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This article includes major religions only. Others could include smaller popular religions as Judaism, Baha'i Faith, Sikhism, et cetera

Note that the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will show dual figures; those are the percentage of people who believe in God and the percentage of nominal adherents who celebrate traditional religious holidays although not professing belief in God: Cultural Jews and Cultural Christians as found mainly in Western Europe and North America, and Cultural Muslims in Turkey and the Balkans.

The percentage of Buddhists also show common numbers (nominal Buddhists) with some Eastern religions such as Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto with Chinese folk religion, Animism and even Ancestor Worship (a traditional cultural faith in East Asia influenced by Confucianism); Mahayana Buddhism is the more popular than others[1][2][3]. Another definition is the percentage of people who have taken the Refuge (= registered) . Read more in the article for Buddhism by country. Buddhism is an atheistic religion (at least originally) and has harmonized with many different national cultures as a traditional faith in many Asian countries rather than a separate religion.

In some cases, one column could contain more figures.

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[edit] By country

Main religions of the world, mapped by distribution (without denominations.)


Religions by country as 2007
Country or Territory Christian Muslim Buddhist Hindu Others Non-religious Notes References & Sources
 Afghanistan 0.1% 99% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%* n/a * Including Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís,Sikhs, etc... [2][3][4]
 Albania 20% - 30% 10% - 70% n/a n/a n/a 60%-75% The majority of Albanians today do not practice any religion whatsoever, but affiliate themselves with one of the four traditional religions. Read here for more details.[4][5][6] [5][6][7]
 Algeria 99% n/a n/a 1%* n/a * Including Christians & Jews. [8][9][10]
 American Samoa 92%  %  %  % 8%*  % * Including Atheists, Buddhists and Baha'is. [11]
 Andorra 90% 2.8% 0.5% 0.7% 1% (Jews 0.2%) 5% [12][13]
 Angola 95% 0.7% n/a n/a 4%* 0.3% * Mostly African indigenous beliefs. [14]
 Anguilla 90.5% 0.55% 0.25% 0.2% 4.2%* 4.3% * Rastafarians mostly, Vodous, Baha'is, etc... [15]
 Antigua and Barbuda 74% - 91.4% 0.3% 0.05% 0.25% 1.5% - 2.2%* 5.8% * Rastafarians mostly, Baha'is and Jews. [16][17]
 Argentina 79% - 94% 1.5% 0.1% 0.01% 3.2%* (Jews 0.8%) 1.19% [18][19][20][21][22]
 Armenia 98.7% n/a n/a 1.3%* n/a * Including Yezidis, Muslims, Jews, Baha'is. [23][24]
 Aruba 90% 10%* * Including Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist-Confucian, Jewish. [25][26]
 Australia 64% 1.7% 2.1% 0.7% 0.9% (Jews 0.4%) 30.6%* * Unspecified 11.6%, none 19%. [27][28][29]
 Austria 49% - 81.4% 4.2% 0.13% 0.05% 0.22% (Jews 0.1%) 14%* - 46.4% * Unspecified 2%, none 12%. [30][31][32][33][34]
 Azerbaijan 4.8% 93.4% n/a 1.8%* * Including Jews 0.2%, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas & Atheists. [35][36][37]
