Irreligious includes agnostic, atheist, secular people, and those having no formal religious adherence. It does not necessarily mean that those 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. The practice of officially associating a family or household with a religion, 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. See Spiritual but not religious.

Hindus

Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus from Hinduism by country in 2010:

Hindu population by country in 2010

•   Nepal 81.3% • India 79.8% • Mauritius 48.54% • Fiji 27.9% • Bhutan 25.0% • Guyana 24.8% • Suriname 22.3% • Trinidad and Tobago 18.2% • United Arab Emirates 15.0% • Sri Lanka 12.6% • Kuwait 12.0% • Bangladesh 9.6% • Bahrain 8.1% • Réunion 6.7% • Malaysia 6.3% • Singapore 5.1% • Oman 3.0% • New Zealand 2.6% • Pakistan 2.2% • Seychelles 2.1% • Indonesia 1.7% • United Kingdom 1.7% • Canada 1.5% • Australia 1.4% • South Africa 1.2% • United States 0.7%

Buddhists

Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists from Buddhism by country in 2010:

Buddhist population by country in 2010

• Cambodia 96.9% • Thailand 93.2% • Myanmar 80.1% • Bhutan 74.7% • Sri Lanka 69.3% • Laos 66.0% • Mongolia 55.1% • Japan 36.2% - 66.7% • Taiwan 35.1% • Singapore 33.2% • South Korea 22.9% • Malaysia 19.8% • China 18.2% • Macau 17.3% • Vietnam 16.4% • Hong Kong 13.2% • Northern Mariana Islands 10.6% •   Nepal 10.3% • Brunei 8.6% • Qatar 3.1% • Kuwait 2.8% • Australia 2.7% • Bahrain 2.5% • United Arab Emirates 2.0% • New Zealand 1.6% • North Korea 1.5% • United States 1.2% • Nauru 1.1%

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 practice of Taoism has not been promulgated in America with much success. 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, qigong, and various martial arts.

• Taiwan 33.0–80.0% • China 30.0% • Hong Kong 28.0% • Macau 13.9% • Singapore 8.5% • Malaysia 2.6% • South Korea 0.2–1.0% • Philippines 0.01–0.05% • Indonesia 0.05%

In 1999, the Chinese traditional religion had 184,000 believers in Latin America, 250,000 believers in Europe, and 839,000 believers in North America.

Ethnic and indigenous religionists

Indigenous statistics come from the 2009 U.S. Department of State's International Religious Freedom Act, 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 numbers may not reflect the actual number of practitioners.

• Togo 35.6% • South Sudan 32.9% • Guinea-Bissau 30.9% • North Korea 29.5% • Côte d'Ivoire 25.0% • Sudan 25.0% • Burundi 20.0% • Burkina Faso 15.0% • South Africa 15.0% • Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.0% • Benin 10.5% • Central African Republic 10.0% • Gabon 10.0% • Lesotho 10.0% • Nigeria 10.0% • Sierra Leone 10.0% • Kenya 9.0% • Palau 9.0% • Ghana 8.5% • Guinea 5.0%

Sikhs

Countries with the greatest proportion of Sikhs:

Sikhism by country

• Canada 2.12% • India 1.72% • Cyprus 1.10% • United Kingdom 0.88% • New Zealand 0.88% • Australia 0.83% • Oman 0.75% • UAE 0.56% • Italy 0.37% • Singapore 0.35%

The Sikh homeland is the Punjab state, in India, where Sikhs make up approximately 58% 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. They can be found in many international cities and have become an especially strong religious presence in the United Kingdom and Canada. Sikhism is the fastest growing religion in New Zealand and Australia.

Spiritists

• 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% (ARDA claim)

Spiritist estimates come from a single source, which gives a relative indication of the size of the Spiritist communities within each country.

Jews

Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews in 2017:

Jewish population by country in 2020

• Israel 73.60% • Gibraltar 2.00% • United States 1.76% • Canada 1.07% • France 0.70% • Hungary 0.485% • Uruguay 0.483% • Australia 0.47% • United Kingdom 0.44% • Argentina 0.41% • U.S. Virgin Islands 0.36% • Belgium 0.259% • Panama 0.25% • Latvia 0.24% •  Switzerland 0.22% • Netherlands 0.17% • Estonia 0.154% • Bermuda 0.154% • Sweden 0.152% • Germany 0.14% • South Africa 0.124% • Ukraine 0.124% • Russia 0.122% • Denmark 0.112% • New Zealand 0.11%

By population

Christians

• United States 229,157,250 (details) • Brazil 169,213,130 • Russia 114,198,444 • Mexico 106,204,560 • Nigeria 80,510,000 • Philippines 78,790,000 • China 67,070,000 • Democratic Republic of the Congo 63,150,000 • Italy 55,832,000 • Ethiopia 51,477,950 • Germany 50,752,580 • Colombia 44,502,000 • Ukraine 41,973,000 • South Africa 40,243,000 • France 39,560,000 • 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 • Indonesia 29,579,316 • India 28,436,000 • Venezuela 28,340,790 • Peru 27,365,100

