Jump to content

List of religious populations: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Line 79: Line 79:
! Adherents
! Adherents
|-
|-
| [[Christianity]]
| [[Konki]]
| 2.1 billion
| 2.1 billion
|-
|-

Revision as of 15:44, 23 November 2012

Main category: Religious demographics

These are lists of religious demographics and religions by country.

Major denominations and religions of the world
Importance of religion
Percentage of people who are not religious
World Religions
Four largest religions Adherents Percentage of world population Further information
World population 6.9 billion[1] Figure used by individual articles
Christianity 2,331,509,000 32% Christianity by country
Islam 1,619,314,000 23.4% Islam by country
No religion 1,100,000,000 ~16% Irreligion by country
Hinduism 999,800,358 15.48% Hinduism by country
Buddhism 489,807,761 – 690,847,214 – 1,921,989,641, depending on extent of syncretism 7.342% – 10.356% – 28.775% Buddhism by country
Total 6.8 billion 93.5%
Religion colour key
Major Religions No religion
An 1883 map of the world divided into colors representing "Christians, Buddhists, Hindoos, Mohammedans, Fetichists".
File:Christian distribution.png
Christianity - Percentage by country
Islam - Percentage by country
Hinduism - Percentage by country
Buddhism - Percentage by country

The table above is compiled from the relevant Wikipedia pages listing Religions by Country. Although figures are an approximation there are many sources. Please see individual pages (Linked in Table) for details.

Sources outside of Wikipedia give differing estimates. e.g.,

  • The CIA World Factbook gives the world population as 7,021,836,029 (July 2012 est.) and the distribution of religions as Christian 33.35% (of which Roman Catholic 16.83%, Protestant 6.08%, Orthodox 4.03%, Anglican 1.26%), Muslim 22.43%, Hindu 13.78%, Buddhist 7.13%, Sikh 0.36%, Jewish 0.21%, Baha'i 0.11%, other religions 11.17%, non-religious 9.42%, atheists 2.04% (2009 est.).[2]
  • The Proceedings of the 8th Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities estimates the 2010 World Muslim Population as 1,148,173,347 and as 24% of the world population.[3]

Adherents.com estimates

Adherents.com says "Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number."[4]

Religion Adherents
Konki 2.1 billion
Islam 1.5 billion
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist 1.1 billion
Hinduism 900 million
Chinese traditional religion 394 million
Buddhism 376 million
Primal-Indigenous religions 300 million
African Traditional & Diasporic religions 100 million
Sikhism 23 million
Juche* 19 million
Spiritism 15 million
Judaism 14 million
Baha'i 7 million
Jainism 4.2 million
Shinto 4 million
Cao Dai 4 million
Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
Tenrikyo 2 million
Neo-Paganism 1 million
Unitarian Universalism 800 thousand
Rastafarianism 600 thousand
Scientology 500 thousand
Notes
  • These figures may incorporate populations of secular/nominal adherents as well as syncretist worshipers, although the concept of syncretism is disputed by some.
  • Nonreligious includes agnostic, atheist, secular humanist, and people answering 'none' or no religious preference. Half of this group is theistic but nonreligious.[4]
  • For Eastern religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto or animism etc., people often have religions which are a mix of belief systems. This leads to the unusually large uncertainty in the calculations for Buddhism. The lower number of approximately 400 million represents traditional Buddhists (have taken refuge in the Three Jewels, those following all of the precepts of Buddhisim laid down by the Buddha,) whereas the larger number of 1.5 billion includes "natural Buddhists" (as well as secular/nominal Buddhists), lacking specific ceremony, as long as they do not profess belief in another religion. Main article: Buddhism by country.[5][6]
  • It is hard to accurately report the actual number of adherents of Judaism as there are Jews that do not practice the religion that may be under the secular/irreligious category even though they are fully Jewish.
  • Chinese traditional religion is described as "the common religion of the majority Chinese culture: a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, as well as the traditional non-scriptural/local practices and beliefs."
  • Juche is not generally considered a religion, as it is a political belief system; some sources call it a 'political religion'.

