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These are lists of religious demographics and religions by country.

Contents 1 Four largest religions 2 Adherents.com Estimates 3 Notes 4 By proportion 4.1 Christians 4.2 Muslims 4.3 Buddhists 4.4 Hindus 4.5 Jews 4.6 Bahá'ís 5 By population 5.1 Christians 5.2 Muslims 5.3 Buddhists 5.4 Hindus 5.5 Jews 5.6 Bahá'ís 6 Lists by country 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links

Four largest religions

World Religions

Four largest religions	Adherents	% of World Population	Wikipage
World Population	6.671 billion	Figure used by individual articles
Christianity	1.637 billion - 1.923 billion	24.54% - 28.82%	Christianity by country
Islam	1.525 billion - 1.559 billion	22.752% - 23.312%	Islam by country
Buddhism	489 million - 1.512 billion	7.33% - 22.67%	Buddhism by country
Hinduism	965 million - 971 million	14.47% - 14.55%	Hinduism by country
Total	4.541 billion - 5.920 billion	68.08% - 88.74%

Christianity - Percentage by country

Islam - Percentage by country

Buddhism - Percentage by country

Hinduism - Percentage by country

The table above is compiled from the relevant Wikipedia pages listing Religions by Country. Please note that although figures are an approximation there are many sources. Please see individual pages (Linked in Table) for details.

The numbers of adherents to organised religions in the world is difficult to accurately ascertain. Therefore figures and estimates are included from multiple sources to show the reader the problem in compiling such statistics.

Adherents.com Estimates

Adherents.com says "Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number."

Religion	Adherents
Christianity	2.1 billion
Islam	1.5 billion
Secularism/irreligious/agnostic/atheism	1.1 billion
Hinduism	900 million
Chinese traditional religion	394 million
Buddhism	376 million
Animist religions	300 million
African traditional/diasporic religions	100 million
Sikhism	23 million
Juche	19 million
Spiritism	15 million
Judaism	14 million
Bahá'í Faith	7 million
Jainism	4.2 million
Shinto	4 million
Cao Dai	4 million
Zoroastrianism	2.6 million
Tenrikyo	2 million
Neo-Paganism	1 million
Unitarian Universalism	800,000
Rastafari Movement	600,000
Scientology	25,000 to 55,000

Notes

• These figures may incorporate populations of secular/nominal adherents as well as syncretist worshipers, although the concept of syncretism is disputed by some.

• For Eastern religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto or animism, etc...people often have religions which are a mix of belief systems. This leads to the unusually large uncertainty in the calculations for Buddhism. The lower number of approximately 400 million represents traditional Buddhists (have taken refuge in the Three Jewels, those following all of the precepts of Buddhisim laid down by the Buddha,) whereas the larger number of 1.5 billion includes "natural Buddhists" (as well as secular/nominal Buddhists), lacking specific ceremony, as long as they do not profess belief in another religion. Main article: Buddhism by country.^[1][2]

• It is hard to accurately report the actual number of adherents of Judaism as there are Jews that do not practice the religion that may be under the secular/irreligious category even though they are fully Jewish.

• Atheists are a small subset of the nonreligious/Secular grouping. According to Adherents.com, half of the nonreligious/Secular group are theistic.

By proportion

Christians

Countries with the greatest proportion of Christians from Christianity by country (as of 2007):

1.  Vatican City 100% (100% Roman Catholic)
2.  Guatemala 99.9%^[3][4] (55% Roman Catholic and 33% Protestants)
3.  Ecuador 99.9%^[5] (95% Roman Catholic)
4.  Panama 99.9%^[6] (85% Roman Catholic)
5.  Honduras 99.9%^[7] (47% Roman Catholic and 23% Protestants)
6.  Grenada 99%^[8][9] (53% Roman Catholic and 35% Protestants)
7.  Romania 99%^[5] (mostly Eastern Orthodoxy, 6% Protestants and 8% Catholic)
8.  East Timor 99%^[10][11] (90% Roman Catholic)
9.  Armenia 98.7%^[5] (mostly Oriental Orthodoxy)
10.  Equatorial Guinea 98.66 - 89.1%^[12][13][14] (mostly Roman Catholic)
11.  Bolivia 98.1%^[15][16] (95% Roman Catholic)
12.  Cyprus 98.1^[17] - 82%^[5] (mostly Eastern Orthodoxy)
13.  Denmark 98^[5] - 60%^[18] (mostly Lutheran)
14.  Moldova 98 - 98.5%^(2000)[5] (mostly Eastern Orthodoxy)
15.  Greece 98%^[5][19] (mostly Eastern Orthodoxy)
16.  Venezuela 98%^[5] (mostly Roman Catholic)
17.  Malta 98%^[5] (mostly Roman Catholic)
18.  Paraguay 96.9%^[20] (mostly Roman Catholic)
19.  The Bahamas 96.3%^[5][21] (mostly Roman Catholic)
20.  Ukraine 96.1%^[5] (mostly Eastern Orthodoxy)
21.  Dominican Republic 95%^[22]-81.4% ^{(2004 survey)[23][24]} (mostly Roman Catholic)

