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The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006.[1] Other sources used were the CIA World Factbook[2] and adherents.com.[3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov[4] (2007 estimates). According to the percentage, Nepal has the highest majority of Hindu population in the world followed by India and Mauritius.

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Hinduism by country
Region Country Total Population (2007 est) % of Hinduism Hindu total
Central Asia Afghanistan 31,889,923 0.4%[5][6] 127,560
Europe Andorra 84,082 0.4%[7] 336
Caribbean Antigua 86,754 0.1%[8] 87
South America Argentina 40,301,927 0.01%[9] 4,030
Oceania Australia 20,434,176 0.5%[1] 102,171
Central Europe Austria 8,199,783 0.1% (approx)[2] 8,200
Middle East Bahrain 708,573 6.25%[3] 44,286
South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 9.2%[4] - 12.4%[5][6] 13,841,247 - 18,665,594
Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 0.06%[7] 6,235
Central America Belize 294,385 2.3%[8] 6,771
South Asia Bhutan 2,327,849 2%[9] - 25%[10][11] 46,557 - 581,962
Southern Africa Botswana 1,815,508 0.17%[12] 3,086
South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.0016%[13] 3,040
Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 0.035%[14] 131
West Africa Burkina Faso 14,326,203 0.001% 150
Central Africa Burundi 8,390,505 0.1%[15][16] 8,391
Southeast Asia Cambodia 13,995,904 0.3%[17][18] 41,988
North America Canada 33,390,141 1% [19][20] 333,901
South America Colombia 44,379,598 0.02%[21] 8,876
East Africa Comoros 711,417 0.1%(approx) 711
Central Africa Congo (Kinshasa) 65,751,512 0.18%[22] 118,353
Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 0.01% (approx)[23] 449
North America Cuba 11,394,043 0.21%[24] 23,927
West Africa Côte d'Ivoire 18,013,409 0.1%[25][26] 18,013
Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 0.1%[27][28] 5,468
East Africa Djibouti 496,374 0.02%[29] 99
Caribbean Dominica 72,386 0.2%[30] 145
East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 0.1% (approx)[31] 4,907
Oceania Fiji 918,675 30%[32] - 33% [33][34] 275,603 - 303,163
Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.01%[35] 524
Western Europe France 63,718,187 0.1%[36][37] 63,718
Middle East Georgia 4,646,003 0.01% (approx)[38] 465
Western Europe Germany 82,400,996 0.119%[39] 98,057
West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 0.05% (approx)[40] 11,466
Caribbean Grenada 89,971 0.7%[41] 630
South America Guyana 769,095 28.3%[42][43] - 33%[44][45][46] 217,654 - 253,801
Central Europe Hungary 9,956,108 0.02% 1,767 [47]
South Asia India 1,189,610,328 80.5%[48][49][10] 957,636,314
Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 2%[50][51][52] 4,693,880
Middle East Iran 65,397,521 0.02% (appox) 13,079
Western Europe Ireland 4,109,086 0.08% [53] 3,100
Middle East Israel 6,426,679 0.1% (appox)[54] 6,427
Western Europe Italy 60,418,000 0.2% (appox)[55] 108,950
Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.06%[56] 1,668
East Asia Japan 127,433,494 0.004% (approx) 5,097
East Africa Kenya 36,913,721 1%[57] 369,137
East Asia Korea, South 49,044,790 0.005% (appox) 2,452
Middle East Kuwait 2,505,559 12%[58] 300,667
Eastern Europe Latvia 2,259,810 0.006%[59] 136
Middle East Lebanon 3,925,502 0.1% (approx)[60] 3,926
Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx)[61][62] 2,125
West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 0.1% (approx)[63] 3,196
North Africa Libya 6,036,914 0.1%[64][65] 6,037
Western Europe Luxembourg 480,222 0.07% (approx)[66] 336
Southern Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 0.1% [67][68] 19,449
Southern Africa Malawi 13,603,181 0.02%[69] - 0.2%[70] 2,721 - 2,726
Southeast Asia Malaysia 28,401,017 0.6%[71][72] 1,630,000
South Asia Maldives 369,031 0.01%[11] 37
Southern Africa Mauritius 1,250,882 48%[73] - 50%[74] 600,423 - 625,441
Eastern Europe Moldova 4,328,816 0.01% (approx)[75] 433
Southern Africa Mozambique 20,905,585 0.05%[12]- 0.2%[76] 10,453 - 41,811
Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,963,012 0.1%[13] 893,000
South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 80.6%[77] - 81%[78][79] 23,294,843 - 23,410,450
Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 0.58%[80]- 1.20%[14] 96,110 - 200,000
Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 1%[81] 41,158
Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 0.5% 23,140
Middle East Oman 3,204,897 3%[15]- 5.7%[82] 96,147 - 182,679
South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 1.5%[16]- 2.02%[83] 2,471,129 - 3,327,787
Central America Panama 3,242,173 0.3%[84][85] 9,726
Southeast Asia Philippines 91,077,287 0.2% (approx) 110,000
Western Europe Portugal 10,642,836 0.07% 7,396
Caribbean Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.09%[86] 3,550
Middle East Qatar 907,229 7.2%[87][88] 65,320
East Africa Réunion 827,000 6.7%[89] 55,409
Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 0.043%[90][91] 60,792
Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 0.6%[92] - 1.1%[93] 165,606 - 303,611
East Africa Seychelles 81,895 2% 1,638
West Africa Sierra Leone 6,144,562 0.04%[94] - 0.1%[95] 2,458 - 6,145
Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 4%[96][97] 262,120
Central Europe Slovakia 5,447,502 0.1% (approx) 5,448
Central Europe Slovenia 2,009,245 0.025% (approx) 500
Southern Africa South Africa 49,991,300 0.02%[98][99] 959,000
South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 7.1%[100] - 15%[101] 1,485,768 - 3,138,947
South America Suriname 470,784 20%[102] - 27.4%[103] 94,157 - 128,995
Southern Africa Swaziland 1,133,066 0.15%[104] - 0.2%[105] 1,700 - 2,266
Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 0.078% - 0.12%[106] 7,044 - 10,837
Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 0.38%[107][108] 28,708
East Africa Tanzania 39,384,223 0.9%[109][110] 354,458
Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 0.0045%[111] 2,928
Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 22.5%[112][113][114] 237,737
East Africa Uganda 30,262,610 0.2%[115] - 0.8%[116] 60,525 - 242,101
Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 21.25%[117] 944,352
Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 1% [118][119] 607,762
North America United States 307,006,550 0.04%[120][121] 1,204,560
Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,780,059 0.01% (approx) 2,778
Southeast Asia Vietnam 85,262,356 0.059%[122] 50,305
Middle East Yemen 22,230,531 0.7%[123] 155,614
Southern Africa Zambia 11,477,447 0.14%[124][125] 16,068
Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 0.1%[126] 123,111
Total 6,671,226,000 15.198% - 16.247% 1,013,892,927 - 1,083,974,088

