The CIA World Factbook Edition 2002 People

Religions In 36 editions of 36.

Religions was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2002 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2002 edition: 236
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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World

Christians 32.88% (of which Roman Catholics 17.39%, Protestants 5.62%, Orthodox 3.54%, Anglicans 1.31%),
Muslims 19.54%,
Hindus 13.34%,
Buddhists 5.92%,
Sikhs 0.38%,
Jews 0.24%,
other religions 12.6%,
non-religious 12.63%,
atheists 2.47% (2000 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

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

Angola

indigenous beliefs 47%,
Roman Catholic 38%,
Protestant 15% (1998 est.)

Benin

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

Botswana

indigenous beliefs 85%, Christian 15%

Burkina Faso

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

Burundi

Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%),
indigenous beliefs 23%,
Muslim 10%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)

Cameroon

indigenous beliefs 40%,
Christian 40%,
Muslim 20%

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%

Comoros

Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

Christian 50%,
animist 48%,
Muslim 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%)

Djibouti

Muslim 94%, Christian 6%

Egypt

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

Equatorial Guinea

nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

Eritrea

Muslim,
Coptic Christian,
Roman Catholic,
Protestant

Swaziland now Eswatini

Zionist (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship) 40%,
Roman Catholic 20%,
Muslim 10%,
Anglican,
Bahai,
Methodist,
Mormon,
Jewish and other 30%

Ethiopia

Muslim 45%-50%,
Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%,
animist 12%,
other 3%-8%

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

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

Ghana

indigenous beliefs 21%,
Muslim 16%,
Christian 63%

Guinea

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

Guinea-Bissau

indigenous beliefs 50%,
Muslim 45%,
Christian 5%

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

Lesotho

Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%

Liberia

indigenous beliefs 40%,
Christian 40%,
Muslim 20%

Libya

Sunni Muslim 97%

Madagascar

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

Malawi

Protestant 55%,
Roman Catholic 20%,
Muslim 20%,
indigenous beliefs 3%,
other 2%

Mali

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

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)

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%

Niger

Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christian

Nigeria

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

Reunion

Roman Catholic 86%,
Hindu,
Muslim,
Buddhist (1995)

Rwanda

Roman Catholic 56.5%,
Protestant 26%,
Adventist 11.1%,
Muslim 4.6%,
indigenous beliefs 0.1%,
none 1.7% (2001)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

Sao Tome and Principe

Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)

Senegal

Muslim 94%,
indigenous beliefs 1%,
Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic)

Seychelles

Roman Catholic 86.6%,
Anglican 6.8%,
other Christian 2.5%,
other 4.1%

Sierra Leone

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

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%

Sudan

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

Tanzania

mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim

Togo

indigenous beliefs 51%,
Christian 29%,
Muslim 20%

Tunisia

Muslim 98%,
Christian 1%,
Jewish and other 1%

Uganda

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

Western Sahara

Muslim

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%

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

Evangelical Lutheran

Iceland

Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%,
other Protestant 4.1%,
Roman Catholic 1.7%,
other 7.1% (2002)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

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

Armenia

Armenian Apostolic 94%,
other Christian 4%,
Yezidi (Zoroastrian/animist) 2%

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

Bangladesh

Muslim 83%,
Hindu 16%,
other 1% (1998)

Bhutan

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

China

Daoist (Taoist),
Buddhist,
Muslim 1%-2%,
Christian 3%-4%

note: officially atheist (2002 est.)

Georgia

Georgian Orthodox 65%,
Muslim 11%,
Russian Orthodox 10%,
Armenian Apostolic 8%,
unknown 6%

India

Hindu 81.3%,
Muslim 12%,
Christian 2.3%,
Sikh 1.9%,
other groups including Buddhist,
Jain,
Parsi 2.5% (2000)

Japan

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

Kazakhstan

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

Korea, North now North Korea

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 now South Korea

Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%

Kyrgyzstan

Muslim 75%,
Russian Orthodox 20%,
other 5%

Maldives

Sunni Muslim

Mongolia

Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)

Nepal

Hinduism 86.2%,
Buddhism 7.8%,
Islam 3.8%,
other 2.2%

note: only official Hindu state in the world (1995)

Pakistan

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

Russia

Russian Orthodox,
Muslim,
other

Sri Lanka

Buddhist 70%,
Hindu 15%,
Christian 8%,
Muslim 7% (1999)

Tajikistan

Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%

Turkmenistan

Muslim 89%,
Eastern Orthodox 9%,
unknown 2%

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

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)

Aruba

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

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

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

Barbados

Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%),
Roman Catholic 4%,
none 17%,
other 12%

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)

British Virgin Islands

Protestant 86% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%),
Roman Catholic 10%,
none 2%,
other 2% (1991)

Cayman Islands

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

Costa Rica

Roman Catholic 76.3%,
Evangelical 13.7%,
other Protestant 0.7%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%,
other 4.8%,
none 3.2%

Cuba

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

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%

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

Grenada

Roman Catholic 53%,
Anglican 13.8%,
other Protestant 33.2%

Guadeloupe

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

Guatemala

Roman Catholic,
Protestant,
indigenous Mayan beliefs

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 also practices Voodoo

Honduras

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

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%

Martinique

Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%

Montserrat

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

Netherlands Antilles

Roman Catholic,
Protestant,
Jewish,
Seventh-Day Adventist

Nicaragua

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant

Panama

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Puerto Rico

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Anglican,
other Protestant,
Roman Catholic

