Religions (Country profile category: People) |
Afghanistan:
Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1%
Albania:
Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note:
all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice
Algeria:
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
American Samoa:
Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30%
Andorra:
Roman Catholic (predominant)
Angola:
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
Anguilla:
Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%
Antigua and Barbuda:
Anglican (predominant), other Protestant, some Roman Catholic
Argentina:
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Armenia:
Armenian Orthodox 94%
Aruba:
Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish
Australia:
Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%
Austria:
Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17%
Azerbaijan:
Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
note:
religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower
Bahamas, The:
Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%
Bahrain:
Shi'a Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim 25%
Bangladesh:
Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%, other 1.2%
Barbados:
Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%
Belarus:
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
Belgium:
Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%
Belize:
Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist 6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% (1980)
Benin:
indigenous beliefs 70%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15%
Bermuda:
non-Anglican Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 19%
Bhutan:
Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
Bolivia:
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%
Botswana:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
Brazil:
Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%
British Virgin Islands:
Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981)
Brunei:
Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
Bulgaria:
Bulgarian Orthodox 83.5%, Muslim 13%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Jewish 0.8%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 1% (1998)
Burkina Faso:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Burma:
Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Burundi:
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Cambodia:
Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Cameroon:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Canada:
Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18%
Cape Verde:
Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Cayman Islands:
United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other Protestant
Central African Republic:
indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%, other 11%
note:
animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
Chad:
Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%
Chile:
Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL
China:
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
note:
officially atheist
Christmas Island:
Buddhist 55%, Christian 15%, Muslim 10%, other 20% (1991)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
Sunni Muslim 57%, Christian 22%, other 21% (1981 est.)
Colombia:
Roman Catholic 90%
Comoros:
Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10%
Congo, Republic of the:
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%
Cook Islands:
Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church)
Costa Rica:
Roman Catholic 85%, Evangelical Protestant, approximately 14%, other less than 1%
Cote d'Ivoire:
Muslim 60%, Christian 22%, indigenous 18% (some of these are also numbered among the Christians and Muslims)
Croatia:
Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
Cuba:
nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
Cyprus:
Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
Czech Republic:
atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%
Denmark:
Evangelical Lutheran 97%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic, other
Djibouti:
Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
Dominica:
Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%
Dominican Republic:
Roman Catholic 95%
Ecuador:
Roman Catholic 95%
Egypt:
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
El Salvador:
Roman Catholic 86%
note:
there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea:
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
Eritrea:
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Estonia:
Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish
Ethiopia:
Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
primarily Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist
Faroe Islands:
Evangelical Lutheran
Fiji:
Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2%
note:
Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority (1986)
Finland:
Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%
France:
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 1%, unaffiliated 6%
French Guiana:
Roman Catholic
French Polynesia:
Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16%
Gabon:
Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%, animist
Gambia, The:
Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Gaza Strip:
Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%
Georgia:
Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%
Germany:
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, unaffiliated or other 26.3%
Ghana:
indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8%
Gibraltar:
Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish 2.3%, none or other 7% (1991)
Greece:
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Greenland:
Evangelical Lutheran
Grenada:
Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
Guadeloupe:
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%
Guam:
Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)
Guatemala:
Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
Guernsey:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Guinea:
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%
Guinea-Bissau:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%
Guyana:
Christian 50%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 8%
Haiti:
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
note:
roughly one-half of the population also practices Voodoo
Holy See (Vatican City):
Roman Catholic
Honduras:
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority
Hong Kong:
eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%
Hungary:
Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5%
Iceland:
Evangelical Lutheran 91%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic, none (1997)
India:
Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.7%, Jains 0.5%, other 0.4%
Indonesia:
Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998)
Iran:
Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%
Iraq:
Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Ireland:
Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998)
Israel:
Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
Italy:
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
Jamaica:
Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other, including some spiritual cults 34.7%
Japan:
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Jersey:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Jordan:
Sunni Muslim 96%, Christian 4% (1997 est.)
Kazakhstan:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Kenya:
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1%
Kiribati:
Roman Catholic 53%, Protestant (Congregational) 41%, Seventh-Day Adventist, Baha'i, Church of God, Mormon 6% (1985 est.)
