The CIA World Factbook Edition 2005 People

Religions In 36 editions of 36.

Religions was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2005 edition carries it in 237 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2005 edition: 237
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 32.84% (of which Roman Catholics 17.34%, Protestants 5.78%, Orthodox 3.44%, Anglicans 1.27%),
Muslims 19.9%,
Hindus 13.29%,
Buddhists 5.92%,
Sikhs 0.39%,
Jews 0.23%,
other religions 12.63%,
non-religious 12.44%,
atheists 2.36% (2003 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

Christian 71.6%,
Badimo 6%,
other 1.4%,
unspecified 0.4%,
none 20.6% (2001 census)

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

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

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

Christian 79.9%,
Muslim 12.8%,
other 3%,
none 4.3% (1998 census)

Mali

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

Mauritania

Muslim 100%

Mauritius

Hindu 48%,
Roman Catholic 23.6%,
other Christian 8.6%,
Muslim 16.6%,
other 2.5%,
unspecified 0.3%,
none 0.4% (2000 census)

Mayotte

Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)

Morocco

Muslim 98.7%,
Christian 1.1%,
Jewish 0.2%

Mozambique

Catholic 23.8%,
Zionist Christian 17.5%,
Muslim 17.8%,
other 17.8%,
none 23.1% (1997 census)

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

Catholic 70.3%,
Evangelical 3.4%,
New Apostolic 2%,
Adventist 1.8%,
other 3.1%,
none 19.4% (2001 census)

Senegal

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

Seychelles

Roman Catholic 82.3%,
Anglican 6.4%,
Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%,
other Christian 3.4%,
Hindu 2.1%,
Muslim 1.1%,
other non-Christian 1.5%,
unspecified 1.5%,
none 0.6% (2002 census)

Sierra Leone

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

Somalia

Sunni Muslim

South Africa

Zion Christian 11.1%,
Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%,
Catholic 7.1%,
Methodist 6.8%,
Dutch Reformed 6.7%,
Anglican 3.8%,
other Christian 36%,
Islam 1.5%,
other 2.3%,
unspecified 1.4%,
none 15.1% (2001 census)

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

Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%,
Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%,
Roman Catholic Church 2%,
Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%,
other Christian 2.7%,
other or unspecified 3.8%,
unaffiliated 2.4% (2004)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

Sunni Muslim 80%,
Shi'a Muslim 19%,
other 1%

Armenia

Armenian Apostolic 94.7%,
other Christian 4%,
Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%

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

Orthodox Christian 83.9%,
Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%,
Catholic 0.8%,
Muslim 9.9%,
other 0.8%,
none 0.7% (2002 census)

India

Hindu 80.5%,
Muslim 13.4%,
Christian 2.3%,
Sikh 1.9%,
other 1.8%,
unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)

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

no affiliation 46%,
Christian 26%,
Buddhist 26%,
Confucianist 1%,
other 1%

Kyrgyzstan

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

Maldives

Sunni Muslim

Mongolia

Buddhist Lamaist 50%,
none 40%,
Shamanist and Christian 6%,
Muslim 4% (2004)

Nepal

Hindu 80.6%,
Buddhist 10.7%,
Muslim 4.2%,
Kirant 3.6%,
other 0.9% (2001 census)

note: only official Hindu state in the world

Pakistan

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

Russia

Russian Orthodox,
Muslim,
other

Sri Lanka

Buddhist 69.1%,
Muslim 7.6%,
Hindu 7.1%,
Christian 6.2%,
unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)

Tajikistan

Sunni Muslim 85%,
Shi'a Muslim 5%,
other 10% (2003 est.)

