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Religions (%)
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| Afghanistan |
Sunni Muslim 80%,
Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1% |
| Albania |
Muslim 70%, Albanian
Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note: 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 |
| 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 40%,
Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman
Catholic 3%, other 12% |
| 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%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (Zoroastrian/animist) 2% |
| Aruba |
Roman Catholic 82%,
Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish |
| Australia |
Anglican 26.1%, Roman
Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%, other
12.6% |
| Austria |
Roman Catholic 74%,
Protestant 5%, Muslim 4%, other 17% |
| Azerbaijan |
Muslim 93.4%, Russian
Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
note: religious affiliation is still nominal in
Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are
much lower |
| Bahamas, The |
Baptist 32%, Anglican
20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other
Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2% |
| Bahrain |
Shi'a Muslim 70%,
Sunni Muslim 30% |
| 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% (Anglican 5.3%, Methodist 3.5%, Mennonite 4.1%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Pentecostal 7.4%, Jehovah's
Witnesses 1.5%), none 9.4%, other 14% (2000) |
| Benin |
indigenous beliefs
50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
| Bermuda |
non-Anglican
Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 19% |
| Bhutan |
Lamaistic Buddhist
75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25% |
| Bolivia |
Roman Catholic 95%,
Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Muslim 40%, Orthodox
31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14% |
| Botswana |
indigenous beliefs
85%, Christian 15% |
| Brazil |
Roman Catholic
(nominal) 80% |
| 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%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%,
Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 3.4% (1998) |
| Burkina Faso |
indigenous beliefs
40%, Muslim 50%, 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 46%,
Protestant 36%, other 18%
note: based on the 1991 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%
note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly
influence the Christian majority |
| Chad |
Muslim 51%, Christian
35%, animist 7%, other 7% |
| Chile |
Roman Catholic 89%,
Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL% |
| China |
Daoist (Taoist),
Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.) |
| 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% |
| Comoros |
Sunni Muslim 98%,
Roman Catholic 2% |
| Congo, Democratic
Republic of the |
Roman Catholic 50%,
Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic
sects and indigenous beliefs 10% |
| Congo, Republic of the |
Christian 50%,
animist 48%, Muslim 2% |
| Cook Islands |
Christian (majority
of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church) |
| 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 |
Christian 20-30%,
Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40% (2001)
note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers)
are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%) |
| Croatia |
Roman Catholic 87.8%,
Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others and
unknown 6.2% (2001) |
| 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 39.2%,
Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%, atheist 39.8% |
| 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%), none 2%, other 6% |
| 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% |
| Egypt |
Muslim (mostly Sunni)
94%, Coptic Christian and other 6% |
| El Salvador |
Roman Catholic 83%
note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups
throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an
estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea |
nominally Christian
and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices |
| Eritrea |
Muslim, Coptic
Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| Estonia |
Evangelical Lutheran,
Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist,
Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of
Life, Jewish |
| 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 |
| Fiji |
Christian 52%
(Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%,
other 2%
note: Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu,
and there is a Muslim minority (1986) |
| Finland |
Evangelical Lutheran
89%, Russian Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1% |
| 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% |
| Gambia, The |
Muslim 90%, Christian
9%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
| Gaza Strip |
Muslim (predominantly
Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6% |
| Georgia |
Georgian Orthodox
65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%,
unknown 6% |
| 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 76.9%,
Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish 2.3%, none or
other 7% (1991) |
| 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% (1982)
note: roughly half of the population practices Voodoo |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
Roman Catholic |
| Honduras |
Roman Catholic 97%,
Protestant minority |
| Hong Kong |
eclectic mixture of
local religions 90%, Christian 10% |
| Hungary |
Roman Catholic 67.5%,
Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5% |
| Iceland |
Evangelical Lutheran
87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1%
(2002) |
| India |
Hindu 81.3%, Muslim
12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including
Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000) |
| 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 91.6%,
Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998) |
| Israel |
Jewish 80.1%, Muslim
14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996
est.) |
| Italy |
predominately Roman
Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a
growing Muslim immigrant community |
| Jamaica |
Protestant 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% |
| 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%
note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but
estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to
Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely |
| Kiribati |
Roman Catholic 52%,
Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist,
Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999) |
| Korea, North |
traditionally
Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic
Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
note: autonomous religious activities now almost
nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to
provide illusion of religious freedom |
| Korea, South |
no affiliation 46%,
Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1% |
| 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 70% (including
Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri),
Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic,
Protestant), Jewish NEGL% |
| 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
(primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant,
Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish |
| Luxembourg |
87% Roman Catholic,
13% Protestants, Jews, and Muslims (2000) |
| Macau |
Buddhist 50%, Roman
Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.) |
| Macedonia, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of |
Macedonian Orthodox
70%, Muslim 29%, other 1% |
| Madagascar |
indigenous beliefs
52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% |
| Malawi |
