A religion constitutes a structured framework of faith or worship, exerting profound influence over an individual's cognitive framework, perception, and engagement with the surrounding world. It serves as the cornerstone for shaping ethical and moral convictions for adherents. For many believers, religion serves as a profound wellspring of solace, if not purpose. Diverse religious traditions proliferate globally, each distinct in theological doctrine and ritualistic observance. Yet, it is conceivable that the majority converge on two overarching themes: guidance for earthly conduct and contemplation of the afterlife.
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Religion by Country 2024
Quantifying the precise tally of religions globally presents a formidable, if not impossible, challenge, for manifold reasons. Distinguishing between various faiths can prove arduous for those lacking intimate familiarity with their tenets. Moreover, clear delineations distinguishing distinct religions from mere denominational subdivisions are scarce, if not absent. Here is a list:
| Country | Total Religious | Christians | Muslims | Unaffiliated | Hindus | Buddhists | Folk Religions | Other | Jews |
| United States | 259.4M | 243,060,000 | 2,770,000 | 50,980,000 | 1,790,000 | 3,570,000 | 630,000 | 1,900,000 | 5,690,000 |
| Brazil | 179.5M | 173,300,000 | 40,000 | 15,410,000 | 5,000 | 250,000 | 5,540,000 | 300,000 | 110,000 |
| Mexico | 108.1M | 107,910,000 | 5,000 | 5,330,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 70,000 | 20,000 | 70,000 |
| Russia | 119.8M | 104,750,000 | 14,290,000 | 23,180,000 | 30,000 | 170,000 | 310,000 | 5,000 | 230,000 |
| Philippines | 93.2M | 86,370,000 | 5,150,000 | 90,000 | 5,000 | 80,000 | 1,430,000 | 130,000 | 5,000 |
| Nigeria | 157.8M | 78,050,000 | 77,300,000 | 680,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 2,290,000 | 90,000 | 5,000 |
| China | 640.6M | 68,410,000 | 24,690,000 | 700,680,000 | 20,000 | 244,110,000 | 294,300,000 | 9,080,000 | 5,000 |
| DR Congo | 64.8M | 63,210,000 | 970,000 | 1,170,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 490,000 | 100,000 | 5,000 |
| Germany | 62M | 56,540,000 | 4,760,000 | 20,350,000 | 80,000 | 210,000 | 40,000 | 100,000 | 230,000 |
| Ethiopia | 82.9M | 52,070,000 | 28,680,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 2,130,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Italy | 53M | 50,440,000 | 2,220,000 | 7,500,000 | 90,000 | 110,000 | 80,000 | 60,000 | 50,000 |
| Colombia | 43.2M | 42,810,000 | 10,000 | 3,050,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 370,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| South Africa | 42.7M | 40,710,000 | 860,000 | 7,450,000 | 570,000 | 100,000 | 210,000 | 170,000 | 70,000 |
| United Kingdom | 44.8M | 39,890,000 | 2,960,000 | 17,220,000 | 890,000 | 280,000 | 60,000 | 460,000 | 290,000 |
| France | 45.2M | 39,560,000 | 4,710,000 | 17,580,000 | 30,000 | 280,000 | 220,000 | 100,000 | 310,000 |
| Ukraine | 38.8M | 38,100,000 | 560,000 | 6,690,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 50,000 |
| Spain | 37.3M | 36,240,000 | 980,000 | 8,740,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 60,000 |
| Poland | 36.1M | 36,100,000 | 5,000 | 2,150,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| Argentina | 35.5M | 34,420,000 | 400,000 | 4,920,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 330,000 | 120,000 | 200,000 |
| Kenya | 39.5M | 34,340,000 | 3,920,000 | 1,000,000 | 60,000 | 5,000 | 690,000 | 500,000 | 5,000 |
| India | 1.2B | 31,130,000 | 176,200,000 | 870,000 | 973,750,000 | 9,250,000 | 5,850,000 | 27,560,000 | 10,000 |
| Uganda | 33.3M | 28,980,000 | 3,840,000 | 170,000 | 100,000 | 5,000 | 290,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| Peru | 28.2M | 27,780,000 | 5,000 | 860,000 | 5,000 | 50,000 | 290,000 | 90,000 | 5,000 |
| Tanzania | 44.2M | 27,540,000 | 15,770,000 | 650,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 800,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Venezuela | 26.1M | 25,890,000 | 90,000 | 2,900,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 60,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Indonesia | 239.6M | 23,660,000 | 209,120,000 | 240,000 | 4,050,000 | 1,720,000 | 750,000 | 340,000 | 5,000 |
| Canada | 26M | 23,470,000 | 710,000 | 8,050,000 | 470,000 | 280,000 | 390,000 | 300,000 | 350,000 |
| Romania | 21.5M | 21,380,000 | 70,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Ghana | 23.4M | 18,260,000 | 3,860,000 | 1,020,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 1,200,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| Madagascar | 19.3M | 17,680,000 | 620,000 | 1,440,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 940,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Angola | 18.1M | 17,270,000 | 40,000 | 980,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 790,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Chile | 15.6M | 15,300,000 | 5,000 | 1,470,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 260,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 |
| Australia | 16.9M | 14,980,000 | 540,000 | 5,390,000 | 310,000 | 600,000 | 150,000 | 180,000 | 110,000 |
| South Korea | 25.8M | 14,170,000 | 100,000 | 22,340,000 | 5,000 | 11,050,000 | 400,000 | 110,000 | 5,000 |
| Cameroon | 18.6M | 13,780,000 | 3,590,000 | 1,050,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 650,000 | 530,000 | 5,000 |
| Guatemala | 13.8M | 13,690,000 | 5,000 | 590,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 80,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Ecuador | 13.7M | 13,610,000 | 5,000 | 800,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mozambique | 19.2M | 13,260,000 | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 1,720,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Zambia | 13M | 12,770,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 120,000 | 5,000 |
| Malawi | 14.5M | 12,320,000 | 1,930,000 | 370,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 260,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Zimbabwe | 11.6M | 10,930,000 | 110,000 | 990,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 480,000 | 40,000 | 10,000 |