By proportion

Christians

Countries with the greatest proportion of Christians from Christianity by country (as of 2008):

  1.  Vatican City 100% (83% Roman Catholic)
  2.  Federated States of Micronesia ~96%[7]
  3.  Samoa ~100%[8]
  4.  Panama ~ 99%[9]
  5.  Romania 99.5%[10]
  6.  East Timor 94.2%[11][12] (90% Roman Catholic)
  7.  Armenia 98.7%[13] (Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%)
  8.  Bolivia 98.3%[14][15] (95% Roman Catholic)
  9.  Venezuela 98.2%[16] (mostly Roman Catholic)
  10.  Malta 98.1%[17] (mostly Roman Catholic)
  11.  Marshall Islands 97.2%[18]
  12.  Peru 97.1%[19]
  13.  Paraguay 96.9%[20] (mostly Roman Catholic)
  14.  Papua New Guinea 96.4%[21]
  15.  Kiribati 96%[22]
  16.  Angola +95%[23]
  17.  Barbados +95.1%[24]
  18.  Cyprus 95.3%[25](mostly Greek Orthodox)
  19.  Mexico 94.5%[26] (mostly Roman Catholic)
  20.  Colombia 94.%[27] (mostly Roman Catholic)
  21.  Guatemala +90.2%[28][29] (50-60% Roman Catholic and ~30% Protestant, 0-10% non-Christian)
  22.  Philippines +92.7% (mostly Roman Catholic)

UK mostly Christians USA Most Christians Australia almost all Christians Tanzania 50%+ Christians Canada 90% Christians

Muslims

Countries with the greatest proportion of Muslims from Islam by country (as of 2008):

  1.  Saudi Arabia 100% (95% Sunni, 5% Shi'a) (foreign workers are excluded)
  2.  Somalia 100% (Sunni)
  3.  Afghanistan 100% (95% Sunni, 5% Shi'a)
  4.  Yemen 99.9% (65-70% Sunni, 30-35% Shi'a)
  5.  Mauritania 99.9% (mostly Sunni)
  6.  Maldives 100% (mostly Sunni) (foreign workers are excluded)
  7.  Oman 100% (50% Ibadhi, 50% Sunni)[30] (foreign workers are excluded)
  8.  Djibouti +99% (mostly Sunni)[31]
  9.  Tunisia 99% (mostly Sunni)
  10.  Algeria 99% (mostly Sunni)
  11.  Turkey 98.25% (83% Sunni, 15% Shia)
  12.  Bahrain 98% (majority Shia, minority Sunni)[32] (foreign workers are excluded)
  13.  Comoros 98% (mostly Sunni)[33]
  14.  Morocco 98.4% (mostly Sunni)
  15.  Niger +95% (95% Sunni)[34]
  16.  Iran 98% (mostly Shi'a)
  17.  Pakistan 96.8%[35] (75-80% Sunni, 20-25% Shi'a)[36]
  18.  Iraq 97.8% (55% Shi'a, 45% Sunni)
  19.  Libya 100% (Sunni)
  20.  Egypt 94.7% (Sunni)
  21.  Qatar 99.9%
  22.  Kuwait 100%
  23.  United Arab Emirates 100%
  24.  Azerbaijan 93.6%[37] (mostly Shia)
  25.  Kosovo 90% (Sunni)
  26.  Syria 90% (85% Sunni, 15% Shi'a)
  27.  Bangladesh 89.5% (mostly Sunni)
  28.  Malaysia 61.3% (mostly Sunni)

Hindus

Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus from Hinduism by country (as of 2008):

  1.    Nepal 90.9%[38]
  2.  India 84%[39]
  3.  Mauritius 54%[40]
  4.  Guyana 28%[41]
  5.  Fiji 27.9%[42]
  6.  Bhutan 25%[43]
  7.  Trinidad and Tobago 22.5%
  8.  Suriname 20%[44]
  9.  Sri Lanka 15%[45]
  10.  Bangladesh 9.2%[46]
  11.  Malaysia 6.3%[47]
  12.  Singapore 5.1%
  13.  Pakistan 3.3%[48]
  14.  Oman 3%[49]
  15.  Belize 2.3%
  16.  Seychelles 2.1%[50]
  17.  Indonesia 2%

Buddhists

Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists (included other folk religions) from Buddhism by country (as of 2008):

