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World Religions by

The following table provides a quick-reference, country-by-country listing for the reli- gions that appear in this volume. These statistics are found in the World Religion Data- base and all figures are mid-2015. At the end of the list of is found totals for the six plus a global total. Chinese folk-religionists are listed as ‘Chinese folk’ and New religionists as ‘New rel.’ Most numbers are rounded and so may not add up exactly to the country population. Small numbers are left unrounded to distinguish known small populations from zero but do not represent precise estimates. Some country names have been abbreviated to fit in the allotted space. The headings are as follows (with short explanations where needed):

Geographic

Country, name of country in English un region, major area and region Population, United Nations estimate, mid-2015

Religious Adherents

Agnostics Hindus Agnostic % Hindu % Atheists Jains Atheist % Jains % Baha’is Jew Baha’i % Jews % Buddhists Muslims Buddhist % Muslim % Chinese folk-religionists New Religionists Chinese folk-religionist % New Religionist % Shintoists Christian % Shintoist % Confucianists Sikhs Confucianist % Sikh % Daoists Spiritists Daoist % Spiritist % Ethnoreligionists Zoroastrians Ethnoreligionist % Zoroastrian %

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198 by country

Country un Region Population Agnostics Agnostic Atheists Atheist Baha’is Baha’i Buddhists Buddhist Chinese folk Chinese Christians Christian Confucianists Confucianist Daoists Daoist Country Ethnoreligionists Ethnoreligionist Hindus Hindu Jains Jain Jews Jew Muslims Muslim New rel. New rel. Shintoists Shintoist Sikhs Sikh Spiritists Spiritist Zoroastrians Zoroastrian % % % % folk % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Afghanistan South 32,527,000 2,600 0.0 150 0.0 11,500 0.0 6,500 0.0 0 0.0 7,600 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,900 0.0 11,100 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32,474,000 99.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,600 0.0 0 0.0 4,500 0.0 Southern 2,897,000 75,200 2.6 3,000 0.1 6,400 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,027,000 35.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 Albania 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 280 0.0 1,785,000 61.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Northern 39,667,000 495,000 1.2 6,700 0.0 3,700 0.0 6,000 0.0 12,700 0.0 69,100 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Algeria 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 640 0.0 39,072,000 98.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 American Polynesia 55,500 480 0.9 6 0.0 210 0.4 190 0.3 230 0.4 54,400 98.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 American Samoa 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Southern Europe 70,500 4,300 6.1 260 0.4 82 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 64,300 91.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Andorra 0 0.0 350 0.5 0 0.0 240 0.3 930 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Middle Africa 25,022,000 199,000 0.8 48,000 0.2 2,700 0.0 2,100 0.0 210 0.0 23,223,000 92.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Angola 1,275,000 5.1 500 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 272,000 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Anguilla 14,600 510 3.5 46 0.3 150 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 13,200 90.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 Anguilla 0 0.0 58 0.4 0 0.0 22 0.2 100 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 490 3.4 0 0.0 Antigua & Barbuda Caribbean 91,800 1,600 1.8 110 0.1 890 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 85,200 92.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Antigua & Barbuda 0 0.0 150 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 510 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,300 3.6 0 0.0 43,417,000 2,374,000 5.5 372,000 0.9 15,200 0.0 23,200 0.1 470 0.0 39,183,000 90.2 520 0.0 0 0.0 Argentina 104,000 0.2 6,400 0.0 0 0.0 194,000 0.4 930,000 2.1 110,000 0.3 0 0.0 1,200 0.0 101,000 0.2 0 0.0 3,018,000 96,500 3.2 25,200 0.8 1,200 0.0 300 0.0 0 0.0 2,844,000 94.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 Armenia 0 0.0 300 0.0 0 0.0 530 0.0 6,500 0.2 43,000 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Aruba Caribbean 104,000 1,800 1.7 150 0.1 16 0.0 130 0.1 170 0.2 100,000 96.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 Aruba 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 150 0.1 220 0.2 94 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,100 1.1 0 0.0 Australia-nz 23,969,000 5,535,000 23.1 490,000 2.0 23,600 0.1 603,000 2.5 94,000 0.4 15,831,000 66.0 58,600 0.2 7,000 0.0 Australia 73,300 0.3 320,000 1.3 3,300 0.0 121,000 0.5 584,000 2.4 111,000 0.5 0 0.0 103,000 0.4 7,100 0.0 3,900 0.0 Western Europe 8,545,000 1,388,000 16.2 159,000 1.9 2,000 0.0 11,000 0.1 3,100 0.0 6,431,000 75.3 1,500 0.0 0 0.0 Austria 310 0.0 7,200 0.1 0 0.0 8,400 0.1 525,000 6.1 5,000 0.1 0 0.0 3,000 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Western Asia 9,754,000 144,000 1.5 10,600 0.1 1,800 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 316,000 3.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Azerbaijan 0 0.0 290 0.0 0 0.0 7,000 0.1 9,272,000 95.1 1,600 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bahamas Caribbean 388,000 16,100 4.2 600 0.2 1,600 0.4 0 0.0 93 0.0 361,000 93.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bahamas 0 0.0 120 0.0 0 0.0 390 0.1 350 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7,400 1.9 0 0.0 Western Asia 1,377,000 6,800 0.5 480 0.0 3,400 0.2 3,000 0.2 0 0.0 179,000 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bahrain 340 0.0 88,800 6.4 0 0.0 69 0.0 1,095,000 79.5 340 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 160,996,000 115,000 0.1 12,500 0.0 10,400 0.0 1,155,000 0.7 3,400 0.0 828,000 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bangladesh 737,000 0.5 15,100,000 9.4 0 0.0 190 0.0 143,007,000 88.