Importance of religion by country
This page charts a list of countries by importance of religion.
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Methodology[edit]
The table below is based upon global Gallup Poll research which asked "Is religion important in your daily life?". Percentages for "yes" and "no" answers are listed below; they often do not add up to 100% because some answered "don't know" or did not answer.[1]
In terms of demographics, India ranks as the country with the largest number of highly religious people in the world, with an estimated 960 million to 1 billion believers. China, although its number is less than a fifth of its total population (~18-19%), ranks second, with an estimated 240-260 million believers, followed by Indonesia (~235 million), the United States (~205 million), Pakistan (~175 million), Brazil (~168 million), Nigeria (~163 million) and Bangladesh (~135 million).[2][not in citation given][3][not in citation given][4][not in citation given][5][not in citation given]
Countries[edit]
Country | Yes, important[1] | No, unimportant[1] |
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Estonia | 16% | 84% |
Sweden | 17% | 82% |
Denmark | 19% | 80% |
Japan | 24% | 75% |
Hong Kong | 24% | 74% |
United Kingdom | 27% | 73% |
Vietnam | 30% | 69% |
France | 30% | 69% |
Russia | 34% | 60% |
Belarus | 34% | 56% |
Luxembourg | 39% | 59% |
Hungary | 39% | 58% |
Albania | 39% | 53% |
Latvia | 39% | 58% |
Germany | 40% | 59% |
Uruguay | 41% | 59% |
Switzerland | 41% | 57% |
Kazakhstan | 43% | 48% |
Canada | 42% | 57% |
Lithuania | 42% | 49% |
South Korea | 43% | 56% |
Ukraine | 46% | 48% |
Slovenia | 47% | 52% |
Spain | 49% | 50% |
Azerbaijan | 50% | 49% |
Uzbekistan | 51% | 46% |
Israel | 51% | 48% |
Serbia | 54% | 44% |
Ireland | 54% | 46% |
United States | 65% | 34% |
Argentina | 66% | 33% |
Croatia | 70% | 28% |
Chile | 70% | 29% |
Singapore | 70% | 29% |
Montenegro | 71% | 28% |
Greece | 71% | 28% |
Italy | 72% | 25% |
Moldova | 72% | 19% |
Kyrgyzstan | 72% | 25% |
Mexico | 73% | 25% |
Armenia | 73% | 25% |
Poland | 75% | 19% |
Cyprus | 75% | 24.5% |
Macedonia | 76% | 22% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77% | 21% |
Venezuela | 79% | 21% |
Costa Rica | 79% | 19.5% |
Turkmenistan | 80% | 18% |
Georgia | 81% | 16% |
Turkey | 82% | 15% |
Ecuador | 82% | 17% |
Colombia | 83% | 16% |
El Salvador | 83% | 16% |
Peru | 84% | 14% |
Iraq | 84% | 11% |
Nicaragua | 84% | 15% |
Romania | 84% | 12% |
Pakistan | 92%+ | 6% |
Saudi Arabia | 93%+ | 4% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 94% | 5% |
Ghana | 95% | 5% |
Zambia | 95% | 5% |
Qatar | 95% | 4% |
Algeria | 95% | 4% |
Chad | 95% | 5% |
Rwanda | 95% | 5% |
Mali | 95% | 3% |
Cameroon | 96% | 4% |
Malaysia | 96% | 3% |
Nigeria | 96% | 3% |
Philippines | 96% | 4% |
Cambodia | 96% | 3% |
Senegal | 96% | 4% |
Afghanistan | 97% | 3% |
Morocco | 97% | 2% |
Egypt | 97% | 2% |
Comoros | 97% | 2% |
Thailand | 97% | 2% |
Burundi | 98% | 2% |
Djibouti | 98% | 2% |
Mauritania | 98% | 2% |
Somalia | 98% | 2% |
Bangladesh | 100% | 0% |
Sri Lanka | 99% | 1% |
Malawi | 99% | 1% |
Indonesia | 100% | 0% |
Yemen | 99% | 1% |
Niger | 100% | 0% |
See also[edit]
General:
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Crabtree, Steve. "Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nations". Gallup. Retrieved 27 May 2015. (in which numbers have been rounded)
- ^ http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary/
- ^ "Western Europe most critical region about religion - San Diego Jewish World". Sdjewishworld.com. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ^ Nicola Anderson. "Just 46pc of us believe religion plays positive role". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ^ "UK among most sceptical in world about religion". Telegraph. 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
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