The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 238 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

  • Christian 31.2%,
  • Muslim 24.1%,
  • Hindu 15.1%,
  • Buddhist 6.9%,
  • folk religions 5.7%,
  • Jewish 0.2%,
  • other 0.8%,
  • unaffiliated 16% (2015 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

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

MENA religious affiliation:
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Angola

  • Roman Catholic 41.1%,
  • Protestant 38.1%,
  • other 8.6%,
  • none 12.3% (2014 est.)

Benin

  • Muslim 27.7%,
  • Roman Catholic 25.5%,
  • Protestant 13.5% (Celestial 6.7%, Methodist 3.4%, other Protestant 3.4%),
  • Vodoun 11.6%,
  • other Christian 9.5%,
  • other traditional religions 2.6%,
  • other 2.6%,
  • none 5.8% (2013 est.)

Botswana

  • Christian 79.1%,
  • Badimo 4.1%,
  • other 1.4% (includes Baha'i, Hindu, Muslim, Rastafarian),
  • none 15.2%,
  • unspecified 0.3% (2011 est.)

Burkina Faso

  • Muslim 61.5%,
  • Roman Catholic 23.3%,
  • traditional/animist 7.8%,
  • Protestant 6.5%,
  • other/no answer 0.2%,
  • none 0.7% (2010 est.)

Burundi

  • Roman 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 4.6% (includes Church of the Nazarene 1.7%, Adventist 1.5%, Assembly of God 0.9%, Universal Kingdom of God 0.4%, and God and Love 0.1%),
  • other Christian 3.4% (includes Christian Rationalism 1.9%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, and New Apostolic 0.5%),
  • Muslim 1.8%,
  • other 1.3%,
  • none 10.8%,
  • unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

Cameroon

  • Roman Catholic 38.3%,
  • Protestant 25.5%,
  • other Christian 6.9%,
  • Muslim 24.4%,
  • animist 2.2%,
  • other 0.5%,
  • none 2.2% (2018 est.)

Central African Republic

  • Christian 89.5%,
  • Muslim 8.5%,
  • folk 1%,
  • unaffiliated 1% (2010 est.)

note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority

Chad

  • Muslim 52.1%,
  • Protestant 23.9%,
  • Roman Catholic 20%,
  • animist 0.3%,
  • other Christian 0.2%,
  • none 2.8%,
  • unspecified 0.7% (2014-15 est.)

Comoros

Sunni Muslim 98%, other (including Shia Muslim, Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Protestant) 2%

note: Sunni Islam is the state religion

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

  • Roman Catholic 29.9%,
  • Protestant 26.7%,
  • Kimbanguist 2.8%,
  • other Christian 36.5%,
  • Muslim 1.3%,
  • other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 1.2%,
  • none 1.3%,
  • unspecified .2% (2014 est.)

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&#39;Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

  • Muslim 42.9%,
  • Catholic 17.2%,
  • Evangelical 11.8%,
  • Methodist 1.7%,
  • other Christian 3.2%,
  • animist 3.6%,
  • other religion 0.5%,
  • none 19.1% (2014 est.)

note: the majority of foreign migrant workers are Muslim (72.7%) and Christian (17.7%)

Djibouti

Sunni Muslim 94% (nearly all Djiboutians), Christian 6% (mainly foreign-born residents)

Egypt

Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10% (2015 est.)

MENA religious affiliation:
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Equatorial Guinea

  • nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic,
  • Muslim,
  • Baha'i,
  • animist,
  • indigenous

Eritrea

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

Eswatini

  • Christian 90% (Zionist - a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship - 40%, Roman Catholic 20%, other 30% - includes Anglican, Methodist, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness),
  • Muslim 2%,
  • other 8% (includes Baha'i, Buddhist, Hindu, indigenous, Jewish) (2015 est.)

Ethiopia

  • Ethiopian Orthodox 43.8%,
  • Muslim 31.3%,
  • Protestant 22.8%,
  • Catholic 0.7%,
  • traditional .6%,
  • other 0.8% (2016 est.)

Gabon

  • Roman Catholic 42.3%,
  • Protestant 12.3%,
  • other Christian 27.4%,
  • Muslim 9.8%,
  • animist 0.6%,
  • other 0.5%,
  • none/no answer 7.1% (2012 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • Muslim 95.7%,
  • Christian 4.2%,
  • none 0.1%,
  • no response 0.1% (2013 est.)

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 est.)

Guinea

  • Muslim 89.1%,
  • Christian 6.8%,
  • animist 1.6%,
  • other .1%,
  • none 2.4% (2014 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

  • Muslim 45.1%,
  • Christian 22.1%,
  • animist 14.9%,
  • none 2%,
  • unspecified 15.9% (2008 est.)

Kenya

  • Christian 85.5% (Protestant 33.4%, Catholic 20.6%, Evangelical 20.4%, African Instituted Churches 7%, other Christian 4.1%),
  • Muslim 10.9%,
  • other 1.8%,
  • none 1.6%,
  • don't know/no answer 0.2% (2019 est.)