Muslims

Countries with the greatest proportion of Muslims from Islam by country (as of 2007):

1.  Mauritania 99.9% (mostly Sunni)
2.  Somalia 99.9% (mostly Sunni)
3.  Western Sahara 99.8% (mostly Sunni)
4.  Maldives 99.41% (mostly Sunni)
5.  Afghanistan 99% (80% Sunni, 19% Shi'a)
6.  Algeria 99% (mostly Sunni)
7.  Turkey 99% (85% Sunni, 15% Alevis)
8.  Yemen 99% (65-70% Sunni, 30-35% Shi'a)
9.  Morocco 98.7% (mostly Sunni)
10.  Iran 98% (mostly Shi'a)
11.  Tunisia 98% (mostly Sunni)
12.  Comoros 98% (mostly Sunni)
13.  Libya 97% (mostly Sunni)
14.  Iraq 97% (60-65% Shi'a, 32-37% Sunni)
15.  Pakistan 97% (75-80% Sunni, 20-25% Shi'a)
16.  Jordan 95% (mostly Sunni)
17.  Senegal 94% (mostly Sunni)
18.  Djibouti 94% (mostly Sunni)
19.  Azerbaijan 93.4% (75% Shi'a, 18% Sunni)
20.  Oman 92.66% (divided Ibadhi and Sunni)

Remarks: Although Islam is the state religion of most Middle Eastern countries,this list excludes Saudi Arabia where 100% of national citizens are Muslims^[25], because there is a substantial number of non-Muslim residents there (mostly Hindu and Christian; as well as Buddhist, Sikh and Jewish minorities). So the total Muslim population in Saudi Arabia is around 25 million (20 million native Saudi citizens with 1.5 million Bangladeshis, 1 million Pakistanis, 1 million Egyptians, 600,000 Indonesians, 250,000 Palestinians, and significant Muslim numbers among 1.6 million Indians, 150,000 Lebanese, as well as 100,000 Eritreans) or only about 90% of the total population^[26]. Some other Persian Gulf countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates are also excluded due to their large number of non-Muslim foreign immigrants.

Buddhists

Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists (included other folk religions) from Buddhism by country (as of 2007):

1.  Laos 67% - 98%^[27][28] (mostly 67% Theravada with 31% traditional animist.)
2.  Japan 20%^[29] - 95%^[30] (mostly Mahayana with Shinto, Japanese 3%, Christian 0.8%, Muslim 0.1%)
3.  Cambodia 95% (mostly Theravada, Muslim 3%, Christian and other 2%)
4.  Thailand 95% (Theravada, Muslim 4%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.3%)
5.  Mongolia 50%^[31] - 94%^[32] (mostly Tibetan Buddhism, Muslim 5%, Christian and other 1%)
6.  Taiwan 35.1%^[33] - 93%^[34] (mostly "Triple religion", Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%)
7.  Hong Kong 10%^[35] - 90%^[36] (mostly "Triple religion", Christian and others 10%)
8.  Myanmar 89% (Theravada with traditional animist, Christian 4%, Muslim 4%, other)
9.  Vietnam 12% - 85% ("Triple religion", Christian 8%, Cao Dai 3%, Atheist and other 3.5%)
10.  Macau 17%^[37] - 85%^[38][39] ("Triple religion", Christian 8%, Atheist or other 7%)
11.  China 8% - 80% ("Triple religion", Atheist 12.5%, Christian 4%, Muslim 1.5%)
12.  Bhutan 75% (mostly Lamaistic, Hindu 2%, other 1%)
13.  Sri Lanka 70% (Theravada, Hindu 15%, Christian 7.9%, Muslim 7.1%)
14.  North Korea 2% - 64.5% (Mahayana with Confucianist, over 90% influenced by Juche^[40])
15.  Singapore 42.5%^[41] - 61% ("Triple religion", Muslim 14.9%, Christian 14.6%, Hindu 4%, other)
16.  South Korea 22.8%^[42][43] - 50%^{[44][45][46][47]} (Mahayana with Confucianist, Christian 30%, other 1%)
17.  Malaysia 19.2% - 22% (Muslim 60.3%, "Triple religion", Christian 9%, Hindu 6.3%, other 2.4%)
18.  Brunei 14% (Muslim 67%, "Triple religion", Christian 10%, other 9%)
19.  Nepal 11% (Hindu 81%, Tibetian Buddhist, Muslim 4%, other 4%)

