Explore the charts and statistics below to learn what the largest religions in each country are. These tables show the main religions in every nation, helping readers understand global beliefs and cultures.
Over 250 countries are listed below.
Religions with the Most Followers in Each Nation
Country Religion Statistics Afghanistan Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%) Albania Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, Atheist 2.5% Algeria Muslim (official; mostly Sunni) 99% Andorra Catholic (majority) Angola Catholic 41.1%, Protestant 38.1%, none 12.3% Antigua and Barbuda Protestant 68.3% (Anglican 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.4%, Pentecostal 12.2%), Catholic 8.2% Argentina Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2% Armenia Armenian Apostolic 92.6%, Evangelical 1% Australia Protestant 23.1% (Anglican 13.3%), Catholic 22.6%, Muslim 2.6% Austria Catholic 73.8%, Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, none 12%
Country Religion Statistics Azerbaijan Islam 99.2% (Shi’a) Bahamas Protestant 69.9%, Catholic 12%, none 17% Bahrain Muslim 70.3%, Christian 14.5%, Hindu 9.8%, Buddhist 2.5% Bangladesh Muslim 90.4%, Hindu 8.5% Barbados Protestant 66.4%, Catholic 3.8%, none 20.6% Belarus Eastern Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1% Belgium Catholic 50%, none 32%, Muslim 5% Belize Catholic 40.1%, Protestant 31.5%, none 15.5% Benin Muslim 27.7%, Catholic 25.5%, Protestant 13.5%, Vodoo 11.6% Bhutan Buddhist 75.3%, Hinduism 22.1%
Also, see What is the Largest Denomination in Each State? to learn more.
Christianity is the largest religion in the world.
Country Religion Statistics Bolivia Catholic 76.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 8.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslim 50.7%, Orthodox 30.7%, Catholic 15.2% Botswana Christian 79.1%, Badimo 4.1%, none 15% Brazil Catholic 64.6%, Protestant 22.2% Brunei Muslim 78.8%, Buddhist 7.8%, Christian 8.7% Bulgaria Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8% Burkina Faso Muslim 61.6%, Catholic 23.2%, animist 7.3%, Protestant 6.7% Burundi Catholic 62.1%, Protestant 23.9%, Muslim 2.5% Cabo Verde Catholic 77.3%, Protestant 4.6% Cambodia Buddhist 96.9%, Muslim 1.9%
Country Religion Statistics Cameroon Indigenous 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% Canada Catholic 39%, Protestant 20%, Muslim 3% Central African Republic Indigenous 35%, Protestant 25%, Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% Chad Muslim 52.1%, Protestant 23.9%, Catholic 20% Chile Catholic 66.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.4% China Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Folk religion 21.9% Colombia Catholic 79%, Protestant 14%, Jehovah’s Witness 1% Comoros Sunni Muslim 98%, Catholic 2% Congo (Democratic Republic of the) Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, Indigenous 10% Congo (Republic of the) Protestant 41%, Catholic 33.1%, Muslim 1.6%
Also, see the World Religion Comparison Chart to learn more.
Buddhism has two major expressions: Theravada and Mahayana.
Country Religion Statistics Costa Rica Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah’s Witness 1.3% Cote d’Ivoire Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8% Croatia Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5% Cuba Catholic 60%, Protestant 5% Cyprus Greek Orthodox 89.1%, Catholic 2.9%, Protestant 2% Czech Republic Catholic 10.4%, Protestant 1.1%, none 34.5% Denmark Evangelical Lutheran 74.7%, Muslim 5.3%, none 17.4% Djibouti Muslim 94%, Christian 6% Dominica Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 20.6%, none 6.1% Dominican Republic Catholic 47.8%, Protestant 21.3%, none 23%
Country Religion Statistics East Timor Catholic 97.6% Ecuador Catholic 74%, Evangelical 10.4%, atheist 8.9% Egypt Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox) 10% El Salvador Catholic 47%, Protestant 33%, none 17% Equatorial Guinea Catholic 87%, Indigenous 5% Eritrea Muslim 50%, Coptic Christian 30%, Catholic 13%, Protestant 5% Estonia Evangelical Lutheran 9.9%, Orthodox 16.2% Eswatini Zionist 40% (a blend of Christianity and indigenous), Catholic 20%, Muslim 10% Ethiopia Ethiopian Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.6% Fiji Protestant 45% (Methodist 34.6%), Hindu 27.9%, Catholic 9.1%, Muslim 6.3%
Also, see the Christian Denominations Comparison Chart to learn more.
Islam originated in the 7th century A.D.
