Religions by country explained

This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012Pew Research Center report. The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State.

World

!Religion!Population!Percentage

Christianity	2,172,804,407	31.51%
Islam	1,598,145,602	23.18%
Unaffiliated	1,125,764,242	16.33%
Hinduism	1,032,750,475	14.98%
Buddhism	488,087,716	7.08%
Folk religion	404,663,436	5.87%
Other	58,789,445	0.85%
Judaism	13,653,580	0.20%
World	6,895,806,200	100.00%

See also

• Religion
• Faith
• Theocracy
• Buddhism by country
• Christianity by country (Catholic Church by country, Protestantism by country, Eastern Orthodoxy by country and Oriental Orthodoxy by country)
• Hinduism by country
  • Islam by country Judaism by country or Jewish population by country
• List of religious populations
• Importance of religion by country
• List of countries by irreligion
• Sikhism by country
• Religion and geography
• Religious information by country
• State religion

References

• Adherents.com World Religions Religion Statistics Geography Church Statistics
• BBC News's Muslims in Europe: Country guide
• CIA FactBook
• Religious Intelligence
• The University of Virginia
• The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2007
• The US State Department's Background Notes
• Vipassana Foundation's Buddhists around the world
• World Statesmen
• Catholic Hierarchy's Its Bishops and Dioceses, Current and Past

External links

• Geographical Distribution of Major World Religions (showing regional variations inside the same country)