World Religions

Afghanistan

Islam (Sunni 84%, Shi'ite 15%), other 1%

Albania

Islam 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%

Algeria

99% Islam (Sunni)

Andorra

Roman Catholic

Angola

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

Antigua and Barbuda

Anglican and Roman Catholic

Argentina

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

Armenia

Armenian Orthodox 94%

Australia

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

Austria

Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Islam and 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 (Shi'ite 70%, Sunni 30%)

Bangladesh

Islam 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1%

Barbados

Anglican 40%, Methodist 7%, Pentecostal 8%, Roman Catholic 4%

Belarus

Orthodoxy is predominant

Belgium

Roman Catholic 75%

Belize

Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27%, other 14%

Benin

indigenous 50%, Christian 30%, Islam 20%

Bhutan

Buddhist 75%, Hindu 25%

Bolivia

Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant 5%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Slavic Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%

Botswana

indigenous beliefs 85%, Christian 15%

Brazil

Roman Catholic 80% (nominal)

Brunei Darussalam

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

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Orthodox 83.8%, Islam 12.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 2.3%

Burkina Faso

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

Burundi

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

Cambodia

Theravada Buddhist 95%, others 5%

Cameroon

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

Canada

Roman Catholic 46%, United Church 16%, Anglican 10%

Cape Verde

Roman Catholic fused with indigenous beliefs

Central African Republic

indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant and Roman Catholic with animist influence 50%, Islam 15%

Chad

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

Chile

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

China

Officially atheist but traditional religion contains elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism

Colombia

Roman Catholic 90%

Comoros

Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%

Congo

Christian 50%, animist 48%, Islam 2%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Islam 10%; syncretic and traditional, 10%

Costa Rica

Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%

Côte d'Ivoire

indigenous 25%-40%, Islam 35%-40%, Christian 20%-30%

Croatia

Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Slavic Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others 10.8%

Cuba

at least 85% nominally Roman Catholic before Castro assumed power

Cyprus

Greek Orthodox 78%, Sunni Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian, Apostolic, Latin, and others 4% (1993 est.)

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%, other 2%

Djibouti

Islam 94%, Christian 6%

Dominica

Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15%

Dominican Republic

Roman Catholic 95%

East Timor

Roman Catholic 90%, Islam 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, animist

Ecuador

Roman Catholic 95%

Egypt

Islam 94%, Christian (mostly Coptic) 6%

El Salvador

Roman Catholic

Equatorial Guinea

Roman Catholic, Protestant, traditional

Eritrea

Islam and Eritrean Orthodox Christianity

Estonia

Lutheran 78%, Orthodox 19%

Ethiopia

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

Fiji

Christian 52%, 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, The

Islam 90%, Christian 9%, traditional 1%

Georgia

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

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, Mayan

Guinea

Islam 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous 7%

Guinea-Bissau

traditional 50%, Islam 45%, Christian 5%

Guyana

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

Haiti

Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%, Vaudou 95%

Honduras

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

Hungary

Roman Catholic 67.5%, Protestant 25%, atheist and others 7.5%

Iceland

Church of Iceland (Evangelical Lutheran) 87.1%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 5.8%, other 7.1%

India

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

Indonesia

Islam 88%, Christian 9%, Hindu 2%, other 1%

Iran

Shi'ite Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%

Iraq

Islam 97% (Shi'ite 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%, Christian 2.1%, others 3.2%

Italy

Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%

Jamaica

Protestant 61.3%, Roman Catholic 4%, other 39.1%

Japan

Shintoist, Buddhist, Christian

Jordan

Islam 92%, Christian 6%, other 2%

Kazakhstan

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

Kenya

Protestant, 45%; Roman Catholic, 33%; traditional, 10%; Islam, 10%; others, 2%

Kiribati

Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant 40%

Korea, North

Buddhism and Confucianism; religious activities almost nonexistent

Korea, South

Christian, 49%; Buddhist, 47%; Confucianist, 3%; Chondogyo (religion of the Heavenly Way) and other, 1% (1996 est.)