| Greece | 10.7M | 10,010,000 | 610,000 | 700,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Rwanda | 10.2M | 9,920,000 | 190,000 | 380,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 100,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Portugal | 9.9M | 9,810,000 | 30,000 | 800,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Bolivia | 9.5M | 9,330,000 | 5,000 | 400,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 90,000 | 100,000 | 5,000 |
| Dominican Republic | 8.9M | 8,740,000 | 5,000 | 1,080,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 90,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Ivory Coast | 18.2M | 8,710,000 | 7,390,000 | 1,570,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 2,020,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Haiti | 9M | 8,690,000 | 5,000 | 1,060,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 220,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Netherlands | 9.6M | 8,410,000 | 1,000,000 | 6,990,000 | 80,000 | 40,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Hungary | 8.1M | 8,090,000 | 5,000 | 1,860,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| Burundi | 8.4M | 7,670,000 | 230,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 480,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Serbia | 7.8M | 7,490,000 | 330,000 | 260,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Vietnam | 61.8M | 7,170,000 | 160,000 | 26,040,000 | 5,000 | 14,380,000 | 39,750,000 | 350,000 | 5,000 |
| Belgium | 7.6M | 6,880,000 | 630,000 | 3,110,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 |
| Belarus | 6.9M | 6,830,000 | 20,000 | 2,740,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6.9M | 6,800,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Austria | 7.3M | 6,750,000 | 450,000 | 1,130,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Cuba | 8.7M | 6,670,000 | 5,000 | 2,590,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 1,960,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Honduras | 6.8M | 6,660,000 | 10,000 | 790,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 80,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| Sweden | 6.8M | 6,310,000 | 430,000 | 2,540,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 |
| Paraguay | 6.4M | 6,250,000 | 5,000 | 70,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 110,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Bulgaria | 7.2M | 6,150,000 | 1,020,000 | 310,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| South Sudan | 9.9M | 6,010,000 | 610,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 3,270,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Switzerland | 6.1M | 5,570,000 | 380,000 | 1,600,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| El Salvador | 5.5M | 5,460,000 | 5,000 | 680,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Nicaragua | 5.1M | 4,970,000 | 5,000 | 730,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 80,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Benin | 8.4M | 4,690,000 | 2,110,000 | 450,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 1,600,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Slovakia | 4.7M | 4,660,000 | 5,000 | 780,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Denmark | 4.9M | 4,630,000 | 230,000 | 650,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Chad | 11M | 4,560,000 | 6,210,000 | 280,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 160,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Finland | 4.4M | 4,300,000 | 40,000 | 1,020,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Costa Rica | 4.3M | 4,230,000 | 5,000 | 370,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Norway | 4.4M | 4,140,000 | 180,000 | 490,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Egypt | 81.1M | 4,120,000 | 76,990,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Ireland | 4.2M | 4,110,000 | 50,000 | 280,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Croatia | 4.2M | 4,110,000 | 60,000 | 230,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Kazakhstan | 15.4M | 3,970,000 | 11,290,000 | 670,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Central African Republic | 4.4M | 3,940,000 | 370,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Georgia | 4.3M | 3,850,000 | 470,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Myanmar | 47.7M | 3,750,000 | 1,900,000 | 240,000 | 820,000 | 38,410,000 | 2,760,000 | 80,000 | 5,000 |
| Burkina Faso | 16.4M | 3,710,000 | 10,150,000 | 70,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 2,530,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Puerto Rico | 3.7M | 3,630,000 | 5,000 | 70,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Moldova | 3.5M | 3,480,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Republic of the Congo | 3.7M | 3,470,000 | 50,000 | 360,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 110,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| Liberia | 4M | 3,430,000 | 480,000 | 60,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Eritrea | 5.3M | 3,310,000 | 1,920,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Panama | 3.4M | 3,270,000 | 30,000 | 170,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 |
| Armenia | 3.1M | 3,050,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Lithuania | 3M | 2,980,000 | 5,000 | 330,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Pakistan | 173.6M | 2,750,000 | 167,410,000 | 20,000 | 3,330,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Malaysia | 28.2M | 2,670,000 | 18,100,000 | 190,000 | 1,720,000 | 5,010,000 | 650,000 | 60,000 | 5,000 |
