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This article gives an overview about religion

Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

by country. Note that the Abrahamic religions

Abrahamic religions

Abrahamic religions are the monotheistic faiths emphasizing and tracing their common origin to Abraham or recognizing a spiritual tradition identified with him...

, Judaism

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

, Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

, and Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

, will show dual figures; those are the percentage of people who believe in God

God

God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....

and the percentage of nominal adherents who celebrate traditional religious holidays although not professing belief in God: Cultural Jews and Cultural Christian

Cultural Christian

A cultural Christian is a secular or irreligious individual who still significantly identifies with Christian culture. The term is used, for example, by atheist Richard Dawkins in reference to himself...

s as found mainly in Western Europe

Western Europe

Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...

and North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

, and Cultural Muslim

Cultural Muslim

Cultural Muslims are religiously unobservant, agnostic or atheist individuals who still identify with the Muslim culture due to family background, personal experiences, or the social and cultural environment in which they grew up....

s in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

and the Balkans

Balkans

The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...

. The percentage of Buddhists also show common numbers (nominal Buddhists) with some Eastern religions such as Taoism

Taoism

Taoism refers to a philosophical or religious tradition in which the basic concept is to establish harmony with the Tao , which is the mechanism of everything that exists...

, Confucianism

Confucianism

Confucianism is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius . Confucianism originated as an "ethical-sociopolitical teaching" during the Spring and Autumn Period, but later developed metaphysical and cosmological elements in the Han...

, Shinto

Shinto

or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...

, Chinese folk religion

Chinese folk religion

Chinese folk religion or Shenism , which is a term of considerable debate, are labels used to describe the collection of ethnic religious traditions which have been a main belief system in China and among Han Chinese ethnic groups for most of the civilization's history until today...

and various sorts of animism

Animism

Animism refers to the belief that non-human entities are spiritual beings, or at least embody some kind of life-principle....

; Mahayana Buddhism is the more popular than others. Another definition is the percentage of people who have taken the Refuge

Refuge (Buddhism)

Buddhists "take refuge" in, or to "go for refuge" to, the Three Jewels . This can be done formally in lay and monastic ordination ceremonies.The Three Jewels general signification is:　* the Buddha;* the Dharma, the teachings;...

(= registered). (See Buddhism by country

Buddhism by country

Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Shinto, and Taoism often have beliefs composed of a mix of religious ideas...

.) Buddhism has harmonized with many different national cultures as a traditional faith in many Asian countries rather than a separate religion.