Lesotho

  • Protestant 47.8% (Pentecostal 23.1%, Lesotho Evangelical 17.3%, Anglican 7.4%),
  • Roman Catholic 39.3%,
  • other Christian 9.1%,
  • non-Christian 1.4%,
  • none 2.3% (2014 est.)

Liberia

  • Christian 85.6%,
  • Muslim 12.2%,
  • Traditional 0.6%,
  • other 0.2%,
  • none 1.5% (2008 est.)

Libya

Muslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist 0.3%, Hindu <0.1, Jewish <0.1, folk religion <0.1, unafilliated 0.2%, other <0.1 (2010 est.)

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

MENA religious affiliation:
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Madagascar

  • Christian,
  • indigenous,
  • Muslim

Malawi

  • Protestant 33.5% (includes Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 14.2%, Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist 9.4%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 2.3%),
  • Roman Catholic 17.2%,
  • other Christian 26.6%,
  • Muslim 13.8%,
  • traditionalist 1.1%,
  • other 5.6%,
  • none 2.1% (2018 est.)

Mali

  • Muslim 93.9%,
  • Christian 2.8%,
  • animist .7%,
  • none 2.5% (2018 est.)

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, <0.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i); note - Jewish about 6,000 (2010 est.)

MENA religious affiliation:
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Mozambique

  • Roman Catholic 27.2%,
  • Muslim 18.9%,
  • Zionist Christian 15.6%,
  • Evangelical/Pentecostal 15.3%,
  • Anglican 1.7%,
  • other 4.8%,
  • none 13.9%,
  • unspecified 2.5% (2017 est.)

Namibia

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

Niger

  • Muslim 99.3%,
  • Christian 0.3%,
  • animist 0.2%,
  • none 0.1% (2012 est.)

Nigeria

  • Muslim 53.5%,
  • Roman Catholic 10.6%,
  • other Christian 35.3%,
  • other .6% (2018 est.)

Rwanda

  • Protestant 49.5% (includes Adventist 11.8% and other Protestant 37.7%),
  • Roman Catholic 43.7%,
  • Muslim 2%,
  • other 0.9% (includes Jehovah's Witness),
  • none 2.5%,
  • unspecified 1.3% (2012 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • Protestant 75.9% (includes Anglican 68.9, Baptist 2.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.8%, Salvation Army 1.7%, New Apostolic 1.4%),
  • Jehovah's Witness 4.1%,
  • Roman Catholic 1.2%,
  • other 2.5% (includes Baha'i),
  • unspecified 0.8%,
  • none 6.1%,
  • no response 9.4% (2016 est.)

note: data represent Saint Helena only

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 95.9% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 4.1% (mostly Roman Catholic) (2016 est.)

Seychelles

  • Roman Catholic 76.2%,
  • Protestant 10.5% (Anglican 6.1%, Pentecostal Assembly 1.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.2%, other Protestant 1.7%),
  • 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 78.6%,
  • Christian 20.8%,
  • other 0.3%,
  • unspecified 0.2% (2013 est.)

Somalia

Sunni Muslim (Islam) (official, according to the 2012 Transitional Federal Charter)

South Africa

Christian 86%, ancestral, tribal, animist, or other traditional African religions 5.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other 1.5%, nothing in particular 5.2% (2015 est.)

South Sudan

  • animist,
  • Christian,
  • Muslim

Sudan

Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority

Tanzania

  • Christian 61.4%,
  • Muslim 35.2%,
  • folk religion 1.8%,
  • other 0.2%,
  • unaffiliated 1.4% (2010 est.)

note: Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim

Togo

  • Christian 43.7%,
  • folk 35.6%,
  • Muslim 14%,
  • Hindu <.1%,
  • Buddhist <.1%,
  • Jewish <.1%,
  • other .5%,
  • none 6.2% (2010 est.)

Tunisia

Muslim (official; Sunni) 99.1%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Shia Muslim, and Baha'i) 1%

MENA religious affiliation:
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Uganda

  • Protestant 45.1% (Anglican 32.0%, Pentecostal/Born Again/Evangelical 11.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.7%, Baptist .3%),
  • Roman Catholic 39.3%,
  • Muslim 13.7%,
  • other 1.6%,
  • none 0.2% (2014 est.)

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

  • Protestant 74.8% (includes Apostolic 37.5%, Pentecostal 21.8%, other 15.5%),
  • Roman Catholic 7.3%,
  • other Christian 5.3%,
  • traditional 1.5%,
  • Muslim 0.5%,
  • other 0.1%,
  • none 10.5% (2015 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

Evangelical Lutheran, traditional Inuit spiritual beliefs

Iceland

  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 67.2%,
  • Roman Catholic 3.9%,
  • Reykjavik Free Church 2.8%,
  • Hafnarfjordur Free Church 2%,
  • Asatru Association 1.2%,
  • The Independent Congregation .9%,
  • other religions 4% (includes Zuist and Pentecostal),
  • none 6.7%,
  • other or unspecified 11.3% (2018 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 - 15%), other 0.3% (2009 est.)