Remarks: "Triple religion" (or "Chinese-Mahayana Buddhism" or "Far East Asian Buddhism") is the mixture of Mahayana Buddhism, with Taoism and Confucianism. Because officially Communist governments that often forcibly suppressed religious expressions still rule a number of traditionally Buddhist countries, and because Buddhists often practice other traditional East Asian religions, the figures could be much higher in these regions. Mahayana Buddhism in Far East Asian countries has a very wide meaning. That is why in such countries as China, Japan, Vietnam, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are often all considered at once. This is referred to as a "Triple religion", with Gautama Buddha in the center, Laozi in the left, and Confucius in the right. In some regions, such as Japan, belief systems vary with differing emphasis on Shintoism, as well as Ancestor Worship. As such, the Buddhist population is difficult to gauge exactly, but is often nominal. The lesser percentage given is a number of Buddhists who have taken the formal step of going for refuge. And the wider percentage given are informal/nominal adherents of combined Buddhism with its related religions

In India the scheduled caste and scheduled Tribes(SC/ST) people are mostly accepted Buddhist religion,but due to some reason they are still counting as Hindu by authorities.this people are around 24 cores.so the Buddhist population in India rises. ^{[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]}. See Buddhism by country and Irreligion for more.

Hindus

Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus from Hinduism by country (as of 2007):

1.  Nepal 81%
2.  India 80.5%
3.  Mauritius 54%^[56]
4.  Guyana 33%
5.  Suriname 27.4%
6.  Bhutan 25%^[57]
7.  Trinidad and Tobago 22.5%
8.  Sri Lanka 15%
9.  United Arab Emirates 15%^[58]
10.  Kuwait 12%
11.  Bangladesh 10.5%
12.  Qatar 7.2%
13.  Réunion 6.7%
14.  Malaysia 6.3%
15.  Bahrain 6.25%
16.  Singapore 4%
17.  Oman 3%
18.  Belize 2.3%
19.  Pakistan 2.02%
20.  Indonesia 2%;  Seychelles 2%

Jews

Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews (as of 2007):

1.  Israel 76.2% (Muslim 16.1%, Christian 2.1%)
2.  Palestinian territories 11.09% (Muslim 83.54%, Christian 4.73%)
3.  Monaco 3% (Christian 90%)
4.  United States 2.5% (Christian 78%, Muslim 1%)
5.  Gibraltar 2.1% (Christian 88.3%, Muslim 4%, Hindu 1.8%)
6.  Cayman Islands 1.71% (Christian 77.95%)
7.  Netherlands Antilles 1.3% (Christian 92.3%)
8.  Canada 1.1% (Christian 77.1%, Muslim 2%, Buddhist 1.1%)
9.  France 1% (Christian 83.3%, Muslim 10%, Buddhist 1.2%)
10.  Belarus 1% (Christian 96%)
11.  Argentina 0.8% (Christian 94%, Muslim 1.5%)
12.  Hungary 0.8% (Christian 75%)
13.  Uruguay 0.75% (Christian 65% - 68%, Atheist 30% - 34%)
14.  Russia 0.5% (Christian 78%, Muslim 10 - 14%, Buddhist 1.1% - 1.45%)
15.  United Kingdom 0.5% (Christian 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Buddhist 1.2%, Hindu 1%)
16.  Australia 0.45% (Christian 63.9%, Buddhist 2.1%, Muslim 1.7%, others)
17.  Netherlands 0.3% (Christian 29% - 51%, Atheist 41% - 50%, Muslim 5.5% - 5.8%)
18.  Germany 0.25% (Christian 68%, Non-Religious 25.5%, Muslim 3.9%, Buddhist 1%)
19.  Georgia 0.22% (Christian 88.6%, Muslim 9.9%, Atheist 0.7%)

Bahá'ís

Countries with the greatest proportion of Bahá'ís (as of 2000):

1.  Nauru 9.22%
2.  Tonga 6.09%
3.  Tuvalu 5.86%
4.  Kiribati 4.70%
5.  Tokelau 4.33%
6.  Cocos (Keeling) Islands 3.72%
7.  Bolivia 3.25%
8.  Falkland Islands 2.98%
9.  Vanuatu 2.78%
10.  Belize 2.73%
11.  Samoa 2.37%
12.  Guyana 2.09%
13.  United Arab Emirates 1.95%
14.  São Tomé and Príncipe 1.88%
15.  Mauritius 1.84%
16.  Zambia 1.70%
17.  Dominica 1.61%
18.  Micronesia 1.61%
19.  Niue 1.53%
20.  Marshall Islands 1.50%

Sources: Year 2000 Estimated Baha'i statistics from: David Barrett, World Christian Encyclopedia, 2000; Total population statistics, mid-2000 from Population Reference Bureau [2] and The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004.

