List of religious populations
These are lists of religious demographics and religions by country.
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Four largest religions | Adherents | Percentage of world population | Further information |
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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 | |
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Major Religions | No religion |
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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 |
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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[update]):
Vatican City 100% (83% Roman Catholic)
Federated States of Micronesia ~96%[7]
Samoa ~100%[8]
Panama ~ 99%[9]
Romania 99.5%[10]
East Timor 94.2%[11][12] (90% Roman Catholic)
Armenia 98.7%[13] (Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%)
Bolivia 98.3%[14][15] (95% Roman Catholic)
Venezuela 98.2%[16] (mostly Roman Catholic)
Malta 98.1%[17] (mostly Roman Catholic)
Marshall Islands 97.2%[18]
Peru 97.1%[19]
Paraguay 96.9%[20] (mostly Roman Catholic)
Papua New Guinea 96.4%[21]
Kiribati 96%[22]
Angola +95%[23]
Barbados +95.1%[24]
Cyprus 95.3%[25](mostly Greek Orthodox)
Mexico 94.5%[26] (mostly Roman Catholic)
Colombia 94.%[27] (mostly Roman Catholic)
Guatemala +90.2%[28][29] (50-60% Roman Catholic and ~30% Protestant, 0-10% non-Christian)
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[update]):
Saudi Arabia 100% (95% Sunni, 5% Shi'a) (foreign workers are excluded)
Somalia 100% (Sunni)
Afghanistan 100% (95% Sunni, 5% Shi'a)
Yemen 99.9% (65-70% Sunni, 30-35% Shi'a)
Mauritania 99.9% (mostly Sunni)
Maldives 100% (mostly Sunni) (foreign workers are excluded)
Oman 100% (50% Ibadhi, 50% Sunni)[30] (foreign workers are excluded)
Djibouti +99% (mostly Sunni)[31]
Tunisia 99% (mostly Sunni)
Algeria 99% (mostly Sunni)
Turkey 98.25% (83% Sunni, 15% Shia)
Bahrain 98% (majority Shia, minority Sunni)[32] (foreign workers are excluded)
Comoros 98% (mostly Sunni)[33]
Morocco 98.4% (mostly Sunni)
Niger +95% (95% Sunni)[34]
Iran 98% (mostly Shi'a)
Pakistan 96.8%[35] (75-80% Sunni, 20-25% Shi'a)[36]
Iraq 97.8% (55% Shi'a, 45% Sunni)
Libya 100% (Sunni)
Egypt 94.7% (Sunni)
Qatar 99.9%
Kuwait 100%
United Arab Emirates 100%
Azerbaijan 93.6%[37] (mostly Shia)
Kosovo 90% (Sunni)
Syria 90% (85% Sunni, 15% Shi'a)
Bangladesh 89.5% (mostly Sunni)
Malaysia 61.3% (mostly Sunni)
Hindus
Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus from Hinduism by country (as of 2008[update]):
Nepal 90.9%[38]
India 84%[39]
Mauritius 54%[40]
Guyana 28%[41]
Fiji 27.9%[42]
Bhutan 25%[43]
Trinidad and Tobago 22.5%
Suriname 20%[44]
Sri Lanka 15%[45]
Bangladesh 9.2%[46]
Malaysia 6.3%[47]
Singapore 5.1%
Pakistan 3.3%[48]
Oman 3%[49]
Belize 2.3%
Seychelles 2.1%[50]
Indonesia 2%
Buddhists
Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists (included other folk religions) from Buddhism by country (as of 2008[update]):
Cambodia 96%[51] (Theravada, Muslim 3%, Christian and other 2%)
Thailand 94.6%[52] (Theravada, Muslim 4%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.3%)
Mongolia 90%[53] (Tibetan Buddhism, Muslim 5%, Christian and other 5%)
Hong Kong Triple religion 90% (10% practising[54])[55] ("Triple religion", Christian and others 7%)
Myanmar 89% (Theravada, Christian 4%, Muslim 4%, Animism or other 2%)[56]
Vietnam 85% (7.9% practicing[57])("Triple religion", Christian 7%, Cao Dai 3%, other 3%)
Macau 85%[58] ("Triple religion", Christian 6%, Atheist or other 3%)
Laos 67%-98%[59][60][verification needed] (67% Theravada with 31% traditional animist.)
