Religion by Country 2024

1.	India	1.2B
2.	China	640.6M
3.	United States	259.4M
4.	Indonesia	239.6M
5.	Brazil	179.5M
6.	Pakistan	173.6M
7.	Nigeria	157.8M
8.	Bangladesh	148.7M
9.	Russia	119.8M
10.	Mexico	108.1M
11.	Philippines	93.2M
12.	Ethiopia	82.9M
13.	Egypt	81.1M
14.	Iran	73.9M
15.	Turkey	71.9M
16.	Thailand	68.9M
17.	DR Congo	64.8M
18.	Germany	62M
19.	Vietnam	61.8M
20.	Japan	54.4M
21.	Italy	53M
22.	Myanmar	47.7M
23.	France	45.2M
24.	United Kingdom	44.8M
25.	Tanzania	44.2M
26.	Colombia	43.2M
27.	South Africa	42.7M
28.	Kenya	39.5M
29.	Ukraine	38.8M
30.	Spain	37.3M
31.	Poland	36.1M
32.	Argentina	35.5M
33.	Algeria	34.8M
34.	Sudan	33.3M
35.	Uganda	33.3M
36.	Morocco	32M
37.	Iraq	31.6M
38.	Afghanistan	31.4M
39.	Nepal	29.9M
40.	Peru	28.2M
41.	Malaysia	28.2M
42.	Saudi Arabia	27.3M
43.	Uzbekistan	27.2M
44.	Venezuela	26.1M
45.	Canada	26M
46.	South Korea	25.8M
47.	Yemen	24M
48.	Ghana	23.4M
49.	Romania	21.5M
50.	Sri Lanka	20.9M
51.	Taiwan	20.3M
52.	Syria	20M
53.	Madagascar	19.3M
54.	Mozambique	19.2M
55.	Cameroon	18.6M
56.	Ivory Coast	18.2M
57.	Angola	18.1M
58.	Australia	16.9M
59.	Burkina Faso	16.4M
60.	Chile	15.6M
61.	Niger	15.4M
62.	Kazakhstan	15.4M
63.	Mali	15.3M
64.	Malawi	14.5M
65.	Cambodia	14.1M
66.	Guatemala	13.8M
67.	Ecuador	13.7M
68.	Zambia	13M
69.	Senegal	12.5M
70.	Zimbabwe	11.6M
71.	Chad	11M
72.	Greece	10.7M
73.	Tunisia	10.5M
74.	Rwanda	10.2M
75.	South Sudan	9.9M
76.	Portugal	9.9M
77.	Guinea	9.8M
78.	Netherlands	9.6M
79.	Bolivia	9.5M
80.	Somalia	9.3M
81.	Azerbaijan	9.2M
82.	Haiti	9M
83.	Dominican Republic	8.9M
84.	Cuba	8.7M
85.	Benin	8.4M
86.	Burundi	8.4M
87.	Hungary	8.1M
88.	Serbia	7.8M
89.	Belgium	7.6M
90.	United Arab Emirates	7.4M
91.	Austria	7.3M
92.	Bulgaria	7.2M
93.	Israel	7.2M
94.	North Korea	7M
95.	Belarus	6.9M
96.	Papua New Guinea	6.9M
97.	Sweden	6.8M
98.	Honduras	6.8M
99.	Tajikistan	6.8M
100.	Paraguay	6.4M
101.	Libya	6.3M
102.	Jordan	6.2M
103.	Laos	6.2M
104.	Switzerland	6.1M
105.	Sierra Leone	5.9M
106.	Togo	5.7M
107.	El Salvador	5.5M
108.	Kyrgyzstan	5.3M
109.	Eritrea	5.3M
110.	Nicaragua	5.1M
111.	Turkmenistan	5M
112.	Denmark	4.9M
113.	Slovakia	4.7M
114.	Norway	4.4M
115.	Central African Republic	4.4M
116.	Finland	4.4M
117.	Georgia	4.3M
118.	Costa Rica	4.3M
119.	Singapore	4.3M
120.	Lebanon	4.2M