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 29%,
Methodist 23.9%,
other Protestant 30.2%,
Roman Catholic 5.7%,
other Christian 1.7%,
other 5.2%,
none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 Census)

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 35.4%,
Anglican 15.1%,
Roman Catholic 13.5%,
Pentecostal 8.1%,
Church of God 4.8%,
Methodist 4.2%,
other Christian 15.2%,
none or unspecified 2.9%,
other 0.8% (2000 census)

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% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%),
other 14%,
none 9.4% (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 15%),
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%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%,
other Protestant 0.7%,
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%),
other 6%,
none 2%

Dominican Republic

Roman Catholic 95%

El Salvador

Roman Catholic 83%, other 17%

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 practices Voodoo

Honduras

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%

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 85%,
Protestant 10.5%,
Muslim 0.5%,
Hindu 0.5%,
other 3.5% (1997)

Montserrat

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

Netherlands Antilles

Roman Catholic 72%,
Pentecostal 4.9%,
Protestant 3.5%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%,
Methodist 2.9%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%,
other Christian 4.2%,
Jewish 1.3%,
other or unspecified 1.2%,
none 5.2% (2001 census)

Nicaragua

Roman Catholic 72.9%,
Evangelical 15.1%,
Moravian 1.5%,
Episcopal 0.1%,
other 1.9%,
none 8.5% (1995 census)

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 67.5%,
Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%,
Pentecostal 5.7%,
Anglican 2%,
Evangelical 2%,
other Christian 5.1%,
Rastafarian 2.1%,
other 1.1%,
unspecified 1.5%,
none 4.5% (2001 census)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

Trinidad and Tobago

Roman Catholic 26%,
Hindu 22.5%,
Anglican 7.8%,
Baptist 7.2%,
Pentecostal 6.8%,
Seventh Day Adventist 4%,
other Christian 5.8%,
Muslim 5.8%,
other 10.8%,
unspecified 1.4%,
none 1.9% (2000 census)

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

47 entries

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

Andorra

Roman Catholic (predominant)

Austria

Roman Catholic 73.6%,
Protestant 4.7%,
Muslim 4.2%,
other 3.5%,
unspecified 2%,
none 12% (2001 census)

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%,
other 14%

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%,
Muslim 12.2%,
other Christian 1.2%,
other 4% (2001 census)

Croatia

Roman Catholic 87.8%,
Orthodox 4.4%,
other Christian 0.4%,
Muslim 1.3%,
other and unspecified 0.9%,
none 5.2% (2001 census)

Czech Republic now Czechia

Roman Catholic 26.8%,
Protestant 2.1%,
other 3.3%,
unspecified 8.8%,
unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)

Denmark

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

Estonia

Evangelical Lutheran 13.6%,
Orthodox 12.8%,
other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1.4%,
unaffiliated 34.1%,
other and unspecified 32%,
none 6.1% (2000 census)

European Union

Roman Catholic,
Protestant,
Orthodox,
Muslim,
Jewish

Faroe Islands

Evangelical Lutheran

Finland

Lutheran National Church 84.2%,
Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%,
other Christian 1.1%,
other 0.1%,
none 13.5% (2003)

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 78.1%,
Church of England 7%,
other Christian 3.2%,
Muslim 4%,
Jewish 2.1%,
Hindu 1.8%,
other or unspecified 0.9%,
none 2.9% (2001 census)

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 51.9%,
Calvinist 15.9%,
Lutheran 3%,
Greek Catholic 2.6%,
other Christian 1%,
other or unspecified 11.1%,
unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census)

Ireland

Roman Catholic 88.4%,
Church of Ireland 3%,
other Christian 1.6%,
other 1.5%,
unspecified 2%,
none 3.5% (2002 census)

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 79%,
Russian Orthodox 4.1%,
Protestant (including Lutheran and Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%,
other or unspecified 5.5%,
none 9.5% (2001 census)

Luxembourg

87% Roman Catholic, 13% Protestants, Jews, and Muslims (2000)

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%,
Dutch Reformed 13%,
Calvinist 7%,
Muslim 5.5%,
other 2.5%,
none 41% (2002)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

Macedonian Orthodox 32.4%,
other Christian 0.2%,
Muslim 16.9%,
other and unspecified 50.5% (2002 census)

Norway

Church of Norway 85.7%,
Pentecostal 1%,
Roman Catholic 1%,
other Christian 2.4%,
Muslim 1.8%,
other 8.1% (2004)

Poland

Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing),
Eastern Orthodox 1.3%,
Protestant 0.3%,
other 0.3%,
unspecified 8.3% (2002)

Portugal

Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)

Romania

Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%,
Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%,
Roman Catholic 4.7%,
other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%,
none 0.1% (2002 census)

