Home

An analysis of the World Muslim population by Country / Region

	Region	Country	Total Population	%age Muslim pop.	Muslim Pop.
	Asia & Pacif.	Afghanistan	26,813,057	99.0%	26,544,926
	Eur	Albania	3,510,484	70.0%	2,457,339
	N.Af. & M.E.	Algeria	30,791,000	99.0%	30,483,090
	Africa	Angola	10,366,031	25.0%	2,591,508
	L.Am.&Carib	Antigua Barbuda	66,970	0.0%	-
	L.Am.&Carib	Argentina	37,384,816	2.1%	785,081
	Asia & Pacif.	Armenia	3,336,100	1.0%	33,361
	L.Am.&Carib	Aruba	70,007	5.0%	3,500
	Asia & Pacif.	Australia	19,357,594	0.1%	19,358
	Eur	Austria	8,150,835	2.2%	181,764
	Asia & Pacif.	Azerbaijan	7,771,092	93.4%	7,258,200
	L.Am.&Carib	Bahamas, The	297,852	0.0%	-
	N.Af. & M.E.	Bahrain	645,361	100.0%	645,361
	Asia & Pacif.	Bangladesh	131,269,860	88.0%	115,517,477
	L.Am.&Carib	Barbados	275,330	0.0%	817.00
	Russian states	Belarus	10,350,194	5.0%	517,510
	Eur	Belgium	10,258,762	3.6%	369,315
	L.Am.&Carib	Belize	256,062	0.0%	-
	Africa	Benin	6,590,782	20.0%	1,318,156
	Asia & Pacif.	Bhutan	2,049,412	5.0%	102,471
	L.Am.&Carib	Bolivia	8,300,463	0.0%	-
	Eur	Bosnia-Herzegovina	3,922,205	60.0%	2,353,323
	Africa	Botswana	1,586,119	5.0%	79,306
	L.Am.&Carib	Brazil	174,468,575	1.1%	1,919,154
	Asia & Pacif.	Brunei	343,653	67.0%	230,248
	Eur	Bulgaria	7,707,495	11.9%	914,880
	Africa	Burkina-Faso	12,272,289	50.0%	6,136,145
	Asia & Pacif.	Burma	41,994,678	4.0%	1,679,787
	Africa	Burundi	6,223,897	20.0%	1,244,779
	Asia & Pacif.	Cambodia	12,491,501	1.0%	124,915
	Africa	Cameroon	15,803,220	55.0%	8,691,771
	N. Amer.	Canada	31,592,805	1.5%	473,892
	Atlantic Ocean	Cape Verde	405,163	0.0%	0
	Africa	Central African Republic	3,576,884	55.0%	1,967,286
	N.Af. & M.E.	Chad	8,707,078	85.0%	7,401,016
	L.Am.&Carib	Chile	15,328,467	1.0%	153,285
	Asia & Pacif.	China	1,273,111,290	3.0%	38,193,339
	Asia & Pacif.	Christmas Island	2,771	10.0%	277
	Asia & Pacif.	Cocos (Keeling) Island	633	57.0%	361
	L.Am.&Carib	Colombia	40,349,388	0.0%	0
	Asia & Pacif.	Comoros	596,202	98.0%	584,278
	Africa	Congo, Dem. Rep. of the	53,624,718	10.0%	5,362,472
	Africa	Congo, Republic of the	2,894,336	15.0%	434,150
	L.Am.&Carib	Costa Rica	3,773,057	0.0%	0
	Africa	Cote d'-voire	14,762,445	60.0%	8,857,467
	Eur	Croatia	5,004,112	1.2%	60,049
	L.Am.&Carib	Cuba	11,184,023	0.0%	0
	Eur	Cyprus	744,609	33.0%	245,721
	Eur	Czech Republic	10,264,212	2.0%	205,284
	Eur	Denmark	5,352,815	2.0%	107,056
	Africa	Djibouti	427,642	94.0%	401,983
	L.Am.&Carib	Dominican Republic	8,581,477	0.0%	0
	L.Am.&Carib	Ecuador	13,183,978	0.0%	0
	N.Af. & M.E.	Egypt	69,536,644	94.0%	65,364,445
	L.Am.&Carib	El Salvador	6,237,662	0.0%	0
	Asia & Pacif.	Equatorial Guinea	431,282	25.0%	107,821
	Africa	Eritrea	3,427,883	80.0%	2,742,306
	Eur	Estonia	1,423,316	0.7%	9,963
	Africa	Ethiopia	57,171,662	65.0%	37,161,580
	Asia & Pacif.	Fiji	782,381	11.0%	86,062
	Eur	Finland	5,175,783	0.2%	9,316