121.	Croatia	4.2M
122.	Ireland	4.2M
123.	Palestine	4.1M
124.	Liberia	4M
125.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.7M
126.	Puerto Rico	3.7M
127.	Republic of the Congo	3.7M
128.	Moldova	3.5M
129.	Mauritania	3.5M
130.	Panama	3.4M
131.	Albania	3.2M
132.	Hong Kong	3.1M
133.	Armenia	3.1M
134.	Lithuania	3M
135.	Oman	2.8M
136.	New Zealand	2.8M
137.	Kuwait	2.7M
138.	Czech Republic	2.5M
139.	Jamaica	2.3M
140.	Namibia	2.3M
141.	Lesotho	2.1M
142.	Uruguay	2M
143.	Mongolia	1.8M
144.	Gambia	1.7M
145.	Qatar	1.7M
146.	Slovenia	1.7M
147.	Botswana	1.6M
148.	Guinea Bissau	1.5M
149.	Gabon	1.4M
150.	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3M
151.	Latvia	1.3M
152.	Mauritius	1.3M
153.	Bahrain	1.2M
154.	Timor Leste	1.1M
155.	Cyprus	1.1M
156.	Eswatini	1.1M
157.	Djibouti	905K
158.	Fiji	860K
159.	Reunion	840K
160.	Guyana	760K
161.	Comoros	750K
162.	Bhutan	730K
163.	Equatorial Guinea	680K
164.	Montenegro	635K
165.	Estonia	570K
166.	Western Sahara	560K
167.	Solomon Islands	550K
168.	Suriname	495K
169.	Macau	470K
170.	Cape Verde	470K
171.	Guadeloupe	470K
172.	Malta	430K
173.	Martinique	420K
174.	Brunei	405K
175.	Luxembourg	395K
176.	Bahamas	360K
177.	Maldives	340K
178.	Iceland	330K
179.	Belize	300K
180.	Barbados	290K
181.	French Polynesia	280K
182.	Vanuatu	250K
183.	French Guiana	245K
184.	New Caledonia	240K
185.	Mayotte	230K
186.	Samoa	210K
187.	Guam	200K
188.	Sao Tome and Principe	170K
189.	Curacao	170K
190.	Micronesia	140K
191.	Grenada	130K
192.	Tonga	130K
193.	Aruba	130K
194.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	130K
195.	Kiribati	120K
196.	Seychelles	120K
197.	Antigua and Barbuda	110K
198.	Isle Of Man	100K
199.	Andorra	100K
200.	Dominica	100K
201.	Cayman Islands	80K
202.	Bermuda	80K
203.	Greenland	80K
204.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	80K
205.	American Samoa	80K
206.	Marshall Islands	80K
207.	Northern Mariana Islands	70K
208.	Turks and Caicos Islands	60K
209.	Liechtenstein	60K
210.	Monaco	60K
211.	San Marino	60K
212.	Gibraltar	60K
213.	British Virgin Islands	50K
214.	Palau	50K
215.	Cook Islands	50K
216.	Anguilla	40K
217.	Nauru	35K
218.	Tuvalu	35K
219.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	35K
220.	Montserrat	35K
221.	Niue	35K
222.	Vatican City	35K

