| Afghanistan: |
Sunni
Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1% |
| Albania: |
Muslim 70%,
Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note: all mosques and churches were
closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited;
in November 1990, Albania began allowing private
religious practice |
| Algeria: |
Sunni
Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
| American
Samoa: |
Christian
Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant
and other 30% |
| Andorra: |
Roman
Catholic (predominant) |
| Angola: |
indigenous
beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998
est.) |
| Anguilla: |
Anglican
40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist
5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12% |
| Antigua
and Barbuda: |
Anglican
(predominant), other Protestant, some Roman Catholic |
| Argentina: |
nominally
Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),
Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% |
| Armenia: |
Armenian
Orthodox 94% |
| Aruba: |
Roman
Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian,
Jewish |
| Australia: |
Anglican
26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%,
non-Christian 11% |
| Austria: |
Roman
Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17% |
| Azerbaijan: |
Muslim
93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%,
other 1.8% (1995 est.)
note: religious affiliation is still
nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual
practicing adherents are much lower |
| Bahamas,
The: |
Baptist
32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%,
Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or
unknown 3%, other 2% |
| Bahrain: |
Shi'a
Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30% |
| Bangladesh: |
Muslim 83%,
Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998) |
| Barbados: |
Protestant
67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other
12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12% |
| Belarus: |
Eastern
Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic,
Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) |
| Belgium: |
Roman
Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25% |
| Belize: |
Roman
Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist
6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%,
Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%),
none 2%, other 6% (1980) |
| Benin: |
indigenous
beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
| Bermuda: |
non-Anglican
Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic 15%,
other 19% |
| Bhutan: |
Lamaistic
Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism
25% |
| Bolivia: |
Roman
Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) |
| Bosnia
and Herzegovina: |
Muslim 40%,
Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other
10% |
| Botswana: |
indigenous
beliefs 50%, Christian 50% |
| Brazil: |
Roman
Catholic (nominal) 80% |
| British
Virgin Islands: |
Protestant
86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's
Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%,
other 6% (1981) |
| Brunei: |
Muslim
(official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%,
indigenous beliefs and other 10% |
| Bulgaria: |
Bulgarian
Orthodox 83.5%, Muslim 13%, Roman Catholic 1.5%,
Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Jewish 0.8%, Protestant,
Gregorian-Armenian, and other 1% (1998) |
| Burkina
Faso: |
indigenous
beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman
Catholic) 10% |
| Burma: |
Buddhist
89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%),
Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2% |
| Burundi: |
Christian
67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous
beliefs 23%, Muslim 10% |
| Cambodia: |
Theravada
Buddhist 95%, other 5% |
| Cameroon: |
indigenous
beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
| Canada: |
Roman
Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18% |
| Cape
Verde: |
Roman
Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant
(mostly Church of the Nazarene) |
| Cayman
Islands: |
United
Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican,
Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other
Protestant |
| Central
African Republic: |
indigenous
beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%,
Muslim 15%, other 11%
note: animistic beliefs and practices
strongly influence the Christian majority |
| Chad: |
Muslim 50%,
Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25% |
| Chile: |
Roman
Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL% |
| China: |
Daoist
(Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
note: officially atheist |
| Christmas
Island: |
Buddhist
55%, Christian 15%, Muslim 10%, other 20% (1991) |
| Cocos
(Keeling) Islands: |
Sunni
Muslim 57%, Christian 22%, other 21% (1981 est.) |
| Colombia: |
Roman
Catholic 90% |
| Comoros: |
Sunni
Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2% |
| Congo,
Democratic Republic of the: |
Roman
Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim
10%, other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10% |
| Congo,
Republic of the: |
Christian
50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2% |
| Cook
Islands: |
Christian
(majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands
Christian Church) |
| Costa
Rica: |
Roman
Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, other Protestant
0.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% |
| Cote
d'Ivoire: |
Christian
34%, Muslim 27%, no religion 21%, animist 15%, other
3% (1998)
note: the majority of foreigners
(migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian
(20%) |
| Croatia: |
Roman
Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%,
Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991) |
| Cuba: |
nominally
85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power;
Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria
are also represented |
| Cyprus: |
Greek
Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian
Apostolic, and other 4% |
| 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%,
Muslims 2% |
| Djibouti: |
Muslim 94%,
Christian 6% |
| Dominica: |
Roman
Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%,
Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%,
other 2%), none 2%, other 6% |
| Dominican
Republic: |
Roman
Catholic 95% |
| Ecuador: |
Roman
Catholic 95% |
| Egypt: |
Muslim
(mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6% |
| El
Salvador: |
Roman
Catholic 86%
note: 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 |
| Equatorial
Guinea: |
nominally
Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan
practices |
| Eritrea: |
Muslim,
Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| Estonia: |
Evangelical
Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox,
Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman
Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish |
| Ethiopia: |
Muslim
45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%,
other 3%-8% |
| Falkland
Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
primarily
Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church,
Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran,
Seventh-Day Adventist |
| Faroe
Islands: |
Evangelical
Lutheran |
| Fiji: |
Christian
52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%,
Muslim 8%, other 2%
note: Fijians are mainly Christian,
Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority
(1986) |
| Finland: |
Evangelical
Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1% |
| France: |
Roman
Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North
African workers) 3%, unaffiliated 4% |
| French
Guiana: |
Roman
Catholic |
| French
Polynesia: |
Protestant
54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16% |
| Gabon: |
Christian
55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% |
| Gambia,
The: |
Muslim 90%,
Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
| Gaza
Strip: |
Muslim
(predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish
0.6% |
| Georgia: |
Georgian
Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%,
Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6% |
| Germany: |
Protestant
38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, unaffiliated or
other 26.3% |
| Ghana: |
indigenous
beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8% |
| Gibraltar: |
Roman
Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%,
Jewish 2.3%, none or other 7% (1991) |
| Greece: |
Greek
Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% |
| Greenland: |
Evangelical
Lutheran |
| Grenada: |
Roman
Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% |
| Guadeloupe: |
Roman
Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant
1% |
| Guam: |
Roman
Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.) |
| Guatemala: |
Roman
Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs |
| Guernsey: |
Anglican,
Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational,
Methodist |
| Guinea: |
Muslim 85%,
Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7% |
| Guinea-Bissau: |
indigenous
beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5% |
| Guyana: |
Christian
50%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 8% |
| Haiti: |
Roman
Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal
4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
note: roughly one-half of the population
also practices Voodoo |
| Holy
See (Vatican City): |
Roman
Catholic |
| Honduras: |
Roman
Catholic 97%, Protestant minority |
| Hong
Kong: |
eclectic
mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% |
| Hungary: |
Roman
Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist
and other 7.5% |
| Iceland: |
Evangelical
Lutheran 93%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic,
none (1997) |
| India: |
Hindu
81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other
groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000) |
| Indonesia: |
Muslim 88%,
Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist
1%, other 1% (1998) |
| Iran: |
Shi'a
Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 1% |
| Iraq: |
Muslim 97%
(Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% |
| Ireland: |
Roman
Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9%
(1998) |
| Israel: |
Jewish
80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian
2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.) |
| Italy: |
predominately
Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish
communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community |
| 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% |
| Japan: |
observe
both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including
Christian 0.7%) |
| Jersey: |
Anglican,
Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church,
Methodist, Presbyterian |
| Jordan: |
Sunni
Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but
some Greek Catholics, Roman Catholics, Syrian
Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and
Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small
Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2000 est.) |
| Kazakhstan: |
Muslim 47%,
Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7% |
| Kenya: |
Protestant
38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%,
Muslim 7%, other 1%
note: a large majority of Kenyans are
Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the
population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs
vary widely |
| Kiribati: |
Roman
Catholic 54%, Protestant (Congregational) 30%, some
Seventh-Day Adventist, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and
Church of God (1996) |
| Korea,
North: |
traditionally
Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and
syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
note: autonomous religious activities now
almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious
groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom |
| Korea,
South: |
Christian
49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist,
Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1% |
| Kuwait: |
Muslim 85%
(Sunni 45%, Shi'a 40%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and
other 15% |
| Kyrgyzstan: |
Muslim 75%,
Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5% |
| Laos: |
Buddhist
60%, animist and other 40% |
| Latvia: |
Lutheran,
Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox |
| Lebanon: |
Muslim 70%
(including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or
Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian,
Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL% |
| Lesotho: |
Christian
80%, indigenous beliefs 20% |
| Liberia: |
indigenous
beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
| Libya: |
Sunni
Muslim 97% |
| Liechtenstein: |
Roman
Catholic 80%, Protestant 7.4%, unknown 7.7%, other
4.9% (1996) |
| Lithuania: |
Roman
Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox,
Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim,
Jewish |
| Luxembourg: |
the
greatest preponderance of the population is Roman
Catholic with a very few Protestants, Jews, and
Muslims
note: 1979 legislation forbids the
collection of religious statistics |
| Macau: |
Buddhist
50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997
est.) |
| Macedonia,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
Macedonian
Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3% |
| Madagascar: |
indigenous
beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% |
| Malawi: |
Protestant
55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous
beliefs |
| Malaysia: |
Islam,
Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism;
note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East
Malaysia |
| Maldives: |
Sunni
Muslim |
| Mali: |
Muslim 90%,
indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1% |
| Malta: |
Roman
Catholic 91% |
| Man,
Isle of: |
Anglican,
Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian,
Society of Friends |
| Marshall
Islands: |
Christian
(mostly Protestant) |
| Martinique: |
Roman
Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5% |
| Mauritania: |
Muslim 100% |
| Mauritius: |
Hindu 52%,
Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%),
Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1% |
| Mayotte: |
Muslim 97%,
Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) |
| Mexico: |
nominally
Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
| Micronesia,
Federated States of: |
Roman
Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other and none 3% |
| Moldova: |
Eastern
Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000
members) (1991) |
| Monaco: |
Roman
Catholic 90% |
| Mongolia: |
Tibetan
Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the
southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998) |
| Montserrat: |
Anglican,
Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day
Adventist, other Christian denominations |
| Morocco: |
Muslim
98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2% |
| Mozambique: |
indigenous
beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
| Namibia: |
Christian
80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs
10% to 20% |
| Nauru: |
Christian
(two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic) |
| Nepal: |
Hinduism
86.2%, Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2%
note: only official Hindu state in the
world (1995) |
| Netherlands: |
Roman
Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%,
unaffiliated 40% (1998) |
| Netherlands
Antilles: |
Roman
Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist |
| New
Caledonia: |
Roman
Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10% |
| New
Zealand: |
Anglican
24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist
5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or
none 33% (1986) |
| Nicaragua: |
Roman
Catholic 85%, Protestant |
| Niger: |
Muslim 80%,
remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians |
| Nigeria: |
Muslim 50%,
Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% |
| 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) |
| Norfolk
Island: |
Anglican
39%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia
16.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.4%, none 9.2%, unknown
16.9%, other 2.4% (1986) |
| Northern
Mariana Islands: |
Christian
(Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs
and taboos may still be found) |
| Norway: |
Evangelical
Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and
Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10%
(1997) |
| Oman: |
Ibadhi
Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu |
| Pakistan: |
Muslim 97%
(Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% |
| Palau: |
Christian
(Catholics, 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) |
| Panama: |
Roman
Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% |
| 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% |
| Paraguay: |
Roman
Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant |
| Peru: |
Roman
Catholic 90% |
| Philippines: |
Roman
Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and
other 3% |
| Pitcairn
Islands: |
Seventh-Day
Adventist 100% |
| Poland: |
Roman
Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox,
Protestant, and other 5% |
| Portugal: |
Roman
Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995) |
| Puerto
Rico: |
Roman
Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% |
| Qatar: |
Muslim 95% |
| Reunion: |
Roman
Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995) |
| Romania: |
Romanian
Orthodox 70%, Roman Catholic 3%, Uniate Catholic 3%,
Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18% |
| Russia: |
Russian
Orthodox, Muslim, other |
| Rwanda: |
Roman
Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 24%, Adventist 10.4%,
Muslim 1.9%, indigenous beliefs and other 6.5%, none
4.5% (1996) |
| Saint
Helena: |
Anglican
(majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman
Catholic |
| Saint
Kitts and Nevis: |
Anglican,
other Protestant, Roman Catholic |