Armenia

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

Azerbaijan

Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia), Christian 3%, other <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1 (2010 est.)

note: religious affiliation for the majority of Azerbaijanis is largely nominal, percentages for actual practicing adherents are probably much lower

Bangladesh

  • Muslim 89.1%,
  • Hindu 10%,
  • other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian) (2013 est.)

Bhutan

  • Lamaistic Buddhist 75.3%,
  • Indian- and Nepali-influenced Hinduism 22.1%,
  • other 2.6% (2005 est.)

China

  • Buddhist 18.2%,
  • Christian 5.1%,
  • Muslim 1.8%,
  • folk religion 21.9%,
  • Hindu < 0.1%,
  • Jewish < 0.1%,
  • other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)),
  • unaffiliated 52.2% (2010 est.)

note: officially atheist

Georgia

  • Orthodox (official) 83.4%,
  • Muslim 10.7%,
  • Armenian Apostolic 2.9%,
  • other 1.2% (includes Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant, Jewish),
  • none 0.5%,
  • unspecified/no answer 1.2% (2014 est.)

India

  • Hindu 79.8%,
  • Muslim 14.2%,
  • Christian 2.3%,
  • Sikh 1.7%,
  • other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)

Japan

  • Shintoism 70.4%,
  • Buddhism 69.8%,
  • Christianity 1.5%,
  • other 6.9% (2015 est.)

note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism

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

  • Protestant 19.7%,
  • Buddhist 15.5%,
  • Catholic 7.9%,
  • none 56.9% (2015 est.)

note: many people also carry on at least some Confucian traditions and practices

Kyrgyzstan

  • Muslim 90% (majority Sunni),
  • Christian 7% (Russian Orthodox 3%),
  • other 3% (includes Jewish, Buddhist, Baha'i) (2017 est.)

Maldives

Sunni Muslim (official)

Mongolia

  • Buddhist 53%,
  • Muslim 3%,
  • Shamanist 2.9%,
  • Christian 2.2%,
  • 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%,
  • unspecified 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 official atheism under Soviet rule; Russia officially recognizes Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism as the country's traditional religions

Sri Lanka

  • Buddhist (official) 70.2%,
  • Hindu 12.6%,
  • Muslim 9.7%,
  • Roman Catholic 6.1%,
  • other Christian 1.3%,
  • other 0.05% (2012 est.)

Tajikistan

  • Muslim 98% (Sunni 95%, Shia 3%) other 2% (2014 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 73.2% (includes Anglican 22.7%, Methodist 19.4%, Pentecostal 10.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.3%, Baptist 7.1%, Church of God 4.9%, Presbyterian 0.2%, Brethren 0.1%),
  • Roman Catholic 6.8%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.1%,
  • other Christian 10.9%,
  • other 3.2%,
  • unspecified 0.3%,
  • none 4.5% (2011 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Protestant 68.3% (Anglican 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.4%, Pentecostal 12.2%, Moravian 8.3%, Methodist 5.6%, Wesleyan Holiness 4.5%, Church of God 4.1%, Baptist 3.6%),
  • Roman Catholic 8.2%,
  • other 12.2%,
  • unspecified 5.5%,
  • none 5.9% (2011 est.)

Aruba

  • Roman Catholic 75.3%,
  • Protestant 4.9% (includes Methodist 0.9%, Adventist 0.9%, Anglican 0.4%, 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%, other Protestant .9%),
  • 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 66.4% (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 0.9%),
  • 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 40.1%,
  • Protestant 31.5% (includes Pentecostal 8.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.4%, Anglican 4.7%, Mennonite 3.7%, Baptist 3.6%, Methodist 2.9%, Nazarene 2.8%),
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.7%,
  • other 10.5% (includes Baha'i, Buddhist, Hindu, Mormon, Muslim, Rastafarian, Salvation Army),
  • unspecified 0.6%,
  • none 15.5% (2010 est.)

British Virgin Islands

  • Protestant 70.2% (Methodist 17.6%, Church of God 10.4%, Anglican 9.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 9.0%, Pentecostal 8.2%, Baptist 7.4%, New Testament Church of God 6.9%, other Protestant 1.2%),
  • Roman Catholic 8.9%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 2.5%,
  • Hindu 1.9%,
  • other 6.2%,
  • none 7.9%,
  • unspecified 2.4% (2010 est.)

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 71.8%,
  • Evangelical and Pentecostal 12.3%,
  • other Protestant 2.6%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 0.5%,
  • other 2.4%,
  • none 10.4% (2016 est.)

