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Religion. Faith. Theocracy. Buddhism by country. Christianity by country ( Catholic Church by country, Protestantism by country, Eastern Orthodoxy by country and Oriental Orthodoxy by country) Hinduism by country. Islam by country. Judaism by country or Jewish population by country. List of religious populations.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [10] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
The government estimates the population to be 78,000. There are no official statistics on religious affiliation, but observers estimate that approximately 90 percent of the population is Roman Catholic. Smaller religious groups include Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Bahá'ís, and members of the Unification Church.
e. Religion in the United States is widespread and diverse, with the country being far more religious than other wealthy Western nations. [2] An overwhelming majority of Americans believe in a higher power, [3] engage in spiritual practices, [4] and consider themselves religious or spiritual. [5] [6] Christianity is the most widely professed ...
The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA): Note that CIA World Factbook data differs from the data below. For example, the CIA World Factbook says that 99.3% of the population in American Samoa is religious.
Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent. Between them, the United States, Mexico and Canada account for 85 percent of the population of North America. Religion in each of these countries is dominated by Christianity (77.4), making it the largest religious group in North America.
Map of major denominations and religions. One way to define a major religion is by the number of current adherents. The population numbers by religion are computed by a combination of census reports and population surveys (in countries where religion data is not collected in census, for example the United States or France), but results can vary widely depending on the way questions are phrased ...