	Eur	France	59,551,227	10.0%	5,955,123
	Africa	Gabon	1,172,798	1.0%	11,728
Africa	Gambia	1,204,984	90.0%	1,084,486
N.Af. & M.E.	Gaza Strip	923,940	98.7%	911,929
Asia & Pacif.	Georgia	5,219,810	11.0%	574,179
Eur	Germany	83,536,115	3.7%	3,090,836
Africa	Ghana	17,698,271	30.0%	5,309,481
Eur	Gibraltar	28,765	8.5%	2,445
Eur	Greece	10,538,594	1.5%	158,079
L.Am.&Carib	Guatemala	12,974,361	0.0%	0
Africa	Guinea	7,411,981	95.0%	7,041,382
Africa	Guinea Bissau	1,151,330	70.0%	805,931
L.Am.&Carib	Guyana	712,091	15.0%	106,814
L.Am.&Carib	Haiti	6,964,549	0.0%	0
L.Am.&Carib	Honduras	6,406,052	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	Hong Kong	6,305,413	1.0%	63,054
Eur	Hungary	10,106,017	6.0%	606,361
Eur	Iceland	277,906	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	India	1,029,991,145	14.0%	144,198,760
Asia & Pacif.	Indonesia	228,437,870	88.0%	201,025,326
N.Af. & M.E.	Iran	66,094,264	99.0%	65,433,321
N.Af. & M.E.	Iraq	21,422,292	97.0%	20,779,623
Eur	Ireland	3,840,838	2.0%	76,817
N.Af. & M.E.	Israel	5,421,995	14.0%	759,079
Eur	Italy	57,460,274	2.4%	1,379,047
L.Am.&Carib	Jamaica	2,665,636	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	Japan	125,449,703	1.0%	1,254,497
N.Af. & M.E.	Jordan	4,212,152	95.0%	4,001,544
Asia & Pacif.	Kazakstan	16,916,463	51.2%	8,661,229
Africa	Kenya	28,176,686	29.5%	8,312,122
Asia & Pacif.	Korea, North	21,968,228	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	Korea, South	47,904,370	1.0%	479,044
N.Af. & M.E.	Kuwait	1,950,047	89.0%	1,735,542
Asia & Pacif.	Kyrgyzstan	4,529,648	76.1%	3,447,062
Asia & Pacif.	Laos	5,635,967	2.0%	112,719
Eur	Latvia	2,385,231	0.4%	9,064
N.Af. & M.E.	Lebanon	3,776,317	70.0%	2,643,422
Africa	Lesotho	1,970,781	10.0%	197,078
Africa	Liberia	2,109,789	30.0%	632,937
N.Af. & M.E.	Libya	5,445,436	100.0%	5,445,436
Eur	Lithuania	3,610,535	0.1%	5,055
Eur	Macedonia	2,104,035	30.0%	631,211
Africa	Madagascar	13,670,507	20.0%	2,734,101
Africa	Malawi	9,452,844	35.0%	3,308,495
Asia & Pacif.	Malaysia	19,962,893	52.0%	10,380,704
Africa	Maldives	270,758	100.0%	270,758
Africa	Mali	9,653,261	90.0%	8,687,935
Eur	Malta	375,576	14.0%	52,581
Africa	Mauritania	2,336,048	100.0%	2,336,048
Africa	Mauritius	1,140,256	19.5%	222,350
Africa	Mayotte	100,838	99.0%	99,830
N. Amer.	Mexico	101,879,171	0.0%	0
Russian states	Moldova	4,431,570	0.2%	8,863
Asia & Pacif.	Mongolia	2,496,617	4.0%	99,865
N.Af. & M.E.	Morocco	29,779,156	98.7%	29,392,027
Africa	Mozambique	17,877,927	29.0%	5,184,599
Africa	Namibia	1,677,243	5.0%	83,862
Asia & Pacif.	Nepal	22,094,033	4.0%	883,761
Eur	Netherlands	15,568,034	5.4%	840,674
Asia & Pacif.	New Zealand	3,864,129	1.0%	38,641
L.Am.&Carib	Nicaragua	4,918,393	0.0%	0
Africa	Niger	9,113,001	91.0%	8,292,831
Africa	Nigeria	126,635,626	75.0%	94,976,720
Eur	Norway	4,438,547	1.0%	46,161
N.Af. & M.E.	Oman	2,186,548	100.0%	2,186,548