Cuba

  • Christian 59.2%,
  • folk 17.4%,
  • other .4%,
  • none 23% (2010 est.)

note: folk religion includes religions of African origin, spiritualism, and others intermingled with Catholicism or Protestantism; data is estimative because no authoritative source on religious affiliation exists in Cuba

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 28.6% (includes Evangelical 6.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.1%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, other 1.2%),
  • Rastafarian 1.3%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.2%,
  • other 0.3%,
  • none 6.1%,
  • unspecified 1.1% (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic

  • Roman Catholic 47.8%,
  • Protestant 21.3%,
  • other 2.2%,
  • none 28%,
  • don't know/no response .7% (2017 est.)

El Salvador

  • Roman Catholic 50%,
  • Protestant 36%,
  • other 2%,
  • none 12% (2014 est.)

Grenada

  • Protestant 49.2% (includes Pentecostal 17.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 13.2%, Anglican 8.5%, Baptist 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Evangelical 1.9%, Methodist 1.6%, other 1.2%),
  • Roman Catholic 36%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.2%,
  • Rastafarian 1.2%,
  • other 5.5%,
  • none 5.7%,
  • unspecified 1.3% (2011 est.)

Guatemala

  • Roman Catholic,
  • Protestant,
  • indigenous Maya

Haiti

  • Roman Catholic 54.7%,
  • Protestant 28.5% (Baptist 15.4%, Pentecostal 7.9%, Adventist 3%, Methodist 1.5%, other 0.7%),
  • Vodou 2.1%,
  • other 4.6%,
  • none 10.2% (2003 est.)

note: many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003

Honduras

  • Roman Catholic 46%,
  • Protestant 41%,
  • atheist 1%,
  • other 2%,
  • none 9% (2014 est.)

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 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%),
  • 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 50%,
  • Evangelical 33.2%,
  • other 2.9%,
  • unspecified 13.2%,
  • none 0.7% (2017 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

  • Protestant 74.4% (includes Anglican 20.6%, Methodist 19.1%, Pentecostal 8.2%, Church of God 6.8%, Moravian 5.5%, Baptist 4.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.7%, Evangelical 2.6%, Bretheren 1.8%, other .3%),
  • Roman Catholic 6.7%,
  • Rastafarian 1.7%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.3%,
  • other 7.6%,
  • none 5.2%,
  • unspecified 3.2% (2001 est.)

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 0.9%),
  • 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 Witness,
  • Protestant,
  • Hindu

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Protestant 75% (Pentecostal 27.6%, Anglican 13.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.6%, Baptist 8.9%, Methodist 8.7%, Evangelical 3.8%, Salvation Army .3%, Presbyterian/Congregational .3%),
  • Roman Catholic 6.3%,
  • Rastafarian 1.1%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 0.8%,
  • other 4.7%,
  • none 7.5%,
  • unspecified 4.7% (2012 est.)

Sint Maarten

  • Protestant 41.9% (Pentecostal 14.7%, Methodist 10.0%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.6%, Baptist 4.7%, Anglican 3.1%, other Protestant 2.8%),
  • Roman Catholic 33.1%,
  • Hindu 5.2%,
  • Christian 4.1%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.7%,
  • Evangelical 1.4%,
  • Muslim/Jewish 1.1%,
  • other 1.3% (includes Buddhist, Sikh, Rastafarian),
  • none 7.9%,
  • no response 2.4% (2011 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Protestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.1%, Presbyterian/Congregational 2.5%, other Protestant 0.9%),
  • 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 Witness 1.8%,
  • other 14% (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands

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

Europe

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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% (2011 est.)

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

  • Catholic 57%,
  • Eastern Orthodox 8.7%,
  • Muslim 7.9%,
  • Evangelical Christian 3.3%,
  • other/none/unspecified 23.1% (2018 est.)

note: data on Muslim is a 2016 estimate; data on other/none/unspecified are from 2012-2018 estimates

Belarus

  • Orthodox 48.3%,
  • Catholic 7.1%,
  • other 3.5%,
  • non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)

Belgium

  • Roman Catholic 50%,
  • Protestant and other Christian 2.5%,
  • Muslim 5%,
  • Jewish 0.4%,
  • Buddhist 0.3%,
  • atheist 9.2%,
  • none 32.6% (2009 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Muslim 50.7%,
  • Orthodox 30.7%,
  • Roman Catholic 15.2%,
  • atheist 0.8%,
  • agnostic 0.3%,
  • other 1.2%,
  • undeclared/no answer 1.1% (2013 est.)

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.)

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) 74.7%,
  • Muslim 5.5%,
  • other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.)

Estonia

  • Orthodox 16.2%,
  • Lutheran 9.9%,
  • 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 48%,
  • Protestant 12%,
  • Orthodox 8%,
  • other Christian 4%,
  • Muslim 2%,
  • other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu),
  • atheist 7%,
  • non-believer/agnostic 16%,
  • unspecified 2% (2012 est.)

