The CIA World Factbook Edition 2014 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 2014 edition carries it in 238 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2014 edition: 238
the first edition with it: 1990
the latest edition with it: 2025

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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

56 entries

Algeria

Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian and Jewish) <1% (2012 est.)

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% (2006 est.)

Burundi

Catholic 62.1%,
Protestant 23.9% (includes Adventist 2.3% and other Protestant 21.6%),
Muslim 2.5%,
other 3.6%,
unspecified 7.9% (2008 est.)

Cabo Verde

Roman Catholic 77.3%,
Protestant 3.7% (includes Church of the Nazarene 1.7%, Adventist 1.5%, Universal Kingdom of God .4%, and God and Love .1%),
other Christian 4.3% (includes Christian Rationalism 1.9%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, Assembly of God .9%, and New Apostolic .5%),
Muslim 1.8%,
other 1.3%,
none 10.8%,
unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

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

Roman Catholic 33.1%,
Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22.3%,
Protestant 19.9%,
Salutiste 2.2%,
Muslim 1.6%,
Kimbanguiste 1.5%,
other 8.1%,
none 11.3% (2010 est.)

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 (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10% (2012 est.)

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

Ethiopian Orthodox 43.5%,
Muslim 33.9%,
Protestant 18.5%,
traditional 2.7%,
Catholic 0.7%,
other 0.6% (2007 est.)

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

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

Ghana

Christian 71.2% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 28.3%, Protestant 18.4%, Catholic 13.1%, other 11.4%),
Muslim 17.6%,
traditional 5.2%,
other 0.8%,
none 5.2% (2010 census)

Guinea

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

Guinea-Bissau

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

Kenya

Christian 82.5% (Protestant 47.4%, Catholic 23.3%, other 11.8%),
Muslim 11.1%,
Traditionalists 1.6%,
other 1.7%,
none 2.4%,
unspecified 0.7% (2009 census)

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

Muslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist 0.3%, Hindu <.1, Jewish <.1, folk religion <.1, unafilliated 0.2%, other <.1

note: non-Sunni Muslims include native Ibadhi Muslims (<1% of the population) and foreign Muslims (2010 est.)

Madagascar

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

Malawi

Christian 82.6%,
Muslim 13%,
other 1.9%,
none 2.5% (2008 est.)

Mali

Muslim 94.8%,
Christian 2.4%,
Animist 2%,
none 0.5%,
unspecified 0.3% (2009 Census)

Mauritania

Muslim (official) 100%

Mauritius

Hindu 48.5%,
Roman Catholic 26.3%,
Muslim 17.3%,
other Christian 6.4%,
other 0.6%,
none 0.7%,
unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

Morocco

Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, <.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i), Jewish about 6,000 (2010 est.)

Mozambique

Roman Catholic 28.4%,
Muslim 17.9%,
Zionist Christian 15.5%,
Protestant 12.2% (includes Pentecostal 10.9% and Anglican 1.3%),
other 6.7%,
none 18.7%,
unspecified 0.7% (2007 est.)

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 49.5%,
Protestant 39.4% (includes Adventist 12.2% and other Protestant 27.2%),
other Christian 4.5%,
Muslim 1.8%,
animist 0.1%,
other 0.6%,
none 3.6% (2001),
unspecified 0.5% (2002 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

Sao Tome and Principe

Catholic 55.7%,
Adventist 4.1%,
Assembly of God 3.4%,
New Apostolic 2.9%,
Mana 2.3%,
Universal Kingdom of God 2%,
Jehovah's Witness 1.2%,
other 6.2%,
none 21.2%,
unspecified 1% (2012 est.)

Senegal

Muslim 94% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods),
Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic),
indigenous beliefs 1%

Seychelles

Roman Catholic 76.2%,
Protestant 10.6% (Anglican 6.1%, Pentecoastal Assembly 1.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.2%, other Protestant 1.6),
other Christian 2.4%,
Hindu 2.4%,
Muslim 1.6%,
other non-Christian 1.1%,
unspecified 4.8%,
none 0.9% (2010 est.)

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 (official; Sunni) 99.1%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Shia Muslim, and Baha'i) 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

Protestant 75.3%,
Roman Catholic 20.2%,
other 2.7% (includes Muslim Buddhist, Hindu, and Baha'i),
none 1.8% (2010 est.)

