- Hinduism by country
The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's "International Religious Freedom Report 2006". [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/] Other sources used were CIA Factbook [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/] and adherents.com. [http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_298.html#1868] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov [http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbrank.pl] (
2007 estimates).By country
Hinduism by countryRegion Country Total Population (2007 est) % of Hindus Hindu total Central Asia Afghanistan 31,889,923 0.4% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=1] [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Afghanistan/rbodies.html] 127,560 Balkans Albania 3,600,523 n/a n/a North Africa Algeria 32,531,853 n/a n/a Southern Africa Angola 12,263,596 n/a n/a South America Argentina 40,301,927 0.01% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=101] 4,030 Middle East Armenia 2,971,650 n/a n/a Oceania Australia 20,434,176 0.5% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71333.htm] 102,171 Central Europe Austria 8,199,783 0.1% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71367.htm] 8,200 Middle East Azerbaijan 8,120,247 n/a n/a Middle East Bahrain 708,573 6.25% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=96] 44,286 South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 9.2% [http://www.banbeis.gov.bd/bd_pro.htm] - 10.5% [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71438.htm] 13,841,247 - 15,797,076 Eastern Europe Belarus 9,724,723 n/a n/a Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 0.06% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71371.htm] 6,235 Central America Belize 294,385 2.3% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=93] 6,771 West Africa Benin 8,078,314 n/a n/a South Asia Bhutan 2,327,849 2% [http://www.kingdomofbhutan.com/] - 25% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bt.html] [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35839.htm] 46,557 - 581,962 South America Bolivia 9,119,152 n/a n/a Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198 n/a n/a Southern Africa Botswana 1,815,508 0.17% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71287.htm] 3,086 South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.0016% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71451.htm] 3,040 Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 0.035% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71334.htm] 131 Balkans Bulgaria 7,322,858 n/a n/a West Africa Burkina Faso 14,326,203 n/a n/a Central Africa Burundi 8,390,505 0.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Burundi/rbodies.html] [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=118] 8,391 Southeast Asia Cambodia 13,995,904 0.3% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Cambodia/rbodies.html] [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=86] 41,988 West Africa Cameroon 18,060,382 n/a n/a North America Canada 33,390,141 1% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71452.htm] [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Canada/rbodies.html] 333,901 Central Africa Central African Republic 4,369,038 n/a n/a Central Africa Chad 9,885,661 n/a n/a South America Chile 16,284,741 n/a n/a East Asia China 1,321,851,888 n/a n/a South America Colombia 44,379,598 0.02% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=78] 8,876 East Africa Comoros 711,417 0.1%(approx) 711 Central Africa Congo (Brazzaville) 3,800,610 n/a n/a Central Africa Congo (Kinshasa) 65,751,512 0.18% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=125] 118,353 Central America Costa Rica 4,133,884 n/a n/a Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 0.01% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71374.htm] 449 North America Cuba 11,394,043 0.21% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=76] 23,927 Middle East Cyprus 788,457 n/a n/a Central Europe Czech Republic 10,228,744 n/a n/a West Africa Côte d'Ivoire 18,013,409 0.1% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=126] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71297.htm] 18,013 Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 0.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Denmark/rbodies.html] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71377.htm] 5,468 East Africa Djibouti 496,374 0.02% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=127] 99 Caribbean Dominica 72,386 0.2% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=75] 145 Caribbean Dominican Republic 9,365,818 n/a n/a Southeast Asia East Timor 1,084,971 n/a n/a South America Ecuador 13,755,680 n/a n/a North Africa Egypt 80,335,036 n/a n/a Central America El Salvador 6,948,073 n/a n/a East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 0.1% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71300.htm] 4,907 Eastern Europe Estonia 1,315,912 n/a n/a East Africa Ethiopia 76,511,887 n/a n/a Oceania Fiji 918,675 30% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/73065.htm] - 33% [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1834.htm] [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html] 275,603 - 303,163 Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.01% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=172] 524 Western Europe France 63,718,187 0.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/France/rbodies.html] [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html#People] 63,718 West Africa Gabon 1,454,867 n/a n/a West Africa Gambia 1,688,359 n/a n/a Middle East Georgia 4,646,003 0.01% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71381.htm] 465 Western Europe Germany 82,400,996 0.119% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71382.htm] 98,057 West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 0.05% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71304.htm] 11,466 Balkans Greece 10,706,290 n/a n/a Caribbean Grenada 89,971 0.7% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=66] 630 Central America Guatemala 12,728,111 n/a n/a West Africa Guinea 9,947,814 n/a n/a West Africa Guinea-Bissau 1,472,780 n/a n/a South America Guyana 769,095 28.3% [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1984.htm] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71463.htm] - 33% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=63] [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Guyana/rbodies.html] [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gy.html] 217,654 - 253,801 Caribbean Haiti 8,706,497 n/a n/a Central America Honduras 7,483,763 n/a n/a Central Europe Hungary 9,956,108 0.02% 1,767 [http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/eng/volumes/26/tables/load4_1_1.html] Western Europe Iceland 301,931 n/a n/a South Asia India 1,129,866,154 80.5% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71440.htm] [ [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Indian Census] ] 909,542,254 Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 2% [http://www.depag.go.id/index.php?menu=page&pageid=17] [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2748.htm] [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html] 4,693,880 Middle East Iran 65,397,521 0.02% (appox) 13,079 Middle East Iraq 27,499,638 n/a n/a Western Europe Ireland 4,109,086 0.08% [http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/vol12_t1_10.pdf] 3,100 Middle East Israel 6,426,679 0.1% (appox) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71423.htm#occterr] 6,427 Western Europe Italy 58,147,733 0.02% (appox) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71387.htm] 11,630 Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.06% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71466.htm] 1,668 East Asia Japan 127,433,494 0.004% (approx) 5,097 Middle East Jordan 6,053,193 n/a n/a Central Asia Kazakhstan 15,284,929 n/a n/a East Africa Kenya 36,913,721 1% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71307.htm] 369,137 East Asia Korea, North 23,301,725 n/a n/a East Asia Korea, South 49,044,790 0.005% (appox) 2,452 Middle East Kuwait 2,505,559 12% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71425.htm] 300,667 Central Asia Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149 n/a n/a Southeast Asia Laos 6,521,998 n/a n/a Eastern Europe Latvia 2,259,810 0.006% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71390.htm] 136 Middle East Lebanon 3,925,502 0.1% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71426.htm] 3,926 Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx) [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Lesotho/rbodies.html] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71308.htm] 2,125 West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 0.1% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71309.htm] 3,196 North Africa Libya 6,036,914 0.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Libya/rbodies.html] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71427.htm] 6,037 Eastern Europe Lithuania 3,575,439 n/a n/a Western Europe Luxembourg 480,222 0.07% (approx) [http://www.indembassy.be/Bilateral_Lux.asp] 336 Balkans Macedonia 2,055,915 n/a n/a Southern Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 0.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Madagascar/rbodies.html] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71310.htm] 19,449 Southern Africa Malawi 13,603,181 0.02% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=142] - 0.2% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Malawi/rbodies.html] 2,721 - 27,206 Southeast Asia Malaysia 24,821,286 6.3% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html] [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2777.htm] 1,563,741 South Asia Maldives 369,031 0.01% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=46] 37 West Africa Mali 11,995,402 n/a n/a North Africa Mauritania 3,270,065 n/a n/a Southern Africa Mauritius 1,250,882 48% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mp.html] - 50% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71314.htm] 600,423 - 625,441 North America Mexico 108,700,891 n/a n/a Eastern Europe Moldova 4,328,816 0.01% (approx) [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71396.htm] 433 Central Asia Mongolia 2,951,786 n/a n/a Balkans Montenegro 684,736 n/a n/a North Africa Morocco 33,757,175 n/a n/a Southern Africa Mozambique 20,905,585 0.05% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=147] - 0.2% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Mozambique/rbodies.html] 10,453 - 41,811 Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,373,958 0.5% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=41] 236,870 Southern Africa Namibia 2,055,080 n/a n/a South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 80.6% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/np.html#People] - 81% [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5283.htm] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71442.htm] 23,294,843 - 23,410,450 Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 0.58% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71398.htm] 96,110 Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 1% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71352.htm] 41,158 Central America Nicaragua 5,675,356 n/a n/a West Africa Niger 12,894,865 n/a n/a West Africa Nigeria 135,031,164 n/a n/a Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 0.5% 23,140 Middle East Oman 3,204,897 3% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=36] - 5.7% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Oman/rbodies.html] 96,147 - 182,679 South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 1.5% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=35] - 2.02% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71443.htm] 2,471,129 - 3,327,787 Middle East Palestine 4,018,332 n/a n/a Central America Panama 3,242,173 0.3% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=33] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71469.htm] 9,726 Oceania Papua New Guinea 5,795,887 n/a n/a South America Paraguay 6,669,086 n/a n/a South America Peru 28,674,757 n/a n/a Southeast Asia Philippines 91,077,287 0.05% (approx) 45,539 Central Europe Poland 38,518,241 n/a n/a Western Europe Portugal 10,642,836 0.07% 7,396 Caribbean Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.09% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29] 3,550 Middle East Qatar 907,229 7.2% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=28] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71430.htm] 65,320 East Africa Réunion 784,000 6.7% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=151] 52,528 Balkans Romania 22,276,056 n/a n/a Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 0.043% [http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=20511&sec=28&cont=5] [http://www.defendrussianhindus.org/index.php?fetch=letterToOrthodoxChurch] 60,792 East Africa Rwanda 9,907,509 n/a n/a Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 0.6% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=27] - 1.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Saudi_Arabia/rbodies.html] 165,606 - 303,611 West Africa Senegal 12,521,851 n/a n/a Balkans Serbia 10,150,265 n/a n/a East Africa Seychelles 81,895 2% 1,638 West Africa Sierra Leone 6,144,562 0.04% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=156] - 0.