Countries

Religions

Afghanistan

Islam (Sunni 80%, Shiite 19%), other 1%

Albania

Islam 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% (est.)

Algeria

Islam (Sunni) 99% (state religion), Christian and Jewish 1%

Andorra

Roman Catholic (predominant)

Angola

Indigenous 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Christian (predominantly Anglican and other Protestant; some Roman Catholic)

Argentina

Roman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%

Armenia

Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi 2%

Australia

Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%

Austria

Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 5%, Islam 4%, other 17%

Azerbaijan

Islam 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)

Bahamas

Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%

Bahrain

Islam (Shiite 70%, Sunni 30%)

Bangladesh

Islam 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1%

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%

Benin

indigenous 50%, Christian 30%, Islam 20%

Bhutan

Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%

Bolivia

Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%

Botswana

indigenous beliefs 85%, Christian 15%

Brazil

Roman Catholic 80%

Brunei

Islam (official religion) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Islam 12.2%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 3.4% (1998)

Burkina Faso

Islam 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%

Burundi

Roman Catholic 62%, indigenous 23%, Islam 10%, Protestant 5%

Cambodia

Theravada Buddhist 95%, others 5%

Cameroon

indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%

Canada

Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 36%, other 18% (based on 1991 census)

Cape Verde

Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)

Central African Republic

indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant and Roman Catholic (both with animist influence) 25% each, Islam 15%

Chad

Islam 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7%

Chile

Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, small Jewish and Muslim populations

China

Officially atheist; Christian 3%–4%; Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%–2%. (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%, Islam 10%; other syncretic and indigenous 10%

Congo, Republic of

Christian 50%, animist 48%, Islam 2%

Costa Rica

Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%

Côte d'Ivoire

indigenous 25%–40%, Islam 35%–40%, Christian 20%–30% (2001)

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 before Castro assumed power

Cyprus

Greek Orthodox 78%, Islam 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%

Czech Republic

atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%

Denmark

Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%

Djibouti

Islam 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%, Islam 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, animist (1992 est.)

Ecuador

Roman Catholic 95%

Egypt

Islam (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%

El Salvador

Catholics 83%; growing population of evangelical Protestants (1992)

Equatorial

Guinea

nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

Eritrea

Islam, Eritrean Orthodox Christianity, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Estonia

Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish

Ethiopia

Islam 45%–50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%–40%, animist 12%, other 3%–8%

Fiji

Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Islam 8%, other 2%

Finland

Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%

France

Roman Catholic 83%–88%, Protestant 2%, Islam 5%–10%, Jewish 1%

Gabon

Christian 55%–75%, animist, Islam less than 1%

Gambia

Islam 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous 1%

Georgia

Georgian Orthodox 65%, Islam 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Orthodox 8%, unknown 6%

Germany

Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Islam 3.7%, Unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Ghana

Christian 63%, indigenous beliefs 21%, Islam 16%

Greece

Greek Orthodox 98%, Islam 1.3%, other 0.7%

Grenada

Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%

Guatemala

Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs

Guinea

Islam 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous 7%

Guinea-Bissau

indigenous beliefs 50%, Islam 45%, Christian 5%

Guyana

Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Islam 10%, other 5%

Haiti

Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), other 3%, none 1%. Note: roughly half the population practices Vaudou

Honduras

Roman Catholic 97%, growing population of evangelical Protestants

Hungary

Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and others 7.5%

Iceland

Church of Iceland (Evangelical Lutheran) 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1% (2002)

India

Hindu 81.3%, Islam 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other (including Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis) 2.5%

Indonesia

Islam 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1%

Iran

Islam 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%); Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%

Iraq

Islam 97% (Shiite 60%–65%, Sunni 32%–37%), Christian or other 3%

Ireland

Roman Catholic 91.6%, Anglican 2.5%, other 5.9%

Israel

Judaism 80.1%, Islam 14.6% (mostly Sunni), Christian 2.1%, others 3.2% (1996 est.)