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

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 76.2%,
Roman Catholic 3.4%,
Reykjavik Free Church 2.9%,
Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.9%,
The Independent Congregation 1%,
other religions 3.6% (includes Pentecostal and Asatru Association),
none 5.2%,
other or unspecified 5.9% (2013 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

Sunni Muslim 80%,
Shia Muslim 19%,
other 1%

Armenia

Armenian Apostolic 92.6%,
Evangelical 1%,
other 2.4%,
none 1.1%,
unspecified 2.9% (2011 est.)

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 75.3%,
Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 22.1%,
other 2.6% (2005 est.)

China

Buddhist 18.2%,
Christian 5.1%,
Muslim 1.8%,
folk religion 21.9%,
Hindu < .1%,
Jewish < .1%,
other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)),
unaffiliated 52.2%

note: officially atheist (2010 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 70.2%,
Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox),
other 0.2%,
atheist 2.8%,
unspecified 0.5% (2009 est.)

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 53%,
Muslim 3%,
Christian 2.2%,
Shamanist 2.9%,
other 0.4%,
none 38.6% (2010 est.)

Nepal

Hindu 81.3%,
Buddhist 9%,
Muslim 4.4%,
Kirant 3.1%,
Christian 1.4%,
other 0.5%,
unspecifed 0.2% (2011 est.)

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 75.3%,
Protestant 4.9% (includes Methodist .9%, Adventist .9%, Anglican .4%, other Protestant 2.7%),
Jehovah's Witness 1.7%,
other 12%,
none 5.5%,
unspecified 0.5% (2010 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

Protestant 69.9% (includes Baptist 34.9%, Anglican 13.7%, Pentecostal 8.9% Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, Methodist 3.6%, Church of God 1.9%, Brethren 1.6%),
Roman Catholic 12%,
other Christian 13% (includes Jehovah's Witness 1.1%),
other 0.6%,
none 1.9%,
unspecified 2.6% (2010 est.)

Barbados

Protestant 66.3% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Baptist 1.8%, Moravian 1.2%, other Protestant .8%),
Roman Catholic 3.8%,
other Christian 5.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness 2.0%, other 3.4%),
Rastafarian 1%,
other 1.5%,
none 20.6%,
unspecified 1.2% (2010 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 Baha'i 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 67.8% (includes Church of God 22.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 9.4%, Presbyterian/United Church 8.6%, Baptist 8.3%,Pentecostal 7.1%, non-denominational 5.3%, Anglican 4.1%, Wesleyan Holiness 2.4%),
Roman Catholic 14.1%,
Jehovah's Witness 1.1%,
other 7%,
none 9.3%,
unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

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 72.8%,
Pentecostal 6.6%,
Protestant 3.2%,
Adventist 3%,
Jehovah's Witness 2%,
Evangelical 1.9%,
other 3.8%,
none 6%,
unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)

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 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren .9%, and Moravian .7%),
Roman Catholic 2.2%,
Jehovah's Witness 1.9%,
Rastafarian 1.1%,
other 6.5%,
none 21.3%,
unspecified 2.3% (2011 est.)

Montserrat

Protestant 67.1% (includes Anglican 21.8%, Methodist 17%, Pentecostal 14.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 10.5%, and Church of God 3.7%),
Roman Catholic 11.6%,
Rastafarian 1.4%,
other 6.5%,
none 2.6%,
unspecified 10.8% (2001 est.)

Nicaragua

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

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 61.5%,
Protestant 25.5% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 10.4%, Pentecostal 8.9%, Baptist 2.2%, Anglican 1.6%, Church of God 1.5%, other Protestant .9%),
other Christian 3.4% (includes Evangelical 2.3% and Jehovah's Witness 1.1%),
Rastafarian 1.9%,
other 0.4%,
none 5.9%,
unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.)

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

Protestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.1%, Presbyterian/Congretational 2.5, other Protestant .9),
Roman Catholic 21.6%,
Hindu 18.2%,
Muslim 5%,
Jehovah's Witness 1.5%,
other 8.4%,
none 2.2%,
unspecified 11.1% (2011 est.)

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 56.7%,
Roman Catholic 10%,
Orthodox 6.8%,
atheist 2.5%,
Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%,
other 5.7%,
unspecified 16.2%

note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice (2011 est.)

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 7.8%,
other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%,
none 3.7%,
unspecified 27.4% (2011 est.)

Croatia

Roman Catholic 86.3%,
Orthodox 4.4%,
Muslim 1.5%,
other 1.5%,
unspecified 2.5%,
not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

Roman Catholic 10.4%,
Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1%,
other and unspecified 54%,
none 34.5% (2011 est.)

Denmark

Evangelical Lutheran (official) 80%,
Muslim 4%,
other (denominations of less than 1% each, includes Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, and Buddhist) 16% (2012 est.)