| Togo | 5.7M | 2,640,000 | 840,000 | 370,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 2,150,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| New Zealand | 2.8M | 2,490,000 | 50,000 | 1,600,000 | 90,000 | 70,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Czech Republic | 2.5M | 2,450,000 | 5,000 | 8,020,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Namibia | 2.3M | 2,230,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Jamaica | 2.3M | 2,120,000 | 5,000 | 470,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 120,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Lesotho | 2.1M | 2,100,000 | 5,000 | 70,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Japan | 54.4M | 2,030,000 | 200,000 | 72,120,000 | 30,000 | 45,820,000 | 450,000 | 5,890,000 | 5,000 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.7M | 1,970,000 | 1,700,000 | 90,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Uruguay | 2M | 1,950,000 | 5,000 | 1,370,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Sudan | 33.3M | 1,810,000 | 30,490,000 | 350,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 950,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Lebanon | 4.2M | 1,620,000 | 2,590,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Slovenia | 1.7M | 1,590,000 | 70,000 | 370,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 20.9M | 1,530,000 | 2,040,000 | 5,000 | 2,830,000 | 14,450,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Botswana | 1.6M | 1,450,000 | 5,000 | 410,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 120,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Taiwan | 20.3M | 1,280,000 | 10,000 | 2,950,000 | 5,000 | 4,950,000 | 10,260,000 | 3,760,000 | 5,000 |
| Latvia | 1.3M | 1,260,000 | 5,000 | 990,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Sierra Leone | 5.9M | 1,230,000 | 4,580,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 27.3M | 1,200,000 | 25,520,000 | 180,000 | 310,000 | 90,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | 5,000 |
| Gabon | 1.4M | 1,150,000 | 170,000 | 80,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 90,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Timor Leste | 1.1M | 1,120,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Guinea | 9.8M | 1,090,000 | 8,430,000 | 180,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 270,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Syria | 20M | 1,060,000 | 18,930,000 | 420,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Eswatini | 1.1M | 1,040,000 | 5,000 | 120,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Hong Kong | 3.1M | 1,010,000 | 130,000 | 3,950,000 | 30,000 | 930,000 | 900,000 | 110,000 | 5,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7.4M | 940,000 | 5,780,000 | 90,000 | 490,000 | 150,000 | 5,000 | 60,000 | 5,000 |
| Singapore | 4.3M | 920,000 | 730,000 | 830,000 | 260,000 | 1,730,000 | 120,000 | 490,000 | 5,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1.3M | 880,000 | 80,000 | 30,000 | 300,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Cyprus | 1.1M | 810,000 | 280,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Reunion | 840K | 740,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Uzbekistan | 27.2M | 630,000 | 26,550,000 | 220,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 680K | 620,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5.3M | 610,000 | 4,690,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Thailand | 68.9M | 600,000 | 3,770,000 | 190,000 | 70,000 | 64,420,000 | 60,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Albania | 3.2M | 580,000 | 2,570,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Fiji | 860K | 550,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 240,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Estonia | 570K | 540,000 | 5,000 | 800,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Solomon Islands | 550K | 520,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Guyana | 760K | 500,000 | 50,000 | 10,000 | 190,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Montenegro | 635K | 490,000 | 120,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| North Korea | 7M | 480,000 | 5,000 | 17,350,000 | 5,000 | 370,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,140,000 | 5,000 |
| Bangladesh | 148.7M | 450,000 | 134,430,000 | 5,000 | 12,680,000 | 920,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 5,000 |
| Senegal | 12.5M | 450,000 | 11,980,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Cape Verde | 470K | 440,000 | 5,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Guadeloupe | 470K | 440,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mauritius | 1.3M | 420,000 | 220,000 | 5,000 | 630,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Malta | 430K | 400,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Kuwait | 2.7M | 390,000 | 2,030,000 | 5,000 | 230,000 | 80,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Martinique | 420K | 390,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mali | 15.3M | 370,000 | 14,510,000 | 70,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 410,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Luxembourg | 395K | 360,000 | 10,000 | 140,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Bahamas | 360K | 330,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Turkey | 71.9M | 320,000 | 71,330,000 | 860,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 150,000 | 20,000 |
| Turkmenistan | 5M | 320,000 | 4,690,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Guinea Bissau | 1.5M | 300,000 | 680,000 | 70,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 470,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Iceland | 330K | 300,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Azerbaijan | 9.2M | 280,000 | 8,900,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Iraq | 31.6M | 270,000 | 31,340,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Suriname | 495K | 270,000 | 80,000 | 30,000 | 100,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Belize | 300K | 270,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Barbados | 290K | 260,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| French Polynesia | 280K | 250,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Qatar | 1.7M | 240,000 | 1,190,000 | 20,000 | 240,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Vanuatu | 250K | 220,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| New Caledonia | 240K | 210,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| French Guiana | 245K | 200,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Oman | 2.8M | 180,000 | 2,390,000 | 5,000 | 150,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Bahrain | 1.2M | 180,000 | 890,000 | 20,000 | 120,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Samoa | 210K | 180,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Libya | 6.3M | 170,000 | 6,140,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Guam | 200K | 170,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Israel | 7.2M | 150,000 | 1,380,000 | 230,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,610,000 |