Country Religion Statistics Finland Lutheran 70.9%, none 26.3% France Christian 63-66% (Catholic 80-88%), Muslim 7-9% Gabon Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 13.7%, Muslim 9.8% Gambia Muslim 95.7%, Christian 4.2% Georgia Orthodox Christian 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic 2.9% Germany Catholic 27.7%, Protestant 25.5%, Muslim 5.1%, none 40.5% Ghana Christian 71.2% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 28.3%), Muslim 17.6% Greece Greek Orthodox 81-90%, Muslim 2%, none 4-15% Grenada Catholic 44.6%, Protestant 43.5% (Pentecostal 27.3%) Guatemala Catholic 39.8%, Protestant 40%, Indigenous 8.3%, none 9.6%.
Country Religion Statistics Guinea Muslim 89.1%, Christian 6.8%, Indigenous 2.7% Guinea-Bissau Muslim 45.1%, Christian 22.1%, Indigenous 14.9% Guyana Protestant 34.8%, Hindu 24.8%, Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 6.8% Haiti Catholic 54.7%, Protestant 28.5%, Voodoo 2.1% Holy See Catholic 100% Honduras Catholic 46%, Protestant 41% Hungary Catholic 37.2%, Calvinist 11.6%, Lutheran 2.2% Iceland Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland 67.2%, Catholic 3.9% India Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3% Indonesia Muslim 87.2%, Christian 7%, Catholic 2.9%
Also, see Roman Catholic vs. Protestant vs. Eastern Orthodox to learn more.
Abraham is the father of the Jewish people.
Country Religion Statistics Iran Muslim 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%) Iraq Muslim 99% (Shia 55-60%, Sunni 40%) Ireland Catholic 78.3%, Church of Ireland (Anglican) 2.7% Israel Jewish 74.3%, Muslim 17.8%, Christian 2%, Druze 1.6% Italy Christian 80% (overwhelmingly Catholic), Muslim 3.7%, none 15.6% Jamaica Protestant 64.8% (Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%), Catholic 2.2% Japan Shintoism 79.2%, Buddhism 66.8%, Christianity 1.5% Jordan Muslim 97.2% (mostly Sunni), Christian 2.2% Kazakhstan Muslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox) Kenya Christian 83% (Protestant 47.7%, Catholic 23.4%), Muslim 11.2%
Country Religion Statistics Kiribati Catholic 57.3%, Kiribati Uniting Church 31.3%, Mormon 5.3% Korea (North) Traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist Korea (South) Christian 27.6% (Protestant 24.0%), Buddhist 15.5%, none 56.1% Kosovo Muslim 95.6%, Catholic 2.2% Kuwait Muslim 74.6% (Sunni 70.2%, Shia 30.3%), Christian 18.2% Kyrgyzstan Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20% Laos Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4% Latvia Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3% Lebanon Muslim 61.1%, Christian 33.7% Lesotho Christian 80% (Catholic 50%, Protestant 30%), Indigenous 20%
Hindu symbolism is full of vibrant colors.
Country Religion Statistics Liberia Christian 85.6%, Muslim 12.2% Libya Muslim (mostly Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7% Liechtenstein Catholic 75.9%, Protestant 6.5%, Muslim 5.4% Lithuania Catholic 77.2%, Russian Orthodox 4.1% Luxembourg Catholic 87%, other Christian 7%, Muslim 3% Madagascar Indigenous 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% Malawi Christian 82.6%, Muslim 13% Malaysia Muslim 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3% Maldives Sunni Muslim 100% Mali Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%
Country Religion Statistics Malta Catholic more than 90% Marshall Islands Protestant 54.8%, Assembly of God 25.8%, Catholic 8.4% Mauritania Muslim 100% Mauritius Hindu 48.5%, Catholic 26.3%, Muslim 17.3% Mexico Catholic 82.7%, Protestant 6.6%, Jehovah’s Witness 1.4% Micronesia Catholic 54.7%, Protestant 41.7% Moldova Orthodox 93.3%, Baptist 1% Monaco Catholic 90% Mongolia Buddhist 53%, Muslim 3%, Shamanist 2.9% Montenegro Orthodox 72.1%, Muslim 19.1%, Catholic 3.4%,
Taoism dates to the 4th century B.C.
