The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 People and Society

Religions In 36 editions of 36.

Religions was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2012 edition carries it in 239 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2012 edition: 239
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

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World

Christian 33.39% (of which Roman Catholic 16.85%, Protestant 6.15%, Orthodox 3.96%, Anglican 1.26%),
Muslim 22.74%,
Hindu 13.8%,
Buddhist 6.77%,
Sikh 0.35%,
Jewish 0.22%,
Baha'i 0.11%,
other religions 10.95%,
non-religious 9.66%,
atheists 2.01% (2010 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

Catholic 27.1%,
Muslim 24.4%,
Vodoun 17.3%,
Protestant 10.4% (Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%),
other Christian 5.3%,
other 15.5% (2002 census)

Botswana

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

Burkina Faso

Muslim 60.5%,
Catholic 19%,
animist 15.3%,
Protestant 4.2%,
other 0.6%,
none 0.4%

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 53.1%,
Catholic 20.1%,
Protestant 14.2%,
animist 7.3%,
other 0.5%,
unknown 1.7%,
atheist 3.1% (1993 census)

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 (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

Christian 50%,
animist 48%,
Muslim 2%

Cote d'Ivoire

Muslim 38.6%,
Christian 32.8%,
indigenous 11.9%,
none 16.7% (2008 est.)

note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)

Djibouti

Muslim 94%, Christian 6%

Egypt

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%,
Coptic 9%,
other Christian 1%

Equatorial Guinea

nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

Eritrea

Muslim,
Coptic Christian,
Roman Catholic,
Protestant

Swaziland now Eswatini

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

Ethiopia

Orthodox 43.5%,
Muslim 33.9%,
Protestant 18.6%,
traditional 2.6%,
Catholic 0.7%,
other 0.7% (2007 Census)

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

Muslim 90%,
Christian 8%,
indigenous beliefs 2%

Ghana

Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%),
Muslim 15.9%,
traditional 8.5%,
other 0.7%,
none 6.1% (2000 census)

Guinea

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

Guinea-Bissau

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

Kenya

Protestant 45%,
Roman Catholic 33%,
Muslim 10%,
indigenous beliefs 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

Christian 85.6%,
Muslim 12.2%,
Traditional 0.6%,
other 0.2%,
none 1.4% (2008 Census)

Libya

Sunni Muslim (official) 97%, other 3%

Madagascar

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

Malawi

Christian 82.7%,
Muslim 13%,
other 1.9%,
none 2.5% (1998 census)

Mali

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

Mauritania

Muslim (official) 100%

Mauritius

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

Mayotte

Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) 3%

Morocco

Muslim 99% (official), Christian 1%, Jewish about 6,000

Mozambique

Catholic 28.4%,
Protestant 27.7% (Zionist Christian 15.5%, Evangelical Pentecostal 10.9%, Anglican 1.3%),
Muslim 17.9%,
other 7.2%,
none 18.7% (1997 census)

Namibia

Christian 80% to 90% (at least 50% Lutheran), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%

Niger

Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%

Nigeria

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

Rwanda

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

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

Seychelles

Roman Catholic 82.3%,
Protestant 7.5% (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%,
Christian 10%,
indigenous beliefs 30%

Somalia

Sunni Muslim (Islam) (official, according to the Transitional Federal Charter)

South Africa

Protestant 36.6% (Zionist Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%),
Catholic 7.1%,
Muslim 1.5%,
other Christian 36%,
other 2.3%,
unspecified 1.4%,
none 15.1% (2001 census)

South Sudan

animist, Christian

Sudan

Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority

Tanzania

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

Togo

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

Tunisia

Muslim (Islam - official) 98%,
Christian 1%,
Jewish and other 1%

Uganda

Roman Catholic 41.9%,
Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.5%),
Muslim 12.1%,
other 3.1%,
none 0.9% (2002 census)

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, traditional Inuit spiritual beliefs

Iceland

Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 80.7%,
Roman Catholic 2.5%,
Reykjavik Free Church 2.4%,
Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%,
other religions 3.6%,
unaffiliated 3%,
other or unspecified 6.2% (2006 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

Sunni Muslim 80%,
Shia 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 89.5%,
Hindu 9.6%,
other 0.9% (2004)

Bhutan

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

China

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

note: officially atheist (2002 est.)

