List of religious populations


This is a list of religious populations by number of adherents and countries.

Adherents in 2020

ReligionAdherentsPercentage
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist
Buddhism
Chinese traditional religion
Ethnic religions excluding some in separate categories
African traditional religions
Sikhism
Spiritism
Judaism
Bahá'í
Jainism
Shinto
Cao Dai
Zoroastrianism
Tenrikyo
Animism
Neo-Paganism
Unitarian Universalism
Rastafari
total

By proportion

Christians

Countries with the greatest proportion of Christians from Christianity by country :
  1. 100%
  2. 100%
  3. ~99%
  4. 99%
  5. 99.6%
  6. 98.3%
  7. 98.1%
  8. 98%
  9. 98%
  10. 97.2%
  11. 97.2%
  12. 97%
  13. 96.9%
  14. 96.4%
  15. 96%
  16. ~96%
  17. 95.1%
  18. 94.8%
  19. 94.51%
  20. 93.5%

    Muslims

Countries with the greatest proportion of Muslims from Islam by country :
Data is based off the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
  1. 99.7%
  2. 99.5%
  3. 99.4%
  4. 99.2%
  5. 99.1%
  6. 99.1%
  7. ~99%
  8. 99%
  9. 98.6%
  10. 98.5%
  11. 98.4%
  12. 98.3%
  13. 98%
  14. ~98%
  15. ~97%
  16. 96.9%
  17. 96.6%
  18. 96.4%
  19. 90%
  20. 89.6%
  21. 88.2%
  22. 78.00%
  23. 74.6%
  24. 73.7%
  25. 71.3%
  26. 60.4%

    Irreligious and atheist

Countries with the greatest proportion of people without religion from Irreligion by country :
  1. 71–82%
  2. 70-81%
  3. 64–88%
  4. 72%
  5. 46–82%
  6. 44–81%
  7. 62%
  8. 57%
  9. 43–64%
  10. 31–72%
  11. 47% '
  12. 39–55%
  13. 28–60%
  14. 42%
  15. 31–52%
  16. : and 25%
  17. 30–52%
  18. 25–55%
  19. 32–46%
  20. 42–43%
  21. 34–40%
  22. 35–38%
  23. 13–48%
Remarks:' Ranked by mean estimate which is in brackets. Irreligious includes agnostic, atheist, secular believer, and people having no formal religious adherence. It does not necessarily mean that members of this group don't belong to any religion. Some religions have harmonized with local cultures and can be seen as a cultural background rather than a formal religion. Additionally, the practice of officially associating a family or household with a religious institute while not formally practicing the affiliated religion is common in many countries. Thus, over half of this group is theistic and/or influenced by religious principles, but nonreligious/non-practicing and not true atheists or agnostics. See Spiritual but not religious''.

Hindus

Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus from Hinduism by country :
  1. 81.3%
  2. 79.8%
  3. 48.54%
  4. 27.9%
  5. 25%
  6. 24.8%
  7. 22.3%
  8. 18.2%
  9. 15%
  10. 12.6%
  11. 12%
  12. 9.6%
  13. 8.1%
  14. 6.7%
  15. 6.3%
  16. 5.1%
  17. 3%
  18. 2.1%
  19. 2.0%
  20. 1.8%
  21. 1.7%
  22. 1.7%
  23. 0.7%

    Buddhists

Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists from Buddhism by country :
  1. 96.9%
  2. 93.2%
  3. 80.1%
  4. 74.70%
  5. 69.3%
  6. 66.0%
  7. 55.1%
  8. 36.2%
  9. 35.1%
  10. 33.2%
  11. 22.9%
  12. 19.8%
  13. 18.2%
  14. 17.3%
  15. 16.4%
  16. 13.2%
  17. 10.3%

    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; these religions are not ubiquitous worldwide in the way that adherents of bigger 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.
  1. 33–80%
  2. 30%
  3. 28%
  4. 13.9%
  5. 8.5%
  6. 2.6%
  7. 0.2–1%
  9. 0.01–0.05%
  10. 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.

Ethnic and indigenous

All of the below come from the U.S. Department of State 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, 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.
  1. 50%
  2. 50%
  3. 40%
  4. 33%
  5. 25%
  6. 25%
  7. 23%
  8. 20%
  9. 15%
  10. 15%
  11. 15%
  12. 12%
  13. 10%
  14. 10%
  15. 10%
  16. 10%
  17. 10%
  18. 9%
  19. 9%
  20. 9%
  21. 8.5%
  22. 5%

    Sikhism

Countries with the greatest proportion of Sikhs:
  1. 1.9%
  2. 1.2%
  3. 0.9%
  4. 0.5%
  5. 0.3%
  6. 0.3%
  7. 0.2%
  8. 0.2%
  9. 0.1%
  10. 0.1%
The Sikh homeland is the Punjab state, in India, where today Sikhs make up approximately 61% 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.

Spiritism

  1. 10.3%
  2. 10.2%
  3. 4.8%
  4. 3.6%
  5. 2.7%
  6. 2.2%
  7. 1.9%
  8. 1.5%
  9. 1.4%
  10. 1.3%
  11. 1.1%
  12. 1.0%
  13. 1.0%
  14. 0.9%
  15. 0.7%
  16. 0.5%
  17. 0.5%
  18. 0.4%
  19. 0.2%
  20. 0.2%
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.

