Religions In 36 editions of 36.

Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%

• indigenous beliefs 47%,
• Roman Catholic 38%,
• Protestant 15% (est.)

• indigenous beliefs 70%,
• Muslim 15%,
• Christian 15%

indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%

• indigenous beliefs 40%,
• Muslim 50%,
• Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%

• Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%),
• indigenous beliefs 32%,
• Muslim 1%

Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous beliefs

• indigenous beliefs 51%,
• Christian 33%,
• Muslim 16%

• indigenous beliefs 24%,
• Protestant 25%,
• Roman Catholic 25%,
• Muslim 15%,
• other 11%

note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority

• Muslim 50%,
• Christian 25%,
• indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%

Sunni Muslim 86%, Roman Catholic 14%

• Roman Catholic 50%,
• Protestant 20%,
• Kimbanguist 10%,
• Muslim 10%,
• other syncretic sects and traditional beliefs 10%

• Christian 50%,
• animist 48%,
• Muslim 2%

• indigenous 25%,
• Muslim 60%,
• Christian 12%

Muslim 94%, Christian 6%

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94% (official estimate), Coptic Christian and other 6% (official estimate)

nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

• Muslim,
• Coptic Christian,
• Roman Catholic,
• Protestant

Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40%

• Muslim 45%-50%,
• Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%,
• animist 12%,
• other 5%

• Christian 55%-75%,
• Muslim less than 1%,
• animist

• Muslim 90%,
• Christian 9%,
• indigenous beliefs 1%

• indigenous beliefs 38%,
• Muslim 30%,
• Christian 24%,
• other 8%

• Muslim 85%,
• Christian 8%,
• indigenous beliefs 7%

• indigenous beliefs 65%,
• Muslim 30%,
• Christian 5%

• Protestant (including Anglican) 38%,
• Roman Catholic 28%,
• indigenous beliefs 26%,
• other 8%

Christian 80%, rest indigenous beliefs

• traditional 70%,
• Muslim 20%,
• Christian 10%

Sunni Muslim 97%

• indigenous beliefs 52%,
• Christian 41%,
• Muslim 7%

• Protestant 55%,
• Roman Catholic 20%,
• Muslim 20%,
• traditional indigenous beliefs

• Muslim 90%,
• indigenous beliefs 9%,
• Christian 1%

Muslim 100%

• Hindu 52%,
• Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%),
• Muslim 16.6%,
• other 3.1%

Muslim 99%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)

• Muslim 98.7%,
• Christian 1.1%,
• Jewish 0.2%

• indigenous beliefs 50%,
• Christian 30%,
• Muslim 20%

Christian 80% to 90%, Lutheran 50% at least, other Christian denominations 30%, native religions 10% to 20%

Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians

• Muslim 50%,
• Christian 40%,
• indigenous beliefs 10%

• Roman Catholic 94%,
• Hindu,
• Islam,
• Buddhist

• Roman Catholic 65%,
• Protestant 9%,
• Muslim 1%,
• indigenous beliefs and other 25%

• Anglican (majority),
• Baptist,
• Seventh-Day Adventist,
• Roman Catholic

• Roman Catholic,
• Evangelical Protestant,
• Seventh-Day Adventist

• Muslim 92%,
• indigenous beliefs 6%,
• Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)

• Roman Catholic 90%,
• Anglican 8%,
• other 2%

• Muslim 60%,
• indigenous beliefs 30%,
• Christian 10%

Sunni Muslim

• Christian (most whites and Coloreds and about 60% of blacks),
• Hindu (60% of Indians),
• Muslim 2%

• Sunni Muslim 70% (in north),
• indigenous beliefs 25%,
• Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)

mainland:

Christian 45%

Muslim 35%

indigenous beliefs 20%

• Christian 45%,
• Muslim 35%,
• indigenous beliefs 20%

• indigenous beliefs 70%,
• Christian 20%,
• Muslim 10%

• Muslim 98%,
• Christian 1%,
• Jewish 1%

• Roman Catholic 33%,
• Protestant 33%,
• Muslim 16%,
• indigenous beliefs 18%

Muslim

• Christian 50%-75%,
• Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%,
• indigenous beliefs 1%

• syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%,
• Christian 25%,
• indigenous beliefs 24%,
• Muslim and other 1%

Evangelical Lutheran

• Evangelical Lutheran 96%,
• other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%,
• none 1% (1988)

• Sunni Muslim 84%,
• Shi'a Muslim 15%,
• other 1%

Armenian Orthodox 94%

• Muslim 93.4%,
• Russian Orthodox 2.5%,
• Armenian Orthodox 2.3%,
• other 1.8% (1995 est.)

note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; actual practicing adherents are much lower

• Muslim 83%,
• Hindu 16%,
• Buddhist,
• Christian,
• other

Lamaistic Buddhism 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%

• Daoism (Taoism),
• Buddhism,
• Muslim 2%-3%,
• Christian 1% (est.)

note: officially atheist, but traditionally pragmatic and eclectic

• Christian Orthodox 75% (Georgian Orthodox 65%, Russian Orthodox 10%),
• Muslim 11%,
• Armenian Apostolic 8%,
• unknown 6%