Korea, North:
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
note:
autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Korea, South:
Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%
Kuwait:
Muslim 85% (Sunni 45%, Shi'a 40%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
Kyrgyzstan:
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Laos:
Buddhist 60% (in October 1999, the regime proposed a constitutional amendment making Buddhism the state religion; the National Assembly is expected to vote on the amendment sometime in 2000), animist and other 40%
Latvia:
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
Lebanon:
Muslim 70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups - Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (11 legally recognized Christian groups - 4 Orthodox Christian, 6 Catholic, 1 Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
Lesotho:
Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Liberia:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Libya:
Sunni Muslim 97%
Liechtenstein:
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 7.4%, unknown 7.7%, other 4.9% (1996)
Lithuania:
Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
Luxembourg:
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant and Jewish 3%
Macau:
Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
Macedonian Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%
Madagascar:
indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
Malawi:
Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs
Malaysia:
Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Maldives:
Sunni Muslim
Mali:
Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
Malta:
Roman Catholic 91%
Man, Isle of:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends
Marshall Islands:
Christian (mostly Protestant)
Martinique:
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%
Mauritania:
Muslim 100%
Mauritius:
Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
Mayotte:
Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Mexico:
nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Micronesia, Federated States of:
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other and none 3%
Moldova:
Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)
Monaco:
Roman Catholic 90%
Mongolia:
predominantly Tibetan Buddhist, Muslim 4%
note:
previously limited religious activity because of communist regime
Montserrat:
Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations
Morocco:
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
Mozambique:
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
Namibia:
Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
Nauru:
Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)
Nepal:
Hindu 90%, Buddhist 5%, Muslim 3%, other 2% (1981)
note:
only official Hindu state in the world
Netherlands:
Roman Catholic 34%, Protestant 25%, Muslim 3%, other 2%, unaffiliated 36% (1991)
Netherlands Antilles:
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
New Caledonia:
Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
New Zealand:
Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986)
Nicaragua:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant
Niger:
Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians
Nigeria:
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Niue:
Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Norfolk Island:
Anglican 39%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 16.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.4%, none 9.2%, unknown 16.9%, other 2.4% (1986)
Northern Mariana Islands:
Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)
Norway:
Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997)
Oman:
Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu
Pakistan:
Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
Palau:
Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau)
Panama:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Papua New Guinea:
Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Paraguay:
Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant
Peru:
Roman Catholic 90%
Philippines:
Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
Pitcairn Islands:
Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
Poland:
Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%
Portugal:
Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
Puerto Rico:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%
Qatar:
Muslim 95%
Reunion:
Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995)
Romania:
Romanian Orthodox 70%, Roman Catholic 6% (of which 3% are Uniate), Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18%
Russia:
Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Rwanda:
Roman Catholic 65%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 1%, indigenous beliefs and other 25%
Saint Helena:
Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Saint Lucia:
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
Roman Catholic 99%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Seventh-Day Adventist, Hindu, other Protestant
Samoa:
Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)
San Marino:
Roman Catholic
Sao Tome and Principe:
Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Saudi Arabia:
Muslim 100%
Senegal:
Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)
Serbia and Montenegro:
Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%
Seychelles:
Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%
Sierra Leone:
Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%
Singapore:
Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist
Slovakia:
Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5%
Slovenia:
Roman Catholic 70.8% (including Uniate 2%), Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9%
Solomon Islands:
Anglican 34%, Roman Catholic 19%, Baptist 17%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 11%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4%
Somalia:
Sunni Muslim
South Africa:
Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%
Spain:
Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
Sri Lanka:
Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
Sudan:
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)
Suriname:
Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5%
Swaziland:
Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40%
Sweden:
Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
Switzerland:
Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9% (1990)
Syria:
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Tajikistan:
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5%
Tanzania:
mainland - Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Thailand:
Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)
Togo:
indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10%
Tokelau:
Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
note:
on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
Tonga:
Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
Trinidad and Tobago:
Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7%
Tunisia:
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Turkey:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
Turkmenistan:
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
Turks and Caicos Islands:
Baptist 41.2%, Methodist 18.9%, Anglican 18.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.7%, other 19.9% (1980)
Tuvalu:
Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
Uganda:
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Ukraine:
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish
United Arab Emirates:
Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
United Kingdom:
Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)
United States:
Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)
Uruguay:
Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%
Uzbekistan:
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Vanuatu:
Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7%
Venezuela:
nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%
Vietnam:
Buddhist, Taoist, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Muslim, Protestant, Cao Dai, Hoa Hao
Virgin Islands:
Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%
Wallis and Futuna:
Roman Catholic 100%
West Bank:
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
Western Sahara:
Muslim
Yemen:
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
Zambia:
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Zimbabwe:
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Taiwan:
mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%