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    Of the 6,450,000,000 people on Earth as of June 2005, as published by the United States Census Bureau, 5,208,000,000 followed world's five largest religions (non religious numbers given for comparison).

    Estimates:
      Islam - 1.130 billion (2006 est., CIA)
      Atheist / Non Religious - 939 million (2006 est., CIA)

    Adherents sometimes give much higher figures for example:

    After the largest religions there are significant populations of a number of smaller religions. Notably:

      Sikhism: 25 million (2006 est., CIA)
      Judaism: 15 million (2006 est., CIA)

    Note that these figures may incorporate populations of secular/nominal adherents as well as syncretist worshippers, although the concept of syncretism is disputed by some.

        List of religious populations
            By proportion
            By population
            Lists by country
            See also
            Sources

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    By proportion

    Countries with the greatest proportion of Christians (as of 2002):

    1. Armenia, 100.0% Orthodox
    2. Vatican City, 100.0% (Roman Catholic 100.0%)
    3. Greece, 98.0% (Orthodox 97.0%, Roman Catholic 1.0%, Muslim 1.3%)
    4. Romania, 97.4% (Orthodox 86.8%, Roman Catholic 5.4%, Other Christian 5.2%)
    5. Italy, 97% (Mostly Roman Catholic)
    6. Portugal, 97% (mostly Roman Catholic)
    7. Poland, 96% (mostly Roman Catholic)
    8. Republic of Ireland, 95% (mostly Roman Catholic)
    9. Argentina, 94% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jewish 2%)
    10. Spain, 94% (mostly Roman Catholic)
    11. Croatia, 92% (Roman Catholic 88%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%)
    12. France, 90% (Roman Catholic 81%, Muslim 8%, Jewish 1%)
    13. United States, 84% (Muslim 0.5%, Jewish 2%)
    14. Brazil, 80% (mostly Roman Catholic)


    Countries with the greatest proportion of Muslims (as of 2005):


    1. Somalia, 100%
    2. Mauritania, 99.9%
    3. Maldives, 99.9%
    4. Western Sahara, 99.8%
    5. Turkey, 99.8%
    6. Iran, 99%
    7. Algeria, 99%
    8. Afghanistan, 99%
    9. Yemen, 99%
    10. Tunisia, 99%
    11. Oman, 99%
    12. Comoros, 99%
    13. Djibouti, 99%
    14. Morocco, 98.7%
    15. Iraq, 97%
    16. Libya, 97%
    17. Pakistan, 96.35%
    18. Saudi Arabia, 95.7%
    19. Tajikistan, 95%
    20. Jordan, 95%


    Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus (as of 2002):

    1. Nepal 89.5%
    2. India, 80.5% (Muslim 13%, Sikh 2%, Christian 2%)
    3. Mauritius, 50%
    4. Fiji, 40% ? (Indo-Fijians are 75% Hindu, Muslim 16%, Christian 6%)(see remarks below)
    5. Guyana, 35%
    6. Suriname, 27%
    7. Bhutan, 25%
    8. Trinidad and Tobago, 24%
    9. Bangladesh, 16%
    10. Sri Lanka 15%
    11. Bahrain, 7.7%
    12. United Arab Emirates, 7.5%
    13. Malaysia, 6.3%
    14. Indonesia, 7%
    15. Singapore, 4.4%
    16. Pakistan, 3%
    17. Philippines, 3%
    18. United Kingdom 1.6%
    19. South Africa, 1.5%


    Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists (as of 2005):

    1. Thailand, 94%
    2. Cambodia, 93%
    3. Mongolia, 93%
    4. Burma, 90%
    5. Bhutan, 74%
    6. Japan, Buddhist 71%
    7. Sri Lanka, 70% (Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7%)
    8. Laos, 60%
    9. Vietnam, 50%
    10. Singapore, 42.5%
    11. China, 30%
    12. Taiwan, 25%
    13. South Korea, 23.33%
    14. Malaysia, 19.2%
    15. Brunei, 13%
    16. Nepal, 11%


    Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews (as of 2005):

    1. Israel, 80% (Muslim 14%, Christian 2%)


    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 Islands 4.33%
    6. Cocos 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% (reported as 7% in 2004)
    13. United Arab Emirates 1.95%
    14. Sao Tome and Principe 1.88%
    15. Mauritius 1.84%
    16. Zambia 1.70%
    17. Dominica 1.61%
    18. Micronesia 1.61%
    19. Niue Island 1.53%
    20. 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 * and The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004.

