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Majority religion
What this indicator measures
Indicator calculated from Pew Research Center population shares (2020). A religion is shown when more than 50% of inhabitants identify with it; otherwise the country is classified as "No absolute majority". People with no religious affiliation are counted as a separate group.
How to read this?
The group shown accounts for more than half of the population; "No absolute majority" means no group exceeds 50%.
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192countries with data
2020data year(s)
In brief
Majority religion: 192 countries and territories covered. Breakdown: Christians (over 50%) : 114 ; Muslims (over 50%) : 50 ; Hindus (over 50%) : 2 ; Buddhists (over 50%) : 7 ; Jews (over 50%) : 1 ; No religious affiliation (over 50%) : 10 ; Other religions (over 50%) : 1 ; No absolute majority : 7.
Why this indicator matters
This indicator says which religious group accounts for more than half of a country's population, if there is one. It gives an overview of the world's religious map.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on the shares of each religion, and therefore on history, migration and birth rates. It is calculated from Pew Research Center estimates, with a 50% threshold.
Reading precautions
The classification is derived by this site: a country at 49% and another at 30% are both "without an absolute majority". It says nothing about practice or the role of religion in law.
Majority religion
Christians (over 50%) (114)
- 🇿🇦 South Africa (2020)
- 🇩🇪 Germany (2020)
- 🇦🇴 Angola (2020)
- 🇦🇷 Argentina (2020)
- 🇦🇲 Armenia (2020)
- 🇦🇼 Aruba (2020)
- 🇦🇹 Austria (2020)
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas (2020)
- 🇧🇧 Barbados (2020)
- 🇧🇪 Belgium (2020)
- 🇧🇿 Belize (2020)
- 🇧🇯 Benin (2020)
- 🇧🇾 Belarus (2020)
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia (2020)
- 🇧🇼 Botswana (2020)
- 🇧🇷 Brazil (2020)
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (2020)
- 🇧🇮 Burundi (2020)
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon (2020)
- 🇨🇦 Canada (2020)
- 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (2020)
- 🇨🇱 Chile (2020)
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus (2020)
- 🇨🇴 Colombia (2020)
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (2020)
- 🇭🇷 Croatia (2020)
- 🇨🇺 Cuba (2020)
- 🇨🇼 Curaçao (2020)
- 🇩🇰 Denmark (2020)
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador (2020)
- 🇪🇸 Spain (2020)
- 🇪🇪 Estonia (2020)
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini (2020)
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia (2020)
- 🇺🇸 United States (2020)
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia (2020)
- 🇫🇯 Fiji (2020)
- 🇫🇮 Finland (2020)
- 🇬🇦 Gabon (2020)
- 🇬🇪 Georgia (2020)
- 🇬🇭 Ghana (2020)
- 🇬🇷 Greece (2020)
- 🇬🇩 Grenada (2020)
- 🇬🇺 Guam (2020)
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala (2020)
- 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea (2020)
- 🇬🇾 Guyana (2020)
- 🇭🇹 Haiti (2020)
- 🇭🇳 Honduras (2020)
- 🇭🇺 Hungary (2020)
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands (2020)
- 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands (2020)
- 🇮🇪 Ireland (2020)
- 🇮🇸 Iceland (2020)
- 🇮🇹 Italy (2020)
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica (2020)
- 🇰🇪 Kenya (2020)
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati (2020)
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho (2020)
- 🇱🇻 Latvia (2020)
- 🇱🇷 Liberia (2020)
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania (2020)
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (2020)
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (2020)
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar (2020)
- 🇲🇼 Malawi (2020)
- 🇲🇹 Malta (2020)
- 🇲🇽 Mexico (2020)
- 🇲🇩 Moldova (2020)
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro (2020)
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique (2020)
- 🇳🇦 Namibia (2020)
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (2020)
- 🇳🇴 Norway (2020)
- 🇳🇨 New Caledonia (2020)
- 🇺🇬 Uganda (2020)
- 🇵🇦 Panama (2020)
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea (2020)
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay (2020)
- 🇵🇪 Peru (2020)
- 🇵🇭 Philippines (2020)
- 🇵🇱 Poland (2020)
- 🇵🇫 French Polynesia (2020)
- 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico (2020)
- 🇵🇹 Portugal (2020)
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic (2020)
- 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa (2020)
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (2020)
- 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville (2020)
- 🇷🇴 Romania (2020)
- 🇷🇺 Russia (2020)
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda (2020)
- 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines (2020)
- 🇱🇨 St. Lucia (2020)
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador (2020)
- 🇼🇸 Samoa (2020)
- 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe (2020)
- 🇷🇸 Serbia (2020)
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles (2020)
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia (2020)
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia (2020)
- 🇸🇪 Sweden (2020)
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland (2020)
- 🇸🇷 Suriname (2020)
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania (2020)
- 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste (2020)
- 🇹🇬 Togo (2020)
- 🇹🇴 Tonga (2020)
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago (2020)
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine (2020)
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (2020)
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela (2020)
- 🇿🇲 Zambia (2020)
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (2020)
Muslims (over 50%) (50)
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan (2020)
- 🇦🇱 Albania (2020)
- 🇩🇿 Algeria (2020)
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (2020)
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (2020)
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain (2020)
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh (2020)
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina (2020)
- 🇧🇳 Brunei (2020)
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (2020)
- 🇰🇲 Comoros (2020)
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti (2020)
- 🇪🇬 Egypt (2020)
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (2020)
- 🇪🇷 Eritrea (2020)
- 🇬🇲 Gambia (2020)
- 🇬🇳 Guinea (2020)
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (2020)
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia (2020)
- 🇮🇶 Iraq (2020)
- 🇮🇷 Iran (2020)
- 🇯🇴 Jordan (2020)
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (2020)
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (2020)
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo (2020)
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait (2020)
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon (2020)
- 🇱🇾 Libya (2020)
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia (2020)
- 🇲🇻 Maldives (2020)
- 🇲🇱 Mali (2020)
- 🇲🇦 Morocco (2020)
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania (2020)
- 🇳🇪 Niger (2020)
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria (2020)
- 🇴🇲 Oman (2020)
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (2020)