Faroe Islands

  • Christian 89.3% (predominantly Evangelical Lutheran),
  • other 1%,
  • none 3.8%,
  • unspecified 6% (2011 est.)

Finland

  • Lutheran 69.8%,
  • Greek Orthodox 1.1%,
  • other 1.7%,
  • unspecified 27.4% (2018 est.)

France

  • Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%,
  • Muslim 7-9%,
  • Buddhist 0.5-0.75%,
  • Jewish 0.5-0.75%,
  • other 0.5-1.0%,
  • none 23-28% (2015 est.)

note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state

Germany

  • Roman Catholic 27.7%,
  • Protestant 25.5%,
  • Muslim 5.1%,
  • Orthodox 1.9%,
  • other Christian 1.1%,
  • other .9%,
  • none 37.8% (2018 est.)

Gibraltar

  • Roman Catholic 72.1%,
  • Church of England 7.7%,
  • other Christian 3.8%,
  • Muslim 3.6%,
  • Jewish 2.4%,
  • Hindu 2%,
  • other 1.1%,
  • none 7.1%,
  • unspecified 0.1% (2012 est.)

Greece

  • Greek Orthodox (official) 81-90%,
  • Muslim 2%,
  • other 3%,
  • none 4-15%,
  • unspecified 1% (2015 est.)

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%,
  • no response 27.2% (2011 est.)

Ireland

  • Roman Catholic 78.3%,
  • Church of Ireland 2.7%,
  • other Christian 1.6%,
  • Orthodox 1.3%,
  • Muslim 1.3%,
  • other 2.4%,
  • none 9.8%,
  • unspecified 2.6% (2016 est.)

Isle of Man

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

Italy

  • Christian 83.3% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants),
  • Muslim 3.7%,
  • unaffiliated 12.4%,
  • other 0.6% (2010 est.)

Jersey

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

Kosovo

  • Muslim 95.6%,
  • Roman Catholic 2.2%,
  • Orthodox 1.5%,
  • other 0.1%,
  • none 0.1%,
  • unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)

Latvia

  • Lutheran 36.2%,
  • Roman Catholic 19.5%,
  • Orthodox 19.1%,
  • other Christian 1.6%,
  • other 0.1%,
  • unspecified/none 23.5% (2017 est.)

Liechtenstein

  • Roman Catholic (official) 73.4%,
  • Protestant Reformed 6.3%,
  • Muslim 5.9%,
  • Christian Orthodox 1.3%,
  • Lutheran 1.2%,
  • other Protestant .7%,
  • other Christian .3%,
  • other .8%,
  • none 7%,
  • unspecified 3.3% (2015 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

  • Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) 70.4%,
  • Muslim 2.3%,
  • other (includes Buddhist, folk religions, Hindu, Jewish) 0.5%,
  • none 26.8% (2010 est.)

Malta

  • Roman Catholic (official) more than 90% (2006 est.)

Moldova

  • Orthodox 90.1%,
  • other Christian 2.6%,
  • other 0.1%,
  • agnostic (2014 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 23.6%,
  • Protestant 14.9% (includes Dutch Reformed 6.4%, Protestant Church of The Netherlands 5.6%, Calvinist 2.9%),
  • Muslim 5.1%,
  • other 5.6% (includes Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish),
  • none 50.7% (2017 est.)

North Macedonia

  • Macedonian Orthodox 64.8%,
  • Muslim 33.3%,
  • other Christian 0.4%,
  • other and unspecified 1.5% (2002 est.)

Norway

  • Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 70.6%,
  • Muslim 3.2%,
  • Roman Catholic 3%,
  • other Christian 3.7%,
  • other 2.5%,
  • unspecified 17% (2016 est.)

Poland

  • Catholic 85.9% (includes Roman Catholic 85.6% 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 12.1% (2017 est.)

Portugal

  • Roman Catholic 81%,
  • other Christian 3.3%,
  • other (includes Jewish, Muslim) 0.6%,
  • none 6.8%,
  • unspecified 8.3% (2011 est.)

note: represents population 15 years of age and older

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

  • Orthodox 84.6%,
  • Catholic 5%,
  • Muslim 3.1%,
  • Protestant 1%,
  • atheist 1.1%,
  • other 0.8% (includes agnostics, other Christians, Eastern, Jewish),
  • undeclared or unknown 4.5% (2011 est.)

note: most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census

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 est.)

Spain

  • Roman Catholic 68.9%,
  • atheist 11.3%,
  • agnostic 7.6%,
  • other 2.8%,
  • non-believer 8.2%,
  • unspecified 1.1% (2019 est.)

Sweden

  • Church of Sweden (Lutheran) 60.2%,
  • other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 8.5%,
  • none or unspecified 31.3% (2017 est.)

note: estimates reflect registered members of faith communities eligible for state funding (not all religions are state-funded and not all people who identify with a particular religion are registered members); an estimated 57.7% of Sweden's population were members of the Church of Sweden in 2018

Switzerland

  • Roman Catholic 35.9%,
  • Protestant 23.8%,
  • other Christian 5.9%,
  • Muslim 5.4%,
  • Jewish 0.3%,
  • other 1.4%,
  • none 26%,
  • unspecified 1.4% (2017 est.)