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    By population

    Largest Christian populations (as of 2002):


    1. United States, 189,983,000
    2. Brazil, 175,405,000
    3. Mexico, 96,614,000
    4. China, 86,801,000
    5. Philippines, 72,225,000
    6. Germany, 60,712,000
    7. Nigeria, 54,012,000
    8. Italy, 47,704,000
    9. France, 45,505,000
    10. Ethiopia, 45,000,824
    11. Congo, 42,283,000


    Largest Muslim populations (as of 2002):


    1. Indonesia, 182,570,000
    2. Pakistan, 134,480,000
    3. India, 121,000,000
    4. Bangladesh, 114,080,000
    5. Turkey, 65,510,000
    6. Iran, 62,430,000
    7. Egypt, 58,630,000
    8. Nigeria, 53,000,000
    9. Algeria, 30,530,000
    10. Morocco, 28,780,000


      Remarks:

      1) China's Muslim population is estimated to be over 37,000,000 by many estimates but lower according to the Chinese government. *


    Largest Hindu populations (as of 2003):


    1. India, 816,000,000
    2. Nepal, 13,300,000
    3. Bangladesh, 12,600,000
    4. Indonesia, 4,800,000
    5. Sri Lanka, 3,000,000
    6. Malaysia, 1,600,000
    7. Mauritius, 650,000
    8. United Kingdom, 500,000
    9. Fiji, 335,000
    10. Trinidad and Tobago, 280,000




      Remarks:

      1) Hindus include the Yoga practitioners in the population which may have 50 million practitioners in the United States. There are around 150 million who practise Yoga worldwide. After including Yoga practitioners, Hinduism has around 1.1 billion followers worldwide.

      2)75% Hindu at Fiji refers to Indo-Fijians who make up 44% of the population, while ethnic Fijians are mostly Christian (acc. to: Fiji).




    Largest Buddhist populations (as of 2005):



    1. China, 392,000,000
    2. Japan, 90,000,000
    3. Thailand, 62,000,000
    4. Vietnam, 42,000,000
    5. Burma, 39,000,000
    6. Sri Lanka, 14,000,000
    7. Cambodia, 13,000,000
    8. Korea, South, 11,000,000
    9. India, 8,000,000
    10. Taiwan, 6,000,000
    11. Korea, North, 5,000,000
    12. Malaysia, 5,000,000
    13. Laos, 4,000,000
    14. Nepal, 3,000,000
    15. United States, 3,000,000
    16. Mongolia, 2,600,000
    17. Indonesia, 2,000,000
    18. Singapore, 1,900,000
    19. Bhutan, 1,700,000
    20. Bangladesh, 700,000
    21. Russia, 700,000




    Largest National Bahá'í populations (as of 2000):


    1. India 1,716,148 0
    2. United States 753,423
    3. Iran 463,151
    4. Viet Nam 356,133
    5. Kenya 308,292
    6. Bolivia 269,246
    7. South Africa 255,775
    8. Philippines 229,522
    9. Congo (Zaire) 224,596
    10. Zambia 162,443
    11. Thailand 144,243
    12. Venezuela 141,072
    13. Tanzania 140,593
    14. Malaysia 97,078
    15. Chad 80,683
    16. Myanmar 79,044
    17. Pakistan 78,658
    18. Uganda 66,546
    19. Colombia 64,758
    20. Cameroon 64,286

    Source: Year 2000 Estimated Baha'i statistics from: David Barrett, World Christian Encyclopedia, 2000; Total population statistics, mid-2000 from Population Reference Bureau *


    Remarks:

    1) Because officially atheist Communist governments still rule a number of traditionally Buddhist countries and also because Buddhists often also practise other traditional East Asian religions, the figures could also be much higher. China alone could add an additional 400 million or more in this way. Similarly, the figures for Vietnam and North Korea may be higher, while Japan could easily add another 12 million.

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    Sources
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