By country

Religions by country as of 2007
Country or territory	Christian	Muslim	Buddhist	Hindu	Others	Non-religious	Notes	References and sources
Afghanistan	0.1%	99%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%*	n/a	Including Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís Bahá'í Faith The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories.... , Sikhs, etc...
Albania	35-41%	38.8% - 70%	n/a	n/a	n/a	The majority of Albanians today do not practice religion (42-74%), but only 8-9% are atheist.
Algeria		99%	n/a	n/a	1%*	n/a	Including Christians & Jews.
American Samoa	92%	%	%	%	8%*	%	Including Atheists, Buddhists and Baha'is.
Andorra	90%	2.8%	0.5%	0.7%	1% (Jews 0.2%)	5%
Angola	95%	0.7%	n/a	n/a	4%*	0.3%	Mostly African indigenous beliefs African Traditional Religion The traditional religions indigenous to Africa have, for most of their existence, been orally rather than scripturally transmitted. They are generally associated with animism. Most have ethno-based creations stories... .
Anguilla	90.5%	0.55%	0.25%	0.2%	4.2%*	4.3%	Rastafarians and Jews among others
Antigua and Barbuda	74% - 91.4%	0.3%	0.05%	0.25%	1.5% - 2.2%*	5.8%	Rastafarians mostly, Baha'is and Jews.
Argentina	79% - 94%	1.5%	0.1%	0.01%	3.2%* (Jews 0.8%), (Sikhs 0.09%)	1.19%
Armenia	98.7%		n/a	n/a	1.3%*	n/a	Including Yezidis, Muslims, Jews, Baha'is.
Aruba	90%				10%*		Including Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist-Confucian East Asian Buddhism East Asian Buddhism is a collective term for the schools of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in the East Asian region and follow the Chinese Buddhist canon... , Jewish.
Australia	64%	1.7%	2.1%	0.7%	0.9% (Jews 0.4%)	19%	Unspecified 11.6%
Austria	81.4%	4.2%	0.13%	0.05%	0.22% (Jews 0.1%)	14%* - 46.4%	Unspecified 2%, none 12%. Christian self-identification based on voluntary Kirchensteuer (Ecclesiastical Church tax)
Azerbaijan	4.8%	93.4%	n/a		1.8%*		Including Jews 0.2%, Baha'is, Hare Krishnas & Atheists.
The Bahamas	96.3%	%	%	%	0.8%*	2.9%	Including Jews, Baha'is, Rastafarians, Vodouns, Hindus, Buddhists.
Bahrain	9%	81.2%	1%	6.25%	2.55%*	n/a	Bahá'ís, Sikhs, Jews, etc...
Bangladesh	0.3%	88.3% – 89.7%	0.7%	9.2% - 10.5%	0.1%*	n/a	Animist, tribal faiths, Sikhs and Jains
Barbados	67%	1.5%	1%	1%	11.5%*	17%	Rastafarians, Baha'is, etc...
Belarus	96%	0.1%	%		3.9%*	n/a	Jews 1%, Hare Krishnas & Baha'is.
Belgium	40% - 60%	4%	0.3%	0.07%*	0.83%**	42-43%	Including Hindus with Hare Krishnas/**, Jews 0.53%, Sikhs, Baha’is, Scientologists.	.
Belize	79%	0.58%	0.35%	2.3%	7.77%*	10%	Mostly Animists, Baha’is 2.73%, etc...
Benin	42.8%	24.4%	n/a	n/a	26.3%*	6.5%	Vodun 17.3%, Animists.
Bermuda	67%	0%	0.1%	0%	11.9%*	21%	Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc...
Bhutan	%	%	75%	24%	1%*	%	It could include some Christians, Muslims.
Bolivia	97%	0.01%	0.26%	n/a	0.73%*	2%	Including the Bahá'í Faith, Judaism, Shinto.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	50%	40%			0.1%*	9.9%	Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, etc...
Botswana	85%	0.3%	n/a	0.2%	7.9%*	1%	Badimo Badimo Badimo is a name for the indigenous African Traditional Religion of Botswana. Although the CIA Factbook states that six percent of Botswanas are practitioners, in reality a great majority of Botswana follow at least some of the traditions deemed Badimo even if they are strong followers of another... 6%, Baha'is.
Brazil	91.9%	0.016%	0.13%	0.0016%	3.25%*	7.6%	Spiritualist Spiritist practice Religious practice within Spiritism is mostly limited to praying. All other activities are seen as not religious, but as charitable work. Spiritist meetings are not for worshipping.-Membership:... 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, Afro-Brazilian religious Afro-American religion Afro-American religions are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas among African slaves and their descendants in various countries of Latin America, the Caribbean, and parts of the southern United States... 0.3% (Candomblé Candomblé Candomblé is an African-originated or Afro-Brazilian religion, practised chiefly in Brazil by the "povo de santo" . It originated in the cities of Salvador, the capital of Bahia and Cachoeira, at the time one of the main commercial crossroads for the distribution of products and slave trade to... & Umbanda Umbanda Umbanda is an Afro-Brazilian religion that blends African religions with Catholicism, Spiritism and Kardecism, and considerable indigenous lore.... ), Jews 0.063%, Shinto, Sikhs etc...
British Virgin Islands	96%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	1%*	2%	Rastafarians, Vodous, Baha'is.
Brunei	10%	64%	14%	1%	9%*	2%	Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jews, Nasrani, etc...