By population

Christians

Largest Christian populations (as of 2007):

1.  United States 234,889,159
2.  Brazil 169,109,476
3.  Mexico 103,265,846
4.  Russia 100,964,426
5.  Philippines 84,246,490
6.  Nigeria 62,068,098
7.  Congo DR 59,176,360
8.  Germany 56,032,677
9.  Italy 55,216,284
10.  China 51,874,076
11.  Ethiopia 47,131,322
12.  United Kingdom 43,515,786
13.  Ukraine 42,572,167
14.  Colombia 41,938,720
15.  Spain 38,021,300
16.  Argentina 37,883,811
17.  Poland 36,977,511
18.  South Africa 35,066,269
19.  France 32,496,275
20.  Kenya 28,792,702
21.  Venezuela 25,503,057
22.  Peru 24,630,403
23.  Canada 24,332,010
24.  India 24,080,016
25.  Romania 22,106,677

Muslims

Largest Muslim populations (as of 2007):

1.  Indonesia 207,000,105
2.  Pakistan 159,799,666
3.  India 151,402,065
4.  Bangladesh 132,446,365
5.  Egypt 72,301,532
6.  Turkey 70,047,060
7.  Nigeria 67,515,582
8.  Iran 64,089,571
9.  Morocco 33,723,418
10.  Algeria 32,999,884
11.  Afghanistan 31,571,023
12.  Sudan 27,565,551
13.  Iraq 26,674,649
14.  Ethiopia 25,095,899
15.  Saudi Arabia 24,564,924
16.  Uzbekistan 24,446,452
17.  Yemen 22,008,225
18.  China 19,827,778
19.  Russia 19,792,885
20.  Syria 17,383,272

Buddhists

Largest Buddhist populations (as of 2007):

1.  China 105,748,151 - 1,057,481,510
2.  Japan 25,486,699 - 122,336,154
3.  Vietnam 13,641,977 - 72,473,003
4.  Thailand 61,814,742
5.  Myanmar 42,636,562
6.  South Korea 11,427,436 - 24,522,395
7.  Taiwan 8,000,605 - 21,258,751
8.  India 16,947,992
9.  North Korea 466,035 - 15,029,613
10.  Sri Lanka 14,648,421
11.  Cambodia 13,296,109
12.  Laos 4,369,739 - 6,391,558
13.  Hong Kong 705,022 - 6,282,371
14.  United States 2,107,980 - 6,022,799
15.  Malaysia 5,460,683
16.  Nepal 3,179,197
17.  Singapore 1,935,029 - 2,781,888
18.  Mongolia 1,475,893 - 2,774,679
19.  Indonesia 2,346,940
20.  Philippines 2,276,932

Hindus

Largest Hindu populations (as of 2007):

1.  India 909,542,254
2.  Nepal 23,410,450
3.  Bangladesh 15,797,076
4.  Indonesia 4,693,880
5.  Pakistan 3,327,787
6.  Sri Lanka 3,138,947
7.  Malaysia 1,563,741
8.  United States 1,204,560
9.  United Arab Emirates 944,352
10.  Mauritius 625,441
11.  United Kingdom 607,762
12.  South Africa 549,973
13.  Kenya 369,137
14.  Tanzania 354,458
15.  Canada 333,901
16.  Fiji 303,163
17.  Kuwait 300,667
18.  Guyana 253,801
19.  Trinidad and Tobago 237,737
20.  Singapore 262,120

Jews

Largest Jewish populations (as of 2007):

1.  United States 6,214,247
2.  Israel 5,278,274
3.  Russia 753,382
4.  France 636,303
5.  Canada 414,283
6.  United Kingdom 306,876
7.  Germany 210,977
8.  Argentina 202,538
9.  Ukraine 149,602
10.  Australia 94,978
11.  Brazil 93,290
12.  South Africa 88,994
13.  Belarus 67,823
14.  Hungary 60,180
15.  Mexico 54,350
16.  Spain 54,073
17.  Belgium 52,285
18.  Netherlands 32,780
19.  Italy 30,728
20.  Uruguay 30,060