 Bahamas 96.3%  %  %  % 0.8%* 2.9% * Including Jews, Baha'is, Rastafarians, Vodouns, Hindus, Buddhists. [38][39]
 Bahrain 9% 81.2% 1% 6.25% 2.55%* n/a * Bahá'ís, Sikhs, Jews, etc... [40][41][42]
 Bangladesh 0.3% 88.3% – 89.7% 0.7% 9.2% - 10.5% 0.1%* n/a * Animist and believers in tribal faiths. [43][44][45]
 Barbados 67% 1.5% 1% 1% 11.5%* 17% * Rastafarians, Baha'is, etc... [46][47][48]
 Belarus 96% 0.1% n/a 3.9%* n/a * Jews 1%, Hare Krishnas & Baha'is. [49][50][51][52]
 Belgium 38% - 77.5% 4% 0.3% 0.07%* 0.83%** 17.3% * Including Hindus with Hare Krishnas/**, Jews 0.53%, Sikhs, Baha’is, Scientologists. [53][54][55][56]
 Belize 79% 0.58% 0.35% 2.3% 7.77%* 10% * Mostly Animists, Baha’is 2.73%, etc... [57][58][59]
 Benin 42.8% 24.4% n/a n/a 26.3%* 6.5% * Vodou 17.3%, Animists. [60][61]
 Bermuda 67% 0% 0.1% 0% 11.9%* 21% * Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc... [62][63]
 Bhutan 0.5% 97% 2% 0.5%* n/a * It could include some Christians. [64]
 Bolivia 97% 0.01% 0.26% n/a 0.73%* 2% * Including the Bahá'í Faith, Judaism, Shinto. [65][66]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50% 40% 0.1%* 9.9% * Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, etc... [67][68][69]
 Botswana 71.6% 0.3% n/a 0.2% 7.9%* 21% * Badimo 6%, Baha'is. [https//www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html#People][70]
 Brazil 89% 0.016% 0.13% 0.0016% 3.25%* 7.6% * Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, Afro-Brazilian religious 0.3% (Candomblé & Umbanda), Jews 0.063%, Shinto, etc... [71][72][73]
 British Virgin Islands 96% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 1%* 2% * Rastafarians, Vodous, Baha'is. [74][75]
 Brunei 10% 64% 14% 1% 9%* 2% * Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jews, Nasrani, etc... [76][77][78]
 Bulgaria 35% - 83.8% 12.2% 4%* n/a * Roma animists mostly, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc... [79][80][81]
 Burkina Faso 10% - 20% 50% - 60% n/a n/a 20% - 40%* n/a * Indigenous beliefs. [82][83][84]
 Burundi 67% 10% n/a n/a 23%* n/a * Indigenous beliefs. [85][86][87]
 Cambodia 0.5% 3.5% 95% 0.3% 0.5%* 0.4% * Tribal animism mostly, Cao Đài, the Bahá'í Faith. [88][89]
 Cameroon 40% - 53% 20% - 22% n/a n/a 25% - 40%* n/a * Indigenous beliefs. [90][91][92]
 Canada 70.3% - 77.1% 2% 1.1% - 3.6% 1% 3.7% - 9.5%* 16.1% - 17% * Jews 1.1%, Sikhs 1%, Scientologists, Baha'is, aboriginal spiritualities. [93][94][95][96]
 Cape Verde 95% 3% n/a n/a 1%* 1% * Indigenous beliefs. [97][98]
 Cayman Islands 77.95% 0.19% 0.31% 0.26% 16.59%* 4.7% * Spiritists 14%, Jews 1.71%, Baha'is 0.88%. [99]
 Central African Republic 50% - 80% 10% - 15% n/a n/a 10% - 35%* n/a * Indigenous beliefs. [100][101][102]
 Chad 34.3% 53.1% n/a n/a 7.8%* 4.8% (atheist 3.1%) * Animist 7.3%, other 0.5%. [103][104][105]
 Chile 87.2% 0.02% 0.04% 0.01% 4.4%* 8.3% * Jews 0.1%, Baha'is 0.04%, etc... [106][107][108]
 China 4% [109] 1.5% 80%* (over 8.4% registered)[110][111][112] n/a 0.5% (Tribal animism, new religions, etc...) 14% [113] * Read articles of Buddhism by country or Religion in China for more details [114][115][116][117][118]
 Christmas Island 25% 10% 55% 10%* n/a * Including Bahai's, Hindus and Atheists. [119]
