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Pew Research Center has completed its first comprehensive update of the world’s religious composition in more than a decade, revealing which religious group is largest across 201 countries and territories.

This map shows the largest religious group in every country based on self-identification as of 2020, using estimates from Pew Research Center’s Religious Composition by Country dataset, published in June 2025 and updated in February 2026.

Christianity is the World’s Leading Religion in 123 Countries

Christianity dominates the map across the Americas, Europe, much of sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. Islam forms another striking geographic belt, stretching from West Africa through the Middle East and into Central and South Asia.

The table below shows the largest religious group in each of the 201 countries and territories, its share of the population in 2020, and whether it holds an outright majority:

Country	Largest Religion (2020)	Share of Population (%)	Majority or Plurality
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	Christianity	99.5%	Majority
🇲🇩 Moldova	Christianity	99.5%	Majority
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	Christianity	99.1%	Majority
🇫🇲 Micronesia	Christianity	98.8%	Majority
🇷🇴 Romania	Christianity	98.5%	Majority
🇿🇲 Zambia	Christianity	98.3%	Majority
🇹🇴 Tonga	Christianity	97.8%	Majority
🇼🇸 Samoa	Christianity	97.6%	Majority
🇧🇸 Bahamas	Christianity	97.6%	Majority
🇰🇮 Kiribati	Christianity	97.6%	Majority
🇱🇸 Lesotho	Christianity	97.3%	Majority
🇦🇲 Armenia	Christianity	97.3%	Majority
🇷🇼 Rwanda	Christianity	97.0%	Majority
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	Christianity	96.3%	Majority
🇲🇶 Martinique	Christianity	96.0%	Majority
🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	Christianity	95.9%	Majority
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	Christianity	95.0%	Majority
🇧🇮 Burundi	Christianity	95.0%	Majority
🇵🇪 Peru	Christianity	94.5%	Majority
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands	Christianity	94.5%	Majority
🇬🇺 Guam	Christianity	94.0%	Majority
🇸🇨 Seychelles	Christianity	94.0%	Majority
🇵🇾 Paraguay	Christianity	93.5%	Majority
🇵🇫 French Polynesia	Christianity	93.4%	Majority
🇸🇿 Eswatini	Christianity	93.2%	Majority
🇦🇴 Angola	Christianity	93.0%	Majority
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	Christianity	92.2%	Majority
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Christianity	92.2%	Majority
🇬🇹 Guatemala	Christianity	92.0%	Majority
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	Christianity	91.7%	Majority
🇷🇸 Serbia	Christianity	91.5%	Majority
🇵🇭 Philippines	Christianity	91.5%	Majority
🇵🇱 Poland	Christianity	91.2%	Majority
🇵🇦 Panama	Christianity	91.2%	Majority
🇭🇷 Croatia	Christianity	90.9%	Majority
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	Christianity	90.7%	Majority
🇨🇼 Curaçao	Christianity	90.6%	Majority
🇳🇦 Namibia	Christianity	90.5%	Majority
🇬🇷 Greece	Christianity	89.5%	Majority
🇲🇽 Mexico	Christianity	89.2%	Majority
🇧🇴 Bolivia	Christianity	88.9%	Majority
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	Christianity	88.8%	Majority
🇭🇹 Haiti	Christianity	88.7%	Majority
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	Christianity	88.7%	Majority
🇲🇹 Malta	Christianity	88.6%	Majority
🇪🇨 Ecuador	Christianity	88.5%	Majority
🇭🇳 Honduras	Christianity	88.5%	Majority
🇦🇷 Argentina	Christianity	88.5%	Majority
🇬🇪 Georgia	Christianity	88.2%	Majority
🇻🇪 Venezuela	Christianity	88.1%	Majority
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Christianity	87.9%	Majority
🇺🇬 Uganda	Christianity	87.7%	Majority
🇷🇪 Réunion	Christianity	87.5%	Majority
