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This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report.^[1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State.

Religions by country

Africa

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Eastern Africa

Country	Population	Christian		Muslim		Irreligion		Hindu		Buddhist		Folk religion		Other religion		Jewish
Country	Population	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Burundi	13,162,955	12,294,199	93.40	276,422	2.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	477,960	5.70	0	0.00	0	0.00
Comoros	730,620	5,000	0.20	725,620	99.80	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	000	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Djibouti	893,450	20,470	2.30	862,410	96.90	1,780	0.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	2,670	0.30	0	0.00	1,780	0.20
Eritrea	5,250,000	2,625,000	50.00	2,520,000	48.00	5,250	0.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	21,000	0.40	0	0.00	0	0.00
Ethiopia	126,527,060	85,152,711	67.3	39,602,969	31.3	50,000	0.06	0	0.00	0	0.00	2,156,700	2.60	0	0.00	25,000	1.00
Kenya^[2]	51,526,000	44,054,730	85.5	5,616,334	10.9	761,029	1.60	61,834	0.13	N/A	N/A	323,437	0.68	546,989	1.15	N/A	N/A
Madagascar	28,812,195	24,403,929	84.7	893,178	3.1	1,428,990	6.90	10,000	0.05	0	0.00	931,950	4.50	20,000	0.10	0	0.00
Malawi^[3]	17,563,749	13,581,623	77.33	2,426,754	13.82	376,784	2.15	3,211	0.02	5,506	0.03	186,284	1.06	983,587	5.60	N/A	N/A
Mauritius	1,300,000	328,900	25.30	217,100	16.70	7,800	0.60	733,200	56.40	0	0.00	9,100	0.70	3,900	0.30	0	0.00
Mayotte	200,000	1,400	0.70	197,200	98.60	400	0.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	1,000	0.50	0	0.00	0	0.00
Mozambique	34,173,805	21,187,759	62.00	6,493,022	19.00	4,186,810	17.90	0	0.00	0	0.00	1,730,860	7.40	0	0.00	0	0.00
Reunion	850,000	744,600	87.60	35,700	4.20	17,000	2.00	38,250	4.50	1,700	0.20	3,400	0.40	9,350	1.10	0	0.00
Rwanda	13,400,541	12,569,707	93.80	294,811	2.20	382,320	3.60	0	0.00	0	0.00	106,200	1.00	21,240	0.20	0	0.00
Seychelles	90,000	84,600	94.00	1,038	1.10	1,890	2.10	1,890	2.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	540	0.60	0	0.00
Somalia	9,330,000	100	0.01	9,311,340	99.80	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
South Sudan	12,118,379	7,331,619	60.50	751,339	6.20	49,750	0.50	0	0.00	0	0.00	3,273,550	32.90	0	0.00	0	0.00
Tanzania	61,741,120	38,958,647	63.10	21,053,722	34.10	627,760	1.40	44,840	0.10	0	0.00	807,120	1.80	30,000	0.07	0	0.00
Uganda	47,729,952	40,284,079	84.4	6,539,003	13.7	167,100	0.50	100,260	0.30	0	0.00	300,780	0.90	33,420	0.10	0	0.00
Zambia	20,216,029	19,730,844	97.60	202,160	1.00	65,450	0.50	13,090	0.10	0	0.00	39,270	0.30	117,810	0.90	0	0.00
Zimbabwe	16,775,307	14,678,393	87.50	167,753	1.00	993,030	7.90	0	0.00	0	0.00	477,660	3.80	37,710	0.30	10,000	0.08
Eastern Africa	333,970,000	238,006,180	71.27	73,510,760	22.01	9,371,310	2.81	982,040	0.29	1,700	0.00	11,288,190	3.38	760,090	0.23	11,780	0.00