Kingdom of Bulgaria	83.8%	12.2%			4%*	n/a	Roma animists mostly, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc...
Burkina Faso	10% - 20%	50% - 60%	n/a	n/a	20% - 40%*	n/a	Indigenous beliefs.
Burundi	67%	10%	n/a	n/a	23%*	n/a	Indigenous beliefs.
Cambodia	0.5%	3.5%	95%	0.3%	0.5%*	0.4%	Tribal animism mostly, Cao Đài, the Bahá'í Faith.
Cameroon	40% - 53%	20% - 22%	n/a	n/a	25% - 40%*	n/a	Indigenous beliefs African Traditional Religion The traditional religions indigenous to Africa have, for most of their existence, been orally rather than scripturally transmitted. They are generally associated with animism. Most have ethno-based creations stories... .
Canada	70.3% - 77.1%	2%	1.1% - 3.6%	1%	3.7% - 9.5%*	19% - 30%	Jews 1.1%, Sikhs 1%, Scientologists, Baha'is, aboriginal spiritualities.
Cape Verde	95%	3%	n/a	n/a	1%*	1%	Indigenous beliefs.
Cayman Islands	77.95%	0.19%	0.31%	0.26%	16.59%*	4.7%	Spiritists Spiritist practice Religious practice within Spiritism is mostly limited to praying. All other activities are seen as not religious, but as charitable work. Spiritist meetings are not for worshipping.-Membership:... 14%, Jews 1.71%, Baha'is 0.88%.
Central African Republic	50% - 80%	10% - 15%	n/a	n/a	10% - 35%*	n/a	Indigenous beliefs.
Chad	34.3%	53.1%	n/a	n/a	7.8%*	4.8% (atheist 3.1%)	Animist 7.3%, other 0.5%.
Chile	87.2%	0.02%	0.04%	0.01%	4.4%*	8.3%	Jews 0.1%, Baha'is Bahá'í Faith in Chile The Bahá'í Faith in Chile begins with references to Chile in Bahá'í literature as early as 1916, with the first Bahá'ís visiting as early as 1919. A functioning community was not founded in Chile until 1940 with the beginning of the arrival of coordinated pioneers from the United States finding... 0.04%, etc...
Mainland China	4-5%	1-2%	18-20%	n/a	20-30% (Folk religion Chinese folk religion Chinese folk religion or Shenism , which is a term of considerable debate, are labels used to describe the collection of ethnic religious traditions which have been a main belief system in China and among Han Chinese ethnic groups for most of the civilization's history until today... and Taoism Taoism Taoism refers to a philosophical or religious tradition in which the basic concept is to establish harmony with the Tao , which is the mechanism of everything that exists... )	40-60% (non-religious, agnostics, or new religionists; atheists are 14-15%)	Read "religion in China Religion in China Religion in China has been characterized by pluralism since the beginning of Chinese history. The Chinese religions are family-oriented and do not demand the exclusive adherence of members. Some scholars doubt the use of the term "religion" in reference to Buddhism and Taoism, and suggest "cultural... " for more details.
Christmas Island	25%	10%	55%		10%*	n/a	Including Bahai's, Hindus and Atheists.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	15%	80%			5%*	n/a	Including Baha'is mostly and Hindus.
Colombia	93.5%	0.025%	0.015%	0.02%	4.44%	2%	Including Jews 0.05%, animists, etc...
Comoros	1% - 2%	98% - 99%	n/a	0.1%	n/a	n/a
'	80% - 90%*	5% - 10%	n/a	n/a	5% - 10%**	n/a	That includes Kimbanguists Kimbanguism Kimbanguism is a branch of Christianity founded by Simon Kimbangu in what was then the Belgian Congo . The church's name is the Kimbanguist Church , and is a large, independent African Initiated... /**: includes syncretic sects and Animists.
'	50%	2%	%	%	48%*		Mostly Animists.
Cook Islands	90.2%	n/a	1%	1%	2.2% (mostly Baha'is)	5.6%*	unspecified 2.6%, none 3%.
Costa Rica	87.3% - 92%	0.1%	2.34%	0.06%	0.8% - 2.3%*	3.2% - 9.2%	Including Judaism, Scientology, Tenrikyo, and the Bahá'í Faith.
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	35% - 40%	35% - 40%	0.1%	0.1%	25% - 30%*	n/a	Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is.
Independent State of Croatia	87.8%	1.3%	0.03%	0.01%%	Jews 0.85%	2% - 5.2%
Cuba	45% - 90%*	0.0026%	0.25%	0.21%	0.5% (Arará Arará Arará is a minority group in Cuba , Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the Caribbean who descend from Fon, Ewe, Popo, Mahi and other ethnic groups in Dahomey... , Regla de Palo, Judaism).	9%	Over 70% of Cubans could be nominal Catholic-Santería Santería Santería is a syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean origin influenced by Roman Catholic Christianity, also known as Regla de Ocha, La Regla Lucumi, or Lukumi. Its liturgical language, a dialect of Yoruba, is also known as Lucumi.... .
Cyprus	79.3%*	18%	1%	0.1%	0.3% (mostly Jews)	1.3%	Including many Christian sects.
Czech Republic	14% - 28.9%	0.1%	0.5%	0.003%	2.6% (including Jews, Scientologists)	67.8%*	unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59%.