Introduction

The intricacy of religious practices worldwide lends a compelling note to our shared human experience. Each nation contrives a unique religious fabric with their weave of faiths, making the study of religious populations by country an insightful endeavor. Our data set encompasses ranked religious populations across 222 nations and regions, offering a fascinating array of belief systems. Key findings are as follows:

India, labeled as the world's spiritual homeland, perhaps due to its rich religious history including the birth of major world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, leads the data set with an estimated religious population of 1.2B.
China falls second with a staggering count of 640.6 million religious affiliates. However, this should be noted with clarifying that the Chinese government has imposed strict regulations on religious practices.
Small island nations, such as Nauru and Tuvalu, and the city state of Vatican City hold the smallest religious population, around 35K. For Vatican City, it should be remembered it's a unique case, the seat of the Catholic Pope, despite its small size, it exercises significant religious influence worldwide.
The United States, despite a trend of increasing secularism, holds the third rank with 259.4 million followers of various faiths.
Observing Muslim-majority nations, Indonesia holds the highest religious population with around 239.6 million individuals.

By Region

Afghanistan

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Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

31.4M

#38

Albania

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.2M

#131

Algeria

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

34.8M

#33

American Samoa

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

80K

#205

Andorra

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

100K

#199

Angola

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

18.1M

#57

Anguilla

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

40K

#216

Antigua and Barbuda

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

110K

#197

Argentina

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

35.5M

#32

Armenia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.1M

#133

Aruba

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

130K

#193

Australia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

16.9M

#58

Austria

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

7.3M

#91

Azerbaijan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

9.2M

#81

Bahamas

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

360K

#176

Bahrain

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.2M

#153

Bangladesh

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

148.7M

Barbados

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

290K

#180

Belarus

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.9M

#95

Belgium

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

7.6M

#89

Belize

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

300K

#179

Benin

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

8.4M

#85

Bermuda

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

80K

#202

Bhutan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

730K

#162

Bolivia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

9.5M

#79

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.7M

#125

Botswana

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.6M

#147

Brazil

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

179.5M

British Virgin Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

50K

#213

Brunei

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

405K

#174

Bulgaria

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

7.2M

#92

Burkina Faso

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

16.4M

#59

Burundi

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

8.4M

#86

Cambodia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

14.1M

#65

Cameroon

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

18.6M

#55

Canada

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

26M

#45

Cape Verde

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

470K

#170

Cayman Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

80K

#201

Central African Republic

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.4M

#115

Chad

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

11M

#71

Chile

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

15.6M

#60

China

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

640.6M

Colombia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

43.2M

#26

Comoros

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

750K

#161

Cook Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

50K

#215

Costa Rica

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.3M

#118

Croatia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.2M

#121

Cuba

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

8.7M

#84

Curacao

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

170K

#189

Cyprus

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.1M

#155

Czech Republic

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

2.5M

#138

DR Congo

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

64.8M

#17

Denmark

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.9M

#112

Djibouti

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

905K

#157

Dominica

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

100K

#200

Dominican Republic

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

8.9M

#83

Ecuador

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

13.7M

#67

Egypt

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

81.1M

#13

El Salvador

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

5.5M

#107

Equatorial Guinea

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

680K

#163

Eritrea

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

5.3M

#109

Estonia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

570K

#165

Eswatini

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.1M

#156

Ethiopia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

82.9M

#12

Fiji

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

860K

#158

Finland

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.4M

#116

France

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

45.2M

#23

French Guiana

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

245K

#183

French Polynesia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

280K

#181

Gabon

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.4M

#149

Gambia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.7M

#144

Georgia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.3M

#117

Germany

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

62M

#18

Ghana

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

23.4M

#48

Gibraltar

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

60K

#212

Greece

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

10.7M

#72

Greenland

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

80K

#203

Grenada

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

130K

#191

Guadeloupe

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

470K

#171

Guam

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

200K

#187

Guatemala

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

13.8M

#66

Guinea

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

9.8M

#77

Guinea Bissau

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.5M

#148

Guyana

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

760K

#160

Haiti

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

#82

Honduras

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.8M

#98

Hong Kong

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.1M

#132

Hungary

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

8.1M

#87

Iceland

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

330K

#178

India

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.2B

Indonesia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

239.6M

Iran

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

73.9M

#14

Iraq

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

31.6M

#37

Ireland

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.2M

#122

Isle Of Man

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

100K

#198

Israel

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

7.2M

#93

Italy

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

53M

#21

Ivory Coast

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

18.2M

#56

Jamaica

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

2.3M

#139

Japan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

54.4M

#20

Jordan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.2M

#102