Asia & Pacif.	Pakistan	144,616,639	97.0%	140,278,140
L.Am.&Carib	Panama	2,655,094	4.0%	106,204
Asia & Pacif.	Papua New Guinea	5,049,055	0.0%	0
L.Am.&Carib	Paraguay	5,734,139	0.0%	0
L.Am.&Carib	Peru	27,483,864	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	Philippines	74,480,848	14.0%	10,427,319
Eur	Poland	38,633,912	2.0%	772,678
Eur	Portugal	10,066,253	0.5%	50,331
L.Am.&Carib	Puerto Rico	3,937,316	0.0%	0
N.Af. & M.E.	Qatar	547,761	100.0%	547,761
Africa	Reunion	679,198	20.0%	135,840
Eur	Romania	21,657,162	1.0%	216,572
Russian states	Russia	145,470,197	10.2%	14,837,960
Africa	Rwanda	7,312,756	14.0%	1,023,786
N.Af. & M.E.	Saudi Arabia	19,409,058	100.0%	19,409,058
Africa	Senegal	9,092,749	95.0%	8,638,112
Africa	Sierra Leone	4,793,121	65.0%	3,115,529
Asia & Pacif.	Singapore	3,396,924	17.0%	577,477
Eur	Slovakia	5,414,937	0.2%	10,830
Eur	Slovenia	1,951,443	1.6%	30,247
Africa	Somalia	9,639,151	100.0%	9,639,151
Africa	South Africa	41,743,459	2.0%	834,869
Eur	Spain	40,037,995	1.2%	480,456
Asia & Pacif.	Sri Lanka	18,553,074	9.0%	1,669,777
Africa	Sudan	31,547,543	85.0%	26,815,412
Asia & Pacif.	Suriname	436,418	25.0%	109,105
Africa	Swaziland	998,730	10.0%	99,873
Eur	Sweden	9,800,000	3.1%	303,800
Eur	Switzerland	7,283,274	3.1%	225,781
N.Af. & M.E.	Syria	15,608,648	90.0%	14,047,783
Asia & Pacif.	Taiwan	22,370,461	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	Tajikistan	5,916,373	85.0%	5,028,917
Africa	Tanzania	29,058,470	65.0%	18,888,006
Asia & Pacif.	Thailand	58,851,357	14.0%	8,239,190
Africa	Togo	4,570,530	55.0%	2,513,792
L.Am.&Carib	Trinidad and Tobago	1,272,385	12.0%	152,686
N.Af. & M.E.	Tunisia	9,019,687	98.0%	8,839,293
Eur	Turkey	66,493,970	99.6%	66,254,592
Asia & Pacif.	Turkmenistan	4,149,283	87.0%	3,609,876
Africa	Uganda	20,158,176	36.0%	7,256,943
Asia & Pacif.	Ukraine	48,760,474	0.5%	219,422
N.Af. & M.E.	United Arab Emirates	3,057,337	96.0%	2,935,044
Eur	United Kingdom	58,489,975	2.0%	1,169,800
N. Amer.	United States	278,058,881	3.5%	9,732,061
L.Am.&Carib	Uruguay	3,360,105	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	Uzbekistan	23,418,381	88.0%	20,608,175
L.Am.&Carib	Venezuela	23,916,810	0.0%	0
Asia & Pacif.	Vietnam	79,939,014	1.0%	799,390
N.Af. & M.E.	West Bank	2,090,713	75.0%	1,568,035
N.Af. & M.E.	Western Sahara	222,631	100.0%	222,631
N.Af. & M.E.	Yemen	13,483,178	99.0%	13,348,346
Eur	Yugoslavia	10,677,290	19.0%	2,028,685
Africa	Zambia	9,159,072	15.0%	1,373,861
Africa	Zimbabwe	11,271,314	15.0%	1,690,697
	Total	6,036,972,881	0.0%	1,480,083,062

Source: Romania Factbook 2003

Religions population by country

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%

Source: The CIA World Factbook 2003

Home - Quran & Hadith – Charity - Family & Health – Islam – Miscellaneous – Matrimonials

Human Rights - Women – Newscenter – Boycott – Chechnya – Palestine - Links