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RELIGIONS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

	Country	Description Definition: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
1.	Luxembourg	87% Roman Catholic, 13% Protestants, Jews, and Muslims (2000)
2.	Armenia	Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (Zoroastrian/animist) 2%
3.	Bulgaria	Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 3.4% (1998)
4.	Georgia	Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%
5.	Cyprus	Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
6.	Greece	Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
7.	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	Macedonian Orthodox 70%, Muslim 29%, other 1%
8.	Saint Helena	Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic
9.	New Zealand	Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986)
10.	Australia	Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%, other 12.6%
11.	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)
12.	Anguilla	Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%
13.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant
14.	Man, Isle of	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends
15.	Guernsey	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
16.	Jersey	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
17.	Montserrat	Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations
18.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
19.	Christmas Island	Buddhist 36%, Muslim 25%, Christian 18%, other 21% (1997)
20.	Macau	Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)
21.	Laos	Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
22.	Burma	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
23.	Mongolia	Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none 40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4% (2004)
24.	Holy See (Vatican City)	Roman Catholic
25.	San Marino	Roman Catholic
26.	French Guiana	Roman Catholic
27.	Cape Verde	Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
28.	Brazil	Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%
29.	Andorra	Roman Catholic (predominant)
30.	Lithuania	Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
31.	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%
32.	Netherlands	Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
33.	Czech Republic	Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%, atheist 39.8%
34.	Canada	Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 36%, other 18% (based on the 1991 census)
35.	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)
36.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10%
37.	Micronesia, Federated States of	Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%
38.	Kiribati	Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999)
39.	Grenada	Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
40.	Rwanda	Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
41.	New Caledonia	Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
42.	Hungary	Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5%
43.	Austria	Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4%
44.	Belgium	Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%
45.	Liechtenstein	Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7%, unknown 10.6%, other 6.2% (June 2002)
46.	Costa Rica	Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
47.	Gibraltar	Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish 2.3%, none or other 7% (1991)
48.	Dominica	Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%
49.	Haiti	Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) (roughly half of the population practices Voodoo)
50.	Aruba	Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish
51.	El Salvador	Roman Catholic 83% (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)
52.	Philippines	Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
53.	France	Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
54.	Nicaragua	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant
55.	Martinique	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997)
56.	Panama	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
57.	Puerto Rico	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%
58.	Guam	Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)
59.	Reunion	Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995)
60.	Croatia	Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others and unknown 6.2% (2001)
61.	Chile	Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish negligible
62.	Colombia	Roman Catholic 90%
63.	Monaco	Roman Catholic 90%
64.	Peru	Roman Catholic 90%
65.	Saint Lucia	Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 3%, other Protestant 7%
66.	East Timor	Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.)
67.	Paraguay	Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant
68.	Ireland	Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998)
69.	Portugal	Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
70.	Ecuador	Roman Catholic 95%
71.	Dominican Republic	Roman Catholic 95%
72.	Poland	Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%
73.	Guadeloupe	Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%
74.	Bolivia	Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
75.	Honduras	Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority
76.	Malta	Roman Catholic 98%
77.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Roman Catholic 99%
78.	Netherlands Antilles	Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
79.	Guatemala	Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
80.	Northern Mariana Islands	Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)
81.	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)
82.	Cook Islands	Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church)
83.	Marshall Islands	Christian (mostly Protestant)
84.	Nauru	Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)
85.	Cote d'Ivoire	Christian 20-30%, Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40% (2001) (the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%))
86.	Congo,	Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%
87.	Guyana	Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5%
88.	Fiji	Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2% (Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority (1986))
89.	Gabon	Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
90.	Ghana	Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%
91.	Burundi	Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
92.	Sao Tome and Principe	Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)
93.	Namibia	Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
94.	Lesotho	Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
95.	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)
96.	American Samoa	Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30%
97.	Antigua and Barbuda	Christian, (predominantly Anglican with other Protestant, and some Roman Catholic)
98.	Romania	Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)
99.	Belarus	Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
100.	Moldova	Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
101.	Greenland	Evangelical Lutheran
102.	Faroe Islands	Evangelical Lutheran
103.	Norway	Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997)
104.	Iceland	Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1% (2002)
105.	Finland	Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Russian Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%
106.	Denmark	Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%
107.	Estonia	Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish
108.	Mauritius	Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
109.	India	Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
110.	Egypt	Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
111.	Brunei	Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
112.	Gaza Strip	Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%
113.	Mauritania	Muslim 100%
114.	Saudi Arabia	Muslim 100%
115.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%
116.	Ethiopia	Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
117.	Kazakhstan	Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
118.	Nigeria	Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
119.	Chad	Muslim 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7%
120.	Lebanon	Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant), other 1.3% (seventeen religious sects recognized)
121.	Albania	Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% (percentages are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice)
122.	Kyrgyzstan	Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
123.	Niger	Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christian
124.	Bangladesh	Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998)
125.	Kuwait	Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
126.	Guinea	Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%
127.	Indonesia	Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998)
128.	Gambia, The	Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%
129.	Mali	Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
130.	Azerbaijan	Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) (religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower)
131.	Djibouti	Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
132.	Senegal	Muslim 94%, indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic)
133.	Qatar	Muslim 95%
134.	Pakistan	Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
135.	Iraq	Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
136.	Mayotte	Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
137.	Morocco	Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
138.	Malaysia	Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
139.	Eritrea	Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
140.	Israel	Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
141.	Germany	Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%
142.	Kenya	Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% (a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely)
143.	French Polynesia	Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%
144.	Malawi	Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 3%, other 2%
145.	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%
146.	Barbados	Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%
147.	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)
148.	Russia	Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
149.	Maldives	Sunni Muslim
150.	Algeria	Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
151.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)
152.	Afghanistan	Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1%
153.	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.)
154.	Libya	Sunni Muslim 97%
155.	Comoros	Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
156.	Bahamas, The	Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%
157.	China	Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4% (officially atheist (2002 est.))
158.	Hong Kong	eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%
159.	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)
160.	Nepal	Hinduism 86.2%, Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2% (only official Hindu state in the world (1995))
161.	Oman	Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu
162.	Central African Republic	indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% (animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority)
163.	Liberia	indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
164.	Cameroon	indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
165.	Burkina Faso	indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
166.	Angola	indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
167.	Mozambique	indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
168.	Benin	indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
169.	Guinea-Bissau	indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%
170.	Madagascar	indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
171.	Botswana	indigenous beliefs 85%, Christian 15%
172.	Bhutan	Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
173.	Latvia	Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
174.	Korea, South	no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
175.	Cuba	nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
176.	Mexico	nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
177.	Equatorial Guinea	nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
178.	Bermuda	non-Anglican Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 19%
179.	Japan	observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
180.	Italy	predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
181.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	primarily Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist
182.	Pitcairn Islands	Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
183.	Bahrain	Shi'a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30%
184.	Iran	Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%
185.	Cambodia	Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
186.	Korea, North	traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) (autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom)
187.	Cayman Islands	United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Church of God, other Protestant, Roman Catholic