Bahá'ís

Largest Bahá'í populations (as of 2005):^[59]

1.  India 1,823,631
2.  United States 456,767
3.  Vietnam 376,328
4.  Kenya 368,095
5.  Congo DR 252,159
6.  Philippines 247,499
7.  Zambia 224,763
8.  South Africa 213,651
9.  Iran 212,272
10.  Bolivia 206,029
11.  Tanzania 163,772
12.  Venezuela 155,907
13.  Chad 84,276
14.  Pakistan 79,461
15.  Myanmar 78,967
16.  Uganda 78,541
17.  Malaysia 71,203
18.  Colombia 68,441
19.  Thailand 58,208
20.  UAE 51,744

"Most Baha'i Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_40c.asp. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 

Lists by country

• Religions by country
• Bahá'í Faith by country
• Buddhism by country
• Christianity by country
  • Roman Catholicism by country
  • Protestantism by country
• Hinduism by country
• Islam by country
• Judaism by country

See also

• World population
• Religion
• Irreligion
• Jewish population
• List of founders of religious traditions
• Bahá'í statistics

Notes

1. ^ Vipassana Foundation - Buddhists around the world
2. ^ "Counting the Buddhist World Fairly," by Dr. Alex Smith
3. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51641.htm
4. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} The World Factbook, (2007), Field Listing - Religions Accessed 30 June 2008.
6. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html
7. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html
8. ^ "US Department of State - Grenada - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51639.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-03. 
9. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gj.html
10. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tt.html
11. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108426.htm
12. ^ http://www.afrol.com/Countries/Equatorial_Guinea/eqg_profile.htm
13. ^ http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ek-equatorial-guinea/rel-religion
14. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ek.html
15. ^ http://www.ine.gov.bo/pdf/boletin/NP_2002_65.pdf
16. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51628.htm
17. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108441.htm
18. ^ {{Citation |url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/55779:Kronik--Gudstro-i-Danmark
19. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108449.htm
20. ^ "US Department of State - Paraguay - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51649.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-03. 
21. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51625.htm
22. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html
23. ^ "US Department of State - Dominican Republic - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51636.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-03. 
24. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108523.htm
25. ^ CIA - The World factbook -- Saudi Arabia
26. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2008 - Saudi Arabia
27. ^ (67% Buddhist according to a 2005 census) taken in 2009 at September 9 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
28. ^ Zickgraf, Ralph. Laos (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 9-10.
29. ^ "A Brief Survey of Religion in Modern Japan " (1998). By Paul A. Shew, December 1, 1992. (Waseda University, Tokyo)
30. ^ state.gov Of citizens who claimed a faith, 51 percent were Shinto, 44 percent were Buddhist and 1 percent was Christian. Shintoism and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive and most Shinto and Buddhist believers follow both faiths
31. ^ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2779.htm
32. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71350.htm
33. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90134.htm
34. ^ [with more than 75% identifying themselves as Buddhists or Taoists]http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm
35. ^ US Department of State."state.gov." 2008 Religious Freedom Report. Retrieved on 2009-07-06.
36. ^ "CIA Factbook – Hong Kong". Cia.gov. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html. Retrieved 16 May 2009. 
37. ^ Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584.
38. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Macau
39. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Macau
40. ^ http://www.adherents.com/largecom/Juche.html
41. ^ according to a 2000 census from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html
42. ^ http://pewresearch.org/pubs/657/south-koreas-coming-election-highlights-christian-community
43. ^ state.gov
44. ^ state.gov
45. ^ About Korea - Religion
46. ^ Every Culture - South Koreans
47. ^ Every Culture - Culture of SOUTH KOREA
48. ^ National Geographic
49. ^ Oproject
50. ^ Maps of War- History of Religion
51. ^ Thing Quest
52. ^ Wads Worth
53. ^ Worth - Religions in Asia
54. ^ Britannica
55. ^ The Range of Religious Freedom
56. ^ Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 162.
57. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90227.htm
58. ^ [1]
59. ^ "Most Baha'i Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_40c.asp. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 

References

• International Religious Freedom Report 2007 of U.S. Department of State
• Background Notes of U.S. Department of State
• The World Factbook of CIA
• Adherents.com
• Religious Freedom page
• Religious Intelligence
• World Statesmen
• BBC News - Muslims in Europe: Country guide
• Vipassana Foundation - Buddhists around the world
• Hierarchy - Statistics of Catholic population by country

External links

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