• Hindu 80%,
• Muslim 14%,
• Christian 2.4%,
• Sikh 2%,
• Buddhist 0.7%,
• Jains 0.5%,
• other 0.4%

observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)

• Muslim 47%,
• Russian Orthodox 44%,
• Protestant 2%,
• other 7%

Buddhism and Confucianism, some Christianity and syncretic Chondogyo

note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom

• Christianity 48.6%,
• Buddhism 47.4%,
• Confucianism 3%,
• pervasive folk religion (shamanism),
• Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) 0.2%

Muslim NA%, Russian Orthodox NA%

Sunni Muslim

predominantly Tibetan Buddhist, Muslim 4%

note: previously limited religious activity because of communist regime

• Hindu 90%,
• Buddhist 5%,
• Muslim 3%,
• other 2% (1981)

note: only official Hindu state in world, although no sharp distinction between many Hindu and Buddhist groups

Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%

• Russian Orthodox,
• Muslim,
• other

• Buddhist 69%,
• Hindu 15%,
• Christian 8%,
• Muslim 8%

Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5%

• Muslim 87%,
• Eastern Orthodox 11%,
• unknown 2%

• Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis),
• Eastern Orthodox 9%,
• other 3%

• Anglican 40%,
• Methodist 33%,
• Seventh-Day Adventist 7%,
• Baptist 5%,
• Roman Catholic 3%,
• other 12%

• Anglican (predominant),
• other Protestant sects,
• some Roman Catholic

• Roman Catholic 82%,
• Protestant 8%,
• Hindu,
• Muslim,
• Confucian,
• Jewish

• Baptist 32%,
• Anglican 20%,
• Roman Catholic 19%,
• Methodist 6%,
• Church of God 6%,
• other Protestant 12%,
• none or unknown 3%,
• other 2%

• Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%),
• Roman Catholic 4%,
• none 17%,
• unknown 3%,
• other 9% (1980)

• Roman Catholic 62%,
• Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist 6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%),
• none 2%,
• other 6% (1980)

• Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%),
• Roman Catholic 6%,
• none 2%,
• other 6% (1981)

• United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational),
• Anglican,
• Baptist,
• Roman Catholic,
• Church of God,
• other Protestant denominations

Roman Catholic 95%

nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented

• Roman Catholic 77%,
• Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%),
• none 2%,
• unknown 1%,
• other 5%

Roman Catholic 95%

Roman Catholic 75%

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

• Roman Catholic,
• Anglican,
• other Protestant sects

• Roman Catholic 95%,
• Hindu and pagan African 4%,
• Protestant sects 1%

• Roman Catholic,
• Protestant,
• traditional Mayan

• Roman Catholic 80% (of which an overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo),
• Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%),
• none 1%,
• other 3% (1982)

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

• 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)

Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%

• Anglican,
• Methodist,
• Roman Catholic,
• Pentecostal,
• Seventh-Day Adventist,
• other Christian denominations

• Roman Catholic,
• Protestant,
• Jewish,
• Seventh-Day Adventist

Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant 5%

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant denominations and other 15%

• Anglican,
• other Protestant sects,
• Roman Catholic

• Roman Catholic 90%,
• Protestant 7%,
• Anglican 3%

• Anglican,
• Methodist,
• Roman Catholic,
• Seventh-Day Adventist

• Roman Catholic 32.2%,
• Hindu 24.3%,
• Anglican 14.4%,
• other Protestant 14%,
• Muslim 6%,
• none or unknown 9.1%

• Baptist 41.2%,
• Methodist 18.9%,
• Anglican 18.3%,
• Seventh-Day Adventist 1.7%,
• other 19.9% (1980)

• Baptist 42%,
• Roman Catholic 34%,
• Episcopalian 17%,
• other 7%

• Muslim 70%,
• Albanian Orthodox 20%,
• Roman Catholic 10%

note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice

Roman Catholic (predominant)

• Roman Catholic 85%,
• Protestant 6%,
• other 9%

Eastern Orthodox 60%, other (including Roman Catholic and Muslim) 40% (early 1990's)

Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%

• Muslim 40%,
• Orthodox 31%,
• Catholic 15%,
• Protestant 4%,
• other 10%

Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%

• Catholic 76.5%,
• Orthodox 11.1%,
• Slavic Muslim 1.2%,
• Protestant 0.4%,
• others and unknown 10.8%

• atheist 39.8%,
• Roman Catholic 39.2%,
• Protestant 4.6%,
• Orthodox 3%,
• other 13.4%

• Evangelical Lutheran 91%,
• other Protestant and Roman Catholic 2%,
• other 7% (1988)

Lutheran, Orthodox Christian

Evangelical Lutheran

• Evangelical Lutheran 89%,
• Greek Orthodox 1%,
• none 9%,
• other 1%

• Roman Catholic 90%,
• Protestant 2%,
• Jewish 1%,
• Muslim (North African workers) 1%,
• unaffiliated 6%

• Protestant 45%,
• Roman Catholic 37%,
• unaffiliated or other 18%