Denmark	31% - 89%	2% - 3.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%*	6.9% (non-religious 5.4%, atheists 1.5%)	Including Jews 0.1%, Baha'is, Sikhs, Norse mythology Norse mythology Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving... .
Djibouti	0.8% - 5.8%	94% - 99%	n/a	0.02%	0.1%*	n/a	Mostly Baha'is.
Dominica	90.9%	0.2%	0.25%	0.2%	2.35%*	6.1%	Rastafarian 1.3%, Baha'is 1%.
Dominican Republic	87.1% - 95%	0.05% - 0.1%	0.1%	0.04%	2.26%*	2.5% - 10.6%	Spiritist 2.18%, Bahá'í Bahá'í Faith The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories.... 0.07%, Jewish 0.01%.
East Timor	98%*	0.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%	n/a	Roman Catholicism & Animism 97%.
Ecuador	85% - 97.5%	0.002%	0.2%	n/a	0.7%*	1.5%	Animists, Baha'is, Jews, etc...
Egypt	10%	90%	n/a	n/a	Baha'is, Jews	n/a	Read sources for more details
El Salvador	96%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	1.3%*	1%	Baha'is, Jews, Animists, etc...
Equatorial Guinea	93%	1%	n/a	n/a	5%*	1%	Mostly animists and Baha'is 1%.
Eritrea	49% - 50%	48% - 50%	0.1%	0.1%	over 2%*	0.1%	indigenous beliefs 2%, Baha'is.
Estonia	10% - 27.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.01%	0.3% (Jews 0.2%)	50-70%	In a 2000 census, 34% were unaffiliated , 32% other and unspecified , and 6% had no religion.
Ethiopia	60.8%	32.8%	n/a	0.005%	6.3% (indigenous beliefs), Judaism	n/a	Some sources show equal figures for Christian and Muslim from 45% - 50% per each.
Falkland Islands	94.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	3.7%*	2%	including Baha'is 0.3%.
Faroe Islands	93.96%	0%	0%	0%	Baha'is 0.2%	5.84%
Fiji	52% - 54%	7%	1%	33% - 34%	0.9%*	3% - 5% (Atheist 0.3%)	Sikhs (0.5%) and Bahai's
Finland	40% - 80%	0.2%	0.1%	0.01%	0.19%*	16%	Jews, Baha'is, others.
Early Modern France (Metropolitan France Metropolitan France Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica... only)	54%	4%	0.7% - 1.2%	0.1%	4%*	31-64% Some people may identify as both agnostic and members of a religious community. A December 2006 poll by Harris Interactive, published in The Financial Times, found that 32% of the French population described themselves as agnostic, a further 32% as atheist and only 27% believed in any type of God or supreme being.)	*: Jews over 1%, Sikhs less than 1%, Scientologists. Please read more here for more details.
French Guiana	85%	2%	1%	1%	3%*	8%	Animists 2%, Baha'is 0.9%, Sikhs.
French Polynesia	84%	n/a	7.5%*	0.5%	2% (mostly Baha'is)	6%	Mostly Chinese Buddhism.
Gabon	55 - 73%	1% - 12%	n/a	n/a	10%*	5%	Indigenous beliefs.
The Gambia	4% - 9%	90% - 95%	n/a	0.1%	0.9%*	n/a	Indigenous beliefs, Baha'is.
Georgia (country)	88.6%	9.9%	0.1%	0.01%	0.69%*	0.7%	Including Jews 0.22%
Germany	67%	3.9%	0.3% - 1%	0.12%	1.4% (Jews 0.25%), (Sikhs 0.03%)	25%-55%
Ghana	68.8%	15.9%	0.05%	0.05%	9.1%*	6.1%	Animist 8.5%, others (see sources).
Gibraltar	88.3%	4%	0.1%	1.8%	2.2%*	3.6%	Jews 2.1%.
Greece	98%	1.3%	0.1%	unknown	0.6%	n/a	Others include Jews, Scientologists, Baha'is, Sikhs, Hare Krishnas & Hellenic neopaganists.
Greenland	96.56%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.24%*	2.2%	Traditional ethnic 0.74%, Baha'i 0.5%.
Grenada	93%	0.3%	0.5%	0.7%	1.5%*	4%	Rastafarian/Spiritist 1.3%, Baha'is 0.2%.
Guadeloupe	94.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.5%	2.3%*	2%	Including Baha'is 0.4%, Rastafarians, Vodous.
Guam	89.6%	%	%	%	10.4%*	unknown	Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Baha'is, etc...
Guatemala	95%	0.01%	0.1%	n/a	4.9%*	1.9%	Including indigenous Mayan beliefs, Baha'is.
Guernsey	100%*	0%	0%	0%	n/a	n/a	Anglican 65.2%.
Guinea	7% - 10%	85%	0.1%		5% - 8%*	n/a	Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is & Hindus.
Guinea-Bissau	5% - 13%	38% - 45%	n/a	n/a	40% - 50%*	n/a	Indigenous beliefs.
Guyana	50% - 57.4%	7.2% - 10%	0.7%	28.3% - 35%	2.4%*	4%	Rastafarians, Baha'is.
Haiti	83.7%	0.02%	n/a	n/a	2.18%*	1%	Vodous 50%, Baha'is.
Honduras	86%	0.1%	0.1%	n/a	12.7%*	1.1%	Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is, Jews.
Hong Kong	8.1%	1.3%	90% (10% registered)	0.1%	0.2%*	58%	Including Sikhs, Jews, Baha'is, Falun Gong Falun Gong Falun Gong is a spiritual discipline first introduced in China in 1992 by its founder, Li Hongzhi, through public lectures. It combines the practice of meditation and slow-moving qigong exercises with the moral philosophy... , etc...
Hungary	74.4%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.8%*	24.7%	Jews 0.12%, etc...
Iceland	88.97%	0.13%	0.26%	n/a	0.60%*	10.04%	Ásatrúarfélagið, Baha'is, Sikhs
India	2.3%	13.4%	0.8%	80.5%	2.9% (Sikh 1.9%, Jains 0.4%, Baha'is 0.2%, Tribal animists 0.3%, Zoroastrians, Jews)	0.1%
Indonesia	9.5%	87.2%	1%	2.2%	0.1%*	n/a	Mostly Tribal animism.
Iran	1.25% - 2.00%	98%	0.01%	0.02%	4.05% - 5%*	n/a	Bahá'ís 300,000 - 350,000; Jews 25,000 - 30,000; Zoroastrians 30,000 - 60,000; Sikhs 6,000