Georgia

Orthodox Christian (official) 83.9%,
Muslim 9.9%,
Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%,
Catholic 0.8%,
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

Shintoism 83.9%,
Buddhism 71.4%,
Christianity 2%,
other 7.8%

note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism (2005)

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 31.6% (Protestant 24%, Roman Catholic 7.6%),
Buddhist 24.2%,
other or unknown 0.9%,
none 43.3% (2010 survey)

Kyrgyzstan

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

Maldives

Sunni Muslim (official)

Mongolia

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

Nepal

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

Pakistan

Muslim (official) 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est.)

Russia

Russian Orthodox 15-20%,
Muslim 10-15%,
other Christian 2% (2006 est.)

note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule

Sri Lanka

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

Tajikistan

Sunni Muslim 85%,
Shia Muslim 5%,
other 10% (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

Protestant 83.1% (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

Protestant 76.4% (Anglican 25.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%),
Roman Catholic 10.4%,
other Christian 5.4%,
other 2%,
none or unspecified 5.8% (2001 census)

Aruba

Roman Catholic 80.8%,
Protestant 7.8% (Evangelist 4.1%, Methodist 1.2%, other Protestant 2.5%),
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%,
Jewish 0.2%,
other 5.1%,
none or unspecified 4.6%

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

Protestant 67.6% (Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%),
Roman Catholic 13.5%,
other Christian 15.2%,
none or unspecified 2.9%,
other 0.8% (2000 census)

Barbados

Protestant 63.4% (Anglican 28.3%, Pentecostal 18.7%, Methodist 5.1%, other 11.3%),
Roman Catholic 4.2%,
other Christian 7%,
other 4.8%,
none or unspecified 20.6% (2008 est.)

Belize

Roman Catholic 39.3%,
Pentacostal 8.3%,
Seventh Day Adventist 5.3%,
Anglican 4.5%,
Mennonite 3.7%,
Baptist 3.5%,
Methodist 2.8%,
Nazarene 2.8%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.6%,
other 9.9% (includes Bahai Faith, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Mormon),
other (unknown) 3.1%,
none 15.2% (2010 census)

British Virgin Islands

Protestant 84% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, other 15%),
Roman Catholic 10%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 2%,
other 2%,
none 2% (1991)

Cayman Islands

Protestant 67.7% (Church of God 25.5%, Presbyterian/United Church 9.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 8.4%, Baptist 8.3%, Pentecostal 6.7%, Anglican 3.9%, non-denominational 5.7%),
Roman Catholic 12.6%,
other religions 4%,
other 6.5%,
none 6.1%,
unspecified 3.2% (2007)

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 Roman Catholic 85%,
Protestant,
Jehovah's Witnesses,
Jewish,
Santeria

note: prior to CASTRO assuming power

Curacao

Roman Catholic 80.1%,
Protestant 11.2% (Pentecostal 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.2%, other Protestant 5.5%),
none 4.6%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%,
Jewish 0.8%,
other 1.3%,
not reported 0.3% (2001 census)

Dominica

Roman Catholic 61.4%,
Protestant 20.6% (Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%),
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%,
other Christian 7.7%,
Rastafarian 1.3%,
other or unspecified 1.6%,
none 6.1% (2001 census)

Dominican Republic

Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%

El Salvador

Roman Catholic 57.1%,
Protestant 21.2%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%,
Mormon 0.7%,
other religions 2.3%,
none 16.8% (2003 est.)

Grenada

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

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%

note: roughly half of the population practices voodoo

Honduras

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%

Jamaica

Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)

Montserrat

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

Nicaragua

Roman Catholic 58.5%,
Protestant 23.2% (Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%),
Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%,
other 1.7%,
none 15.7% (2005 census)

Panama

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Puerto Rico

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

Saint Barthelemy

Roman Catholic,
Protestant,
Jehovah's Witnesses

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Anglican,
other Protestant,
Roman Catholic

Saint Lucia

Roman Catholic 67.5%,
Protestant 18.2% (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 Martin

Roman Catholic,
Jehovah's Witnesses,
Protestant,
Hindu

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Protestant 75% (Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%),
Roman Catholic 13%,
other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%

Sint Maarten

Roman Catholic 39%,
Protestant 44.8% (Pentecostal 11.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, other Protestant 27%),
none 6.7%,
other 5.4%,
Jewish 3.4%,
not reported 0.7% (2001 census)

Trinidad and Tobago

Roman Catholic 26%,
Protestant 25.8% (Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4%),
Hindu 22.5%,
Muslim 5.8%,
other Christian 5.8%,
other 10.8%,
unspecified 1.4%,
none 1.9% (2000 census)

Turks and Caicos Islands

Protestant 72.8% (Baptist 35.8%, Church of God 11.7%, Anglican 10%, Methodist 9.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%),
Roman Catholic 11.4%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.8%,
other 14%

