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Afghanistan:
Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1%

Albania:
Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice

Algeria:
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%

American Samoa:
Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30%

Andorra:
Roman Catholic (predominant)

Angola:
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)

Anguilla:
Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%

Antigua and Barbuda:
Anglican (predominant), other Protestant, some Roman Catholic

Argentina:
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%

Armenia:
Armenian Orthodox 94%

Aruba:
Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish

Australia:
Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%

Austria:
Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17%

Azerbaijan:
Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower

Bahamas, The:
Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%

Bahrain:
Shi'a Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim 25%

Bangladesh:
Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%, other 1.2%

Barbados:
Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%

Belarus:
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)

Belgium:
Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%

Belize:
Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist 6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% (1980)

Benin:
indigenous beliefs 70%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15%

Bermuda:
non-Anglican Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 19%

Bhutan:
Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%

Bolivia:
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%

Botswana:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%

Brazil:
Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%

British Virgin Islands:
Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981)

Brunei:
Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%

Bulgaria:
Bulgarian Orthodox 83.5%, Muslim 13%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Jewish 0.8%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 1% (1998)

Burkina Faso:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%

Burma:
Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%

Burundi:
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%

Cambodia:
Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%

Cameroon:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%

Canada:
Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18%

Cape Verde:
Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)

Cayman Islands:
United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other Protestant

Central African Republic:
indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%, other 11%
note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority

Chad:
Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%

Chile:
Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL

China:
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
note: officially atheist

Christmas Island:
Buddhist 55%, Christian 15%, Muslim 10%, other 20% (1991)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
Sunni Muslim 57%, Christian 22%, other 21% (1981 est.)

Colombia:
Roman Catholic 90%

Comoros:
Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10%

Congo, Republic of the:
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%

Cook Islands:
Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church)

Costa Rica:
Roman Catholic 85%, Evangelical Protestant, approximately 14%, other less than 1%

Cote d'Ivoire:
Muslim 60%, Christian 22%, indigenous 18% (some of these are also numbered among the Christians and Muslims)

Croatia:
Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)

Cuba:
nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented

Cyprus:
Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%

Czech Republic:
atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%

Denmark:
Evangelical Lutheran 97%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic, other

Djibouti:
Muslim 94%, Christian 6%

Dominica:
Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%

Dominican Republic:
Roman Catholic 95%

Ecuador:
Roman Catholic 95%

Egypt:
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%

El Salvador:
Roman Catholic 86%
note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea:
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

Eritrea:
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Estonia:
Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish

Ethiopia:
Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
primarily Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist

Faroe Islands:
Evangelical Lutheran

Fiji:
Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2%
note: Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority (1986)

Finland:
Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%

France:
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 1%, unaffiliated 6%

French Guiana:
Roman Catholic

French Polynesia:
Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16%

Gabon:
Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%, animist

Gambia, The:
Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Gaza Strip:
Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%

Georgia:
Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%

Germany:
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, unaffiliated or other 26.3%

Ghana:
indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8%

Gibraltar:
Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish 2.3%, none or other 7% (1991)

Greece:
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%

Greenland:
Evangelical Lutheran

Grenada:
Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%

Guadeloupe:
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%

Guam:
Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)

Guatemala:
Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs

Guernsey:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist

Guinea:
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%

Guinea-Bissau:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%

Guyana:
Christian 50%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 8%

Haiti:
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
note: roughly one-half of the population also practices Voodoo

Holy See (Vatican City):
Roman Catholic

Honduras:
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

Hong Kong:
eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%

Hungary:
Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5%

Iceland:
Evangelical Lutheran 91%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic, none (1997)

India:
Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.7%, Jains 0.5%, other 0.4%

Indonesia:
Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998)

Iran:
Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%

Iraq:
Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%

Ireland:
Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998)

Israel:
Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)

Italy:
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community

Jamaica:
Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other, including some spiritual cults 34.7%

Japan:
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)

Jersey:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian

Jordan:
Sunni Muslim 96%, Christian 4% (1997 est.)

Kazakhstan:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%

Kenya:
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1%

Kiribati:
Roman Catholic 53%, Protestant (Congregational) 41%, Seventh-Day Adventist, Baha'i, Church of God, Mormon 6% (1985 est.)