Ukraine

  • Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)),
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic,
  • Roman Catholic,
  • Protestant,
  • Muslim,
  • Jewish (2013 est.)

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 OCU 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

United Kingdom

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

Middle East

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Bahrain

  • Muslim 73.7%,
  • Christian 9.3%,
  • Jewish 0.1%,
  • other 16.9% (2017 est.)
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Cyprus

  • Orthodox Christian 89.1%,
  • Roman Catholic 2.9%,
  • Protestant/Anglican 2%,
  • Muslim 1.8%,
  • Buddhist 1%,
  • other (includes Maronite, Armenian Church, Hindu) 1.4%,
  • unknown 1.1%,
  • none/atheist 0.6% (2011 est.)

note: data represent only the government-controlled area of Cyprus

Gaza Strip

  • Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni),
  • Christian <1.0%,
  • other,
  • unaffiliated,
  • unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.)

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

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Iran

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

  • Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%),
  • Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East),
  • other 1-4% (2015 est.)

note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, the overall Christian population has decreased at least 50% and perhaps as high as 90% since the fall of the SADDAM Husayn regime in 2003, according to US Embassy estimates, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon

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Israel

  • Jewish 74.3%,
  • Muslim 17.8%,
  • Christian 1.9%,
  • Druze 1.6%,
  • other 4.4% (2018 est.)
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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 <0.1, folk <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1, other <0.1 (2010 est.)

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Kuwait

  • Muslim (official) 74.6%,
  • Christian 18.2%,
  • other and unspecified 7.2% (2013 est.)

note: data represent the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants

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Lebanon

Muslim 61.1% (30.6% Sunni, 30.5% Shia, smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis), Christian 33.7% (Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group), Druze 5.2%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, and Hindus (2018 est.)

note: data represent the religious affiliation of the citizen population (data do not include Lebanon's sizable Syrian and Palestinian refugee populations); 18 religious sects recognized

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Oman

  • Muslim 85.9%,
  • Christian 6.5%,
  • Hindu 5.5%,
  • Buddhist 0.8%,
  • Jewish <0.1%,
  • other 1%,
  • unaffiliated 0.2% (2010 est.)

note: Omani citizens represent approximately 56.4% of the population and are overwhelming Muslim (Ibadhi and Sunni sects each constitute about 45% and Shia about 5%); Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists account for roughly 5% of Omani citizens

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Qatar

  • Muslim 67.7%,
  • Christian 13.8%,
  • Hindu 13.8%,
  • Buddhist 3.1%,
  • folk religion <.1%,
  • Jewish <.1%,
  • other 0.7%,
  • unaffiliated 0.9% (2010 est.)
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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)

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Syria

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

note: the Christian population may be considerably smaller as a result of Christians fleeing the country during the ongoing civil war

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Turkey now Turkiye

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

United Arab Emirates

  • Muslim (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% (2005 est.)

note: data represent the total population; as of 2019, immigrants make up about 87.9% of the total population, according to UN data

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West Bank

  • Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni),
  • Jewish 12-14%,
  • Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox),
  • other,
  • unaffiliated,
  • unspecified <1% (2012 est.)
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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.)

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North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • Protestant 46.2% (includes 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%, Brethren 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 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, 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%),
  • Orthodox 1.6%,
  • 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 Witness 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 46.5%,
  • Roman Catholic 20.8%,
  • Jewish 1.9%,
  • Mormon 1.6%,
  • other Christian 0.9%,
  • Muslim 0.9%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 0.8%,
  • Buddhist 0.7%,
  • Hindu 0.7%,
  • other 1.8%,
  • unaffiliated 22.8%,
  • don't know/refused 0.6% (2014 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

  • Christian 98.3%,
  • other 1%,
  • unaffiliated 0.7% (2010 est.)

Australia

  • Protestant 23.1% (Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 3.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%, Baptist 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.1%, Lutheran .7%, other Protestant .5%),
  • Roman Catholic 22.6%,
  • other Christian 4.2%,
  • Muslim 2.6%,
  • Buddhist 2.4%,
  • Orthodox 2.3% (Eastern Orthodox 2.1%, Oriental Orthodox .2%),
  • Hindu 1.9%,
  • other 1.3%,
  • none 30.1%,
  • unspecified 9.6% (2016 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 57.3%,
  • Kiribati Uniting Church 31.3%,
  • Mormon 5.3%,
  • Baha'i 2.1%,
  • Seventh Day Adventist 1.9%,
  • other 2.1% (2015 est.)