  1.  Cambodia 96%[51] (Theravada, Muslim 3%, Christian and other 2%)
  2.  Thailand 94.6%[52] (Theravada, Muslim 4%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.3%)
  3.  Mongolia 90%[53] (Tibetan Buddhism, Muslim 5%, Christian and other 5%)
  4.  Hong Kong Triple religion 90% (10% practising[54])[55] ("Triple religion", Christian and others 7%)
  5.  Myanmar 89% (Theravada, Christian 4%, Muslim 4%, Animism or other 2%)[56]
  6.  Vietnam 85% (7.9% practicing[57])("Triple religion", Christian 7%, Cao Dai 3%, other 3%)
  7.  Macau 85%[58] ("Triple religion", Christian 6%, Atheist or other 3%)
  8.  Laos 67%-98%[59][60][verification needed] (67% Theravada with 31% traditional animist.)
  9.  People's Republic of China 50-+80%[61][62][63] (8% practicing[64]) (Triple religion, Atheist 10.5%, Christian 4%, Muslim 1.5%)
  10.  Bhutan +66-75%[43] (Lamaistic, Hindu 25%)
  11.  Christmas Island 75% (Triple religion, Christian 12%, Muslim 10%, other 3%)
  12.  Sri Lanka 65% (Theraveda,Muslim 15%, Hindu 12.5%, Christian 7.5%)
  13.  Republic of China (Taiwan)35.1-75% ("Triple religion", Christian 4%, other 2%)
  14.  Singapore 33-44%[65] ("Triple religion" 33% Buddhist, 11% Taoist)
  15.  Japan 20-45%(Shinto with Mahayana) (20% to 45% believe in Buddha)
  16.  Malaysia 23% (Muslim 60.3%, "Triple religion", Christian 9%, Hindu 6%, other 1.7%)
  17.  South Korea 22.8%[66][67](Mahayana with Confucianist, Christian 29%, other)
  18.  Brunei 15% (Muslim 67%, "Triple religion", Christian 10%, other 8%)
  19.    Nepal 11.4% (Hindu 80.6%, Tibetian Buddhist, Muslim 4%, other 4%)

Remarks: "Triple religion" (or "Chinese-Mahayana Buddhism" or "Far East Asian Buddhism") is the mixture of Mahayana Buddhism, with Taoism and Confucianism. Because officially Communist governments that often forcibly suppressed religious expressions still rule a number of traditionally Buddhist countries, and because Buddhists often practice other traditional East Asian religions, the figures could be much higher in these regions. Mahayana Buddhism in Far East Asian countries has a very wide meaning. That is why in such countries as China, Japan, Vietnam, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are often all considered at once. This is referred to as a "Triple religion", with Gautama Buddha in the center, Laozi in the left, and Confucius in the right. In some regions, such as Japan, belief systems vary with differing emphasis on Shintoism, as well as Ancestor Worship. As such, the Buddhist population is difficult to gauge exactly, but is often nominal. The lesser percentage given is a number of Buddhists who have taken the formal step of going for refuge. And the wider percentage given are informal/nominal adherents of combined Buddhism with its related religions.[68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75] See Buddhism by country and Irreligion.

Ethnic/Indigenous

Indigenous

All of the below come from the U.S Department of State 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, [1] based on the highest estimate of people identified as indigenous or followers of indigenous religions that have been well-defined. Due to the syncretic nature of these religions, the following numbers may not reflect the actual number of practitioners.

  1.  India 100%[76]
  2.  Bolivia 55%[77]
  3.  Laos 55%[78]
  4.  Haiti 50%[79]
  5.  Guinea-Bissau 50%
  6.  Cameroon 40%
  7.  Togo 33%[80]
  8.  Côte d'Ivoire 25%
  9.  Sudan 25%[81]
  10.  Benin 23%
  11.  Burundi 20%
  12.  Philippines 16%[82]
  13.  Burkina Faso 15%
  14.  New Zealand 15%[83]
  15.  South Africa 15%[84]
  16.  Democratic Republic of the Congo 12%
  17.  Central African Republic 10%
  18.  Gabon 10%
  19.  Lesotho 10%
  20.  Nigeria 10%
  21.  Sierra Leone 10%[85]
  22.  Indonesia 9%[86]
  23.  Kenya 9%
  24.  Palau 9%[87]
  25.  Ghana 8.5%
  26.  Guinea 5%

Jews

Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews (as of 2007):

  1.  Israel 77.6%
  2.  Monaco 3%
  3.  United States 2.8%
  4.  Gibraltar 2.1%
  5.  Cayman Islands [citation needed]
  6.  Netherlands Antilles^ 1.3%
  7.  France 2%
  8.  Canada 1.1%
  9.  Belarus 1%
  10.  Argentina 0.8%
  11.  Hungary 0.8%
  12.  Uruguay 0.75%
  13.  Russia 0.6%
  14.  United Kingdom 0.5%
  15.  Australia 0.5%
  16.  Netherlands 0.3%
  17.  Germany 0.3%
  18.  Georgia 0.25%