Western Africa

Country	Population	Christian		Muslim		Irreligion		Hindu		Buddhist		Folk religion		Other religion		Not Stated/Undeclared
Country	Population	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Benin	13,852,780	5,690,500	48.00	3,141,320	28.00	442,500	6.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	1,601,850	18.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Burkina Faso	20,505,155	5,392,855	26.3	13,082,290	63.8							1,845,463	9.0	184,546	0.9	0	0.00
Cape Verde	512,450	445,500	89.10	800	2.00	45,500	9.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	7,500	1.50	1,000	0.20	0	0.00
Gambia	1,730,000	77,850	4.50	1,645,230	95.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	1,730	0.10	0	0.00	0	0.00
Ghana^[4]	34,237,620	24,411,423	71.3	6,813,286	19.9	338,720	1.1					985,365	3.2	1,385,665	4.5
Guinea	9,980,000	1,087,820	10.90	8,423,120	84.40	179,640	1.80	0	0.00	0	0.00	269,460	2.70	0	0.00	0	0.00
Guinea Bissau	1,520,000	300,000	20.00	826,800	45.20	65,360	4.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	469,680	28.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Ivory Coast^[5]	29,389,150	11,696,880	39.8	12,490,390	42.5	3,703,033	12.6					646,450	2.2	205,725	0.7	646,560	2.2
Liberia	3,990,000	3,427,410	85.90	962,000	20.00	55,860	1.40	0	0.00	0	0.00	19,950	0.50	3,990	0.10	0	0.00
Mali	19,329,841	491,840	3.20	17,508,400	95.00	414,990	0.60	0	0.00	0	0.00	245,920	1.20	0	0.00	0	0.00
Mauritania	4,594,525	3,000	0.10	4,591,525	99.90	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00
Niger	15,510,000	124,080	0.80	15,261,840	98.40	108,570	0.70	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Nigeria	230,842,743	113,805,472	49.3	112,651,258	48.8	633,680	0.04	0	0.00	10,000	0.01	2,217,880	1.00	90,000	0.06	0	0.00
Senegal	17,745,000	887,250	5.00	16,325,400	92.00	35,490	0.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	496,860	2.80	0	0.00	0	0.00
Sierra Leone	5,870,000	1,226,830	21.00	4,578,600	78.00	5,870	0.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	46,960	1.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Saint Helena	4,000	3,860	96.50	140	03.50	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Togo	6,030,000	2,635,110	43.70	1,562,000	20.00	373,860	6.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	2,146,680	35.60	36,180	0.60	0	0.00
Western Africa	304,264,000	123,748,360	40.67	162,347,970	53.36	5,034,372	1.64	0	0.00	10,000	0.00	12,789,880	4.20	219,438	0.07	0	0.00

Americas

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Caribbean

Country	Population	Christian		Muslim		Irreligion		Hindu		Buddhist		Folk religion		Other religion		Jewish
Country	Population	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Anguilla	20,000	18,120	90.60	60	0.30	800	4.00	80	0.40	0	0.00	580	2.90	320	1.60	20	0.10
Antigua and Barbuda	90,000	83,700	93.00	540	0.60	1,530	1.70	180	0.20	0	0.00	3,240	3.60	900	1.00	0	0.00
Aruba	110,670	101,090	91.90	220	0.20	6,600	6.00	0	0.00	110	0.10	1,430	1.30	110	0.10	440	0.40
Bahamas	340,550	326,400	96.00	340	0.10	10,540	3.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	1,020	0.30	1,020	0.30	0	0.00
Barbados	270,000	257,040	95.20	2,700	1.00	5,130	1.90	1,080	0.40	0	0.00	0	0.00	3,780	1.40	0	0.00
Bonaire	22,573	18,960	86.0	N/A	N/A	2,710	12.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	900	4.0	N/A	N/A
Cayman Islands	60,000	50,100	83.50	240	0.40	5,640	9.40	540	0.90	0	0.00	2,700	4.50	360	0.60	480	0.80
Cuba	10,985,974	6,503,697	59.20	0	0.00	2,589,800	23.00	22,520	0.20	0	0.00	1,959,240	17.40	0	0.00	0	0.00
Curaçao	155,000	134,230	86.6	N/A	N/A	15,500	10.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6,820	4.4	N/A	N/A
Dominica	70,000	66,080	94.40	70	0.10	350	0.50	0	0.00	70	0.10	2,100	3.00	1,190	1.70	0	0.00
Dominican Republic	10,790,744	9,654,254	88.00	0	0.00	1,082,370	10.90	0	0.00	0	0.00	89,370	0.90	9,930	0.10	0	0.00
Grenada	100,000	96,600	96.60	300	0.30	1,000	1.00	700	0.70	0	0.00	1,300	1.30	200	0.20	0	0.00
Guadeloupe	460,000	441,140	95.90	1,840	0.40	11,500	2.50	2,300	0.50	0	0.00	1,840	0.40	1,840	0.40	0	0.00
Haiti	11,470,261	9,967,656	86.90	0	0.00	1,058,940	10.60	0	0.00	0	0.00	219,780	2.20	29,970	0.30	0	0.00
Jamaica	2,740,000	2,115,280	77.20	0	0.00	471,280	17.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	123,300	4.50	27,400	1.00	0	0.00
Martinique	410,000	395,650	96.50	820	0.20	9,430	2.30	820	0.20	0	0.00	820	0.20	2,460	0.60	0	0.00
Montserrat	5,000	4,675	93.50	0	0.00	240	4.80	5	0.10	0	0.00	10	0.20	75	1.50	0	0.00
Puerto Rico	3,285,870	2,924,400	89.00	0	0.00	262,870	8.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	98,580	3.00	0	0.00
Saba	1,911	1452	76.0	115	6.0	344	18.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,000	47,300	94.60	150	0.30	800	1.60	750	1.50	0	0.00	650	1.30	400	0.80	0	0.00
Saint Lucia	170,000	154,870	91.10	170	0.10	10,200	6.00	510	0.30	0	0.00	850	0.50	3,400	2.00	0	0.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,000	97,570	88.70	1,650	1.50	2,750	2.50	3,740	3.40	0	0.00	2,200	2.00	2,200	2.00	0	0.00
Sint Eustatius	3,240	2,757	85.1	N/A	N/A	483	14.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sint Maarten	41,486	34,060	82.1	N/A	N/A	3,277	7.9	2,160	5.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,990	4.8	N/A	N/A
Trinidad and Tobago	1,340,000	883,060	65.90	79,060	5.90	25,460	1.90	304,180	22.70	4,020	0.30	25,460	1.90	18,760	1.40	0	0.00
Turks and Caicos Islands	40,000	36,840	92.10	0	0.00	1,840	4.60	0	0.00	0	0.00	1,080	2.70	240	0.60	0	0.00
British Virgin Islands	20,000	16,900	84.50	240	1.20	780	3.90	240	1.20	0	0.00	1,680	8.40	160	0.80	0	0.00
U.S. Virgin Islands	87,150	82,620	94.80	90	0.10	3,225	3.70	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	660	0.60	330	0.30
Total	41,645,000	33,196,375	79.71%	88,910	0.21%	5,378,900	12.92%	338,485	0.81%	16,450	0.04%	2,471,050	5.93%	109,725	0.26%	1,870	0.00%