Protestant 55%, Roman
Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 3%, other 2% |
| 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% |
| Man, Isle of |
Anglican, Roman
Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends |
| Marshall Islands |
Christian (mostly
Protestant) |
| Martinique |
Roman Catholic 85%,
Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997) |
| Mauritania |
Muslim 100% |
| Mauritius |
Hindu 52%, Christian
28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%,
other 3.1% |
| Mayotte |
Muslim 97%, Christian
(mostly Roman Catholic) |
| Mexico |
nominally Roman
Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
| Micronesia, Federated
States of |
Roman Catholic 50%,
Protestant 47% |
| Moldova |
Eastern Orthodox 98%,
Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) |
| Monaco |
Roman Catholic 90% |
| Mongolia |
Tibetan Buddhist
Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism,
and Christian 4% (1998) |
| Montserrat |
Anglican, Methodist,
Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other
Christian denominations |
| Morocco |
Muslim 98.7%,
Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2% |
| Mozambique |
indigenous beliefs
50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
| Namibia |
Christian 80% to 90%
(Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20% |
| Nauru |
Christian (two-thirds
Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic) |
| Nepal |
Hinduism 86.2%,
Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2%
note: only official Hindu state in the world (1995) |
| Netherlands |
Roman Catholic 31%,
Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40%
(1998) |
| Netherlands Antilles |
Roman Catholic,
Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist |
| New Caledonia |
Roman Catholic 60%,
Protestant 30%, other 10% |
| New Zealand |
Anglican 24%,
Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist
2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986) |
| Nicaragua |
Roman Catholic 85%,
Protestant |
| 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) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15%
(mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day
Adventist) |
| Norfolk Island |
Anglican 37.4%,
Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman Catholic 11.5%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other
3.9% (1996) |
| Northern Mariana
Islands |
Christian (Roman
Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may
still be found) |
| Norway |
Evangelical Lutheran
86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%,
other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997) |
| Oman |
Ibadhi Muslim 75%,
Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu |
| Pakistan |
Muslim 97% (Sunni
77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% |
| Palau |
Christian (Roman
Catholics 49%, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses,
the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day
Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population
observes this religion, which is indigenous to Palau) |
| 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 |
| Peru |
Roman Catholic 90% |
| Philippines |
Roman Catholic 83%,
Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3% |
| Pitcairn Islands |
Seventh-Day Adventist
100% |
| Poland |
Roman Catholic 95%
(about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and
other 5% |
| 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) 87%, Protestant 6.8%,
Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2%
(2002) |
| Russia |
Russian Orthodox,
Muslim, other |
| 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 90%,
Anglican 3%, other Protestant 7% |
| 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 |
Christian 99.7%
(about one-half of population associated with the London
Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic,
Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist) |
| San Marino |
Roman Catholic |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Christian 80% (Roman
Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist) |
| Saudi Arabia |
Muslim 100% |
| Senegal |
Muslim 94%,
indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Orthodox 65%, Muslim
19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11% |
| Seychelles |
Roman Catholic 86.6%,
Anglican 6.8%, other Christian 2.5%, other 4.1% |
| Sierra Leone |
Muslim 60%,
indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% |
| Singapore |
Buddhist (Chinese),
Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist |
| Slovakia |
Roman Catholic 60.3%,
atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5% |
| Slovenia |
Roman Catholic (Uniate
2%) 70.8%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9% |
| Solomon Islands |
Anglican 45%, Roman
Catholic 18%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 12%, Baptist 9%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous
beliefs 4% |
| Somalia |
Sunni Muslim |
| South Africa |
Christian 68%
(includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks and
about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians),
indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5% |
| Spain |
Roman Catholic 94%,
other 6% |
| Sri Lanka |
Buddhist 70%, Hindu
15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999) |
| Sudan |
Sunni Muslim 70% (in
north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south
and Khartoum) |
| Suriname |
Hindu 27.4%, Muslim
19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly
Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5% |
| Swaziland |
Zionist (a blend of
Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship) 40%, 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 46.1%,
Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9% (1990) |
| 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 |
Buddhism 95%, Muslim
3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991) |
| Togo |
indigenous beliefs
51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20% |
| Tokelau |
Congregational
Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of
Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both
denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church
predominant |
| Tonga |
Christian (Free
Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Roman Catholic 29.4%,
Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%,
other 26.7% |
| 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%,
Methodist 16%, Anglican 18%, 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 -
Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate,
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate),
Protestant, Jewish |
| United Arab Emirates |
Muslim 96% (Shi'a
16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4% |
| United Kingdom |
Anglican and Roman
Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000,
Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000 |
| United States |
Protestant 56%, Roman
Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989) |
| 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 36.7%,
Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7%
(including Jon Frum Cargo cult) |
| Venezuela |
nominally Roman
Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% |
| Vietnam |
Buddhist, Hoa Hao,
Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some
Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| 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 |
| World |
Christians 32.79% (of
which Roman Catholics 17.33%, Protestants 5.62%, Orthodox
3.51%, Anglicans 1.31%), Muslims 19.6%, Hindus 13.31%,
Buddhists 5.88%, Sikhs 0.38%, Jews 0.24%, other religions
12.83%, non-religious 12.53%, atheists 2.44% (2001 est.) |
| 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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