Kazakhstan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

15.4M

#62

Kenya

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

39.5M

#28

Kiribati

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

120K

#195

Kuwait

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

2.7M

#137

Kyrgyzstan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

5.3M

#108

Laos

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.2M

#103

Latvia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.3M

#151

Lebanon

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.2M

#120

Lesotho

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

2.1M

#141

Liberia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

#124

Libya

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.3M

#101

Liechtenstein

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

60K

#209

Lithuania

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

#134

Luxembourg

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

395K

#175

Macau

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

470K

#169

Madagascar

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

19.3M

#53

Malawi

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

14.5M

#64

Malaysia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

28.2M

#41

Maldives

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

340K

#177

Mali

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

15.3M

#63

Malta

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

430K

#172

Marshall Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

80K

#206

Martinique

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

420K

#173

Mauritania

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.5M

#129

Mauritius

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.3M

#152

Mayotte

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

230K

#185

Mexico

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

108.1M

#10

Micronesia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

140K

#190

Moldova

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.5M

#128

Monaco

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

60K

#210

Mongolia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.8M

#143

Montenegro

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

635K

#164

Montserrat

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

35K

#220

Morocco

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

32M

#36

Mozambique

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

19.2M

#54

Myanmar

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

47.7M

#22

Namibia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

2.3M

#140

Nauru

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

35K

#217

Nepal

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

29.9M

#39

Netherlands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

9.6M

#78

New Caledonia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

240K

#184

New Zealand

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

2.8M

#136

Nicaragua

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

5.1M

#110

Niger

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

15.4M

#61

Nigeria

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

157.8M

Niue

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

35K

#221

North Korea

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

#94

Northern Mariana Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

70K

#207

Norway

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.4M

#114

Oman

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

2.8M

#135

Pakistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

173.6M

Palau

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

50K

#214

Palestine

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.1M

#123

Panama

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.4M

#130

Papua New Guinea

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.9M

#96

Paraguay

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.4M

#100

Peru

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

28.2M

#40

Philippines

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

93.2M

#11

Poland

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

36.1M

#31

Portugal

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

9.9M

#76

Puerto Rico

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.7M

#126

Qatar

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.7M

#145

Republic of the Congo

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

3.7M

#127

Reunion

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

840K

#159

Romania

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

21.5M

#49

Russia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

119.8M

Rwanda

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

10.2M

#74

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

80K

#204

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

35K

#219

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

130K

#194

Samoa

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

210K

#186

San Marino

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

60K

#211

Sao Tome and Principe

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

170K

#188

Saudi Arabia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

27.3M

#42

Senegal

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

12.5M

#69

Serbia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

7.8M

#88

Seychelles

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

120K

#196

Sierra Leone

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

5.9M

#105

Singapore

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.3M

#119

Slovakia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

4.7M

#113

Slovenia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.7M

#146

Solomon Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

550K

#167

Somalia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

9.3M

#80

South Africa

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

42.7M

#27

South Korea

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

25.8M

#46

South Sudan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

9.9M

#75

Spain

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

37.3M

#30

Sri Lanka

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

20.9M

#50

Sudan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

33.3M

#34

Suriname

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

495K

#168

Sweden

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.8M

#97

Switzerland

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.1M

#104

Syria

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

20M

#52

Taiwan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

20.3M

#51

Tajikistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

6.8M

#99

Tanzania

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

44.2M

#25

Thailand

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

68.9M

#16

Timor Leste

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.1M

#154

Togo

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

5.7M

#106

Tonga

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

130K

#192

Trinidad and Tobago

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

1.3M

#150

Tunisia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

10.5M

#73

Turkey

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

71.9M

#15

Turkmenistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

#111

Turks and Caicos Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

60K

#208

Tuvalu

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

35K

#218

Uganda

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

33.3M

#35

Ukraine

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

38.8M

#29

United Arab Emirates

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

7.4M

#90

United Kingdom

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

44.8M

#24

United States

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

259.4M

Uruguay

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

#142

Uzbekistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

27.2M

#43

Vanuatu

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

250K

#182

Vatican City

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

35K

#222

Venezuela

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

26.1M

#44

Vietnam

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

61.8M

#19

Western Sahara

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

560K

#166

Yemen

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

24M

#47

Zambia

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

13M

#68

Zimbabwe

Metric

Value

Rank

Religious Population

11.6M

#70

Additional Religion Datasets