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 15% 80% 5%* n/a * Including Baha'is mostly and Hindus. [120]
 Colombia 93.5% 0.025% 0.015% 0.02% 4.44% 2% * Including Jews 0.05%, animists, etc... [121][122]
 Comoros 1% - 2% 98% - 99% n/a 0.1% n/a n/a [123][124][125]
 Congo-Kinshasa 80% - 90%* 5% - 10% n/a n/a 5% - 10%** n/a * That includes Kimbanguists/**: includes syncretic sects and Animists. [126][127][128]
 Congo-Brazzaville 50% 2%  %  % 48%* * Mostly Animists. [129][130][131]
 Cook Islands 90.2% n/a 1% 1% 2.2% (mostly Baha'is) 5.6%* * unspecified 2.6%, none 3%. [132]
 Costa Rica 87.3% - 92% 0.1% 2.34% 0.06% 0.8% - 2.3%* 3.2% - 9.2% * Including Judaism, Scientology, Tenrikyo, and the Bahá'í Faith. [133][134][135][136]
 Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 35% - 40% 35% - 40% 0.1% 0.1% 25% - 30%* n/a * Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. [137][138][139][140]
 Croatia 62% - 92.6% 1.3% 0.03% 0.01%% Jews 0.85% 2% - 5.2% [141][142][143][144]
 Cuba 45% - 90%* 0.0026% 0.25% 0.21% 0.5% (Arará, Regla de Palo, Judaism). 9% * Over 70% of Cubans could be nominal Catholic-Santería. [145][146][147]
 Cyprus 79.3%* 18% 1% 0.1% 0.3% (mostly Jews) 1.3% * Including many Christian sects. [148] [149][150][151]
 Czech Republic 14% - 28.9% 0.1% 0.5% 0.003% 2.6% (including Jews, Scientologists) 67.8%* * unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59%. [152][153][154]
 Denmark 89% 2% - 3.7% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%* 6.9% (non-religious 5.4%, atheists 1.5%) * Including Jews 0.1%, Baha'is, Sikhs, Norse mythology. [155][156][157][158][159]
 Djibouti 0.8% - 5.8% 94% - 99% n/a 0.02% 0.1%* n/a * Mostly Baha'is. [160][161][162][163]
 Dominica 90.9% 0.2% 0.25% 0.2% 2.35%* 6.1% * Rastafarian 1.3%, Baha'is 1%. [164][165][166]
 Dominican Republic 87.1% - 95% 0.05% - 0.1% 0.1% 0.04% 2.26%* 2.5% - 10.6% * Spiritist 2.18%, Bahá'í 0.07%, Jewish 0.01%. [167][168][169][170]
 East Timor 98%* 0.9% 0.1% 0.3% 0.7% n/a * Roman Catholicism & Animism 97%. [171][172][173]
 Ecuador 85% - 97.5% 0.002% 0.2% n/a 0.7%* 1.5% * Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc... [174][175][176][177]
 Egypt 10% 90% n/a n/a Baha'is, Jews n/a Read sources for more details [178][179]
 El Salvador 84% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 1.3%* 14.6% * Baha'is, Jews, Animists, etc... [180][181][182]
 Equatorial Guinea 93% 1% n/a n/a 5%* 1% * Mostly animists and Baha'is 1%. [183]
 Eritrea 49% - 50% 48% - 50% 0.1% 0.1% over 2%* 0.1% * indigenous beliefs 2%, Baha'is. [184][185]
 Estonia 10% - 27.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.01% 0.3% (Jews 0.2%) 71% [186][187][188]
 Ethiopia 60.8% 32.8% n/a 0.005% 6.3% (indigenous beliefs), Judaism n/a Some sources [189][190] show equal figures for Christian and Muslim from 45% - 50% per each. [191][192]
 Falkland Islands 94.3% n/a n/a n/a 3.7%* 2% * including Baha'is 0.3%. [193][194]
 Faroe Islands 93.96% 0% 0% 0% Baha'is 0.2% 5.84% [195][196]
 Fiji 52% - 54% 7% 1% 33% - 34% 0.9%* 3% - 5% (Atheist 0.3%) * Mostly Baha'is. [197][198][199]
 Finland 36% - 86% 0.2% 0.1% 0.01% 0.19%* 13.5% * Jews, Baha'is, others. [200][201][202][203][204][205]