Iraq	2.3%	97%	0%	0%	0.7%*	n/a	Including the local religions of Yezidi, Shabaks, Sabean-Mandaean.
Republic of Ireland	91.7%	0.76%	0.19%	0.15%	0.9%*	6.3%	Including Jews, Baha'is, Sikhs etc...
Isle of Man	63.7%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	36.3%
Israel	2.3%	16%	0.1%	0.1%	78.1%*	3.4%	Jewish 76.5%, Druze Druze The Druze are an esoteric, monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism. The Druze have an eclectic set of beliefs that incorporate several elements from Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism... 1.6%.
Italy	70% - 90%*	1.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1% Jews, 0.1% Sikhs over 0.06%, Baha'is	14-27%	87% nominally Catholics and 3% Protestants.
Jamaica	65.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	1%*	3%	Rastafarians 0.9%; Jews & Baha'is.
Japan	0.8%	0.1%	70% (20-45% practicing)	0.004%	3% (Shinto Shinto or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written... , Tenrikyo Tenrikyo Tenrikyo is a monotheistic religion originating in revelations to a 19th-century Japanese woman named Nakayama Miki, known as Oyasama by followers... )	70-84% Professor Robert Kisala estimates that only 30% of Japanese adhere to a religion. A research done by Phil Zuckerman concluded that 64-65% of Japanese are non-believers in God	Frequently seen high figures of Buddhism such as 90% come primarily from birth records following a longstanding practice of family lines being officially associated with a local Buddhist temple "polls indicate that fewer than 30% of Japanese people have any real religious beliefs" According to Johnstone (1993:323), 84% of the Japanese claim no personal religion
Jersey	86%	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.6%	13.4%
Jordan	3% - 6%	93% - 95%	0%	0%	1%*	n/a	Druzes and Baha'is.
Kazakhstan	46%	47%	0.58%	0.02%	1.4%*	5%	Mostly Shamanists, Jews, Baha'is.
Kenya	78%	10%	n/a	1%	11%*	unknown	Indigenous beliefs 10%, Baha'is 0.9%; Sikhs, Jains & Jews.
Kiribati	97%	0.1%	n/a	n/a	Baha'is 2%	0.9%
North Korea	0.1%	0%	64.5% (2% registered)	0%	30% (Confucianism, Shamanism, Chongdogyo)	10-15% (A research in the year 2005 by Phil Zuckerman revealed that only about 15% of North Koreans are non-believers in God but warns about its unreliability)	Over 90% total population believe in Juche Juche Juche or Chuch'e is a Korean word usually translated as "self-reliance." In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , "Juche" refers specifically to a political thesis of Kim Il-sung, the Juche Idea, that identifies the Korean masses as the masters of the country's development... . Read here Religion in North Korea Traditionally Religion in North Korea primarily consists of Buddhism and Confucianism and to a lesser extent Korean shamanism and syncretic Chondogyo. Since the arrival of Europeans in the 18th century, there is a Christian minority... for more details.
South Korea	26.3%	0.07%	22.8%-40%	0.005%	0.7% (Korean Shamanism Korean shamanism Korean shamanism, today known as Muism or sometimes Sinism , encompasses a variety of indigenous religious beliefs and practices of the Korean people and the Korean area... , Chondogyo, Confucianism, Judaism, etc...)	52%	According to Eungi (2003), 52% of South Koreans do not believe in God.
Kuwait	16%	67.5%	4%	12%	0.43%*	0.07%	Sikhs 0.4%, Baha'is.
Kyrgyzstan	11% - 20%	75% - 80%	0.35%	n/a	4.5% - 8%*	n/a	Mostly Shamanists, Baha'is 0.1%.
Laos	1.5%	?	65% (65% have taken the Refuge) *	?	31.5% (mostly animists, also Baha'is and Muslims)	0.25%	Including the mixture of Theravada Buddhism with animist and the numbers of East Asian Buddhism.
Latvia	70%	0.017%	0.004%	0.006%	Jews 0.014%	20-29%
Lebanon	39%	59.7%	0.1%	0.1%	1.1%*	n/a	Including Jews, Baha'is, etc...
Lesotho	80% - 90%	1%	0.1%	0.1%	9% - 19%*	n/a	Mostly indigenous beliefs, Baha'is.
Liberia	40%	20%	0.1%	0.1%	39.7%	0.1%	Mostly indigenous beliefs (over 39%), small numbers of Baha'is and Sikhs.
Libya	2.4%	97%	0.3%	0.1%	n/a	0.2%
Liechtenstein	83.2%	4.8%	0.25%	n/a	1%*	10.75%	Jews 0.1%; Baha'is; no formal creed.
Lithuania	44% - 85%	0.08%	0.01%	0.01%	5.4%*	9.5%	"Nontraditional" religions; <0.1% Jews.
Luxembourg	39% - 92%	2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%*	22-28%	Jews 0.2%, Baha'is.
Macau	7%	0.1%	80%* (17% registered)	n/a	0.6% (0.5% Baha'is, Falun Gong Falun Gong Falun Gong is a spiritual discipline first introduced in China in 1992 by its founder, Li Hongzhi, through public lectures. It combines the practice of meditation and slow-moving qigong exercises with the moral philosophy... )	45%
Republic of Macedonia	65.1% - 69%	29% - 33.3%	n/a	n/a	1% - 1.5%	n/a	See sources for various figures.
Madagascar	41% - 45%	7%	0.1%	0.1%	47% - 51.4%*	0.4%	Over 45% - 50% is indigenous beliefs; Baha'is 0.1%
