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Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions)
What this indicator measures
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.
How to read this?
A value of 30 means 30% of inhabitants identify with another religion (folk or traditional religions, Sikhism, Baha'i Faith, Taoism, Shinto and others).
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192countries with data
51.7 %maximum · Taiwan
1 %median
0 %minimum · Kosovo
2020data year(s)
In brief
Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions): across 192 countries and territories, values range from 0 % (Kosovo) to 51.7 % (Taiwan), with a world median of 1 %. Data: 2020. The top 10% of countries exceed 4.9 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 0.1 %. By continent, the median is highest in South America (2.1 %) and lowest in Asia (0.5 %).
Median by continent
- South America 2.1 % (12)
- North America 1.9 % (24)
- Oceania 1.5 % (13)
- Africa 1 % (51)
- Europe 0.6 % (40)
- Asia 0.5 % (49)
Why this indicator matters
This indicator brings together the religions that are not counted separately: folk or traditional religions, Sikhism, Baha'i Faith, Taoism, Shinto and others. It complements the shares of the major religions.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on the country's history, migration, differences in birth rates between groups, conversions and the share of people who say they no longer identify with a religion.
Reading precautions
Estimates come from censuses and surveys; they are modeled for poorly covered countries. Each person is classified according to their declaration, regardless of practice or beliefs. Internal branches of each religion are not distinguished. The grouping is broad and mixes very different traditions.
Full ranking
ranked from highest to lowest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 51.7 % | 2020 |
| 2e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 34.2 % | 2020 |
| 3e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 25.2 % | 2020 |
| 4e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 19 % | 2020 |
| 5e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 17.4 % | 2020 |
| 6e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 15.1 % | 2020 |
| 7e | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 11.2 % | 2020 |
| 8e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 10.7 % | 2020 |
| 9e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 10.5 % | 2020 |
| 10e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 9.2 % | 2020 |
| 11e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 9.1 % | 2020 |
| 12e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 8.9 % | 2020 |
| 13e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 7.8 % | 2020 |
| 14e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 7.6 % | 2020 |
| 15e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 6.2 % | 2020 |
| 16e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 5.8 % | 2020 |
| 17e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 5.7 % | 2020 |
| 18e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 5.7 % | 2020 |
| 19e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 5.6 % | 2020 |
| 20e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 4.9 % | 2020 |
| 21e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 4.8 % | 2020 |
| 22e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 4.3 % | 2020 |
| 23e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 4.2 % | 2020 |
| 24e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 4 % | 2020 |
| 25e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 4 % | 2020 |
| 26e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 3.8 % | 2020 |
| 27e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 3.8 % | 2020 |
| 28e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 3.6 % | 2020 |
| 29e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 3.4 % | 2020 |
| 30e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 3.2 % | 2020 |
| 31e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 3.2 % | 2020 |
| 32e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 3.1 % | 2020 |
| 33e | 🇬🇺 Guam | 3.1 % | 2020 |
| 34e | 🇨🇳 China | 3 % | 2020 |
| 34e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 3 % | 2020 |
| 36e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 3 % | 2020 |
| 37e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 2.9 % | 2020 |
| 38e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2.9 % | 2020 |
| 39e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 2.9 % | 2020 |
| 40e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 2.8 % | 2020 |
| 41e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 2.7 % | 2020 |
| 42e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 2.6 % | 2020 |
| 43e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2.6 % | 2020 |
| 44e | 🇮🇳 India | 2.5 % | 2020 |
| 45e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 2.5 % | 2020 |
| 46e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 2.4 % | 2020 |
| 47e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 2.3 % | 2020 |
| 48e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 2.3 % | 2020 |
| 49e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 2.2 % | 2020 |
| 49e | 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | 2.2 % | 2020 |
| 51e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 2.2 % | 2020 |
| 52e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 2.2 % | 2020 |
| 53e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 2.1 % | 2020 |
| 54e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 2.1 % | 2020 |
| 55e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 2.1 % | 2020 |
| 56e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 2.1 % | 2020 |
| 57e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 2 % | 2020 |
| 58e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 2 % | 2020 |
| 59e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 2 % | 2020 |
| 59e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 2 % | 2020 |
| 61e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 1.9 % | 2020 |
| 62e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 1.9 % | 2020 |
| 63e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 1.9 % | 2020 |
| 64e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 1.9 % | 2020 |
| 65e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 1.8 % | 2020 |
| 66e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 1.8 % | 2020 |
| 67e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 1.8 % | 2020 |
| 68e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1.7 % | 2020 |
| 69e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 1.7 % | 2020 |
| 70e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 1.6 % | 2020 |
| 71e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 1.5 % | 2020 |
| 72e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 1.5 % | 2020 |
| 73e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 1.5 % | 2020 |
| 74e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1.5 % | 2020 |
| 75e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1.4 % | 2020 |
| 76e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 1.4 % | 2020 |
| 77e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 1.3 % | 2020 |
| 78e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 1.3 % | 2020 |
| 79e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 1.2 % | 2020 |
| 80e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 1.2 % | 2020 |
| 80e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 1.2 % | 2020 |
| 82e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 1.2 % | 2020 |
| 82e | 🇺🇸 United States | 1.2 % | 2020 |
| 84e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1.2 % | 2020 |
| 85e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 1.1 % | 2020 |
| 86e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 1.1 % | 2020 |