Korea, North:
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom

Korea, South:
Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%

Kuwait:
Muslim 85% (Sunni 45%, Shi'a 40%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%

Kyrgyzstan:
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%

Laos:
Buddhist 60% (in October 1999, the regime proposed a constitutional amendment making Buddhism the state religion; the National Assembly is expected to vote on the amendment sometime in 2000), animist and other 40%

Latvia:
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox

Lebanon:
Muslim 70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups - Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (11 legally recognized Christian groups - 4 Orthodox Christian, 6 Catholic, 1 Protestant), Jewish NEGL%

Lesotho:
Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%

Liberia:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%

Libya:
Sunni Muslim 97%

Liechtenstein:
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 7.4%, unknown 7.7%, other 4.9% (1996)

Lithuania:
Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish

Luxembourg:
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant and Jewish 3%

Macau:
Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
Macedonian Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%

Madagascar:
indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%

Malawi:
Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs

Malaysia:
Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia

Maldives:
Sunni Muslim

Mali:
Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%

Malta:
Roman Catholic 91%

Man, Isle of:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends

Marshall Islands:
Christian (mostly Protestant)

Martinique:
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%

Mauritania:
Muslim 100%

Mauritius:
Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%

Mayotte:
Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)

Mexico:
nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%

Micronesia, Federated States of:
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other and none 3%

Moldova:
Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)

Monaco:
Roman Catholic 90%

Mongolia:
predominantly Tibetan Buddhist, Muslim 4%
note: previously limited religious activity because of communist regime

Montserrat:
Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations

Morocco:
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%

Mozambique:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%

Namibia:
Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%

Nauru:
Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)

Nepal:
Hindu 90%, Buddhist 5%, Muslim 3%, other 2% (1981)
note: only official Hindu state in the world

Netherlands:
Roman Catholic 34%, Protestant 25%, Muslim 3%, other 2%, unaffiliated 36% (1991)

Netherlands Antilles:
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist

New Caledonia:
Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%

New Zealand:
Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986)

Nicaragua:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant

Niger:
Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians

Nigeria:
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%

Niue:
Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist)

Norfolk Island:
Anglican 39%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 16.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.4%, none 9.2%, unknown 16.9%, other 2.4% (1986)

Northern Mariana Islands:
Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)

Norway:
Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997)

Oman:
Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu

Pakistan:
Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%

Palau:
Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau)

Panama:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Papua New Guinea:
Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%

Paraguay:
Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant

Peru:
Roman Catholic 90%

Philippines:
Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%

Pitcairn Islands:
Seventh-Day Adventist 100%

Poland:
Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%

Portugal:
Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)

Puerto Rico:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

Qatar:
Muslim 95%

Reunion:
Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995)

Romania:
Romanian Orthodox 70%, Roman Catholic 6% (of which 3% are Uniate), Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18%

Russia:
Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other

Rwanda:
Roman Catholic 65%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 1%, indigenous beliefs and other 25%

Saint Helena:
Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic

Saint Lucia:
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3%

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
Roman Catholic 99%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Seventh-Day Adventist, Hindu, other Protestant

Samoa:
Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)

San Marino:
Roman Catholic

Sao Tome and Principe:
Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)

Saudi Arabia:
Muslim 100%

Senegal:
Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)

Serbia and Montenegro:
Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%

Seychelles:
Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%

Sierra Leone:
Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%

Singapore:
Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist

Slovakia:
Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5%

Slovenia:
Roman Catholic 70.8% (including Uniate 2%), Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9%

Solomon Islands:
Anglican 34%, Roman Catholic 19%, Baptist 17%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 11%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4%

Somalia:
Sunni Muslim

South Africa:
Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%

Spain:
Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%

Sri Lanka:
Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)

Sudan:
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)

Suriname:
Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5%

Swaziland:
Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40%

Sweden:
Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist

Switzerland:
Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9% (1990)

Syria:
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)

Tajikistan:
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5%

Tanzania:
mainland - Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim

Thailand:
Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)

Togo:
indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10%

Tokelau:
Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant

Tonga:
Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)

Trinidad and Tobago:
Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7%

Tunisia:
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%

Turkey:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)

Turkmenistan:
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%

Turks and Caicos Islands:
Baptist 41.2%, Methodist 18.9%, Anglican 18.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.7%, other 19.9% (1980)

Tuvalu:
Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%

Uganda:
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%

Ukraine:
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish

United Arab Emirates:
Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%

United Kingdom:
Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)

United States:
Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)

Uruguay:
Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%

Uzbekistan:
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Vanuatu:
Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7%

Venezuela:
nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%

Vietnam:
Buddhist, Taoist, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Protestant, Cao Dai, Hoa Hao

Virgin Islands:
Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%

Wallis and Futuna:
Roman Catholic 100%

West Bank:
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%

Western Sahara:
Muslim

Yemen:
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu

Zambia:
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Zimbabwe:
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

Taiwan:
mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

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