| Saint
Lucia: |
Roman
Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3% |
| Saint
Pierre and Miquelon: |
Roman
Catholic 99% |
| Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines: |
Anglican
47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Seventh-Day
Adventist, Hindu, other Protestant |
| 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) |
| San
Marino: |
Roman
Catholic |
| Sao
Tome and Principe: |
Christian
80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant,
Seventh-Day Adventist) |
| Saudi
Arabia: |
Muslim 100% |
| Senegal: |
Muslim 92%,
indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman
Catholic) |
| Seychelles: |
Roman
Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2% |
| Sierra
Leone: |
Muslim 60%,
indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% |
| Singapore: |
Buddhist
(Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh,
Taoist, Confucianist |
| Slovakia: |
Roman
Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%,
Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5% |
| Slovenia: |
Roman
Catholic 68.8%, Uniate Catholic 2%, Lutheran 1%,
Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9% |
| Solomon
Islands: |
Anglican
34%, Roman Catholic 19%, Baptist 17%, United
(Methodist/Presbyterian) 11%, Seventh-Day Adventist
10%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4% |
| Somalia: |
Sunni
Muslim |
| South
Africa: |
Christian
68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of
blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu
1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist
28.5% |
| Spain: |
Roman
Catholic 99%, other 1% |
| Sri
Lanka: |
Buddhist
70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999) |
| Sudan: |
Sunni
Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%,
Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum) |
| Suriname: |
Hindu
27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant
25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5% |
| Swaziland: |
Protestant
55%, Muslim 10%, Roman Catholic 5%, indigenous beliefs
30% |
| Sweden: |
Lutheran
87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim,
Jewish, Buddhist |
| Switzerland: |
Roman
Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9%
(1990) |
| Syria: |
Sunni
Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects
16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny
communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) |
| Tajikistan: |
Sunni
Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5% |
| Tanzania: |
mainland -
Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20%;
Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim |
| Thailand: |
Buddhism
95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%,
other 0.6% (1991) |
| Togo: |
indigenous
beliefs 59%, Christian 29%, Muslim 12% |
| Tokelau: |
Congregational
Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
note: on Atafu, all Congregational
Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman
Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the
Congregational Christian Church predominant |
| Tonga: |
Christian
(Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents) |
| Trinidad
and Tobago: |
Roman
Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim
5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7% |
| Tunisia: |
Muslim 98%,
Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1% |
| Turkey: |
Muslim
99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews) |
| Turkmenistan: |
Muslim 89%,
Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% |
| Turks
and Caicos Islands: |
Baptist
41.2%, Methodist 18.9%, Anglican 18.3%, Seventh-Day
Adventist 1.7%, other 19.9% (1980) |
| Tuvalu: |
Church of
Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist
1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6% |
| Uganda: |
Roman
Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous
beliefs 18% |
| Ukraine: |
Ukrainian
Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox -
Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox,
Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish |
| United
Arab Emirates: |
Muslim 96%
(Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4% |
| United
Kingdom: |
Anglican 27
million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million,
Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000,
Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.) |
| United
States: |
Protestant
56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10%
(1989) |
| Uruguay: |
Roman
Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult
population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%,
Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31% |
| Uzbekistan: |
Muslim 88%
(mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% |
| Vanuatu: |
Presbyterian
36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous
beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of
Christ 3.8%, other 15.7% |
| Venezuela: |
nominally
Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% |
| Vietnam: |
Buddhist,
Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman
Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim |
| Virgin
Islands: |
Baptist
42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7% |
| Wallis
and Futuna: |
Roman
Catholic 100% |
| West
Bank: |
Muslim 75%
(predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other
8% |
| Western
Sahara: |
Muslim |
| Yemen: |
Muslim
including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small
numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
| Yugoslavia: |
Orthodox
65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%,
other 11% |
| Zambia: |
Christian
50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs
1% |
| Zimbabwe: |
syncretic
(part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%,
Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and
other 1% |
| Taiwan: |
mixture of
Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%,
other 2.5%
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