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Country | Religions (%)
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 | Christian, (predominantly Anglican with other Protestant, and some Roman Catholic)
Argentina | nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Armenia | Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (Zoroastrian/animist) 2%
Aruba | Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish
Australia | Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%, other 12.6%
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 70%, Sunni Muslim 30%
Bangladesh | Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998)
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 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Anglican 5.3%, Methodist 3.5%, Mennonite 4.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Pentecostal 7.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), none 9.4%, other 14% (2000)
Benin | indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
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 85%, Christian 15%
Brazil | Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%
British Virgin Islands | Protestant 86% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, none 2%, other 2% (1991)
Brunei | Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
Bulgaria | Bulgarian Orthodox 83.8%, Muslim 12.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 2.3% (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 46%, Protestant 36%, other 18% note: based on the 1991 census
Cape Verde | Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Cayman Islands | United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Church of God, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Central African Republic | indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
Chad | Muslim 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7%
Chile | Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL%
China | Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4% note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
Christmas Island | Buddhist 36%, Muslim 25%, Christian 18%, other 21% (1997)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 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 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
Cote d'Ivoire | Christian 20-30%, Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40% (2001) note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)
Croatia | Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others and unknown 6.2% (2001)
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 | Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%, atheist 39.8%
Denmark | Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%
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%
East Timor | Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.)
Ecuador | Roman Catholic 95%
Egypt | Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
El Salvador | Roman Catholic 83% 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%, Russian Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%
France | Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
French Guiana | Roman Catholic
French Polynesia | Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%
Gabon | Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
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 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%
Ghana | indigenous beliefs 21%, Muslim 16%, Christian 63%
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 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5%
Haiti | Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) note: roughly 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 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1% (2002)
India | Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
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 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan | Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Kenya | Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Kiribati | Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999)
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 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
Kyrgyzstan | Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Laos | Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
Latvia | Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
Lebanon | Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
Lesotho | Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Liberia | indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Libya | Sunni Muslim 97%
Liechtenstein | Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7%, unknown 10.6%, other 6.2% (June 2002)
Lithuania | Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
Luxembourg | 87% Roman Catholic, 13% Protestants, Jews, and Muslims (2000)
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 3%, other 2%
Malaysia | Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Maldives | Sunni Muslim
Mali | Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
Malta | Roman Catholic 98%
Man, Isle of | Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends
Marshall Islands | Christian (mostly Protestant)
Martinique | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997)
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%
Moldova | Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
Monaco | Roman Catholic 90%
Mongolia | Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)
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 | Hinduism 86.2%, Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2% note: only official Hindu state in the world (1995)
Netherlands | Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
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 Christian
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 37.4%, Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman Catholic 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other 3.9% (1996)
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 (Roman Catholics 49%, 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 | Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)
Russia | Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Rwanda | Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
Saint Helena | Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Saint Lucia | Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 3%, other Protestant 7%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Roman Catholic 99%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu Seventh-Day Adventist, 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 94%, indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic)
Serbia and Montenegro | Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%
Seychelles | Roman Catholic 86.6%, Anglican 6.8%, other Christian 2.5%, other 4.1%
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 (Uniate 2%) 70.8%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9%
Solomon Islands | Anglican 45%, Roman Catholic 18%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 12%, Baptist 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, 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 94%, other 6%
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 | Zionist (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship) 40%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish and other 30%
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)
Taiwan | mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
Tajikistan | Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%
Tanzania | mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Thailand | Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)
Togo | indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20%
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% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Turkmenistan | Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
Turks and Caicos Islands | Baptist 40%, Methodist 16%, Anglican 18%, Church of God 12%, other 14% (1990)
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 and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000
United States | Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)
Uruguay | Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
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% (including Jon Frum Cargo cult)
Venezuela | nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
Vietnam | Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim
Virgin Islands | Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%
Wallis and Futuna | Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
West Bank | Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
Western Sahara | Muslim
World | Christians 32.79% (of which Roman Catholics 17.33%, Protestants 5.62%, Orthodox 3.51%, Anglicans 1.31%), Muslims 19.6%, Hindus 13.31%, Buddhists 5.88%, Sikhs 0.38%, Jews 0.24%, other religions 12.83%, non-religious 12.53%, atheists 2.44% (2001 est.)
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%
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