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This
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Country
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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% (2002 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% (2002) |
|
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% (2003) |
| 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% (2002) |
| 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 2003 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% (2003) |
| 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% (2002) |
| 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% (2002) |
| 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%
(2002) |
|
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% (2002) |
|
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% (2003) |
| 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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