Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050
The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the world’s major religions, as well as by people switching faiths. The table below details the estimated religious composition of 198 countries and territories for 2010 to 2050. See “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050” for more information on these projections, or download the data.
| Country | Christians | Muslims | Unaffiliated | Hindus | Buddhists | Folk Religions | Other | Jews | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific (All) | 7.2% | 25.7% | 20.0% | 26.0% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 1.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Afghanistan | 0.1% | 99.7% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| American Samoa | 98.3% | < 0.1% | 0.7% | < 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Armenia | 98.3% | 0.3% | 1.3% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Australia | 61.7% | 3.0% | 28.6% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 100.0% | |
| Azerbaijan | 2.6% | 97.3% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Bangladesh | 0.3% | 90.8% | < 0.1% | 8.2% | 0.6% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Bhutan | 0.6% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 22.5% | 74.7% | 1.9% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Brunei | 9.4% | 75.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 8.6% | 6.2% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Cambodia | 0.4% | 2.0% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 96.8% | 0.6% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| China | 5.2% | 2.0% | 51.8% | < 0.1% | 18.3% | 21.9% | 0.7% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Cook Islands | 96.0% | < 0.1% | 3.2% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.8% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Cyprus | 72.3% | 25.0% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 0.4% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Fiji | 64.4% | 6.3% | 0.8% | 27.9% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.5% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| French Polynesia | 94.0% | < 0.1% | 4.9% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Guam | 94.2% | < 0.1% | 1.7% | < 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.6% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Hong Kong | 14.9% | 2.1% | 54.7% | 0.4% | 13.3% | 13.0% | 1.5% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| India | 2.4% | 15.4% | < 0.1% | 78.9% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 2.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Indonesia | 10.2% | 87.0% | < 0.1% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Iran | 0.1% | 99.5% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Japan | 1.8% | 0.2% | 60.0% | < 0.1% | 33.2% | 0.4% | 4.5% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Kazakhstan | 23.1% | 72.0% | 4.0% | < 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Kiribati | 97.0% | < 0.1% | 0.8% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 2.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10.0% | 89.4% | 0.4% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Laos | 1.5% | < 0.1% | 0.9% | < 0.1% | 64.0% | 32.8% | 0.7% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Macau | 7.2% | 0.2% | 15.4% | < 0.1% | 17.3% | 58.9% | 1.0% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Malaysia | 9.4% | 66.1% | 0.6% | 5.8% | 15.7% | 2.2% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Maldives | 0.4% | 98.4% | < 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.6% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Marshall Islands | 97.5% | < 0.1% | 1.5% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 95.3% | < 0.1% | 0.9% | < 0.1% | 0.4% | 2.7% | 0.8% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Mongolia | 2.3% | 3.4% | 36.5% | < 0.1% | 54.4% | 3.4% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 7.8% | 4.2% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 79.8% | 5.8% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Nauru | 79.0% | < 0.1% | 4.5% | < 0.1% | 1.1% | 8.1% | 7.4% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Nepal | 0.5% | 5.0% | 0.3% | 80.6% | 10.0% | 3.6% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| New Caledonia | 85.2% | 2.8% | 10.4% | < 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.8% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| New Zealand | 52.9% | 1.6% | 39.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 100.0% | |
| Niue | 96.4% | < 0.1% | 3.3% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| North Korea | 2.0% | < 0.1% | 71.3% | < 0.1% | 1.5% | 12.3% | 12.9% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 81.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% | < 0.1% | 10.6% | 5.3% | 1.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Pakistan | 1.6% | 96.5% | < 0.1% | 1.9% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Palau | 86.7% | < 0.1% | 1.2% | < 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10.4% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Papua New Guinea | 99.2% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Philippines | 92.4% | 5.7% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 1.6% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Samoa | 96.9% | < 0.1% | 2.4% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.4% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Singapore | 17.7% | 16.1% | 16.5% | 6.5% | 32.2% | 2.4% | 8.5% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Solomon Islands | 97.4% | < 0.1% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.7% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| South Korea | 30.1% | 0.3% | 46.6% | < 0.1% | 21.9% | 0.8% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Sri Lanka | 7.2% | 10.4% | < 0.1% | 13.7% | 68.6% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Taiwan | 5.8% | < 0.1% | 13.7% | < 0.1% | 21.2% | 43.8% | 15.5% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Tajikistan | 1.8% | 96.4% | 1.5% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Thailand | 0.9% | 6.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 92.6% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Timor-Leste | 99.6% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Tokelau | 99.8% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Tonga | 98.9% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.9% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Turkey | 0.5% | 98.0% | 1.2% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 0.2% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Turkmenistan | 6.4% | 93.0% | 0.5% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Tuvalu | 96.7% | 0.1% | 1.3% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 1.9% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Uzbekistan | 2.0% | 97.1% | 0.8% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Vanuatu | 93.5% | < 0.1% | 1.2% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 4.0% | 1.4% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Vietnam | 8.4% | 0.2% | 29.9% | < 0.1% | 16.2% | 45.0% | 0.4% | < 0.1% | 100.0% | |
| Wallis and Futuna | 97.4% | < 0.1% | 0.6% | < 0.1% | < 0.1% | 1.2% | 0.8% | < 0.1% | 100.0% |
