The CIA World Factbook Edition 1994 People
Religions In 36 editions of 36.
Religions was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1994 edition carries it in 232 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1994 edition
- 232
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Religions” (1992 to 2025) and “Religion” (1990 to 1991).
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Africa
56 entriesEgypt
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94% (official estimate), Coptic Christian and other 6% (official estimate)
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- Anglican (majority),
- Baptist,
- Seventh-Day Adventist,
- Roman Catholic
South Africa
- Christian (most whites and Coloreds and about 60% of blacks),
- Hindu (60% of Indians),
- Muslim 2%
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesKorea, South now South Korea
- Christianity 48.6%,
- Buddhism 47.4%,
- Confucianism 3%,
- pervasive folk religion (shamanism),
- Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) 0.2%
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesCayman Islands
- United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational),
- Anglican,
- Baptist,
- Roman Catholic,
- Church of God,
- other Protestant denominations
Jamaica
- Protestant 55.9% (Church of God 18.4%, Baptist 10%, Anglican 7.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.9%, Pentecostal 5.2%, Methodist 3.1%, United Church 2.7%, other 2.5%),
- Roman Catholic 5%,
- other,
- including some spiritual cults 39.1% (1982)
Montserrat
- Anglican,
- Methodist,
- Roman Catholic,
- Pentecostal,
- Seventh-Day Adventist,
- other Christian denominations
Europe
46 entriesBulgaria
Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%
Man, Isle of now Isle of Man
- Anglican,
- Roman Catholic,
- Methodist,
- Baptist,
- Presbyterian,
- Society of Friends
Ukraine
- Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate,
- Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate,
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox,
- Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate),
- Protestant,
- Jewish
United Kingdom
Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)
Middle East
17 entriesLebanon
- Islam 70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups - Alawite or Nusayri, Druze, Isma'ilite, Shi'a, Sunni),
- Christian 30% (11 legally recognized Christian groups - 4 Orthodox Christian, 6 Catholic, 1 Protestant),
- Judaism NEGL%
Syria
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
North America
5 entriesOceania
25 entriesKiribati
- Roman Catholic 52.6%,
- Protestant (Congregational) 40.9%,
- Seventh-Day Adventist,
- Baha'i,
- Church of God,
- Mormon 6% (1985)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
Christian (divided between Roman Catholic and Protestant; other churches include Assembly of God, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist, Latter-Day Saints, and the Baha'i Faith)
Niue
Ekalesia Nieue (Niuean Church) 75% - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society, Morman 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Northern Mariana Islands
Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)
Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the now Palau
Christian (Catholics, 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)
Western Samoa now Samoa
Christian 99.7% (about half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)
South America
14 entriesFalkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- primarily Anglican,
- Roman Catholic,
- United Free Church,
- Evangelist Church,
- Jehovah's Witnesses,
- Lutheran,
- Seventh-Day Adventist
Southeast Asia
14 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1994, “Religions”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/religions/1994.