Virgin Islands

Protestant 59% (Baptist 42%, Episcopalian 17%),
Roman Catholic 34%,
other 7%

Europe

49 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%, other (includes Protestant) 25%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Muslim 40%,
Orthodox 31%,
Roman Catholic 15%,
other 14%

Bulgaria

Eastern Orthodox 59.4%,
Muslim (Sunni) 7.4%,
Muslim (Shia) 0.4%,
other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Judaism) 1.7%,
other (unknown) 27.4%,
none 3.7% (2011 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 (official) 95%,
other Christian (includes 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 83.8%, other and unspecified 16.2% (2006 census)

Finland

Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%,
Orthodox Church 1.1%,
other Christian 1.1%,
other 0.1%,
none 15.1% (2006)

France

Roman Catholic 83%-88%,
Protestant 2%,
Jewish 1%,
Muslim 5%-10%,
unaffiliated 4%

overseas departments:: Roman Catholic,
Protestant,
Hindu,
Muslim,
Buddhist,
pagan

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 (official) 98%,
Muslim 1.3%,
other 0.7%

Guernsey

Protestant (Anglican, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist), Roman Catholic

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 87.4%,
Church of Ireland 2.9%,
other Christian 1.9%,
other 2.1%,
unspecified 1.5%,
none 4.2% (2006 census)

Isle of Man

Protestant (Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends), Roman Catholic

Italy

Christian 80% (overwhelming Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehova Witnesses and Protestants),
Muslims NEGL (about 700,000 but growing),
Atheists and Agnostics 20%

Jersey

Protestant (Anglican, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian), Roman Catholic

Kosovo

Muslim,
Serbian Orthodox,
Roman Catholic

Latvia

Lutheran 19.6%,
Orthodox 15.3%,
other Christian 1%,
other 0.4%,
unspecified 63.7% (2006)

Liechtenstein

Roman Catholic (official) 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

Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000)

Malta

Roman Catholic (official) 98%

Moldova

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

Monaco

Roman Catholic 90% (official), other 10%

Montenegro

Orthodox 74.2%,
Muslim 17.7%,
Catholic 3.5%,
other 0.6%,
unspecified 3%,
atheist 1% (2003 census)

Netherlands

Roman Catholic 30%,
Protestant 20% (Dutch Reformed 11%, Calvinist 6%, other Protestant 3%),
Muslim 5.8%,
other 2.2%,
none 42% (2006)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

Macedonian Orthodox 64.7%,
Muslim 33.3%,
other Christian 0.37%,
other and unspecified 1.63% (2002 census)

Norway

Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 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 84.5%,
other Christian 2.2%,
other 0.3%,
unknown 9%,
none 3.9% (2001 census)

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

Serbian Orthodox 85%, Catholic 5.5%, Protestant 1.1%, Muslim 3.2%, unspecified 2.6%, other, unknown, or atheist 2.6% (2002 census)

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

Spain

Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Sweden

Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%

Switzerland

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

Ukraine

Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%,
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.1%,
Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%,
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 7.2%,
Roman Catholic 2.2%,
Protestant 2.2%,
Jewish 0.6%,
other 3.2% (2006 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 (Shia and Sunni) 81.2%,
Christian 9%,
other 9.8% (2001 census)

Cyprus

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

Gaza Strip

Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7%

Iran

Muslim (official) 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%

Iraq

Muslim (official) 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%

note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50 percent since the fall of the Saddam HUSSEIN regime in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon

Israel

Jewish 75.6%,
Muslim 16.9%,
Christian 2%,
Druze 1.7%,
other 3.8% (2008)

Jordan

Sunni Muslim 92% (official),
Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations),
other 2% (several small Shia Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)

Kuwait

Muslim (official) 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%

Lebanon

Muslim 59.7% (Shia, 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, Coptic, Protestant),
other 1.3%

note: 17 religious sects recognized

Oman

Ibadhi Muslim (official) 75%, other (includes Sunni Muslim, Shia Muslim, Hindu) 25%

Qatar

Muslim 77.5%,
Christian 8.5%,
other 14% (2004 census)

Saudi Arabia

Muslim (official) 100%

Syria

Sunni Muslim (Islam - official) 74%,
other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%,
Christian (various denominations) 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 (Islam - official) 96% (Shia 16%), other (includes Christian, Hindu) 4%

West Bank

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

Yemen

Muslim (Islam - official) including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

Protestant 52% (Anglican 23%, African Methodist Episcopal 11%, other Protestant 18%),
Roman Catholic 15%,
other 12%,
unaffiliated 6%,
unspecified 1%,
none 14% (2000 census)