San Marino

Roman Catholic

Serbia and Montenegro

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

Slovakia

Roman Catholic 68.9%,
Protestant 10.8%,
Greek Catholic 4.1%,
other or unspecified 3.2%,
none 13% (2001 census)

Slovenia

Catholic 57.8%,
Orthodox 2.3%,
other Christian 0.9%,
Muslim 2.4%,
unaffiliated 3.5%,
other or unspecified 23%,
none 10.1% (2002 census)

Spain

Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Roman Catholic 41.8%,
Protestant 35.3%,
Orthodox 1.8%,
other Christian 0.4%,
Muslim 4.3%,
other 1%,
unspecified 4.3%,
none 11.1% (2000 census)

Ukraine

Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate 19%,
Orthodox (no particular jurisdiction) 16%,
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 9%,
Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%,
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 1.7%,
Protestant,
Jewish,
none 38% (2004 est.)

United Kingdom

Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%,
Muslim 2.7%,
Hindu 1%,
other 1.6%,
unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

Muslim (Shi'a and Sunni) 81.2%,
Christian 9%,
other 9.8% (2001 census)

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 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%

Iraq

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

Israel

Jewish 76.5%,
Muslim 15.9%,
Arab Christians 1.7%,
other Christian 0.4%,
Druze 1.6%,
unspecified 3.9% (2003)

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 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri),
Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant),
other 1.3%

note: seventeen religious sects recognized

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

Anglican 23%,
Roman Catholic 15%,
African Methodist Episcopal 11%,
other Protestant 18%,
other 12%,
unaffiliated 6%,
unspecified 1%,
none 14% (2000 census)

Canada

Roman Catholic 42.6%,
Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%),
other Christian 4.4%,
Muslim 1.9%,
other and unspecified 11.8%,
none 16% (2001 census)

Mexico

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

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Roman Catholic 99%

United States

Protestant 52%,
Roman Catholic 24%,
Mormon 2%,
Jewish 1%,
Muslim 1%,
other 10%,
none 10% (2002 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

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

Australia

Catholic 26.4%,
Anglican 20.5%,
other Christian 20.5%,
Buddhist 1.9%,
Muslim 1.5%,
other 1.2%,
unspecified 12.7%,
none 15.3% (2001 Census)

Cook Islands

Cook Islands Christian Church 55.9%,
Roman Catholic 16.8%,
Seventh Day Saint 7.9%,
Church of Latter Day Saints 3.8%,
other Protestant 5.8%,
other 4.2%,
unspecified 2.6%,
none 3% (2001 census)

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

Protestant 54.8%,
Assembly of God 25.8%,
Roman Catholic 8.4%,
Bukot nan Jesus 2.8%,
Mormon 2.1%,
other Christian 3.6%,
other 1%,
none 1.5% (1999 census)

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 14.9%,
Roman Catholic 12.4%,
Presbyterian 10.9%,
Methodist 2.9%,
Pentecostal 1.7%,
Baptist 1.3%,
other Christian 9.4%,
other 3.3%,
unspecified 17.2%,
none 26% (2001 census)

Niue

Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 61.1%,
Latter-Day Saints 8.8%,
Roman Catholic 7.2%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 2.4%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%,
other 8.4%,
unspecified 8.7%,
none 1.9% (2001 census)

Norfolk Island

Anglican 34.9%,
Roman Catholic 11.7%,
Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%,
Australian Christian 2.4%,
Jehovah's Witness 0.9%,
other 2.7%,
unspecified 15.3%,
none 18.1% (2001 census)

Northern Mariana Islands

Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)

Palau

Roman Catholic 41.6%,
Protestant 23.3%,
Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau),
Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%,
Jehovah's Witness 0.9%,
Latter-Day Saints 0.6%,
other religion 3.1%,
unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)

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

Congregationalist 34.8%,
Roman Catholic 19.6%,
Methodist 15%,
Latter-Day Saints 12.7%,
Assembly of God 6.6%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%,
other Christian 4.5%,
Worship Centre 1.3%,
other 1.7%,
unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)

Solomon Islands

Church of Melanesia 32.8%,
Roman Catholic 19%,
South Seas Evangelical 17%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%,
United Church 10.3%,
Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%,
other Christian 4.4%,
other 2.4%,
unspecified 0.3%,
none 0.2% (1999 census)

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