| Nepal | 29.9M | 140,000 | 1,370,000 | 80,000 | 24,170,000 | 3,080,000 | 1,100,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 170K | 140,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Curacao | 170K | 140,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Jordan | 6.2M | 130,000 | 6,010,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Niger | 15.4M | 120,000 | 15,270,000 | 110,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Iran | 73.9M | 110,000 | 73,570,000 | 110,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 150,000 | 5,000 |
| Tajikistan | 6.8M | 110,000 | 6,650,000 | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Micronesia | 140K | 110,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Palestine | 4.1M | 100,000 | 3,940,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Grenada | 130K | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Tonga | 130K | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Aruba | 130K | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 130K | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 130K | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Laos | 6.2M | 90,000 | 5,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 4,100,000 | 1,910,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| Kiribati | 120K | 90,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Seychelles | 120K | 90,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Gambia | 1.7M | 80,000 | 1,640,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 110K | 80,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Isle of Man | 100K | 70,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Andorra | 100K | 70,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Dominica | 100K | 70,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Algeria | 34.8M | 60,000 | 34,730,000 | 660,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mongolia | 1.8M | 60,000 | 90,000 | 990,000 | 5,000 | 1,520,000 | 100,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Cambodia | 14.1M | 50,000 | 280,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 | 13,690,000 | 80,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Cayman Islands | 80K | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Bermuda | 80K | 50,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Greenland | 80K | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Faroe Islands | 80K | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 80K | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| American Samoa | 80K | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Marshall Islands | 80K | 50,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Yemen | 24M | 40,000 | 23,830,000 | 20,000 | 150,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Macau | 470K | 40,000 | 5,000 | 80,000 | 5,000 | 90,000 | 320,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Brunei | 405K | 40,000 | 300,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 70K | 40,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Afghanistan | 31.4M | 30,000 | 31,330,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 60K | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Liechtenstein | 60K | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Monaco | 60K | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| San Marino | 60K | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Gibraltar | 60K | 30,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Morocco | 32M | 20,000 | 31,930,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Tunisia | 10.5M | 20,000 | 10,430,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Djibouti | 905K | 20,000 | 860,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| British Virgin Islands | 50K | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Palau | 50K | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Cook Islands | 50K | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Anguilla | 40K | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 40K | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Somalia | 9.3M | 5,000 | 9,310,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mauritania | 3.5M | 5,000 | 3,430,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Comoros | 750K | 5,000 | 720,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Bhutan | 730K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 160,000 | 540,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Western Sahara | 560K | 5,000 | 530,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Maldives | 340K | 5,000 | 310,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mayotte | 230K | 5,000 | 200,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Nauru | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Tuvalu | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Montserrat | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Falkland Islands | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Niue | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Tokelau | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Vatican City | 35K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Sint Maarten | 30K | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
This list is based on multiple sources available including, CIA World Factbook, 2021, Association of Religion Data Archives - 2015, Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence - United Nations.
Approximately 85% of the global populace aligns with a religious affiliation. Christianity is the predominant faith, boasting an estimated following of 2.38 billion adherents worldwide. Islam, with over 1.91 billion practitioners, claims the second-largest following. Nevertheless, demographic projections suggest Islam is nearing parity with Christianity by 2050. Other religious demographics and forecasts encompass Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism, as well as two inclusive categories: "folk religions," incorporating traditional African, Chinese, Native American, and Australian Aboriginal beliefs, and "other religions," encompassing smaller faiths like Shintoism, Taoism, Sikhism, and Jainism. Notably, a substantial segment, nearly 1.2 billion individuals globally, identifies as nonreligious or holds Atheist convictions.
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