Canada

Roman Catholic 42.6%,
Protestant 23.3% (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

Roman Catholic 76.5%,
Protestant 5.2% (Pentecostal 1.4%, other 3.8%),
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%,
other 0.3%,
unspecified 13.8%,
none 3.1% (2000 census)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%

United States

Protestant 51.3%,
Roman Catholic 23.9%,
Mormon 1.7%,
other Christian 1.6%,
Jewish 1.7%,
Buddhist 0.7%,
Muslim 0.6%,
other or unspecified 2.5%,
unaffiliated 12.1%,
none 4% (2007 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

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

Australia

Protestant 27.4% (Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3%),
Catholic 25.8%,
Eastern Orthodox 2.7%,
other Christian 7.9%,
Buddhist 2.1%,
Muslim 1.7%,
other 2.4%,
unspecified 11.3%,
none 18.7% (2006 Census)

Cook Islands

Protestant 69.6% (Cook Islands Christian Church 55.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7.9%, other Protestant 5.8%),
Roman Catholic 16.8%,
Mormon 3.8%,
other 4.2%,
unspecified 2.6%,
none 3% (2001 census)

Fiji

Protestant 55.4% (Methodist 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.9%, Anglican 0.8%, other 10.4%),
Hindu 27.9%,
Roman Catholic 9.1%,
Muslim 6.3%,
Sikh 0.3%,
other or unspecified 0.3%,
none 0.7% (2007 census)

French Polynesia

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

Guam

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

Kiribati

Roman Catholic 55%,
Protestant 36%,
Mormon 3.1%,
Baha'i 2.2%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 1.9%,
other 1.8% (2005 census)

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 52.7%,
Protestant 41.7% (Congregational 40.1%, Baptist 0.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 0.7%),
other 3.8%,
none or unspecified 0.8% (2000 Census)

Nauru

Protestant 45.8% (Nauru Congregational 35.4%, Nauru Independent Church 10.4%),
Roman Catholic 33.2%,
other 14.1%,
none 4.5%,
unspecified 2.4% (2002 census)

New Caledonia

Roman Catholic 60%,
Protestant 30%,
other 10%

New Zealand

Protestant 38.6% (Anglican 13.8%, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Reformed 10%, Christian (no denomination specified) 4.6%, Methodist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Baptist 1.4%, other Christian 3.8%),
Roman Catholic 12.6%,
Maori Christian 1.6%,
Hindu 1.6%,
Buddhist 1.3%,
other religions 2.2%,
none 32.2%,
other or unidentified 9.9% (2006 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

Protestant 45.6% (Anglican 31.8%, Uniting Church in Australia 10.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.2%),
Roman Catholic 11.5%,
other Christian 5.6%,
none 19.9%,
unspecified 16.6% (2006 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 Witnesses 0.9%,
Mormon 0.6%,
other 3.1%,
unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)

Papua New Guinea

Roman Catholic 27%,
Protestant 69.4% (Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%),
Baha'i 0.3%,
indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)

Pitcairn Islands

Seventh-Day Adventist 100%

Samoa

Protestant 59.9% (Congregationalist 34.8%, Methodist 15%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%),
Roman Catholic 19.6%,
Mormon 12.7%,
Worship Centre 1.3%,
other Christian 4.5%,
other 1.9%,
unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)

Solomon Islands

Protestant 73.7% (Church of Melanesia 32.8%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%),
Roman Catholic 19%,
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

Tonga

Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)

Tuvalu

Protestant 98.4% (Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%),
Baha'i 1%,
other 0.6%

Vanuatu

Protestant 55.6% (Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%),
Roman Catholic 13.1%,
other Christian 13.8%,
indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult),
other 9.6%,
none 1%,
unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census)

Wallis and Futuna

Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%

South America

13 entries

Argentina

nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),
Protestant 2%,
Jewish 2%,
other 4%

Bolivia

Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%

Brazil

Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%,
Protestant 15.4%,
Spiritualist 1.3%,
Bantu/voodoo 0.3%,
other 1.8%,
unspecified 0.2%,
none 7.4% (2000 census)

Chile

Roman Catholic 70%,
Evangelical 15.1%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%,
other Christian 1%,
other 4.6%,
none 8.3% (2002 census)

Christian 67.2%,
none 31.5%,
other 1.3% (2006 census)

Guyana

Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%),
Hindu 28.4%,
Roman Catholic 8.1%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%,
Muslim 7.2%,
other Christian 17.7%,
other 4.3%,
none 4.3% (2002 census)