People's Republic of China 50-+80%[61][62][63] (8% practicing[64]) (Triple religion, Atheist 10.5%, Christian 4%, Muslim 1.5%)
Bhutan +66-75%[43] (Lamaistic, Hindu 25%)
Christmas Island 75% (Triple religion, Christian 12%, Muslim 10%, other 3%)
Sri Lanka 65% (Theraveda,Muslim 15%, Hindu 12.5%, Christian 7.5%)
Republic of China (Taiwan)35.1-75% ("Triple religion", Christian 4%, other 2%)
Singapore 33-44%[65] ("Triple religion" 33% Buddhist, 11% Taoist)
Japan 20-45%(Shinto with Mahayana) (20% to 45% believe in Buddha)
Malaysia 23% (Muslim 60.3%, "Triple religion", Christian 9%, Hindu 6%, other 1.7%)
South Korea 22.8%[66][67](Mahayana with Confucianist, Christian 29%, other)
Brunei 15% (Muslim 67%, "Triple religion", Christian 10%, other 8%)
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.
India 100%[76]
Bolivia 55%[77]
Laos 55%[78]
Haiti 50%[79]
Guinea-Bissau 50%
Cameroon 40%
Togo 33%[80]
Côte d'Ivoire 25%
Sudan 25%[81]
Benin 23%
Burundi 20%
Philippines 16%[82]
Burkina Faso 15%
New Zealand 15%[83]
South Africa 15%[84]
Democratic Republic of the Congo 12%
Central African Republic 10%
Gabon 10%
Lesotho 10%
Nigeria 10%
Sierra Leone 10%[85]
Indonesia 9%[86]
Kenya 9%
Palau 9%[87]
Ghana 8.5%
Guinea 5%
Jews
Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews (as of 2007[update]):
Israel 77.6%
Monaco 3%
United States 2.8%
Gibraltar 2.1%
Cayman Islands [citation needed]
Netherlands Antilles^ 1.3%
France 2%
Canada 1.1%
Belarus 1%
Argentina 0.8%
Hungary 0.8%
Uruguay 0.75%
Russia 0.6%
United Kingdom 0.5%
Australia 0.5%
Netherlands 0.3%
Germany 0.3%
Georgia 0.25%
Philippines
Bahá'ís
Countries with the greatest proportion of Bahá'ís (as of 2000[update]):
Nauru 9.22%
Tonga 6.09%
Tuvalu 5.86%
Kiribati 4.70%
Tokelau 4.33%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 3.72%
Bolivia 3.25%
Falkland Islands 2.98%
Vanuatu 2.78%
Belize 2.73%
Samoa 2.37%
Guyana 2.09%
São Tomé and Príncipe 1.88%
Mauritius 1.84%
Zambia 1.70%
Dominica 1.61%
Federated States of Micronesia 1.61%
Niue 1.53%
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
Countries with the greatest proportion of people without religion (including Agnostics and Atheists) from Irreligion by country (as of 2007[update]):
Japan 64–88% (76%)[88]
Sweden 46-85% (65.5%)
Vietnam 44%-81% (62.5%)
Denmark 43-80% (61.5%)
Macau 60.9%[64]
Czech Republic 54–61% (57.5%)
Hong Kong 57%[54]
France 43-64%[89] (53.5%)
Norway 31–72% (51.5%)
Estonia 49%
Netherlands 39-55% (47%)
Finland 28–60% (44%)
United Kingdom 31–52% (41.5%)[89]
South Korea 30-52% (41%)
Germany 25[90]-55%[91] (40%)
Hungary 32-46% (39%)
Belgium 42-43% (38.75%)
New Zealand 34.7%[92]
Bulgaria 34-40% (37%)
Slovenia 35-38% (36.5%)
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:
India 2.3%
United Kingdom 1.2%[94][95]
Canada 0.9%[96]
Malaysia 0.5%[97]
Fiji 0.3%[98]
Singapore 0.3%[99][100]
United States 0.2%[101][102]
New Zealand 0.2%[103]
Australia 0.1%[104][105]
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]
Republic of China (Taiwan) 33-80%[110]
People's Republic of China 30%[111]
Hong Kong 28%[54]
Macau 13.9%[64]
Singapore 8.5%[112]
Malaysia 2.6%[47]
South Korea 0.2-1%[113]