| 87e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 1.1 % | 2020 |
| 87e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1.1 % | 2020 |
| 89e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1.1 % | 2020 |
| 90e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 1 % | 2020 |
| 91e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 1 % | 2020 |
| 91e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 1 % | 2020 |
| 91e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 1 % | 2020 |
| 94e | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 1 % | 2020 |
| 95e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1 % | 2020 |
| 95e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 1 % | 2020 |
| 97e | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 1 % | 2020 |
| 98e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 0.9 % | 2020 |
| 99e | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | 0.9 % | 2020 |
| 100e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 0.9 % | 2020 |
| 101e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 0.8 % | 2020 |
| 101e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 0.8 % | 2020 |
| 101e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 0.8 % | 2020 |
| 104e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 0.8 % | 2020 |
| 105e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 0.7 % | 2020 |
| 105e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 0.7 % | 2020 |
| 107e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 0.7 % | 2020 |
| 108e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 0.7 % | 2020 |
| 109e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 0.7 % | 2020 |
| 110e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 110e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 112e | 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 113e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 113e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 115e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 116e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 117e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 117e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 119e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 0.6 % | 2020 |
| 120e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 0.5 % | 2020 |
| 121e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 0.5 % | 2020 |
| 122e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 0.5 % | 2020 |
| 123e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 0.5 % | 2020 |
| 123e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 0.5 % | 2020 |
| 123e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 0.5 % | 2020 |
| 126e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 0.5 % | 2020 |
| 127e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 128e | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 128e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 128e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 131e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 131e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 131e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 134e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 134e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 134e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 0.4 % | 2020 |
| 137e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 137e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 139e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 140e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 140e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 142e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 142e | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 144e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 145e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 145e | 🇫🇷 France | 0.3 % | 2020 |
| 147e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 0.2 % | 2020 |
| 147e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 0.2 % | 2020 |
| 149e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 0.2 % | 2020 |
| 149e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 0.2 % | 2020 |
| 151e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 0.2 % | 2020 |
| 152e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 152e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 154e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 154e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 154e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 157e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 157e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 157e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 160e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 160e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 160e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 163e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 163e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 163e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 163e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 167e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 167e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 167e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 170e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 170e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 170e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 173e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 0.1 % | 2020 |
| 174e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 0 % | 2020 |
| 175e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 0 % | 2020 |
| 176e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 0 % | 2020 |
| 176e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 0 % | 2020 |
| 176e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 0 % | 2020 |
| 179e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 0 % | 2020 |
| 179e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 0 % | 2020 |
| 179e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 0 % | 2020 |
| 179e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 0 % | 2020 |
| 179e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 0 % | 2020 |
| 179e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0 % | 2020 |
| 185e | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 0 % | 2020 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions)"?
The highest value is in Taiwan, at 51.7 % (2020).
Which country has the lowest value for "Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions)"?
The lowest value is in Kosovo, at 0 % (2020).
What is the world median value of "Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions)"?
The world median is 1 %, calculated across 192 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions)" for France?
France scores 0.3 % (2020), ranking 145 out of 192 countries (ranked from highest to lowest).
Where does the "Share of the population: other religions (including folk religions)" data come from?
It comes from Pew Research Center (2025), via Our World in Data. Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
Which religions fall into this category?
Folk or traditional religions, Sikhism, Baha'i Faith, Taoism, Shinto and others, excluding Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Jews.
Why group these religions together?
Because each is small on a global scale. Grouping them makes it possible to have shares that cover the whole population.
Source and update
Source : Pew Research Center (2025), via Our World in Data. Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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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.
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- 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.
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