Philippines

Bahá'ís

Countries with the greatest proportion of Bahá'ís (as of 2000):

  1.  Nauru 9.22%
  2.  Tonga 6.09%
  3.  Tuvalu 5.86%
  4.  Kiribati 4.70%
  5.  Tokelau 4.33%
  6.  Cocos (Keeling) Islands 3.72%
  7.  Bolivia 3.25%
  8.  Falkland Islands 2.98%
  9.  Vanuatu 2.78%
  10.  Belize 2.73%
  11.  Samoa 2.37%
  12.  Guyana 2.09%
  13.  São Tomé and Príncipe 1.88%
  14.  Mauritius 1.84%
  15.  Zambia 1.70%
  16.  Dominica 1.61%
  17.  Federated States of Micronesia 1.61%
  18.  Niue 1.53%
  19.  Marshall Islands 1.50%

Sources: Year 2000 Estimated Baha'i statistics from: David Barrett, World Christian Encyclopedia, 2000; Total population statistics, mid-2000 from Population Reference Bureau [2] and The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004.

Irreligious & Atheist

See also: Irreligion by country

Countries with the greatest proportion of people without religion (including Agnostics and Atheists) from Irreligion by country (as of 2007):

  1.  Japan 64–88% (76%)[88]
  2.  Sweden 46-85% (65.5%)
  3.  Vietnam 44%-81% (62.5%)
  4.  Denmark 43-80% (61.5%)
  5.  Macau 60.9%[64]
  6.  Czech Republic 54–61% (57.5%)
  7.  Hong Kong 57%[54]
  8.  France 43-64%[89] (53.5%)
  9.  Norway 31–72% (51.5%)
  10.  Estonia 49%
  11.  Netherlands 39-55% (47%)
  12.  Finland 28–60% (44%)
  13.  United Kingdom 31–52% (41.5%)[89]
  14.  South Korea 30-52% (41%)
  15.  Germany 25[90]-55%[91] (40%)
  16.  Hungary 32-46% (39%)
  17.  Belgium 42-43% (38.75%)
  18.  New Zealand 34.7%[92]
  19.  Bulgaria 34-40% (37%)
  20.  Slovenia 35-38% (36.5%)
  21.  Russia[93] 13–48% (30.5%)

Remarks: Ranked by mean estimate which is in brackets. High irreligious estimates for China and North Korea are very likely highly exaggerated.[88] ← Reliable Source?

Sikhism

Countries with the greatest proportion of Sikhs:

  1.  India 2.3%
  2.  United Kingdom 1.2%[94][95]
  3.  Canada 0.9%[96]
  4.  Malaysia 0.5%[97]
  5.  Fiji 0.3%[98]
  6.  Singapore 0.3%[99][100]
  7.  United States 0.2%[101][102]
  8.  New Zealand 0.2%[103]
  9.  Australia 0.1%[104][105]
  10.  Italy 0.1%[106]

The Sikh homeland is the Punjab state, in India, where today Sikhs make up approximately 59% of the population. This is the only place where Sikhs are in the majority. Sikhs have emigrated to countries all over the world - especially to English-speaking and East Asian nations. In doing so they have retained, to an unusually high degree, their distinctive cultural and religious identity. Sikhs are not ubiquitous worldwide in the way that adherents of larger world religions are, and they remain primarily an ethnic religion. But they can be found in many international cities and have become an especially strong religious presence in the United Kingdom and Canada.[107]

Taoists/Confucianists/Chinese traditional religionists

As a spiritual practice, Taoism has made fewer inroads in the West than Buddhism and Hinduism. Despite the popularity of its great classics the I Ching and the Tao Te Ching, the specific practices of Taoism have not been promulgated in America with much success;[108] these religions are not ubiquitous worldwide in the way that adherents of larger world religions are, and they remain primarily an ethnic religion. Nonetheless, Taoist ideas and symbols such as Taijitu have become popular throughout the world through Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong, and various martial arts.[109]

  1.  Republic of China (Taiwan) 33-80%[110]
  2.  People's Republic of China 30%[111]
  3.  Hong Kong 28%[54]
  4.  Macau 13.9%[64]
  5.  Singapore 8.5%[112]
  6.  Malaysia 2.6%[47]
  7.  South Korea 0.2-1%[113]
  8.  Vietnam
  9.  Philippines 0.01-0.05%

The Chinese traditional religion has 184,000 believers in Latin America, 250,000 believers in Europe, and 839,000 believers in North America as of 1998.[114][115]

Jainism

  1.  India 0.5%
  2.  Suriname 0.3%
  3.  Fiji 0.2%
  4.  Kenya 0.2%

Mormonism

See also: Latter Day Saint movement and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Deseret Morning News' LDS Church Almanac gives information on historical membership records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church's reported membership was roughly 13,824,000 at the start of 2010.