Estonia

Lutheran 9.9%,
Orthodox 16.2%,
other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 2.2%,
other 0.9%,
none 54.1%,
unspecified 16.7% (2011 est.)

European Union

Roman Catholic,
Protestant,
Orthodox,
Muslim,
Jewish

Faroe Islands

Evangelical Lutheran 83.8%, other and unspecified 16.2% (2006 census)

Finland

Lutheran 78.4%,
Orthodox 1.1%,
other Christian 1.1%,
other 0.2%,
none 19.2% (2010 est.)

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 37.2%,
Calvinist 11.6%,
Lutheran 2.2%,
Greek Catholic 1.8%,
other 1.9%,
none 18.2%,
unspecified 27.2% (2011 est.)

Ireland

Roman Catholic 84.7%,
Church of Ireland 2.7%,
other Christian 2.7%,
Muslim 1.1%,
other 1.7%,
unspecified 1.5%,
none 5.7% (2011 est.)

Isle of Man

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

Italy

Christian 80% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants),
Muslim (about 800,000 to 1 million),
Atheist and Agnostic 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) 75.9%,
Protestant Reformed 6.5%,
Muslim 5.4%,
Lutheran 1.3%,
other 2.9%,
none 5.4%,
unspecified 2.6% (2010 est.)

Lithuania

Roman Catholic 77.2%,
Russian Orthodox 4.1%,
Old Believer 0.8%,
Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%,
Evangelical Reformist 0.2%,
other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.8%,
none 6.1%,
unspecified 10.1% (2011 est.)

Luxembourg

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

Malta

Roman Catholic (official) more than 90% (2011 est.)

Moldova

Orthodox 93.3%,
Baptist 1%,
other Christian 1.2%,
other 0.9%,
atheist 0.4%,
none 1%,
unspecified 2.2% (2004 est.)

Monaco

Roman Catholic 90% (official), other 10%

Montenegro

Orthodox 72.1%,
Muslim 19.1%,
Catholic 3.4%,
atheist 1.2%,
other 1.5%,
unspecified 2.6% (2011 est.)

Netherlands

Roman Catholic 28%,
Protestant 19% (includes Dutch Reformed 9%, Protestant Church of The Netherlands, 7%, Calvinist 3%),
other 11% (includes about 5% Muslim and lesser numbers of Hindu, Buddhist, Jehovah's Witness, and Orthodox),
none 42% (2009 est.)

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) 82.1%,
other Christian 3.9%,
Muslim 2.3%,
Roman Catholic 1.8%,
other 2.4%,
unspecified 7.5% (2011 est.)

Poland

Catholic 87.2% (includes Roman Catholic 86.9% and Greek Catholic, Armenian Catholic, and Byzantine-Slavic Catholic .3%),
Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox),
Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and Pentacostal),
other 0.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon),
unspecified 10.8% (2012 est.)

Portugal

Roman Catholic 81%,
other Christian 3.3%,
other (includes Jewish, Muslim, other) 0.6%,
none 6.8%,
unspecified 8.3%

notes: represents population 15 years of age and older (2011 est.)

Romania

Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 81.9%,
Protestant (various denominations including Reformed and Pentecostal) 6.4%,
Roman Catholic 4.3%,
other (includes Muslim) 0.9%,
none or atheist 0.2%,
unspecified 6.3% (2011 est.)

San Marino

Roman Catholic

Serbia

Serbian Orthodox 84.6%,
Catholic 5%,
Muslim 3.1%,
Protestant 1%,
atheist 1.1%,
other 0.8%,
undeclared or unknown 4.5% (2011 est.)

Slovakia

Roman Catholic 62%,
Protestant 8.2%,
Greek Catholic 3.8%,
other or unspecified 12.5%,
none 13.4% (2011 est.)

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 38.2%,
Protestant 26.9%,
Muslim 4.9%,
other Christian 5.7%,
other 1.6%,
none 21.4%,
unspecified 1.3% (2012 est.)

Ukraine

Orthodox (includes Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (UAOC), Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish

note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two-thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the UOC-KP and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population (2013 est.)

United Kingdom

Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%,
Muslim 4.4%,
Hindu 1.3%,
other 2%,
none 25.7%,
unspecified 7.2% (2011 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

Muslim 70.3%, Christian 14.5%, Hindu 9.8%, Buddhist 2.5%, Jewish 0.6%, folk religion <.1, unaffiliated 1.9%, other 0.2% (2010 est.)