Marshall Islands

  • Protestant 80.5% (United Church of Christ 47%, Assembly of God 16.2%, Bukot Nan Jesus 5.4%, Full Gospel 3.3%, Reformed Congressional Church 3%, Salvation Army 1.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, Meram in Jesus 1.2%, other Protestant 1.1%),
  • Roman Catholic 8.5%,
  • Mormon 7%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.7%,
  • other 1.2%,
  • none 1.1% (2011 est.)

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 0.7%),
  • 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 0.7%),
  • 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 37.3% (Catholic 10.1%, Anglican 6.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 5.2%, Pentecostal 1.8%, Methodist 1.6%, Mormon 1.2%, other 10.7%),
  • Hindu 2.7%,
  • Maori 1.3%,
  • Muslim,
  • 1.3%,
  • Buddhist 1.1%,
  • other religion 1.6% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and New Age religions, Baha'i, Asian religions other than Buddhism),
  • no religion 48.6%,
  • objected to answering 6.7% (2018 est.)

note: based on the 2018 census of the usually resident population; percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one religion

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 46.8% (Anglican 29.2%, Uniting Church in Australia 9.8%, Presbyterian 2.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.7%, other 2.2%),
  • Roman Catholic 12.6%,
  • other Christian 2.9%,
  • other 1.4%,
  • none 26.7%,
  • unspecified 9.5% (2016 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

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

Palau

  • Roman Catholic 45.3%,
  • Protestant 34.9% (includes Evangelical 26.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.9%, Assembly of God .9%, Baptist .7%),
  • Modekngei 5.7% (indigenous to Palau),
  • Muslim 3%,
  • Mormon 1.5%,
  • other 9.7% (2015 est.)

Papua New Guinea

  • Protestant 64.3% (Evangelical Lutheran 18.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.9%, Pentecostal 10.4%, United Church 10.3%, Evangelical Alliance 5.9%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.8%, Salvation Army .4%),
  • Roman Catholic 26%,
  • other Christian 5.3%,
  • non-Christian 1.4%,
  • unspecified 3.1% (2011 est.)

note: data represent only the citizen population; roughly .3% of the population are non-citizens, consisting of Christian 52% (predominantly Roman Catholic), other 10.7% , none 37.3%

Pitcairn Islands

Seventh-Day Adventist 100%

Samoa

  • Protestant 54.9% (Congregationalist 29%, Methodist 12.4%, Assembly of God 6.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, other Protestant 2.3%),
  • Roman Catholic 18.8%,
  • Mormon 16.9%,
  • Worship Centre 2.8%,
  • other Christian 3.6%,
  • other 2.9% (includes Baha'i, Muslim),
  • none 0.2% (2016 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%,
  • unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.)

Tokelau

  • Congregational Christian Church 50.4%,
  • Roman Catholic 38.7%,
  • Presbyterian 5.9%,
  • other Christian 4.2%,
  • unspecified 0.8% (2016 est.)

Tonga

  • Protestant 64.1% (includes Free Wesleyan Church 35%, Free Church of Tonga 11.9%, Church of Tonga 6.8%, Assembly of God 2.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.2%, Tokaikolo Christian Church 1.6%, other 4.3%),
  • Mormon 18.6%,
  • Roman Catholic 14.2%,
  • other 2.4%,
  • none 0.5%,
  • unspecified 0.1% (2016 est.)

Tuvalu

  • Protestant 92.4% (Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu 85.7%, Brethren 3%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.8%, Assemblies of God .9%),
  • Baha'i 2%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.3%,
  • Mormon 1%,
  • other 3.1%,
  • none 0.2% (2012 est.)

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 76.8%,
  • Evangelical and Pentecostal 8.1%,
  • Protestant 7.9%,
  • other 1.7%,
  • none 5.5% (2012 est.)

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 Witness 1%,
  • other 3.4%,
  • none 11.5%,
  • unspecified 1.1% (2012 est.)

Colombia

  • Roman Catholic 79%,
  • Protestant 14% (includes Pentecostal 6%, mainline Protestant 2%, other 6%),
  • other 2%,
  • unspecified 5% (2014 est.)

Ecuador

  • Roman Catholic 74%,
  • Evangelical 10.4%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.2%,
  • other 6.4% (includes Mormon, Buddhist, Jewish, Spiritualist, Muslim, Hindu, indigenous, African American, Pentecostal),
  • atheist 7.9%,
  • agnostic 0.1% (2012 est.)

note: data represent persons at least 16 years of age from five Ecuadoran cities

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • Christian 57.1%,
  • other 1.6%,
  • none 35.4%,
  • unspecified 6% (2016 est.)

Guyana

  • Protestant 34.8% (Pentecostal 22.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.4%, Anglican 5.2%, Methodist 1.4%),
  • Hindu 24.8%,
  • Roman Catholic 7.1%,
  • Muslim 6.8%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.3%,
  • Rastafarian 0.5%,
  • other Christian 20.8%,
  • other 0.9%,
  • none 3.1% (2012 est.)