Vietnam
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[update].[114][115]
Jainism
Mormonism
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
Cuba 10.30%
Jamaica 10.2%
Brazil 4.8%
Suriname 3.6%
Haiti 2.7%
Dominican Republic 2.2%
The Bahamas 1.9%
Nicaragua 1.5%
Trinidad and Tobago 1.4%
Guyana 1.3%
Venezuela 1.1%
Colombia 1.0%
Belize 1.0%
Honduras 0.9%
Puerto Rico 0.7%
Panama 0.5%
Iceland 0.5%
Guadeloupe 0.4%
Argentina 0.2%
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[update]):
United States 246,790,000[116]
Brazil 176,356,100[117]
Mexico 107,780,000[116]
Russia 102,600,000[93]
Philippines 93,121,400[82]
Nigeria 80,510,000[116]
People's Republic of China 67,070,000[116]
DR Congo 63,150,000[116]
Germany 56,957,500[90]
Ethiopia 52,580,000[116]
Italy 51,852,284[118]
United Kingdom 45,030,000[116]
Colombia 42,810,000[116]
South Africa 40,560,000[116]
France 39,560,000[116]
Ukraine 38,080,000[116]
Spain 36,697,000[119]
Poland 36,090,000[116]
Argentina 34,420,000[116]
Kenya 34,340,000[116]
Muslims
Largest Muslim populations
Indonesia 210,847,000
Pakistan 180,286,000
India 180,097,000
Bangladesh 150,607,000
Egypt 82,024,000
Nigeria 77,728,000
Iran 76,819,000
Turkey 58,000,000
Algeria 34,780,000
Morocco 32,381,000
Iraq 31,108,000
Sudan 30,855,000
Afghanistan 29,047,000
Ethiopia 28,721,000
Uzbekistan 26,833,000
Saudi Arabia 25,493,000
Yemen 24,026,000
China 23,308,000
Syria 20,895,000
Malaysia 17,200,000
Russia 16,379,000
Hindus
Largest Hindu populations (Source:censusindia.gov.in):
India 1,010,578,868
Nepal 22,736,934
Bangladesh 15,675,984
Sri Lanka 14,846,750
Indonesia 13,527,758
Brazil 9,078,942
Japan 5,000,000
China 2,982,002
UK 1,024,983
South Korea 1,001,540
Singapore 9,000
Gibraltar 8,259
Buddhists
Largest Buddhist populations (as of 2007[update]):
People's Republic of China 300,000,000
Japan 127,000,000
Thailand 61,814,742
Vietnam 48,473,003
Myanmar 42,636,562
Republic of China (Taiwan) 8,000,605 - 21,258,75
North Korea 466,035 - 15,029,613
Sri Lanka 14,648,421
Cambodia 13,296,109
South Korea 10,427,436
India 9,600,000
United States 2,107,980 - 10,000,000[120]
Laos 4,369,739 - 6,391,558
Malaysia 5,460,683
Nepal 3,179,197
Singapore 1,935,029 - 2,781,888
Indonesia 2,346,940
Mongolia 2,774,679
Hong Kong 705,022 - 1,960,000
Philippines 176,932
Bhutan 550,000
Jews
Largest Jewish populations (as of 2007[update]):
United States 6,214,569
Israel 5,278,274
France 641,000[121]
Canada 360,283
United Kingdom 306,876
Russia 250,000[93]
Germany 200,977
Argentina 184,538
Ukraine 149,602
Italy 125,000
Australia 94,978
Brazil 93,290
South Africa 88,994
Belarus 67,823
Hungary 60,180
Mexico 54,350
Spain 54,073
Belgium 52,285
Netherlands 32,780
Uruguay 30,060
Poland 20,000
Sikhs
Largest Sikh populations
India 25,292,600
UK 530,000
USA 500,000
Canada 320,200
Malaysia 120,000
Bangladesh 100,000
Italy 70,000
Thailand 70,000
Myanmar 70,000
United Arab Emirates 50,000
Germany 40,000
Mauritius 37,700
Australia 30,000
Pakistan 21,150
Kenya 20,000
Kuwait 20,000
Philippines 20,000
New Zealand 17,400
Indonesia 15,000
Singapore 14,500
Bahá'ís
Largest Bahá'í populations (as of 2005[update]):[122]
India 1,823,631