Cyprus

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

Gaza Strip

Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni),
Christian <1.0%,
other,
unaffiliated,
unspecified <1.0%

note: dismantlement of Israeli settlements was completed in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then (2012 est.)

Iran

Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%),
other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%,
unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)

Iraq

Muslim (official) 99% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian 0.8%, Hindu <.1, Buddhist <.1, Jewish <.1, folk religion <.1, unafilliated .1, other <.1

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 (2010 est.)

Israel

Jewish 75.1%,
Muslim 17.4%,
Christian 2%,
Druze 1.6%,
other 3.9% (2012 est.)

Jordan

Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <.1, folk religion <.1, unaffiliated <.1, other <.1 (2010 est.)

Kuwait

Muslim (official) 76.7%,
Christian 17.3%,
other and unspecified 5.9%

note: represents the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants (2013 est.)

Lebanon

Muslim 54% (27% Sunni, 27% Shia), Christian 40.5% (includes 21% Maronite Catholic, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Greek Catholic, 6.5% other Christian), Druze 5.6%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, and Mormons

note: 18 religious sects recognized (2012 est.)

Oman

Muslim (official; majority are Ibadhi, lesser numbers of Sunni and Shia)) 85.9%, Christian 6.5%, Hindu 5.5%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jewish <.1, other 1%, unaffiliated 0.2%

note: approximately 75% of Omani citizens, who compose almost 70% of the country's total population, are Ibadhi Muslims; the Omani government does not keep statistics on religious affiliation (2013) (2010 est.)

Qatar

Muslim 77.5%,
Christian 8.5%,
other (includes mainly Hindu and other Indian religions) 14% (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia

Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2012 est.)

note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013) (2012 est.)

Syria

Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%),
Christian (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian) 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian),
Druze 3%,
Jewish (few remaining in Damascus and Aleppo)

Turkey now Turkiye

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

United Arab Emirates

Muslim (Islam; official) 76%,
Christian 9%,
other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15%

note: represents the total population; about 85% of the population consists of noncitizens (2005 est.)

West Bank

Muslim 80.0 - 85.0% (predominantly Sunni),
Jewish 12.0 - 14.0%,
Christian 1.0 - 2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox),
other,
unaffiliated,
unspecified <1.0%

note: the proportion of Christians continues to fall mainly as a result of the growth of the Muslim population but also because of the migration and a declining birth rate of the Christian population (2012 est.)

Yemen

Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

Protestant 46.1% (Anglican 15.8%, African Methodist Episcopal 8.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.7, Pentecostal 3.5%, Methodist 2.7%, Presbyterian 2.0 %, Church of God 1.6%, Baptist 1.2%, Salvation Army 1.1%, Bretheren 1.0%, other Protestant 2.0%),
Roman Catholic 14.5%,
Jehovah's Witness 1.3%,
other Christian 9.1%,
Muslim 1%,
other 3.9%,
none 17.8%,
unspecified 6.2% (2010 est.)

Canada

Catholic 40.6% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, Orthodox 1.6%, other Catholic .2%),
Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%),
other Christian 6.3%,
Muslim 3.2%,
Hindu 1.5%,
Sikh 1.4%,
Buddhist 1.1%,
Jewish 1%,
other 0.6%,
none 23.9% (2011 est.)

Mexico

Roman Catholic 82.7%,
Pentecostal 1.6%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%,
other Evangelical Churches 5%,
other 1.9%,
none 4.7%,
unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.)

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 28.8% (Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 5.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%, Baptist, 1.6%, Lutheran 1.2%, Pentecostal 1.1%),
Catholic 25.3%,
Eastern Orthodox 2.6%,
other Christian 4.5%,
Buddhist 2.5%,
Muslim 2.2%,
Hindu 1.3%,
other 8.4%,
unspecified 2.2%,
none 22.3%

note: percentages add up to more than 100% due to rounding (2006 est.)

Cook Islands

Protestant 62.8% (Cook Islands Christian Church 49.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7.9%, Assemblies of God 3.7%, Apostolic Church 2.1%),
Roman Catholic 17%,
Mormon 4.4%,
other 8%,
none 5.6%,
no response 2.2% (2011 est.)

Fiji

Protestant 45% (Methodist 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 3.9%, and Anglican 0.8%),
Hindu 27.9%,
other Christian 10.4%,
Roman Catholic 9.1%,
Muslim 6.3%,
Sikh 0.3%,
other 0.3%,
none 0.8% (2007 est.)

French Polynesia

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

Guam

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

Kiribati

Roman Catholic 55.8%,
Kempsville Presbyterian Church 33.5%,
Mormon 4.7%,
Baha'i 2.3%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 2%,
other 1.5%,
none 0.2%,
unspecified 0.05% (2010 est.)