Spiritism

  1.  Cuba 10.30%
  2.  Jamaica 10.2%
  3.  Brazil 4.8%
  4.  Suriname 3.6%
  5.  Haiti 2.7%
  6.  Dominican Republic 2.2%
  7.  The Bahamas 1.9%
  8.  Nicaragua 1.5%
  9.  Trinidad and Tobago 1.4%
  10.  Guyana 1.3%
  11.  Venezuela 1.1%
  12.  Colombia 1.0%
  13.  Belize 1.0%
  14.  Honduras 0.9%
  15.  Puerto Rico 0.7%
  16.  Panama 0.5%
  17.  Iceland 0.5%
  18.  Guadeloupe 0.4%
  19.  Argentina 0.2%
  20.  Guatemala 0.2%

Source: http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_50.asp

Note that all these estimates come from a single source. However, this source gives a relative indication of the size of the Spiritist communities within each country.

By population

Christians

Largest Christian populations (as of 2010):

  1.  United States 246,790,000[116]
  2.  Brazil 176,356,100[117]
  3.  Mexico 107,780,000[116]
  4.  Russia 102,600,000[93]
  5.  Philippines 93,121,400[82]
  6.  Nigeria 80,510,000[116]
  7.  People's Republic of China 67,070,000[116]
  8.  DR Congo 63,150,000[116]
  9.  Germany 56,957,500[90]
  10.  Ethiopia 52,580,000[116]
  11.  Italy 51,852,284[118]
  12.  United Kingdom 45,030,000[116]
  13.  Colombia 42,810,000[116]
  14.  South Africa 40,560,000[116]
  15.  France 39,560,000[116]
  16.  Ukraine 38,080,000[116]
  17.  Spain 36,697,000[119]
  18.  Poland 36,090,000[116]
  19.  Argentina 34,420,000[116]
  20.  Kenya 34,340,000[116]

Muslims

Largest Muslim populations

  1.  Indonesia 210,847,000
  2.  Pakistan 180,286,000
  3.  India 180,097,000
  4.  Bangladesh 150,607,000
  5.  Egypt 82,024,000
  6.  Nigeria 77,728,000
  7.  Iran 76,819,000
  8.  Turkey 58,000,000
  9.  Algeria 34,780,000
  10.  Morocco 32,381,000
  11.  Iraq 31,108,000
  12.  Sudan 30,855,000
  13.  Afghanistan 29,047,000
  14.  Ethiopia 28,721,000
  15.  Uzbekistan 26,833,000
  16.  Saudi Arabia 25,493,000
  17.  Yemen 24,026,000
  18.  China 23,308,000
  19.  Syria 20,895,000
  20.  Malaysia 17,200,000
  21.  Russia 16,379,000

Hindus

Largest Hindu populations (Source:censusindia.gov.in):

  1.  India 1,010,578,868
  2.    Nepal 22,736,934
  3.  Bangladesh 15,675,984
  4.  Sri Lanka 14,846,750
  5.  Indonesia 13,527,758
  6.  Brazil 9,078,942
  7.  Japan 5,000,000
  8.  China 2,982,002
  9.  UK 1,024,983
  10.  South Korea 1,001,540
  11.  Singapore 9,000
  12.  Gibraltar 8,259

Buddhists

Largest Buddhist populations (as of 2007):

  1.  People's Republic of China 300,000,000
  2.  Japan 127,000,000
  3.  Thailand 61,814,742
  4.  Vietnam 48,473,003
  5.  Myanmar 42,636,562
  6.  Republic of China (Taiwan) 8,000,605 - 21,258,75
  7.  North Korea 466,035 - 15,029,613
  8.  Sri Lanka 14,648,421
  9.  Cambodia 13,296,109
  10.  South Korea 10,427,436
  11.  India 9,600,000
  12.  United States 2,107,980 - 10,000,000[120]
  13.  Laos 4,369,739 - 6,391,558
  14.  Malaysia 5,460,683
  15.    Nepal 3,179,197
  16.  Singapore 1,935,029 - 2,781,888
  17.  Indonesia 2,346,940
  18.  Mongolia 2,774,679
  19.  Hong Kong 705,022 - 1,960,000
  20.  Philippines 176,932
  21.  Bhutan 550,000