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 26,600 0.0 0 0.0 370 0.0 Caribbean 284,000 4,900 1.7 600 0.2 3,500 1.2 110 0.0 0 0.0 270,000 95.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 Barbados 29 0.0 1,300 0.5 0 0.0 34 0.0 2,900 1.0 460 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 57 0.0 0 0.0 Eastern Europe 9,496,000 1,919,000 20.2 250,000 2.6 100 0.0 1,100 0.0 0 0.0 7,290,000 76.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Belarus 480 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 10,900 0.1 25,000 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Western Europe 11,299,000 2,567,000 22.7 241,000 2.1 2,600 0.0 27,000 0.2 6,100 0.1 7,654,000 67.7 6,300 0.1 0 0.0 Belgium 2,200 0.0 6,800 0.1 890 0.0 32,000 0.3 733,000 6.5 3,600 0.0 0 0.0 11,300 0.1 4,000 0.0 12 0.0 359,000 2,500 0.7 72 0.0 8,900 2.5 1,800 0.5 0 0.0 328,000 91.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Belize 2,300 0.6 7,100 2.0 0 0.0 3,600 1.0 1,800 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,500 1.0 0 0.0 Western Africa 10,880,000 21,000 0.2 5,600 0.1 13,600 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,665,000 42.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 Benin 3,355,000 30.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,818,000 25.9 1,600 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bermuda 62,000 3,700 5.9 170 0.3 390 0.6 310 0.5 130 0.2 55,000 88.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bermuda 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 0.0 550 0.9 55 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,700 2.7 0 0.0 South Asia 775,000 210 0.0 0 0.0 79 0.0 651,000 84.0 0 0.0 8,000 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bhutan 26,200 3.4 87,500 11.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,700 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 South America 10,725,000 204,000 1.9 15,300 0.1 232,000 2.2 8,000 0.1 1,600 0.0 9,952,000 92.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bolivia 302,000 2.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,000 0.0 2,100 0.0 1,800 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,000 0.0 0 0.0 Bosnia-Herzegovina Southern Europe 3,810,000 102,000 2.7 19,600 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,840,000 48.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 380 0.0 1,848,000 48.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Southern Africa 2,262,000 3,500 0.2 150 0.0 18,600 0.8 1,300 0.1 130 0.0 1,585,000 70.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Botswana 644,000 28.5 3,100 0.1 0 0.0 470 0.0 6,200 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 270 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 South America 207,848,000 5,380,000 2.6 914,000 0.4 44,900 0.0 530,000 0.3 45,200 0.0 188,658,000 90.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Brazil 355,000 0.2 10,400 0.0 0 0.0 97,700 0.0 207,000 0.1 1,552,000 0.7 8,300 0.0 0 0.0 10,046,000 4.8 0 0.0 British Virgin Is. Caribbean 30,100 2,000 6.7 36 0.1 250 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 24,600 81.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 British Virgin Is. 0 0.0 360 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 350 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,500 8.4 0 0.0 South-eastern Asia 423,000 5,000 1.2 140 0.0 210 0.1 40,900 9.7 22,200 5.2 58,100 13.7 8,000 1.9 0 0.0 Brunei 42,600 10.1 3,600 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 241,000 57.0 95 0.0 0 0.0 1,100 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 Eastern Europe 7,150,000 195,000 2.7 64,500 0.9 590 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6,015,000 84.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 Bulgaria 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,400 0.0 871,000 12.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Western Africa 18,106,000 96,500 0.5 670 0.0 3,100 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,223,000 23.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 Burkina Faso 3,990,000 22.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9,791,000 54.1 630 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Eastern Africa 11,179,000 6,600 0.1 180 0.0 9,000 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 10,438,000 93.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 Burundi 481,000 4.3 9,400 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 235,000 2.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 South-eastern Asia 15,578,000 355,000 2.3 38,900 0.2 18,600 0.1 13,455,000 86.4 297,000 1.9 440,000 2.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Cambodia 679,000 4.4 24,200 0.2 0 0.0 150 0.0 222,000 1.4 48,300 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Middle Africa 23,344,000 138,000 0.6 45,800 0.2 61,400 0.3 420 0.0 900 0.0 13,781,000 59.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Cameroon 4,593,000 19.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 61 0.0 4,710,000 20.2 13,300 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Northern America 35,940,000 6,572,000 18.3 918,000 2.6 60,600 0.2 621,000 1.7 713,000 2.0 24,382,000 67.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Canada 148,000 0.4 454,000 1.3 15,400 0.0 386,000 1.1 1,054,000 2.9 99,400 0.3 0 0.0 495,000 1.4 17,300 0.0 3,600 0.0 Western Africa 521,000 5,100 1.0 0 0.0 800 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 494,000 94.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 Cape Verde 5,900 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 0.0 14,600 2.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Car. Caribbean 24,900 690 2.8 33 0.1 46 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 23,400 94.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Car. Netherlands 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 700 2.8 0 0.0 Cayman Islands Caribbean 60,000 3,400 5.6 230 0.4 460 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 48,500 80.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 Cayman Islands 0 0.0 150 0.3 0 0.0 1,000 1.7 120 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6,100 10.2 0 0.0