Asia

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West Asia

Country	Population	Christian		Muslim		Irreligion		Hindu		Buddhist		Folk religion		Other religion		Jewish
Country	Population	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Armenia	3,091,245	3,043,650	98.50	<1,000	0.10	40,170	1.30	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	3,090	0.10	0	0.00
Azerbaijan	9,191,720	275,700	3.00	8,905,110	96.90	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Bahrain	1,260,000	182,700	14.50	885,780	70.30	23,940	1.90	123,480	9.80	31,500	2.50	0	0.00	2,520	0.20	7,560	0.60
Cyprus	1,100,000	805,200	73.20	278,300	25.30	13,200	1.20	0	0.00	2,200	0.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Iran	85,000,000	340,000	0.4	82,025,000	96.5	1,275,000	1.5	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	1,360,000	1.6	0	0.00
Iraq	31,670,000	253,360	0.80	31,353,300	99.00	31,670	0.10	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	20,000	0.06	0	0.00
Israel	7,420,000	148,400	2.00	1,380,120	18.60	230,020	3.10	0	0.00	22,260	0.30	14,840	0.20	7,420	0.10	5,609,520	75.60
Jordan	6,190,000	136,180	2.20	6,016,680	97.20	0	0.00	6,190	0.10	24,760	0.40	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Kuwait	2,740,000	391,820	14.30	2,030,340	74.10	0	0.00	232,900	8.50	76,720	2.80	0	0.00	8,220	0.30	0	0.00
Lebanon	4,230,000	2,170,090	47.30	2,592,990	55.30	12,690	0.30	0	0.00	8,460	0.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Oman	2,780,000	180,700	6.50	2,388,020	85.90	5,560	0.20	152,900	5.50	22,240	0.80	0	0.00	27,800	1.00	0	0.00
Palestine	4,040,000	96,960	2.40	3,943,040	97.60	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Qatar	1,760,000	242,880	14.2	1,152,800	65.5	15,840	0.90	242,880	15.1	54,560	3.10	0	0.00	12,320	0.70	0	0.00
Saudi Arabia	27,450,000	1,207,800	4.40	25,528,500	93.00	192,150	0.70	301,950	1.10	82,350	0.30	82,350	0.30	82,350	0.30	0	0.00
Syria	20,410,000	2,122,640	10	18,940,480	92.80	408,200	2.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Turkey	72,750,000	291,000	0.40	71,295,000	98.00	873,000	1.20	0	0.00	40,000	0.05	20,000	0.03	145,500	0.20	20,000	0.03
UAE	7,510,000	946,260	14	5,775,190	70	82,610	1.10	495,660	10	150,200	2.00	0	0.00	60,080	0.80	0	0.00
Yemen	24,050,000	48,100	0.20	23,833,550	99.10	24,050	0.10	144,300	0.60	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total	310,787,248	12,759,354	3.87	290,758,294	92.59	4,238,495	1.16	1,562,736	0.28	514,257	0.10	172,635	0.10	712,838	0.30	5,821,928	2.02

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Religions_by_country

Religions by country

World

Religions by country

Africa

Central Africa

Eastern Africa

Northern Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

Americas

Caribbean

Central America

North America

South America

Asia

Eastern Asia

Southeastern Asia

Southern Asia

Central Asia

West Asia

Europe

Central Europe

Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Southeastern Europe (Balkans)

Southern Europe

Western Europe

Oceania

Australasia

Melanesia

Micronesia

Polynesia

See also

Notes

References

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