Jews

Largest Jewish populations (as of 2007):

  1.  United States 6,214,569
  2.  Israel 5,278,274
  3.  France 641,000[121]
  4.  Canada 360,283
  5.  United Kingdom 306,876
  6.  Russia 250,000[93]
  7.  Germany 200,977
  8.  Argentina 184,538
  9.  Ukraine 149,602
  10.  Italy 125,000
  11.  Australia 94,978
  12.  Brazil 93,290
  13.  South Africa 88,994
  14.  Belarus 67,823
  15.  Hungary 60,180
  16.  Mexico 54,350
  17.  Spain 54,073
  18.  Belgium 52,285
  19.  Netherlands 32,780
  20.  Uruguay 30,060
  21.  Poland 20,000

Sikhs

Largest Sikh populations

  1.  India 25,292,600
  2.  UK 530,000
  3.  USA 500,000
  4.  Canada 320,200
  5.  Malaysia 120,000
  6.  Bangladesh 100,000
  7.  Italy 70,000
  8.  Thailand 70,000
  9.  Myanmar 70,000
  10.  United Arab Emirates 50,000
  11.  Germany 40,000
  12.  Mauritius 37,700
  13.  Australia 30,000
  14.  Pakistan 21,150
  15.  Kenya 20,000
  16.  Kuwait 20,000
  17.  Philippines 20,000
  18.  New Zealand 17,400
  19.  Indonesia 15,000
  20.  Singapore 14,500

Bahá'ís

Largest Bahá'í populations (as of 2005):[122]

  1.  India 1,823,631
  2.  United States 456,767
  3.  Kenya 368,095
  4.  Congo DR 252,159
  5.  Philippines 247,499
  6.  Zambia 224,763
  7.  South Africa 213,651
  8.  Iran 212,272
  9.  Bolivia 206,029
  10.  Tanzania 163,772
  11.  Venezuela 155,907
  12.  Chad 84,276
  13.  Pakistan 79,461
  14.  Myanmar 78,967
  15.  Uganda 78,541
  16.  Malaysia 71,203
  17.  Colombia 68,441
  18.  Thailand 58,208

"Most Baha'i Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

Jainism

  1.  India 5,146,696
  2.  United States 79,459
  3.  Kenya 68,848
  4.  United Kingdom 16,869
  5.  Canada 12,101
  6.  Tanzania 9,002
  7.    Nepal 6,800
  8.  Uganda 2,663
  9.  Burma 2,398
  10.  Malaysia 2,052
  11.  South Africa 1,918
  12.  Fiji 1,573
  13.  Japan 1,535
  14.  Australia 1,449
  15.  Suriname 1,217
  16.  Réunion 981
  17.  Belgium 815
  18.  Yemen 229