Malawi	79.9%	12.8%	n/a	0.2%	2.8%*	4.3%	Mostly animists 2.5%, Baha'is 0.2%, Rastafarians & Jews.
Malaysia	9.1%	55% - 60.4%	19.2% - 22%	6.3%	1.3%*	0.8%	Including animists, Sikhs & Baha'is.
Maldives	0.1%	99.41% (overall) - 100% (citizen)	0.45%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%
Mali	1% - 5%	90%	0%	0%	5% - 9%	n/a
Malta	55% - 97%*	0.8%	0.1%	n/a	0.1%**	2%	Roman Catholics 95%/**: Including Jews, Baha'is, etc...
Marshall Islands	97.5%	0%		0%	1%*	1.5%	Mostly Baha'is and few Buddhists.
Martinique	91.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	4.4%*	3%	Baha'is 0.5%, Rastafarians, Vodous.
Mauritania		99.9%	0%	0%	0.1%*	0%	Mostly Christians, Jews.
Mauritius	32.2%	16.6%	2.5%	50%	n/a	0.7%
Mayotte	3%*	97%	0%	0%	0%	0%	mostly Roman Catholic.
Mexico	82.8% - 95.15%	0.26%	0.1%	n/a	0.1%*	4.38% - 16.9%	Jews 0.05%; Baha'is.
Federated States of Micronesia	95.4% - 97%	n/a	1%	n/a	1.6%*	0.4% - 2%	Mostly Baha'is.
Moldova	98.3%	0.07%	0.02%	0.01%	Jews 1.5%	0.1%
Monaco	20.5% - 90%				10%*	n/a	Including mostly Protestant, Jewish 3%, Muslim, Greek Orthodox, etc...
Mongolia	2.1%	3.0%	53%		3.3%*	38.6%	Total of 2.9% are subscribed to Shamanism Shamanism Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. To quote Eliade: "A first definition of this complex phenomenon, and perhaps the least hazardous, will be: shamanism = technique of ecstasy." Shamanism encompasses the... , here included in the "Others" category
Kingdom of Montenegro	77.5% - 78%*	18%	0%	0%	n/a	4% - 4.5%	Orthodox 74% and Roman Catholic.
Montserrat	95.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	Baha'is 2%	2%
Morocco	0.1% - 1.1%	98.7% - 99.6%	0.01%	n/a	0.09% - 0.2%*	n/a	Mostly Jews, Baha'is.
Mozambique	41.3%	17.8% - 20%	0%	0.2%	17.5%*	5%	Including African animists mostly, Jews & Baha'is.
Myanmar (Burma)	4% - 6%	4%	89% - 90%	0.5%	0.5% - 1.5%*	n/a	Including Tribal animism mostly, Baha'i, Jewish.
Namibia	90%	0.9%	0.1%	n/a	4%*	unknown	indigenous beliefs 3%, Jews, Baha'is.
Nauru	67%	n/a	3%	n/a	10%*	20%	It is the country with the highest percentage of Baha'is (over 9%).
Nepal	0.45%	4% - 4.2%	10.7% - 11%	80.6% - 81%	3.6% - 4%*	n/a	Kirant Kirant Kirat or Kirati are indigenous ethnic groups of the Himalayas extending eastward from Nepal into India, Burma and beyond. They migrated to their present locations via Assam, Burma, Tibet and Yunnan in ancient times...
Netherlands	29% - 45%	5.5% - 5.8%	0.1% - 1%	0.6%	0.4% - 0.8%*	53% - 65%	Jews 0.3%
Netherlands Antilles	92.3%	0.31%	0.26%	0.6%	1.33%*	5.2%	Jews 1.3%, Baha'is.
New Caledonia	90%	4%	3%	2%	1%*	n/a	Mostly Baha'is.
New Zealand	55.9%	1.0%	1.4%	1.7%	5.4%	34.6%
Nicaragua	90%	0.02% - 0.03%	0.1%	n/a	1.6%*	2%	Animist, Baha'is.
Niger	5%*	95%	0%	0%	Baha'is	n/a	Mixture of Christianity and Animism.
Nigeria	40%	50%	n/a	n/a	African animist 10%	n/a	The numbers of Christians and Muslims are roughly equal as 50/50.
Niue	81%				8.4%*	10.6%	Baha'is mostly.
Norfolk Island	64%				2.7%	33.3%*	Unspecified 15.2%, none 18.1%.
Northern Mariana Islands	79.7%	%	%	%	20.3%*	%	Mostly Buddhists, Atheists, Baha'is and Animists.
Norway	30% - 89.9%	1.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%*	6.7%	Jews, Sikhs, Baha'is.
Oman	2.54% - 4.9%	87.4% - 92.66%	0.8% - 1.2%	3% - 5.7%	0.3% - 1.1%*	0.1% - 0.3%	Sikhs, Baha'is.
Pakistan	1.5%	96% - 97%	0.1%	1.2% - 2%	0.1% - 0.3%*	0.1% - 0.3%	Ahmadis, Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Baha'is, animist. Read here Religion in Pakistan The state religion in Pakistan is Islam, which is practised by about 95-98% of the 187,343,000 people of the nation. The remaining 2-5% practice Christianity, Hinduism and other religions. Muslims are divided into two major sects: the majority of them practice Sunni Islam, while the Shias are a... for more details
Palau	71.7%	0.1%	3%	n/a	8.8%*	16.4%	Modekngei Modekngei Modekngei, or Ngara Modekngei is a monotheistic religious movement founded around 1915 by Temedad, a native of the island of Babeldaob, that spread throughout Palau... (indigenous to Palau).
Palestinian National Authority Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...	4.73%	83.54%	n/a	n/a	11.73%*	n/a	Jews 11.09%; Baha'is and others 0.64%.
Panama	88% - 95%	0.3% - 3.5%	0.4% - 2.1%	0.3%	2% - 4%*	2%	Read sources for more details
Papua New Guinea	66% - 96%*	0.035%	0.3%	n/a	Animist 33%, Baha'is 0.3%.		Many citizens integrate their Christian faith with some indigenous beliefs and practices
Paraguay	92% - 96.9%	0.008%	0.5%	n/a	1%*	1.5% - 5%	Animist 0.5%, Baha'is 0.2%, Jews 0.1%, New religions.
Peru	83.1%	0.003%	0.31%	unknown	0.11%*	2%	Baha'is 0.09%, Jews 0.02%, Animist.
Philippines	92.5% - 94%	5%	0.1% - 2.5%	0.05%	0.35%*	0.1%	Sikhs, Jews, Animists.