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Sierra_Leone/rbodies.html] 2,458 - 6,145 Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 4% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71357.htm] 262,120 Central Europe Slovakia 5,447,502 0.1% (approx) 5,448 Central Europe Slovenia 2,009,245 n/a n/a East Africa Somalia 9,118,773 n/a n/a Southern Africa South Africa 43,997,828 1.25% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71325.htm] [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=158] 549,973 Western Europe Spain 40,448,191 n/a n/a South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 7.1% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html] - 15% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71444.htm] 1,485,768 - 3,138,947 North Africa Sudan 39,379,358 n/a n/a South America Suriname 470,784 20% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71475.htm] - 27.4% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ns.html] 94,157 - 128,995 Southern Africa Swaziland 1,133,066 0.15% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=161] - 0.2% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Swaziland/rbodies.html] 1,700 - 2,266 Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 0.078% - 0.12% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71410.htm] 7,044 - 10,837 Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 0.38% [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/dienstlei.stungen/publikationen_statistik/publikationskatalog.Document.50514.pdf] [http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/swissinfo.html?siteSect=108&sid=6186723&cKey=1140784868000] 28,708 Middle East Syria 19,314,747 n/a n/a East Asia Taiwan 22,858,872 n/a n/a Central Asia Tajikistan 7,076,598 n/a n/a East Africa Tanzania 39,384,223 0.9% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=162] [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Tanzania/rbodies.html] 354,458 Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 0.0045% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71359.htm] 2,928 West Africa Togo 5,701,579 n/a n/a Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 22.5% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html] [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35638.htm] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71476.htm] 237,737 North Africa Tunisia 10,276,158 n/a n/a Middle East Turkey 71,158,647 n/a n/a Central Asia Turkmenistan 5,097,028 n/a n/a East Africa Uganda 30,262,610 0.2% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=165] - 0.8% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Uganda/rbodies.html] 60,525 - 242,101 Eastern Europe Ukraine 46,299,862 n/a n/a Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 21.25% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71434.htm] 944,352 Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 1% [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html] [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71416.htm] 607,762 North America United States 301,139,947 0.4% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=8] [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/United_States/rbodies.html] 1,204,560 South America Uruguay 3,460,607 n/a n/a Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,780,059 0.01% (approx) 2,778 South America Venezuela 26,023,528 n/a n/a Southeast Asia Vietnam 85,262,356 0.059% [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71363.htm] 50,305 North Africa Western Sahara 382,617 n/a n/a Middle East Yemen 22,230,531 0.7% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Yemen/rbodies.html] 155,614 Southern Africa Zambia 11,477,447 0.14% [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=166] [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Zambia/rbodies.html] 16,068 Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 0.1% [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Zimbabwe/rbodies.html] 123,111 Total 6,671,226,000 14.468% - 14.553% 965,211,399 - 970,921,642 By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Hindu in a region (Hindus in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Hindu percentage compared to the total Hindu population of the world (Hindus in the region * 100/total Hindu population of the world).
"(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).
Hinduism inAfrica Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total Central Africa 83,121,055 0 0% 0% East Africa 193,741,900 667,694 0.345% 0.071% North Africa 202,151,323 5,765 0.003% 0.001% Southern Africa 137,092,019 1,269,844 0.926% 0.135% West Africa 268,997,245 70,402 0.026% 0.007% Total 885,103,542 2,013,705 0.228% 0.213% Hinduism inAsia Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total Central Asia 92,019,166 149,644 0.163% 0.016% East Asia 1,527,960,261 130,631 0.009% 0.014% Middle East 274,775,527 792,872 0.289% 0.084% South Asia 1,437,326,682 929,515,433 64.67% 98.475% Southeast Asia 571,337,070 6,386,614 1.118% 0.677% Total 3,903,418,706 936,975,194 24.004% 99.266% Hinduism inEurope Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total Balkans 65,407,609 0 0% 0% Central Europe 74,510,241 163 0% 0% Eastern Europe 212,821,296 717,101 0.337% 0.076% Western Europe 375,832,557 1,306,052 0.348% 0.138% Total 728,571,703 2,023,316 0.278% 0.214% Hinduism inThe Americas Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total Caribbean 24,898,266 279,515 1.123% 0.030% Central America 41,135,205 5,833 0.014% 0.006% North America 446,088,748 1,806,720 0.405% 0.191% South America 371,075,531 389,869 0.105% 0.041% Total 883,197,750 2,481,937 0.281% 0.263% Hinduism inOceania Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total Oceania 30,564,520 411,907 1.348% 0.044% Top 25
ee also
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List of religious populations
*Christianity by country
*Buddhism by country
*Islam by country
*Jews by country
* No Faith by Country
* andBahá'í statistics References
* The US State Department's "International Religious Freedom Report 2006" [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/]
* "CIA FactBook" [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/]
* "adherents.com" [http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_298.html#1868]
* "Religious Freedom page" [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/]
* "census.gov" [http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbrank.pl]External links
* [http://www.afghanhindu.info/ www.afghanhindu.info]
* [http://www.hscnet.org/ Hindu Students Council (primarily in the Americas, but with international chapters)]
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