Paraguay

  • Roman Catholic 89.6%,
  • Protestant 6.2%,
  • other Christian 1.1%,
  • other or unspecified 1.9%,
  • none 1.1% (2002 census)

Peru

  • Roman Catholic 60%,
  • Christian 14.6% (includes evangelical 11.1%, other 3.5%),
  • other .3%,
  • none 4%,
  • unspecified 21.1% (2017 est.)

Suriname

  • Protestant 23.6% (includes Evangelical 11.2%, Moravian 11.2%, Reformed .7%, Lutheran .5%),
  • Hindu 22.3%,
  • Roman Catholic 21.6%,
  • Muslim 13.8%,
  • other Christian 3.2%,
  • Winti 1.8%,
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.2%,
  • other 1.7%,
  • none 7.5%,
  • unspecified 3.2% (2012 est.)

Uruguay

  • Roman Catholic 47.1%,
  • non-Catholic Christians 11.1%,
  • nondenominational 23.2%,
  • Jewish 0.3%,
  • atheist or agnostic 17.2%,
  • other 1.1% (2006 est.)

Venezuela

  • nominally Roman Catholic 96%,
  • Protestant 2%,
  • other 2%

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

  • Muslim (official) 78.8%,
  • Christian 8.7%,
  • Buddhist 7.8%,
  • other (includes indigenous beliefs) 4.7% (2011 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • Buddhist 87.9%,
  • Christian 6.2%,
  • Muslim 4.3%,
  • Animist 0.8%,
  • Hindu 0.5%,
  • other 0.2%,
  • none 0.1% (2014 est.)

note: religion estimate is based on the 2014 national census, including an estimate for the non-enumerated population of Rakhine State, which is assumed to mainly affiliate with the Islamic faith; as of December 2019, Muslims probably make up less than 3% of Burma's total population due to the large outmigration of the Rohingya population since 2017

Cambodia

  • Buddhist (official) 97.9%,
  • Muslim 1.1%,
  • Christian 0.5%,
  • other 0.6% (2013 est.)

Christmas Island

  • Muslim 19.4%,
  • Buddhist 18.3%,
  • Roman Catholic 8.8%,
  • Protestant 6.5% (includes Anglican 3.6%, Uniting Church 1.2%, other 1.7%),
  • other Christian 3.3%,
  • other 0.6%,
  • none 15.3%,
  • unspecified 27.7% (2016 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 75%,
  • Anglican 3.5%,
  • Roman Catholic 2.2%,
  • none 12.9%,
  • unspecified 6.3% (2016 est.)

Hong Kong

  • Buddhist or Taoist 27.9%,
  • Protestant 6.7%,
  • Roman Catholic 5.3%,
  • Muslim 4.2%,
  • Hindu 1.4%,
  • Sikh 0.2%,
  • other or none 54.3% (2016 est.)

note: many people practice Confucianism, regardless of their religion or not having a religious affiliation

Indonesia

  • Muslim 87.2%,
  • Protestant 7%,
  • Roman Catholic 2.9%,
  • Hindu 1.7%,
  • other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian),
  • unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)

Laos

  • Buddhist 64.7%,
  • Christian 1.7%,
  • none 31.4%,
  • other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)

Macau

  • folk religionist 58.9%,
  • Buddhist 17.3%,
  • Christian 7.2%,
  • other 1.2%,
  • none 15.4% (2010 est.)

Malaysia

  • Muslim (official) 61.3%,
  • Buddhist 19.8%,
  • Christian 9.2%,
  • Hindu 6.3%,
  • Confucianism,
  • Taoism,
  • other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%,
  • other 0.4%,
  • none 0.8%,
  • unspecified 1% (2010 est.)

Philippines

  • Roman Catholic 80.6%,
  • Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%),
  • other Christian 3.4%,
  • Muslim 5.6%,
  • tribal religions .2%,
  • other 1.9%,
  • none .1% (2010 est.)

Singapore

  • Buddhist 33.2%,
  • Christian 18.8%,
  • Muslim 14%,
  • Taoist 10%,
  • Hindu 5%,
  • other 0.6%,
  • none 18.5% (2015 est.)

Taiwan

  • Buddhist 35.3%,
  • Taoist 33.2%,
  • Christian 3.9%,
  • folk (includes Confucian) approximately 10%,
  • none or unspecified 18.2% (2005 est.)

Thailand

  • Buddhist 94.6%,
  • Muslim 4.3%,
  • Christian 1%,
  • other (2015 est.)

Timor-Leste

  • Roman Catholic 97.6%,
  • Protestant/Evangelical 2%,
  • Muslim 0.2%,
  • other 0.2% (2015 est.)

Vietnam

  • Buddhist 7.9%,
  • Catholic 6.6%,
  • Hoa Hao 1.7%,
  • Cao Dai 0.9%,
  • Protestant 0.9%,
  • Muslim 0.1%,
  • none 81.8% (2009 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Religions”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/religions/2020.

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