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 54.7%,
Protestant 41.1% (includes Congregational 38.5%, Baptist 1.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 0.8%, Assembly of God .7%),
Mormon 1.5%,
other 1.9%,
none 0.7%,
unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)

Nauru

Protestant 60.4% (includes Nauru Congregational 35.7%, Assembly of God 13%, Nauru Independent Church 9.5%, Baptist 1.5%, and Seventh Day Adventist .7%),
Roman Catholic 33%,
other 3.7%,
none 1.8%,
unspecified 1.1% (2011 est.)

New Caledonia

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

New Zealand

Christian 44.3% (Catholic 11.6%, Anglican 10.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 7.8%, Methodist, 2.4%, Pentecostal 1.8%, other 9.9%),
Hindu 2.1%,
Buddhist 1.4%,
Maori Christian 1.3%,
Islam 1.1%,
other religion 1.4% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and New Age religions, Baha'i, Asian religions other than Buddhism),
no religion 38.5%,
not stated or unidentified 8.2%,
objected to answering 4.1%

note: based on the 2013 census of the usually resident population; percentages add up to more than 100% because people were able to identify more than one religion (2013 est.)

Niue

Ekalesia Niue (Congregational Christian Church of Niue - a Protestant church founded by missionaries from the London Missionary Society) 67%,
other Protestant 3% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 1%, Presbyterian 1%, and Methodist 1%),
Mormon 10%,
Roman Catholic 10%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 2%,
other 6%,
none 2% (2011 est.)

Norfolk Island

Protestant 49.6% (Anglican 31.8%, Uniting Church in Australia 10.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.2%),
Roman Catholic 11.7%,
other 8.6%,
none 23.5%,
unspecified 6.6% (2011 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

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

Palau

Roman Catholic 49.4%,
Protestant 30.9% (includes Protestant (general) 23.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.3%, and other Protestant 2.5%),
Modekngei 8.7% (indigenous to Palau),
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%,
other 8.8%,
none or unspecified 1.1% (2005 est.)

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 57.4% (Congregationalist 31.8%, Methodist 13.7%, Assembly of God 8%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.9%),
Roman Catholic 19.4%,
Mormon 15.2%,
Worship Centre 1.7%,
other Christian 5.5%,
other 0.7%,
none 0.1%,
unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

Solomon Islands

Protestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.5%),
Roman Catholic 19.6%,
other Christian 2.9%,
other 4%,
none 0.03%,
unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.)

Tokelau

Congregational Christian Church 58.2%,
Roman Catholic 36.6%,
Presbyterian 1.8%,
other Christian 2.8%,
Spiritualism and New Age 0.1%,
unspecified 0.5% (2011 est.)

Tonga

Protestant 64.9% (includes Free Wesleyan Church 37.3%, Free Church of Tonga 11.4%, Church of Tonga 7.2%, Tokaikolo Christian Church 2.6%, Assembly of God 2.3% Seventh Day Adventist 2.2%, Constitutional Church of Tonga .9%, Anglican .8% and Full Gospel Church .2%),
Mormon 16.8%,
Roman Catholic 15.6%,
other 1.1%,
none 0.03%,
unspecified 1.7% (2006 est.)

Tuvalu

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

Vanuatu

Protestant 70% (includes Presbyterian 27.9%, Anglican 15.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.5%, Assemblies of God 4.7%, Church of Christ 4.5%, Neil Thomas Ministry 3.1%, and Apostolic 2.2%),
Roman Catholic 12.4%,
customary beliefs 3.7% (including Jon Frum cargo cult),
other 12.6%,
none 1.1%,
unspecified 0.2% (2009 est.)

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 64.6%,
other Catholic 0.4%,
Protestant 22.2% (includes Adventist 6.5%, Assembly of God 2.0%, Christian Congregation of Brazil 1.2%, Universal Kingdom of God 1.0%, other Protestant 11.5%),
other Christian 0.7%,
Spiritist 2.2%,
other 1.4%,
none 8%,
unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)

Chile

Roman Catholic 66.7%,
Evangelical or Protestant 16.4%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1%,
other 3.4%,
none 11.5%,
unspecified 1.1% (2012 est.)

Christian 66%,
none 32%,
other 2% (2012 est.)

Guyana

Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%),
Hindu 28.4%,
Roman Catholic 8.1%,
Muslim 7.2%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%,
other Christian 17.7%,
other 1.9%,
none 4.3%,
unspecified 0.9% (2002 est.)