Country Religion Statistics Morocco Muslim 99% Mozambique Catholic 28.4%, Muslim 17.9%, Zionist Christian 15.5%, Pentecostal 15.3% Myanmar Buddhist 87.9%, Christian 6.2%, Muslim 4.3% Namibia Christian 80-90% (Lutheran 50% at least), Indigenous 10-20% Nauru Protestant 60.4%, Catholic 33% Nepal Hindu 81.3%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4.4%, Kirant 3% Netherlands Catholic 23.6%, Protestant 14.9%, None 53.1% New Zealand Christian 37.3%, Hindu 2.7%, Buddhist 1.3% Nicaragua Catholic 50%, Evangelical 33.2% Niger Muslim 99.3%, Christian 0.3%
Country Religion Statistics Nigeria Muslim 53.5%, Christian 45.9% North Macedonia Orthodox 64.8%, Muslim 33.3% Norway Church of Norway (Lutheran) 70.6%, Muslim 3.2%, Catholic 3% Oman Muslim 85.9%, Christian 6.5%, Hindu 5.5% Pakistan Muslim 96.4% Palau Catholic 49.4%, Protestant 30.9%, Modekngei 8.7% Panama Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% Papua New Guinea Catholic 27%, Protestant 69.4% Paraguay Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2% Peru Catholic 60%, Christian 14.6%, Evangelical 12.5%
Followers of native religions are found around the world.
Country Religion Statistics Philippines Catholic 80.6%, Protestant 8.2%, Muslim 5.6% Poland Catholic 87.2%, Orthodox 1.3% Portugal Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3% Qatar Muslim 67.7%, Christian 13.8%, Hindu 13.8% Romania Eastern Orthodox 81%, Protestant 6.2%, Catholic 4.3% Russia Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15% Rwanda Catholic 43.7%, Protestant 37.7%, Adventist 11.8% Saint Kitts and Nevis Anglican 20.6%, other Protestant 35.9%, Catholic 19.1% Saint Lucia Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5% Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Protestant 70.6%, Catholic 7.5%
Country Religion Statistics Samoa Protestant 52.7%, Catholic 19.4%, Mormon 15.2% San Marino Catholic 97.2% Sao Tome and Principe Catholic 55.7%, Adventist 4.1%, Assembly of God 3.4% Saudi Arabia Muslim (85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia) Senegal Muslim 95.9%, Christian 4.1% Serbia Serbian Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1% Seychelles Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 10.6% Sierra Leone Muslim 78.6%, Christian 20.8% Singapore Buddhist 33.9%, Muslim 14.3%, Taoist 11.3%, Catholic 7.1% Slovakia Catholic 62%, Protestant 8.2%, Greek Catholic 3.8%
Country Religion Statistics Slovenia Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% Solomon Islands Protestant 73.4%, Catholic 19.6% Somalia Sunni Muslim 99.8% South Africa Protestant 36.6%, other Christian 36%, Catholic 7.1% South Sudan Animist, Christian Spain Catholic 67.4%, Atheist 11.7%, Agnostic 7.6% Sri Lanka Buddhist 70.2%, Hindu 12.6%, Muslim 9.7%, Catholic 6.1% Sudan Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority Suriname Protestant 23.6%, Hindu 22.3%, Catholic 21.6%, Muslim 13.8% Sweden Church of Sweden (Lutheran) 63%, Muslim 4.9%
Country Religion Statistics Switzerland Catholic 35.9%, Protestant 23.8% Syria Muslim 87% (Sunni 74%, Shia 13%), Christian 10% Taiwan Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Folk Religion 18.2% Tajikistan Muslim 96.7% (Sunni 95%, Shia 1.7%) Tanzania Christian 61.4%, Muslim 35.2% Thailand Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.3 Togo Animist 33.5%, Christian 28.3%, Muslim 20% Tonga Protestant 64.9%, Mormon 16.8%, Catholic 15.6% Trinidad and Tobago Protestant 32.1%, Catholic 21.6%, Hindu 18%, Muslim 5% Tunisia Muslim Sunni 99.1%
Country Religion Statistics Turkey Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni) Turkmenistan Muslim 93.1% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 5.1% Tuvalu Protestant 98.4% Uganda Catholic 39.3%, Anglican 32%, Muslim 13.7%, Pentecostal 11.1% Ukraine Orthodox 65.4%, unaffiliated 16.3%, atheist 6.1% United Arab Emirates Muslim 76%, Christian 9% United Kingdom Christian 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3% United States Protestant 46.5%, Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6% Uruguay Catholic 47.1%, Protestants 11.1%, non-denominational 23.2% Uzbekistan Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%
Country Religion Statistics Vanuatu Protestant 70% (Presbyterian 27.9%, Anglican 15.1%) Vatican City Catholic 100% Venezuela Catholic 96%, Protestant 2% Vietnam Buddhist 7.9%, Catholic 6.6% Western Sahara Muslim 99.9% Yemen Muslim 99.1% (Sunni 65%, Shia 34.1%) Zambia Protestant 75.3%, Catholic 20.2% Zimbabwe Protestant 74.8% (Pentecostal 37.5%, Adventist 8.4%), Catholic 7.3%
References: [1] Religion Statistics – Wikipedia The CIA Factbook Pew Research
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