Judaism

Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews :
, 2016.
  1. 73.6%
  2. 2.0%
  3. 1.76%
  4. 1.07%
  5. 0.7%
  6. 0.485%
  7. 0.483%
  8. 0.47%
  9. 0.44%
  10. 0.41%
  11. 0.36%
  12. 0.259%
  13. 0.250%
  14. 0.24%
  15. 0.22%
  16. 0.17%
  17. 0.16%
  18. 0.154%
  19. 0.154%
  20. 0.152%
  21. 0.14%
  22. 0.124%
  23. 0.124%
  24. 0.122%
  25. 0.112%

    Bahá'ís

Countries with the greatest proportion of Bahá'ís with a national population ≥200,000:
  1. 2.5%
  2. 2.2%
  3. 1.8%
  4. 1.8%
  5. 1.6%
  6. 1.4%
  7. 1.2%
  8. 1.2%
  9. 1.2%
  10. 1.0%
  11. 0.9%
  12. 0.9%
  13. 0.9%
  14. 0.9%
  15. 0.8%
  16. 0.8%
  17. 0.8%
  18. 0.6%
  19. 0.6%
  20. 0.6%
  1. 0.3%
  2. 0.3%
  3. 0.2%
  4. 0.2%
  5. 0.1%

    By population

Christians

Largest Christian populations :
  1. 229,157,250
  2. 169,213,130
  3. 114,198,444
  4. 106,204,560
  5. 80,510,000
  6. 78,790,000
  7. 67,070,000
  8. 63,150,000
  9. 55,832,000
  10. 51,477,950
  11. 50,752,580
  12. 44,502,000
  13. 41,973,000
  14. 40,243,000
  15. 39,560,000
  16. 38,568,000
  17. 36,526,000
  18. 33,625,790
  19. 33,497,100
  20. 33,200,417
  21. 29,943,000
  22. 28,436,000
  23. 28,340,790
  24. 27,365,100
  25. 24,123,000

    Hindus

Largest Hindu populations :
  1. 1,093,780,000
  2. 28,600,000
  3. 14,274,430
  4. 4,210,000-10,000,000
  5. 3,990,000
  6. 3,090,000
  7. 2,510,000
  8. 1,940,000
  9. 1,239,610
  10. 1,030,000
  11. 749,870
  12. 665,820
  13. 890,000
  14. 610,000
  15. 540,000
  16. 440,000
  17. 410,000
  18. 403,570
  19. 380,000
  20. 360,000
  21. 330,000
  22. 310,000
  23. 270,000
  24. 200,000
  25. 200,000
  26. 190,000
  27. 120,785
  28. 120,000

    Muslims

Largest Muslim populations :
  1. 245,000,000
  2. 203,000,000
  3. 182,000,000
  4. 142,937,800
  5. 90,000,000
  6. 73,238,340
  7. 70,056,000
  8. 70,036,838
  9. 36,092,810
  10. 31,351,800
  11. 30,112,680
  12. 30,064,180
  13. 29,767,300
  14. 28,120,050
  15. 26,624,560
  16. 25,628,240
  17. 25,000,000
  18. 23,836,523
  19. 20,095,870
  20. 19,601,750
  21. 17,085,402

    Buddhists

Largest Buddhist populations
  1. 244,130,000
  2. 64,420,000
  3. 45,820,000
  4. 38,410,000
  5. 14,450,000
  6. 14,380,000
  7. 13,690,000
  8. 10,500,000
  9. 9,250,000
  10. 5,010,000
  11. 3,800,023
  12. 1,710,000

    Sikhs

Largest Sikh populations
  1. 22,892,600
  2. 853,000
  3. 620,200
  4. 500,010
  5. 120,000
  6. 100,000
  7. 72,300
  8. 70,000
  9. 70,000
  10. 70,000
  11. 50,000
  12. 50,000
  13. 40,000
  14. 37,700
  15. 20,000
  16. 20,000
  17. 20,000
  18. 17,400
  19. 15,000
  20. 14,500

    Jews

Largest Jewish populations :
  1. 6,451,000
  2. 5,700,000
  3. 456,000
  4. 390,000
  5. 289,500
  6. 180,500
  7. 176,000
  8. 116,500
  9. 113,200
  10. 93,800
  11. 69,300
  12. 53,000
  13. 47,500
  14. 40,000
  15. 29,800
  16. 29,300
  17. 27,300
  18. 18,700
  19. 18,300
  20. 16,900
  21. 15,300
  22. 15,000
  23. 11,800
  24. 10,000
  25. 10,000

    Bahá'ís

Largest Bahá'í populations in countries with a national population ≥200,000:
  1. 1,897,651
  2. 512,864
  3. 422,782
  4. 388,802
  5. 282,916
  6. 275,069
  7. 251,127
  8. 241,112
  9. 238,532
  10. 215,359
  11. 190,419
  12. 169,811
  13. 95,098
  14. 94,499
  15. 87,259
  16. 78,915
  17. 70,504
  18. 67,549
  19. 65,096
  20. 59,898

    Jainism

  21. 5,146,697
  22. 79,459
  23. 68,848
  24. 35,000
  25. 12,101
  26. 9,002
  27. 6,800
  28. 2,663
  29. 2,398
  30. 2,052
  31. 1,918
  32. 1,573
  33. 1,535
  34. 1,500
  35. 1,449
  36. 1,217
  37. 1,000
  38. 981
  39. 229