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan (2020)
- 🇶🇦 Qatar (2020)
- 🇸🇳 Senegal (2020)
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone (2020)
- 🇸🇴 Somalia (2020)
- 🇸🇩 Sudan (2020)
- 🇸🇾 Syria (2020)
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan (2020)
- 🇹🇩 Chad (2020)
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia (2020)
- 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan (2020)
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye (2020)
- 🇾🇪 Yemen (2020)
Hindus (over 50%) (2)
Buddhists (over 50%) (7)
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan (2020)
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) (2020)
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia (2020)
- 🇱🇦 Laos (2020)
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia (2020)
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (2020)
- 🇹🇭 Thailand (2020)
Jews (over 50%) (1)
- 🇮🇱 Israel (2020)
No religious affiliation (over 50%) (10)
- 🇰🇵 North Korea (2020)
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China (2020)
- 🇯🇵 Japan (2020)
- 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China (2020)
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand (2020)
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands (2020)
- 🇨🇳 China (2020)
- 🇨🇿 Czechia (2020)
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay (2020)
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam (2020)
Other religions (over 50%) (1)
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan (2020)
No absolute majority (7)
- 🇦🇺 Australia (2020)
- 🇰🇷 South Korea (2020)
- 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire (2020)
- 🇫🇷 France (2020)
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius (2020)
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (2020)
- 🇸🇬 Singapore (2020)
Frequently asked questions
Where does the "Majority religion" data come from?
It comes from Pew Research Center (2025), via Our World in Data — catégorie calculée par ce site. Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
How is the majority religion defined?
It is the group that accounts for more than 50% of the population. Otherwise, the country is classified as "No absolute majority".
Does this indicator say what the official religion is?
No. It describes the composition of the population, not what the law or constitution provides.
Source and update
Source : Pew Research Center (2025), via Our World in Data — catégorie calculée par ce site. Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
Indicators in the same category : Origins, languages and religions
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- Linguistic diversity (fractionalization index)Measures the probability that two people randomly drawn in the country do not belong to the same linguistic group. Calculation published by Alesina and coauthors (2003) from sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica; the groups used are those of these sources and the data date from different periods depending on the country.
- Religious diversity (fractionalization index)Measures the probability that two people randomly drawn in the country do not belong to the same religious group. Calculation published by Alesina and coauthors (2003) from sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica; the groups used are those of these sources and the data date from different periods depending on the country.
- Regular attendance at places of worshipShare of respondents who say they attend a religious service at least once a month (excluding weddings, funerals and baptisms), based on the World Values Surveys. The data come from opinion surveys conducted in a limited number of countries (about 80 to 120 depending on the question); absent countries were not surveyed. The year shown is that of the latest survey wave available for the country.
- Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions)Share of the population that identifies with another religion (folk or traditional religions, Sikhism, Baha'i Faith, Taoism, Shinto and others), based on Pew Research Center estimates for 2020. The figures come from Pew Research Center estimates based on censuses and surveys; each person is counted according to their own religious identity, regardless of practice.
- Share of the population: BuddhistsShare of the population that identifies as Buddhist, based on Pew Research Center estimates for 2020. The figures come from Pew Research Center estimates based on censuses and surveys; each person is counted according to their own religious identity, regardless of practice.
- Share of the population: ChristiansShare of the population that identifies as Christian, based on Pew Research Center estimates for 2020. The figures come from Pew Research Center estimates based on censuses and surveys; each person is counted according to their own religious identity, regardless of practice.
- Share of the population: HindusShare of the population that identifies as Hindu, based on Pew Research Center estimates for 2020. The figures come from Pew Research Center estimates based on censuses and surveys; each person is counted according to their own religious identity, regardless of practice.
- Share of immigrants in the populationShare of the population born abroad or, failing that, of foreign nationality, according to estimates from the UN Population Division reused by the World Bank. This also includes refugees.
- Share of the population: JewsShare of the population that identifies as Jewish, based on Pew Research Center estimates for 2020. The figures come from Pew Research Center estimates based on censuses and surveys; each person is counted according to their own religious identity, regardless of practice.
- Share of the population: MuslimsShare of the population that identifies as Muslim, based on Pew Research Center estimates for 2020. The figures come from Pew Research Center estimates based on censuses and surveys; each person is counted according to their own religious identity, regardless of practice.
- Share of the population: people with no religious affiliationShare of the population that reports no religious affiliation (atheists, agnostics or no particular religion), based on Pew Research Center estimates for 2020. This category does not exclude personal beliefs or practices. The figures come from Pew Research Center estimates based on censuses and surveys; each person is counted according to their own religious identity, regardless of practice.
- Frequent prayerShare of respondents who say they pray at least several times a week (excluding weddings and funerals), based on the World Values Surveys. The data come from opinion surveys conducted in a limited number of countries (about 80 to 120 depending on the question); absent countries were not surveyed. The year shown is that of the latest survey wave available for the country. The question has only been asked since 2014.
- Importance of religion in lifeShare of respondents who say religion is "very" or "rather" important in their life, in answer to the question asked in the World Values Surveys. The data come from opinion surveys conducted in a limited number of countries (about 80 to 120 depending on the question); absent countries were not surveyed. The year shown is that of the latest survey wave available for the country.