Kuwait

Islam, 85% (Shi'ite 30%, Sunni 70%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other, 15%

Kyrgyzstan

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

Laos

Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%

Latvia

Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Russian Orthodox

Lebanon

Islam 70%, Christian 30% (17 recognized sects), Judaism negl. (1 sect)

Lesotho

Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs, Islam, and Bahai

Liberia

traditional 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%

Libya

Islam

Liechtenstein

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

Lithuania

Catholic 85%, others include Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, evangelical Christian Baptist, Islam, Judaism

Luxembourg

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant and Jewish 3%

Macedonia

Eastern Orthodox 67%, Islam 30% (1994)

Madagascar

traditional 52%, Christian 41%, Islam 7%

Malawi

Christian 75%, Islam 20%

Malaysia

Malays (all Muslims), Chinese (predominantly Buddhists), Indians (predominantly Hindus)

Maldives

Islam (Sunni Muslim)

Mali

Islam 90%, traditional 9%, Christian 1%

Malta

Roman Catholic 98%

Marshall Islands

predominantly Christian, mostly Protestant

Mauritania

Islam

Mauritius

Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3%, Islam 16.6%, other 3.1%

Mexico

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

Moldova

Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)

Monaco

Roman Catholic 90%

Mongolia

predominantly Tibetan Buddhist; Islam about 4%

Morocco

Islam 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%

Mozambique

traditional 50%, Christian 30%, Islam 20%

Myanmar

Buddhist 89%, Christian 4%, Islam 4%, Animist 1%, other 2%

Namibia

Predominantly Christian

Nauru

Protestant 58%, Roman Catholic 24%, Confucian and Taoist 8%

Nepal

Hindu 86.2%, Buddhist 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2%

The Netherlands

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

New Zealand

Christian 81%, none or unspecified 18%, Hindu, Confucian, and other 1%

Nicaragua

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Niger

Islam 80%, Animist and Christian 20%

Nigeria

Islam 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous 10%

Norway

Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 36%, other 1%, none and unknown 10%

Oman

Islam 95%

Pakistan

Islam 97%, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Parsi

Palau

Christian. About one-third of the islanders observe Modekngei religion, indigenous to Palau

Palestinian State (proposed)

West Bank: Islam 75%, Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%; Gaza Strip: Islam 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%

Panama

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Papua New Guinea

over half are Christian, remainder indigenous

Paraguay

Roman Catholic 90%

Peru

Roman Catholic (90%)

The Philippines

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

Poland

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

Portugal

Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant

Qatar

Islam 95%

Romania

Romanian Orthodox 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Roman Catholic 5.6%, other 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2%

Russia

Russian Orthodox, Islam, others

Rwanda

Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Islam 4.6%, Animist 0.1%

St. Lucia

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

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%

Samoa

Christian 99.7%

San Marino

Roman Catholic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist

Saudi Arabia

Islam 100%

Senegal

Islam 94%, Christian 5%, 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

Islam, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist

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%, other 27.2%

Solomon Islands

Anglican, Roman Catholic, South Seas Evangelical, Seventh-Day Adventist, United (Methodist) Church, other Protestant

Somalia

Islam (Sunni)

South Africa

Christian; Hindu; Islam

Spain

Roman Catholic 94%

Sri Lanka

Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Islam 7%

Sudan

Islam (Sunni) 70%, indigenous 20%, Christian 5%

Suriname

Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Islam 19.6%, indigenous about 5%

Swaziland

Christian 60%, indigenous 40%

Sweden

Evangelical Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Pentecostal 1%, other 3.5%

Switzerland

Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, no religion 8.9%

Syria

Islam 90%, Christian 10%

Taiwan

mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

Tajikistan

Sunni Muslim 85%

Tanzania

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

Thailand

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

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, less than 1%

Turkey

Islam (mostly Sunni) 99.8%

Turkmenistan

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

Tuvalu

Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%

Uganda

Christian 66%, Islam 16%

Ukraine

Orthodox 76%, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate) 13.5%, Jewish 2.3%, Baptist, Mennonite, Protestant, and Islam 8.2%

United Arab Emirates

Islam (Sunni 80%, Shi'ite 16%), others 4%

United Kingdom

Church of England (established church), Church of Wales (disestablished), Church of Scotland (established church—Presbyterian), Church of Ireland (disestablished), Roman Catholic, Methodist, Congregational, Baptist, Jewish

United States

Protestant, 56%; Roman Catholic, 28%; Jewish, 2%; other, 4%; none, 10%

Uruguay

Roman Catholic 66%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%

Uzbekistan

Islam (mostly Sunnis) 88%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Vanuatu

Presbyterian 36.7%, Roman Catholic 15%, Anglican 15%, other Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, other 15.7%

Vatican City (Holy See)

Roman Catholic.

Venezuela

Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%

Vietnam

Buddhist, Roman Catholic, Islam, Taoist, Confucian, Animist

Western Sahara (proposed state)

Islam

Yemen

Islam (Sunni and Shi'ite)

Zambia

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

Zimbabwe

Christian 25%, Animist 24%, Syncretic 50%