Saint Lucia

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Anglican 47%,
Methodist 28%,
Roman Catholic 13%,
Hindu Seventh-Day Adventist,
other Protestant

Trinidad and Tobago

Roman Catholic 29.4%,
Hindu 23.8%,
Anglican 10.9%,
Muslim 5.8%,
Presbyterian 3.4%,
other 26.7%

Turks and Caicos Islands

Baptist 40%,
Methodist 16%,
Anglican 18%,
Church of God 12%,
other 14% (1990)

Virgin Islands

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

Europe

46 entries

Albania

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

Andorra

Roman Catholic (predominant)

Austria

Roman Catholic 78%,
Protestant 5%,
Muslim and other 17%

Belarus

Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)

Belgium

Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Orthodox 83.8%, Muslim 12.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 2.3% (1998)

Croatia

Roman Catholic 76.5%,
Orthodox 11.1%,
Muslim 1.2%,
Protestant 0.4%,
others and unknown 10.8% (1991)

Czech Republic now Czechia

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

Denmark

Evangelical Lutheran 95%,
other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%,
Muslim 2%

Estonia

Evangelical Lutheran,
Russian Orthodox,
Estonian Orthodox,
Baptist,
Methodist,
Seventh-Day Adventist,
Roman Catholic,
Pentecostal,
Word of Life,
Jewish

Faroe Islands

Evangelical Lutheran

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%

Germany

Protestant 34%,
Roman Catholic 34%,
Muslim 3.7%,
unaffiliated or other 28.3%

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%

Guernsey

Anglican,
Roman Catholic,
Presbyterian,
Baptist,
Congregational,
Methodist

Holy See (Vatican City)

Roman Catholic

Hungary

Roman Catholic 67.5%,
Calvinist 20%,
Lutheran 5%,
atheist and other 7.5%

Ireland

Roman Catholic 91.6%,
Church of Ireland 2.5%,
other 5.9% (1998)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

Anglican,
Roman Catholic,
Methodist,
Baptist,
Presbyterian,
Society of Friends

Italy

predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community

Jersey

Anglican,
Roman Catholic,
Baptist,
Congregational New Church,
Methodist,
Presbyterian

Latvia

Lutheran,
Roman Catholic,
Russian Orthodox

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

the greatest preponderance of the population is Roman Catholic with a very few Protestants, Jews, and Muslims

note: 1979 legislation forbids the collection of religious statistics

Malta

Roman Catholic 98%

Moldova

Eastern Orthodox 98%,
Jewish 1.5%,
Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)

Monaco

Roman Catholic 90%

Netherlands

Roman Catholic 31%,
Protestant 21%,
Muslim 4.4%,
other 3.6%,
unaffiliated 40% (1998)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

Macedonian Orthodox 67%,
Muslim 30%,
other 3%

Norway

Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church),
other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%,
other 1%,
none and unknown 10% (1997)

Poland

Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%

Portugal

Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)

Romania

Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%,
Protestant 6.8%,
Catholic 5.6%,
other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%,
unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)

San Marino

Roman Catholic

Serbia and Montenegro

Orthodox 65%,
Muslim 19%,
Roman Catholic 4%,
Protestant 1%,
other 11%

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%

Spain

Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Sweden

Lutheran 87%,
Roman Catholic,
Orthodox,
Baptist,
Muslim,
Jewish,
Buddhist

Switzerland

Roman Catholic 46.1%,
Protestant 40%,
other 5%,
none 8.9% (1990)

Ukraine

Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate,
Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate,
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox,
Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate),
Protestant,
Jewish

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

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

Shi'a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30%

Cyprus

Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%

Gaza Strip

Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%,
Christian 0.7%,
Jewish 0.6%

Iran

Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%

Iraq

Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%

Israel

Jewish 80.1%,
Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim),
Christian 2.1%,
other 3.2% (1996 est.)

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.)

Kuwait

Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%

Lebanon

Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri),
Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant),
Jewish NEGL%

Oman

Ibadhi Muslim 75%,
Sunni Muslim,
Shi'a Muslim,
Hindu

Qatar

Muslim 95%

Saudi Arabia

Muslim 100%

Syria

Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)

Turkey now Turkiye

Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)

United Arab Emirates

Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%

West Bank

Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni),
Jewish 17%,
Christian and other 8%

Yemen

Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

non-Anglican Protestant 39%,
Anglican 27%,
Roman Catholic 15%,
other 19%

Canada

Roman Catholic 46%,
Protestant 36%,
other 18%

note: based on the 1991 census

Mexico

nominally Roman Catholic 89%,
Protestant 6%,
other 5%

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Roman Catholic 99%

United States

Protestant 56%,
Roman Catholic 28%,
Jewish 2%,
other 4%,
none 10% (1989)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

Christian Congregationalist 50%,
Roman Catholic 20%,
Protestant and other 30%

Australia

Anglican 26.1%,
Roman Catholic 26%,
other Christian 24.3%,
non-Christian 11%,
other 12.6%

Cook Islands

Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church)

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)

French Polynesia

Protestant 54%,
Roman Catholic 30%,
other 10%,
no religion 6%

Guam

Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)

Kiribati

Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999)

Marshall Islands

Christian (mostly Protestant)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%

Nauru

Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)

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)

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)

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)

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%

Pitcairn Islands

Seventh-Day Adventist 100%

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)

Solomon Islands

Anglican 45%,
Roman Catholic 18%,
United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 12%,
Baptist 9%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 7%,
other Protestant 5%,
indigenous beliefs 4%

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