Italy

Roman Catholic (predominant), Protestant, Jewish, Islamic

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

Shintoist and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)

Jordan

Islam (Sunni) 92%, Christian 6% (mostly Greek Orthodox), other 2%

Kazakhstan

Islam 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%

Kenya

Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Islam 10%, others 2% (note: estimates 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

Buddhism and Confucianism; religious activities almost nonexistent

Korea, South

no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%

Kuwait

Islam 85% (Sunni 70%, Shiite 30%); Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%

Kyrgyzstan

Islam, 75%; Russian Orthodox, 20%; other, 5%

Laos

Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including Christian 1.5%)

Latvia

Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox

Lebanon

Islam 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite, Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish negl

Lesotho

Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%

Liberia

traditional 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%

Libya

Islam (Sunni) 97%

Liechtenstein

Roman Catholic, 76.2%, Protestant, 7%; unknown, 10.6%; other, 6.2% (2002)

Lithuania

Roman Catholic (primarily); others include Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, evangelical Christian Baptist, Islam, Judaism

Luxembourg

Roman Catholic 87%; Protestant, Jewish, Islamic 13% (2000)

Macedonia

Macedonian Orthodox 70%, Islam 29%, other 1% (1994)

Madagascar

indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Islam 7%

Malawi

Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Islam 20%, indigenous beliefs 3%, other 2%

Malaysia

Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; Shamanism (East Malaysia)

Maldives

Islam (Sunni)

Mali

Islam 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%

Malta

Roman Catholic 98%

Marshall Islands

Christian (mostly Protestant)

Mauritania

Islam 100%

Mauritius

Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Islam 16.6%, other 3.1%

Mexico

nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%

Micronesia

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%, Islam (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)

Morocco

Islam 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%

Mozambique

indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Islam 20%

Myanmar

Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Islam 4%, Animist 1%, other 2%

Namibia

Christian 80%–90% (Lutheran at least 50%), indigenous beliefs 10%–20%

Nauru

Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)

Nepal

Hindu 86.2%, Buddhist 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2% (1995)

Netherlands

Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Islam 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)

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

Islam 80%, indigenous beliefs and Christian 20%

Nigeria

Islam 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%

Norway

Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10%

Oman

Islam: Ibadhi 75%, Sunni, Shi'a; Hindu

Pakistan

Islam 97% (Sunni 77%, Shiite 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 (one-third observes this indigenous religion)

Palestinian State

(proposed)

West Bank : Islam 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%; Gaza Strip: Islam 98.7% (predominantly Sunni), Christian 0.7%.

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, other Protestant

Peru

Roman Catholic 90%

Philippines

Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Islam 5%, Buddhist and other 3%

Poland

Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%

Portugal

Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)

Qatar

Islam 95%

Romania

Romanian Orthodox 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Roman Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Islam) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)

Russia

Russian Orthodox, Islam, others

Rwanda

Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Islam 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)

St. Kitts and Nevis

Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic

St. Lucia

Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 3%, other Protestant 7%

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant

Samoa

Christian 99.7% (about half associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)

San Marino

Roman Catholic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)

Saudi Arabia

Islam 100%

Senegal

Islam 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous 1%

Serbia and Montenegro

Orthodox 65%, Islam 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

Islam 60%, indigenous 30%, Christian 10%

Singapore

Buddhist (Chinese), Islam (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 70.8% (including 2% Uniate), Lutheran 1%, Islam 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

Islam (Sunni)

South Africa

Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks, and about 40% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%, Islam 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians)

Spain

Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Sri Lanka

Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Islam 7% (1999)

Sudan

Islam (Sunni) 70% (in north), indigenous 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)

Suriname

Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Islam 19.6%, indigenous 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%, no religion 8.9% (1990)

Syria

Islam (Sunni) 74%; Alawite, Druze, and other Islamic 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

Islam: Sunni 85%, Shiite 5%; other 10% (2003 est.)

Tanzania

mainland: Christian 30%, Islam 35%, indigenous 35%; Zanzibar: more than 99% Islam

Thailand

Buddhist 95%, Islam 3.8%, Christian 0.5%, Hindu 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)

Togo

Indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Islam 20%

Tonga

Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)

Trinidad and Tobago

Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Islam 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7%

Tunisia

Islam (Sunni) 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%

Turkey

Islam (mostly Sunni) 99.8%, other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)

Turkmenistan

Islam 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%

Tuvalu

Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%

Uganda

Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Islam 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%

Ukraine

Ukrainian Orthodox (Moscow Patriarchate, Kiev Patriarchate), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish

United Arab

Emirates

Islam 96% (Sunni 80%, Shiite 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%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%

Uzbekistan

Islam (mostly Sunnis) 88%, 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)

Vatican City (Holy See)

Roman Catholic.

Venezuela

Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%

Vietnam

Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim

Western Sahara (proposed state)

Islam

Yemen

Islam (including Sunni and Shiite), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu

Zambia

Christian 50%–75%, Islam and Hindu 24%–49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Zimbabwe

syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%