[edit] By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Hindu in a region (Hindus in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Hindu percentage compared to the total Hindu population of the world (Hindus in the region * 100/total Hindu population of the world).

(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

Hinduism in Africa
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Central Africa 93,121,055 0 0% 0%
East Africa 193,741,900 667,694 0.345% 0.071%
North Africa 202,151,323 5,765 0.003% 0.001%
Southern Africa 137,092,019 1,269,844 0.926% 0.135%
West Africa 268,997,245 70,402 0.026% 0.007%
Total 885,103,542 2,013,705 1.228% 0.213%
Hinduism in Asia
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Central Asia 92,019,166 149,644 0.163% 0.016%
East Asia 1,527,960,261 130,631 0.009% 0.014%
Middle East 274,775,527 792,872 0.289% 0.084%
South Asia 1,437,326,682 957,515,433 66.61% 98.475%
Southeast Asia 571,337,070 6,386,614 1.118% 0.677%
Total 3,903,418,706 964,975,194 24.72% 99.266%
Hinduism in Europe
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Balkans 65,407,609 0 0% 0%
Central Europe 74,510,241 163 0% 0%
Eastern Europe 212,821,296 717,101 0.337% 0.076%
Western Europe 375,832,557 1,306,052 0.348% 0.138%
Total 728,571,703 2,023,316 0.278% 0.214%
Hinduism in The Americas
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Caribbean 24,898,266 279,515 1.123% 0.030%
Central America 41,135,205 5,833 0.014% 0.006%
North America 446,088,748 5,806,720 1.3015% 0.191%
South America 371,075,531 389,869 0.105% 0.041%
Total 883,197,750 2,481,937 0.281% 0.263%
Hinduism in Oceania
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Oceania 30,564,520 411,907 1.348% 0.044%
Total 30,564,520 411,907 1.348% 0.044%

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/
  2. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
  3. ^ http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_298.html#1868
  4. ^ http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbrank.pl
  5. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=1
  6. ^ http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Afghanistan/rbodies.html
  7. ^ http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Andorra/rbodies.html
  8. ^ http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Andorra/rbodies.html
  9. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=101
  10. ^ Indian Census
  11. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=46
  12. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=147
  13. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=41
  14. ^ van de Donk et. al. (2006), p. 91
  15. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=36
  16. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=35

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