Countries
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Country |
Religions (%) | | Afghanistan
| Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1% | |
Albania
| Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note:
all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited;
in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice |
| Algeria
| Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
| American
Samoa | Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant
and other 30% | | Andorra
| Roman Catholic (predominant) | | Angola
| indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
| | Anguilla
| Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman
Catholic 3%, other 12% | | Antigua
and Barbuda | Christian, (predominantly Anglican with other Protestant,
and some Roman Catholic) | | Argentina
| nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant
2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% | | Armenia
| Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (Zoroastrian/animist)
2% | | Aruba
| Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish
| | Australia
| Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian
11%, other 12.6% | | Austria
| Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17% |
| Azerbaijan
| Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8%
(1995 est.)
note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan;
percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower | |
Bahamas,
The | Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%,
Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2% |
| Bahrain
| Shi'a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30% | | Bangladesh
| Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998) | |
Barbados
| Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%),
Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12% | | Belarus
| Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish,
and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) | | Belgium
| Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25% | |
Belize
| Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Anglican 5.3%, Methodist 3.5%,
Mennonite 4.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Pentecostal 7.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses
1.5%), none 9.4%, other 14% (2000) | | Benin
| indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% | |
Bermuda
| non-Anglican Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic 15%, other
19% | | Bhutan
| Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
| | Bolivia
| Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) |
| Bosnia
and Herzegovina | Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant
4%, other 10% | | Botswana
| indigenous beliefs 85%, Christian 15% | |
Brazil
| Roman Catholic (nominal) 80% | | British
Virgin Islands | Protestant 86% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church
of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other
15%), Roman Catholic 10%, none 2%, other 2% (1991) | |
Brunei
| Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs
and other 10% | | Bulgaria
| Bulgarian Orthodox 83.8%, Muslim 12.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish
0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 2.3% (1998) | |
Burkina
Faso | indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman
Catholic) 10% | | Burma
| Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%,
animist 1%, other 2% | | Burundi
| Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs
23%, Muslim 10% | | Cambodia
| Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5% | | Cameroon
| indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% | |
Canada
| Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 36%, other 18%
note: based
on the 1991 census | | Cape
Verde | Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant
(mostly Church of the Nazarene) | | Cayman
Islands | United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican,
Baptist, Church of God, other Protestant, Roman Catholic | |
Central
African Republic | indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic
25%, Muslim 15%
note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence
the Christian majority | | Chad
| Muslim 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7% | |
Chile
| Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL% | |
China
| Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
note:
officially atheist (2002 est.) | | Christmas
Island | Buddhist 36%, Muslim 25%, Christian 18%, other 21% (1997)
| | Cocos
(Keeling) Islands | Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.) |
| Colombia
| Roman Catholic 90% | | Comoros
| Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2% | |
Congo,
Democratic Republic of the | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist
10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10% |
| Congo,
Republic of the | Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2% |
| Cook
Islands | Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook
Islands Christian Church) | | Costa
Rica | Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses
1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% | |
Cote
d'Ivoire | Christian 20-30%, Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40% (2001)
note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%)
and Christian (20%) | | Croatia
| Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others
and unknown 6.2% (2001) | | Cuba
| nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants,
Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented | |
Cyprus
| Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other
4% | | Czech
Republic | Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other
13.4%, atheist 39.8% | | Denmark
| Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim
2% | | Djibouti
| Muslim 94%, Christian 6% | | Dominica
| Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day
Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% | |
Dominican
Republic | Roman Catholic 95% | | East
Timor | Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%,
Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.) | | Ecuador
| Roman Catholic 95% | | Egypt
| Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6% |
| El
Salvador | Roman Catholic 83%
note: there is extensive
activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there
were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador |
| Equatorial
Guinea | nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan
practices | | Eritrea
| Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| Estonia
| Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist,
Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish
| | Ethiopia
| Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
| | Falkland
Islands (Islas Malvinas) | primarily Anglican, Roman Catholic, United
Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist
| | Faroe
Islands | Evangelical Lutheran | | Fiji
| Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim
8%, other 2%
note: Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu,
and there is a Muslim minority (1986) | | Finland
| Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Russian Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1% |
| France
| Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated
4% | | French
Guiana | Roman Catholic | | French
Polynesia | Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion
6% | | Gabon
| Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% | |
Gambia,
The | Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
| Gaza
Strip | Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish
0.6% | | Georgia
| Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic
8%, unknown 6% | | Germany
| Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other
28.3% | | Ghana
| indigenous beliefs 21%, Muslim 16%, Christian 63% | |
Gibraltar
| Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish 2.3%,
none or other 7% (1991) | | Greece
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% | |
Greenland
| Evangelical Lutheran | | Grenada
| Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% |
| Guadeloupe
| Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1% |
| Guam
| Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.) | |
Guatemala
| Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs |
| Guernsey
| Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
| | Guinea
| Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7% | |
Guinea-Bissau
| indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5% | |
Guyana
| Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5% | |
Haiti
| Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist
1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
note: roughly half of the
population also practices Voodoo | | Holy
See (Vatican City) | Roman Catholic | |
Honduras
| Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority | |
Hong
Kong | eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% |
| Hungary
| Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other
7.5% | | Iceland
| Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%,
other 7.1% (2002) | | India
| Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including
Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000) | | Indonesia
| Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%,
other 1% (1998) | | Iran
| Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian,
and Baha'i 1% | | Iraq
| Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% |
| Ireland
| Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998) |
| Israel
| Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other
3.2% (1996 est.) | | Italy
| predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities
and a growing Muslim immigrant community | | Jamaica
| Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%,
Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other,
including some spiritual cults 34.7% | | Japan
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian
0.7%) | | Jersey
| Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist,
Presbyterian | | Jordan
| Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek
and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and
Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations)
(2001 est.) | | Kazakhstan
| Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7% |
| Kenya
| Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%,
other 2%
note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates
for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs
vary widely | | Kiribati
| Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day
Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999) |
| Korea,
North | 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 | Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo
(Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1% | | Kuwait
| Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other
15% | | Kyrgyzstan
| Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5% | |
Laos
| Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations
1.5%) | | Latvia
| Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox | |
Lebanon
| Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri),
Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
| | Lesotho
| Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% | |
Liberia
| indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% | |
Libya
| Sunni Muslim 97% | | Liechtenstein
| Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7%, unknown 10.6%, other 6.2% (June
2002) | | Lithuania
| Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant,
Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish | |
Luxembourg
| 87% Roman Catholic, 13% Protestants, Jews, and Muslims (2000) |
| Macau
| Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.) |
| Macedonia,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of | Macedonian Orthodox 67%, Muslim
30%, other 3% | | Madagascar
| indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% | |
Malawi
| Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 3%,
other 2% | | Malaysia
| Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition,
Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia | | Maldives
| Sunni Muslim | | Mali
| Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1% | |
Malta
| Roman Catholic 98% | | Man,
Isle of | Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian,
Society of Friends | | Marshall
Islands | Christian (mostly Protestant) | |
Martinique
| Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other
3.5% (1997) | | Mauritania
| Muslim 100% | | Mauritius
| Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim
16.6%, other 3.1% | | Mayotte
| Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) | |
Mexico
| nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
| Micronesia,
Federated States of | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47% |
| Moldova
| Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) |
| Monaco
| Roman Catholic 90% | | Mongolia
| Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism,
and Christian 4% (1998) | | Montserrat
| Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist,
other Christian denominations | | Morocco
| Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2% | |
Mozambique
| indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% | |
Namibia
| Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10%
to 20% | | Nauru
| Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic) |
| Nepal
| Hinduism 86.2%, Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2%
note:
only official Hindu state in the world (1995) | |
Netherlands
| Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated
40% (1998) | | Netherlands
Antilles | Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
| | New
Caledonia | Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10% |
| New
Zealand | Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist
5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986) |
| Nicaragua
| Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant | | Niger
| Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christian |
| Nigeria
| Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% | |
Niue
| Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to
the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman
Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist) | |
Norfolk
Island | Anglican 37.4%, Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman
Catholic 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other 3.9%
(1996) | | Northern
Mariana Islands | Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional
beliefs and taboos may still be found) | | Norway
| Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman
Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997) | |
Oman
| Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu |
| Pakistan
| Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% |
| Palau
| Christian (Roman Catholics 49%, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses,
the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei
religion (one-third of the population observes this religion, which is indigenous
to Palau) | | Panama
| Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% | | Papua
New Guinea | Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London
Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist
1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34% | |
Paraguay
| Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant |
| Peru
| Roman Catholic 90% | | Philippines
| Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
| | Pitcairn
Islands | Seventh-Day Adventist 100% | |
Poland
| Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant,
and other 5% | | Portugal
| Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995) | |
Puerto
Rico | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% |
| Qatar
| Muslim 95% | | Reunion
| Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995) | |
Romania
| Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%,
Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002) |
| Russia
| Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other | | Rwanda
| Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%,
indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001) | | Saint
Helena | Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman
Catholic | | Saint
Kitts and Nevis | Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic |
| Saint
Lucia | Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 3%, other Protestant 7% |
| Saint
Pierre and Miquelon | Roman Catholic 99% | |
Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines | Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic
13%, Hindu Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant | |
Samoa
| Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London
Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day
Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist) | | San
Marino | Roman Catholic | | Sao
Tome and Principe | Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant,
Seventh-Day Adventist) | | Saudi
Arabia | Muslim 100% | | Senegal
| Muslim 94%, indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic)
| | Serbia
and Montenegro | Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant
1%, other 11% | | Seychelles
| Roman Catholic 86.6%, Anglican 6.8%, other Christian 2.5%, other 4.1%
| | Sierra
Leone | Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% |
| Singapore
| Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist,
Confucianist | | Slovakia
| Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%,
other 17.5% | | Slovenia
| Roman Catholic (Uniate 2%) 70.8%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%,
other 22.9% | | Solomon
Islands | Anglican 45%, Roman Catholic 18%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian)
12%, Baptist 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs
4% | | Somalia
| Sunni Muslim | | South
Africa | Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60%
of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous
beliefs and animist 28.5% | | Spain
| Roman Catholic 94%, other 6% | | Sri
Lanka | Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999) |
| Sudan
| Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly
in south and Khartoum) | | Suriname
| Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly
Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5% | | Swaziland
| Zionist (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship) 40%,
Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish and
other 30% | | Sweden
| Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
| | Switzerland
| Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9% (1990) |
| Syria
| Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian
(various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
| | Taiwan
| mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other
2.5% | | Tajikistan
| Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5% | | Tanzania
| mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar
- more than 99% Muslim | | Thailand
| Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6%
(1991) | | Togo
| indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20% | |
Tokelau
| Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu,
all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian
Church predominant | | Tonga
| Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents) |
| Trinidad
and Tobago | Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim
5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7% | | Tunisia
| Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1% | |
Turkey
| Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
| | Turkmenistan
| Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% | |
Turks
and Caicos Islands | Baptist 40%, Methodist 16%, Anglican 18%, Church
of God 12%, other 14% (1990) | | Tuvalu
| Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%,
Baha'i 1%, other 0.6% | | Uganda
| Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
| | Ukraine
| Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev
Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant,
Jewish | | United
Arab Emirates | Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other
4% | | United
Kingdom | Anglican and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million,
Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000
| | United
States | Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%,
none 10% (1989) | | Uruguay
| Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church
regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31% |
| Uzbekistan
| Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% |
| Vanuatu
| Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs
7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7% (including
Jon Frum Cargo cult) | | Venezuela
| nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% |
| Vietnam
| Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic,
some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim | | Virgin
Islands | Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other
7% | | Wallis
and Futuna | Roman Catholic 99%, other 1% | |
West
Bank | Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and
other 8% | | Western
Sahara | Muslim | | World
| Christians 32.79% (of which Roman Catholics 17.33%, Protestants 5.62%,
Orthodox 3.51%, Anglicans 1.31%), Muslims 19.6%, Hindus 13.31%, Buddhists 5.88%,
Sikhs 0.38%, Jews 0.24%, other religions 12.83%, non-religious 12.53%, atheists
2.44% (2001 est.) | | Yemen
| Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of
Jewish, Christian, and Hindu | | Zambia
| Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
| Zimbabwe
| syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%,
indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1% | | |
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