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PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE

Majority Religion, by Country
Countries are colored according to the majority religion. Darker shading represents a greater prevalence
of the majority religion.

Christians

Buddhists

Muslims

Jews

Unaffiliated

No clear majority

Hindus
Nine countries have no clear religious majority: Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Macau, Nigeria, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Togo and
Vietnam. There are no countries in which adherents of folk religions make up a clear majority. There are also no countries in which
followers of other religions (such as Bahai’s, Jains, Sikhs, Shintoists, Taoists, followers of Tenrikyo, Wiccans or Zoroastrians) make up
a clear majority.

in-ten (

) live in the seven countries where uddhists are in the majority: hutan, urma

(Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Israel is the only country with a Jewish majority. There are no countries where members
of other religions (such as aha’is, Jains, Shintoists, Sikhs, Taoists, followers of Tenrikyo,
iccans and oroastrians) make up a majority of the population. There are also no countries
where people who identify with folk or traditional religions clearly form a majority.

2 For a discussion of the challenges of measuring the pervasiveness of folk or traditional religions, see the section on Folk Religionists on page 34.

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