"Most Jainist Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

Lists by country

See also

References

  1. ^ "Table 1.1. Population of the World" (PDF). United Nations. March 25, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  3. ^ 2010 World Muslim Population pdf Dr. Houssain Kettani January 2010
  4. ^ a b "Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents". 2005. Retrieved 19 Jun 2010.
  5. ^ Vipassana Foundation - Buddhists around the world
  6. ^ "Counting the Buddhist World Fairly," by Dr. Alex Smith
  7. ^ Micronesia, Federated States of
  8. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Samoa. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ Panama
  10. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  11. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  12. ^ http://w ww.state.gr
    1. ((flag,Greece))99.%.www.orthodox.gr
    ov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108426.htm
  13. ^ The World Factbook, (2007), Field Listing - Religions Accessed 03 February 2012.
  14. ^ http://www.ine.gov.bo/pdf/boletin/NP_2002_65.pdf
  15. ^ Bolivia
  16. ^ The World Factbook, (2007), Field Listing - Religions Accessed 30 June 2008.
  17. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html#mt
  18. ^ Marshall Islands
  19. ^ Peru
  20. ^ "US Department of State - Paraguay - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  21. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  22. ^ Kiribati
  23. ^ Angola
  24. ^ Barbados
  25. ^ Cyprus
  26. ^ http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/censos/poblacion/2000/definitivos/Nal/tabulados/00re01.pdf
  27. ^ Colombia
  28. ^ Guatemala
  29. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  30. ^ Oman
  31. ^ Djibouti
  32. ^ Bahrain
  33. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  34. ^ Niger
  35. ^ Pakistan
  36. ^ http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/pop_by_religion.pdf
  37. ^ Azerbaijan
  38. ^ Nepal
  39. ^ Census of India, 2001
  40. ^ Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 162.
  41. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  42. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  43. ^ a b Bhutan
  44. ^ Suriname
  45. ^ Srilankantourism.com
  46. ^ Bangladesh : AT A GLANCE
  47. ^ a b CIA - The World Factbook
  48. ^ http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=35
  49. ^ Hinduism by country
  50. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  51. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  52. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  53. ^ Mongolia
  54. ^ a b c China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau)
  55. ^ "CIA Factbook – Hong Kong". Cia.gov. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  56. ^ "Burma—International Religious Freedom Report 2009". U.S. Department of State. 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  57. ^ "The 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Census: Completed Results". General Statistics Office of Vietnam: Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee. 2010-06. p. 281. Retrieved 1 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  58. ^ "Background Note: Macau Profile". U.S. State Department. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  59. ^ (67% Buddhist according to a 2005 census) taken in 2009 at September 9 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
  60. ^ Zickgraf, Ralph. Laos (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 9-10.
  61. ^ China Beliefs
  62. ^ Buddhism in China
  63. ^ China culture exploring assistant
  64. ^ a b c China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)
  65. ^ http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press12012011.pdf
  66. ^ Korea, Republic of
  67. ^ state.gov, About Korea - Religion,Every Culture - South Koreans, Every Culture - Culture of SOUTH KOREA
  68. ^ National Geographic
  69. ^ Oproject
  70. ^ Maps of War- History of Religion
  71. ^ Thing Quest
  72. ^ Wads Worth
  73. ^ Worth - Religions in Asia
  74. ^ Britannica
  75. ^ The Range of Religious Freedom
  76. ^ India
  77. ^ Bolivia
  78. ^ Laos
  79. ^ Haiti
  80. ^ Togo
  81. ^ Sudan
  82. ^ a b Philippines
  83. ^ New Zealand
  84. ^ South Africa
  85. ^ Sierra Leone
  86. ^ Indonesia
  87. ^ Palau
  88. ^ a b Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns - Phil Zuckerman
  89. ^ a b Polls | Angus Reid Public Opinion
  90. ^ a b Germany
  91. ^ According to a poll by Der Spiegel magazine, only 45% believe in God, and just a quarter in Jesus Christ.
  92. ^ QuickStats About Culture and Identity - Statistics New Zealand
  93. ^ a b c Russia
  94. ^ "Sikhs threaten census legal fight". BBC News. 2010-02-25.
  95. ^ "Sikhs celebrate harvest festival". BBC News. 2003-05-10.
  96. ^ Summary Tables
  97. ^ apnaorg.com/articles/ishtiaq8
  98. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  99. ^ worksingapore.com/articles/live_7.php
  100. ^ focussingapore.com/information_singapore/singapore_religions/sikhism.htm
  101. ^ hinducurrents.com/entity/profile/california
  102. ^ ena.org/media/news/documents/capps2010crstatement.pdf
  103. ^ The Association of Religion Data Archives | National Profiles
  104. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20050619070219/www.apmab.gov.au/guide/religious2/religious_guide.pdf
  105. ^ 2006 Census Table : Australia
  106. ^ NRI Sikhs in Italy
  107. ^ Adherents.com: Sikhs
  108. ^ Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 192.
  109. ^ BBC - Religion: Taoism
  110. ^ Taiwan
  111. ^ Asia Sentinel - How Now Tao?
  112. ^ CIA - The World Factbook
  113. ^ Pew Forum: Presidential Election in South Korea Highlights Influence of Christian Community
  114. ^ World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Source: 1999 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 695.
  115. ^ Adherents.com
  116. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Global Christianity Sortable Data Tables- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
  117. ^ Brazil
  118. ^ Italy
  119. ^ Spain
  120. ^ http://www.missiology.org/EMS/bulletins/asmith.htm
  121. ^ France
  122. ^ "Most Baha'i Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

External links


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_religious_populations&oldid=524512736"