Pitcairn Islands	100%*	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	Seventh-Day Adventist 100%.
Poland	75% - 96.7%*	0.01% - 0.07%	0.1%	n/a	0.13% (Jews 0.1%)	3%	nominal Roman Catholic 96%.
Portugal	86.7% - 95.5%	0.33%	0.03%	0.07%	0.02%*	3.9% - 12.85%	Mostly Catholic.
Puerto Rico	97%	0.13%	0.03%	0.09%	0.77%*	1.98%	Spiritists 0.7%, Jews 0.07%.
Qatar	8.5% - 10.3%	71% - 77.5%	5%	7.2% - 12.7%	Baha'is 0.2%	0.8%	See sources because non-Islamic religious numbers depend on ethnic groups.
Réunion	84.9%	2.15%	?	6.7%	6.18% including Bahai 0.07%	5%	Jews 0.07%
Kingdom of Romania	99%	0.2%	0.01%	0.01%	0.1%*	0.1%	Predominantly Jews & small numbers of Baha'is.
Russia	18.5% - 78%	10% - 14%	1.1% - 1.45%	0.45%	Jews 0.5%; Shamanist 1%; Baha'is, new religions 0.5%.	16% - 48%*	Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers.
Rwanda	93.6%	4.6%	0%	0%	Animist 0.1%	1.7%
Saint Helena	95.7%	0%	0%	0%	Baha'is 0.3%	4%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	98%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1%*	1%	Baha'is, Rastafarians.
Saint Lucia	90.8%	0.1%	n/a	0.2%	2.9%*	6%	Rastafarians 2.1%.	(Page 100)
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	99%	0%	0%	0%	1%	n/a
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88.9%	1.5%	n/a	3.3%	0.3%*	6%	Rastafarians, Baha'is.
Samoa	98%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	1.6%*	0.1%	Baha'is 1.5%, Jews.
San Marino	99%	0.1%	%	%	0.4%*	0.5%	Baha'is, Jews.
São Tomé and Príncipe	77.5% - 95%	3%	0%	0%	0.1%	2% - 19.4%
Saudi Arabia	4.5% (est.)	97% (overall) *	1.5% (est.)	4.5% (est.)	unknown (Sikhs, Baha'is, Jews).	n/a	All non-Islamic religions are prohibited. Estimates for non-Islamic religions are based on nationalities. Read here Status of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocratic monarchy in which Islam is the official religion. Although no law requires citizens or passport holders to be Muslim, almost all citizens... for more details.
Senegal	4% - 5%	94% - 95%	0.01%	n/a	1% -2%*	n/a	Animists.
Serbia	83% - 91.6%	3.2% - 5%	0.01%	n/a	0.09%*	5%	Jews >0.02%.
Seychelles	93.2%	1.1%	1%	2.1%	0.5%*	2.1%	Mostly Baha'is.
Sierra Leone	20% - 30%	60%	n/a	0.1%	5% - 10%*	n/a	Mostly Animists, Baha'is. See sources for various figures.
Singapore	14.6%	14.9%	60%	4%	1%*	13%	Including Sikhs, Jews, Zoroastrians & Jains.
Slovakia	56% - 83.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%*	15.8%	Mostly Jews, Baha'is and Sikhs
Slovenia	50% - 65%	2.4%	0.06%	0.01%	0.03%*	25% - 35%	Jews, others.
Solomon Islands	97.1%	0.07%	0.03%	n/a	2.3%*	0.5%	Mostly Baha'is.
Somalia	0.1%	99.9%	0%	0%	0%	0%
South Africa	79.7%	1.5%	0.1%	1.2%	3%*	1%	Indigenous beliefs, Jews, Sikhs, Baha'is.
Spain	60% - 76%	2.3%	0.025%	0.025%	5%*	19-41%	Jews 0.12%, Baha'is, Sikhs etc... Read here Religion in Spain Roman Catholicism is the largest denomination of Christianity present in Spain by far. According to a October 2010 study by the Spanish Center of Sociological Research about 73% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics, 2.2% other faith, and about 22% identify with no religion. Most Spaniards do not... for more details. About 76% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics, 5% other faith, and about 19% identify with no religion Irreligion Irreligion is defined as an absence of religion or an indifference towards religion. Sometimes it may also be defined more narrowly as hostility towards religion. When characterized as hostility to religion, it includes antitheism, anticlericalism and antireligion. When characterized as... .
Sri Lanka	8%	7%	70%	15%	n/a	n/a
Sudan	5%	70%	0%	0%	25%*	n/a	Indigenous beliefs.
Suriname	40% - 48%	13.5% - 19.6%	1% - 1.5% (Chinese)	20% - 27.4%	3.3% - 5%*	4.4%	Animists mostly, Baha'is.
Swaziland	85% - 95%	1% - 10%	0%	0.2%	2.8%*	1%	Baha'is, Jews.
Sweden	60% - 70%	3%	0.2%	0.08% - 0.12%	0.3%	30 - 33%	At the end of 2008, 72,9% of Swedes belonged to the Church of Sweden (Lutheran), this number has been decreasing by about 1% on a yearly basis for the last two decades. Church of Sweden services are sparsely attended (hovering in the single digit percentages of the population).
Switzerland	43% - 79.3%	4.3%	0.29%	0.38%	0.33%*	15.4% (unspecified 4.3%, Atheist 11.1%)	Jews, Baha'is, Sikhs etc.
Syria	10%	90%*	0%	0%	Jews & Yazidis	n/a	Sunni Muslims 74%, Alawis 12%, Druzes 3% & others.
Republic of China	4.5%	0.3%	93%* (35% registered)	n/a	2.2%	n/a	Mostly Taiwanese people worship both of Mahayana Buddhism with Chinese religions.
Tajikistan	2.5%	90% - 97%	0.1%	unknown	0.3%*	0.1%	Zoroastrians, Shamanists, Hare Krishnas, Baha'is, Jews.
Tanzania	30% - 40%	30% - 40%	0.1%	0.9%	18.5% - 38.5% *	0.5%	Indigenous beliefs 18% - 38%, Baha'is 0.4%, Sikhs, Zoroastrians.
Thailand	0.7%	4%	95%	0.0045%	0.1%*	n/a	Including animists, Jews, Sikhs, etc...