United States 456,767
Kenya 368,095
Congo DR 252,159
Philippines 247,499
Zambia 224,763
South Africa 213,651
Iran 212,272
Bolivia 206,029
Tanzania 163,772
Venezuela 155,907
Chad 84,276
Pakistan 79,461
Myanmar 78,967
Uganda 78,541
Malaysia 71,203
Colombia 68,441
Thailand 58,208
"Most Baha'i Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
Jainism
India 5,146,696
United States 79,459
Kenya 68,848
United Kingdom 16,869
Canada 12,101
Tanzania 9,002
Nepal 6,800
Uganda 2,663
Burma 2,398
Malaysia 2,052
South Africa 1,918
Fiji 1,573
Japan 1,535
Australia 1,449
Suriname 1,217
Réunion 981
Belgium 815
Yemen 229
"Most Jainist Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
Lists by country
- Religions by country
- Bahá'í Faith by country
- Buddhism by country
- Christianity by country
- Hinduism by country
- Islam by country
- Judaism by country
- Sikhism by country
See also
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- ^ Palau
- ^ a b Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns - Phil Zuckerman
- ^ a b Polls | Angus Reid Public Opinion
- ^ a b Germany
- ^ According to a poll by Der Spiegel magazine, only 45% believe in God, and just a quarter in Jesus Christ.
- ^ QuickStats About Culture and Identity - Statistics New Zealand
- ^ a b c Russia
- ^ "Sikhs threaten census legal fight". BBC News. 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Sikhs celebrate harvest festival". BBC News. 2003-05-10.
- ^ Summary Tables
- ^ apnaorg.com/articles/ishtiaq8
- ^ CIA - The World Factbook
- ^ worksingapore.com/articles/live_7.php
- ^ focussingapore.com/information_singapore/singapore_religions/sikhism.htm
- ^ hinducurrents.com/entity/profile/california
- ^ ena.org/media/news/documents/capps2010crstatement.pdf
- ^ The Association of Religion Data Archives | National Profiles
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20050619070219/www.apmab.gov.au/guide/religious2/religious_guide.pdf
- ^ 2006 Census Table : Australia
- ^ NRI Sikhs in Italy
- ^ Adherents.com: Sikhs
- ^ Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 192.
- ^ BBC - Religion: Taoism
- ^ Taiwan
- ^ Asia Sentinel - How Now Tao?
- ^ CIA - The World Factbook
- ^ Pew Forum: Presidential Election in South Korea Highlights Influence of Christian Community
- ^ World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Source: 1999 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 695.
- ^ Adherents.com
- ^ 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
- ^ Brazil
- ^ Italy
- ^ Spain
- ^ http://www.missiology.org/EMS/bulletins/asmith.htm
- ^ France
- ^ "Most Baha'i Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
External links
- adherents.com
- Asian-Nation: Religious Affiliation among Asian Americans
- International Religious Freedom Report 2007 of U.S. Department of State
- Background Notes of U.S. Department of State
- The World Factbook of CIA
- Adherents.com
- Religious Freedom page
- Religious Intelligence
- World Statesmen
- BBC News - Muslims in Europe: Country guide
- Vipassana Foundation - Buddhists around the world
- Hierarchy - Statistics of Catholic population by country
- Irreligion