Muslims

• Indonesia 238,990,000 (details) • Pakistan 215,000,000 • India 209,000,000 • Bangladesh 153,000,000 • Nigeria 117,000,000 • Egypt 87,500,000 • Iran 82,000,000 • Turkey 79,850,000 • Ethiopia 48,000,000 • Sudan 44,000,000 • Iraq 41,000,000 • Algeria 39,000,000 • Morocco 38,000,000 • Afghanistan 37,000,000 • Saudi Arabia 33,000,000 • Uzbekistan 33,648,090 • Yemen 30,000,000 • China 28,000,000 • Russia 25,000,000 • Tanzania 22,000,000 • Niger 22,000,000

Irreligious and atheists

Largest religiously unaffiliated populations in 2020:

• China 1,278,120,000 • United States 100,910,000 • Japan 72,570,000 • Vietnam 66,370,000 • Germany 30,230,000 • Russia 29,560,000 • Brazil 28,110,000 • France 28,110,000 • United Kingdom 27,090,000 • South Korea 25,030,000 • North Korea 19,040,000 • Mexico 13,480,000 • Canada 13,220,000 • Spain 12,570,000 • Australia 10,900,000 • Netherlands 9,540,000 • Italy 7,950,000 • Czech Republic 7,680,000 • Ukraine 6,770,000 • Madagascar 6,460,000 • Chile 5,860,000

Hindus

• India 1,120,000,000 •   Nepal 28,600,000 • Bangladesh 14,274,430 • Indonesia 4,640,000 • Pakistan 4,400,000 • Sri Lanka 3,090,000 • United States 2,510,000 • Malaysia 1,940,000 • United Arab Emirates 1,239,610 • United Kingdom 1,030,000 • Myanmar 890,000 • South Africa 682,302 • Mauritius 665,820 • Canada 610,000 • Saudi Arabia 440,000 • Australia 410,000 • Tanzania 403,570 • Singapore 380,000 • Qatar 360,000 • Kuwait 330,000 • Trinidad and Tobago 310,000 • Fiji 270,000 • Guyana 200,000 • Yemen 200,000 • Bhutan 190,000 • Suriname 120,785 • Germany 120,000

Buddhists

• Thailand 67,620,000 • China 53,380,000 • Myanmar 47,210,000 • Japan 46,990,000 • Vietnam 22,580,000 • Cambodia 16,240,000 • Sri Lanka 15,700,000 • South Korea 9,850,000 • India 9,550,000 • Malaysia 6,400,000 • United States 3,800,023 • Indonesia 2,062,000 • Bangladesh 1,001,974 • Australia 670,000 • Canada 660,000 • Hong Kong 630,000 • Bhutan 580,000 • Russia 520,000 • France 470,000 • North Korea 400,000

Sikhs

• India 23,786,000 • Canada 771,790 • United Kingdom 524,000 • United States ~280,000 • Australia 210,400 • Italy 210,000 • Malaysia 100,000 • Thailand 70,000 • United Arab Emirates 52,000 • Philippines 50,000 • New Zealand 40,908 • Oman 35,540 • Portugal 35,000 • France 30,000 • Spain 26,000 • Germany 25,000 • Bangladesh 23,000 • Greece 20,000 • Kuwait 15,000 • Hong Kong 15,000 • Netherlands 15,000

Jews

• Israel 6,451,000 • United States 5,700,000 • France 456,000 • Canada 390,000 • United Kingdom 289,500 • Argentina 180,500 • Russia 176,000 • Germany 116,500 • Australia 113,200 • Brazil 93,800 • South Africa 69,300 • Ukraine 53,000 • Hungary 47,500 • Mexico 40,000 • Netherlands 29,800 • Belgium 29,300 • Italy 27,300 •  Switzerland 18,700 • Chile 18,300 • Uruguay 16,900 • Turkey 15,300 • Sweden 15,000 • Spain 11,800 • Belarus 10,000 • Panama 10,000

Baháʼís

Largest Baháʼí populations in 2010 in countries with a national population ≥200,000:

• India 1,897,651 • United States 512,864 • Kenya 422,782 • Vietnam 388,802 • Bangladesh 300,000 • 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 • Myanmar 78,915 • Colombia 70,504 • Malaysia 67,549 • Thailand 65,096 • Papua New Guinea 59,898

Jains

In 2005, per ARDA:

• India 5,146,697 • United States 79,459 • Kenya 68,848 • United Kingdom 35,000 • Canada 12,101 • Tanzania 9,002 •   Nepal 6,800 • Uganda 2,663 • Myanmar 2,398 • Malaysia 2,052 • South Africa 1,918 • Fiji 1,573 • Japan 1,535 • Belgium 1,500 • Australia 1,449 • Suriname 1,217 • Ireland 1,000 • Bangladesh 1,000 • Réunion 981 • Hong Kong 500 families • Yemen 229