Togo	29% - 47.1%	13.7% - 20%	0%	0%	33% - 51%*	5% - 6.1%	Indigenous beliefs.
Tokelau	95%	0%	0%	0%	5%*	n/a	Baha'is 4.5%.
Tonga	83%				14%*		Including other Christian groups, Baha'is >6%,Muslims, Hindus and Atheists.
Trinidad and Tobago	57.6%	5.8%	0.7%	22.5%	10.1%*	3.3% (Atheists 1.9%)	Spiritual Baptist Spiritual Baptist The Spiritual Baptists faith is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion which combines elements of traditional West African religions with Christianity. The Spiritual Baptist faith originated in St. Vincent.... s 1.4%, Orisha Orisha An Orisha is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare in the Yoruba spiritual or religious system.... 0.1%, other Afro-American religion Afro-American religion Afro-American religions are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas among African slaves and their descendants in various countries of Latin America, the Caribbean, and parts of the southern United States... s, Baha'is, Rastafarians & Jews.
Tunisia	1%	98%	n/a	n/a	1%*	n/a	Jews, Baha'is, Atheists.
Turkey	0.16%	99% - 99.8%	n/a	n/a	0.06%* (0.04% Jews, 0.02% Baha'is)	n/a	The Jews are the second largest non-Muslim population in Turkey after Christians, with a population of 26,000. but the non-Muslim population declined in the early 2000s.
Turkmenistan	9% (Eastern Orthodox)	89%	%	%	0.3%*	1.7%	Baha'is, Buddhists, Hare Krishnas, various Christians.
Turks and Caicos Islands	86%	0.5%	1.5%	2%	4%*	6%	Baha'is, Vodous, Rastafarians.
Tuvalu	97%	n/a	n/a	n/a	3%*	n/a	Baha'is
Uganda	83.9% - 85%	12.1%	n/a	0.8%	1.2% - 2.3%*	0.9%	Baha'is, Jews & Sikhs.
Ukraine	35% - 96.1%*	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	2.5% (Jews 0.6%)	unknown	Including many various Christian sects.
United Arab Emirates	8.5%	61.75%	4.25%	21.25%	4.25%*	n/a	Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís, and Sikhs.
United Kingdom	71.6%	2.7%	1.2%	1%	8%*	15.5-52%	Sikhs 0.6% Jews 0.5% Pagans (Wiccans).
United States	78%	1%	2% (0.7% registered)	0.4%	Jews American Jews American Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are American citizens of the Jewish faith or Jewish ethnicity. The Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews who emigrated from Central and Eastern Europe, and their U.S.-born descendants... 2.5% (1% registered, cultural 1.5%); others 1%*	15.1%	Others include new religions, Baha'is, Sikhs, animists etc.	(Read here Religion in the United States Religion in the United States is characterized by both a wide diversity in religious beliefs and practices, and by a high adherence level. According to recent surveys, 83 percent of Americans claim to belong to a religious denomination, 40 percent claim to attend services nearly every week or... for more details)
United States Virgin Islands	93%	%	%	%	5%*	2%	Rastafarians, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, etc...
Uruguay	70% - 83%	0.01%	0.1%	0.01%	0.88%*	17%	Jews 0.75%, Baha'is.
Uzbekistan	7% - 11%	80% - 88%	0.2%	0.01%	0.09%*	0.7% - 1.7%	Jews 0.065%, Zoroastrians, Baha'is.
Vanuatu	83%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	14.4%*	2.3%	Animists 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), Baha'is.
Vatican City	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	The Vatican is the "central government" of the Roman Catholic Church.
Venezuela	98%	0.4%	0.2%	n/a	0.9%*	0.5%	Including Animists, Baha'is and Jews.
Vietnam	8%	0.08%	85% (16% registered)	0.06%	5.66% (Cao Đài 3%, Tribal religions 2.5%, Baha'i 0.1%, new religions).	1.2%	Including various Vietnamese-Buddhist sects as Hoà Hảo Hoa Hao Hòa Hảo is a religious tradition, based on Buddhism, founded in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ, a native of the Mekong River Delta region of southern Vietnam. Adherents consider Sổ to be a prophet, and Hòa Hảo a continuation of a 19th-century Buddhist ministry known as Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương... , Tứ Ân Hiếu Nghĩa,etc... Read more here Religion in Vietnam The earliest established religions in Vietnam are Mahayana Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism . Significant minorities of adherents to Roman Catholicism, Cao Dai, and Hoa Hao and smaller minorities of adherents to Hinduism, Islam, Protestantism and Theravada Buddhism exist.The majority of... .
Wallis and Futuna	99%	0%	0%	0%	n/a	1%
Western Sahara	0.1%	99.9%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Yemen	0.2%	99%	0%	0.7%	0.01%*	0.019%
Zambia	87%	0.7%	0%	0.3%	7%*	5%	Animists, Baha'is.
Zanzibar	1%	99%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Zimbabwe	70% - 80%	1%	0.1%	0.1%	17.7% - 27.7%*	1.1%	Mostly animists, Baha'is 0.3%, Jews 0.1%.

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