 France (Metropolitan France only) 30% - 83.3% 6.9% - 10% 0.7% - 1.2% 0.1% 2%* 4% * Jews over 1%, Sikhs less than 1%, Scientologists. Please read more here for more details. [206][207][208][209][210][211][212][213]
 French Guiana 85% 2% 1% 1% 3%* 8% * Animists 2%, Baha'is 0.9%, Sikhs. [214]
 French Polynesia 84% n/a 7.5%* 0.5% 2% (mostly Baha'is) 6% * Mostly Chinese Buddhism. [215]
 Gabon 55 - 73% 1% - 12% n/a n/a 10%* 5% * Indigenous beliefs. [216][217]
 Gambia 4% - 9% 90% - 95% n/a 0.1% 0.9%* n/a * Indigenous beliefs, Baha'is. [218][219][220]
 Georgia 88.6% 9.9% 0.1% 0.01% 0.69%* 0.7% * Including Jews 0.22%, Zoroastrians [221][222][223]
 Germany 42% - 68%* 3.9% 0.3% - 1%[224] 0.12% 1.4% (Jews 0.25%) 25.5% * Total of many various Christian sects. [225][226]
 Ghana 68.8% 15.9% 0.05% 0.05% 9.1%* 6.1% * Animist 8.5%, others (see sources). [227][228]
 Gibraltar 88.3% 4% 0.1% 1.8% 2.2%* 3.6% * Jews 2.1%. [229]
 Greece 98% 1.3% 0.1% unknown 0.6% n/a Others include Jews, Scientologists, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas & Hellenic neopaganists. [230][231][232]
 Greenland 96.56% n/a n/a n/a 1.24%* 2.2% * Traditional ethnic 0.74%, Baha'i 0.5%. [233]
 Grenada 93% 0.3% 0.5% 0.7% 1.5%* 4% * Rastafarian/Spiritist 1.3%, Baha'is 0.2%. [234][235]
 Guadeloupe 94.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.5% 2.3%* 2% * Including Baha'is 0.4%, Rastafarians, Vodous. [236]
 Guam 89.6%  %  %  % 10.4%* unknown * Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Baha'is, etc... [237][238]
 Guatemala 87.6% - 93% 0.01% 0.1% n/a 4.9%* 1.9% * Including indigenous Mayan beliefs, Baha'is. [239][240][241]
 Guernsey 100%* 0% 0% 0% n/a n/a * Anglican 65.2%. [242]
 Guinea 7% - 10% 85% 0.1% 5% - 8%* n/a * Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is & Hindus. [243][244][245]
 Guinea-Bissau 5% - 13% 38% - 45% n/a n/a 40% - 50%* n/a * Indigenous beliefs. [246][247]
 Guyana 50% - 57.4% 7.2% - 10% 0.7% 28.3% - 35% 2.4%* 4% * Rastafarians, Baha'is. [248][249][250]
 Haiti 83.7% 0.02% n/a n/a 2.18%* 10.6%-14.1% * Voduns 2.1%, Baha'is. [251]
 Honduras 86% 0.1% 0.1% n/a 12.7%* 1.1% * Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Jews. [252][253]
 Hong Kong 8.1% 1.3% 90% (10% registered) 0.1% 0.2%* 0.3% * Including Sikhs, Jews, Baha'is, Falun Gong, etc... [254][255]
 Hungary 74.4% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.8%* 24.7% * Jews 0.12%, etc... [256]
 Iceland 33% - 94% 0.05% 0.15% n/a 0.8%* 3% - 5% * Jews, Baha'is. [257][258][259][260]
 India 2.3% 13.4% 0.8% 80.5% 2.9% (Sikh 1.9%, Jains 0.4%, Baha'is 0.2%, Tribal animisnts 0.3%, Zoroastrians, Jews) 0.1% The overall percentage of Hindus has declined in recent years because about 200 million dalits have converted from Hinduism to other religions. [261][262][263]
 Indonesia 9.5% 87.2% 1% 2.2% 0.1%* n/a * Mostly Tribal animism. [264]
 Iran 0.48% - 0.52% 98% 0% 0.02% 0.7% - 1%* 0.4% - 0.8% (Atheism and Agnosticism are illegal) * Bahá'ís 300,000 - 350,000; Jews 25,000 - 30,000; Zoroastrians 30,000 - 60,000. [265][266]
 Iraq 2.3% 97% 0% 0% 0.7%* n/a * Including the local religions of Yezidi, Shabaks, Sabean-Mandaean. [267][268]