🇬🇩 Grenada	Christianity	87.5%	Majority
🇲🇼 Malawi	Christianity	87.4%	Majority
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Christianity	87.2%	Majority
🇸🇻 El Salvador	Christianity	87.1%	Majority
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Christianity	86.3%	Majority
🇨🇴 Colombia	Christianity	86.2%	Majority
🇰🇪 Kenya	Christianity	85.7%	Majority
🇿🇦 South Africa	Christianity	85.3%	Majority
Channel Islands	Christianity	85.2%	Majority
🇱🇷 Liberia	Christianity	85.2%	Majority
🇧🇾 Belarus	Christianity	85.1%	Majority
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	Christianity	85.1%	Majority
🇵🇹 Portugal	Christianity	85.1%	Majority
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Christianity	84.8%	Majority
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	Christianity	84.4%	Majority
🇬🇫 French Guiana	Christianity	84.2%	Majority
🇬🇦 Gabon	Christianity	83.7%	Majority
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	Christianity	83.5%	Majority
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Christianity	83.4%	Majority
🇧🇼 Botswana	Christianity	82.3%	Majority
🇦🇼 Aruba	Christianity	81.4%	Majority
🇮🇪 Ireland	Christianity	81.2%	Majority
🇧🇷 Brazil	Christianity	80.7%	Majority
🇮🇹 Italy	Christianity	80.5%	Majority
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Christianity	79.5%	Majority
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	Christianity	78.3%	Majority
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Christianity	77.6%	Majority
🇧🇧 Barbados	Christianity	77.3%	Majority
🇱🇻 Latvia	Christianity	77.3%	Majority
🇩🇰 Denmark	Christianity	76.9%	Majority
🇲🇪 Montenegro	Christianity	76.0%	Majority
🇮🇸 Iceland	Christianity	74.9%	Majority
🇧🇿 Belize	Christianity	74.4%	Majority
🇲🇬 Madagascar	Christianity	74.2%	Majority
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Christianity	73.7%	Majority
🇭🇺 Hungary	Christianity	72.4%	Majority
🇫🇮 Finland	Christianity	72.3%	Majority
🇳🇴 Norway	Christianity	71.4%	Majority
🇬🇭 Ghana	Christianity	71.3%	Majority
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Christianity	70.0%	Majority
🇷🇺 Russia	Christianity	69.9%	Majority
🇨🇲 Cameroon	Christianity	69.8%	Majority
🇫🇯 Fiji	Christianity	69.5%	Majority
🇪🇸 Spain	Christianity	69.5%	Majority
🇯🇲 Jamaica	Christianity	68.6%	Majority
🇨🇱 Chile	Christianity	68.3%	Majority
🇦🇹 Austria	Christianity	68.2%	Majority
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Christianity	67.7%	Majority
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	Christianity	65.9%	Majority
🇬🇾 Guyana	Christianity	65.9%	Majority
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Christianity	65.4%	Majority
🇹🇿 Tanzania	Christianity	64.7%	Majority
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Christianity	64.7%	Majority
🇺🇸 United States	Christianity	64.0%	Majority
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Christianity	61.6%	Majority
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Christianity	61.6%	Majority
🇲🇿 Mozambique	Christianity	61.3%	Majority
🇸🇪 Sweden	Christianity	60.8%	Majority
🇨🇺 Cuba	Christianity	60.7%	Majority
🇸🇸 South Sudan	Christianity	60.5%	Majority
🇹🇬 Togo	Christianity	56.9%	Majority
🇩🇪 Germany	Christianity	56.2%	Majority
🇨🇦 Canada	Christianity	53.3%	Majority
🇧🇯 Benin	Christianity	53.2%	Majority
🇸🇷 Suriname	Christianity	52.8%	Majority
🇪🇪 Estonia	Christianity	52.6%	Majority
🇧🇪 Belgium	Christianity	51.0%	Majority
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Christianity	49.4%	Plurality
🇦🇺 Australia	Christianity	46.8%	Plurality
🇫🇷 France	Christianity	46.5%	Plurality
🇾🇪 Yemen	Islam	99.9%	Majority
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	Islam	99.9%	Majority
🇸🇴 Somalia	Islam	99.8%	Majority
🇮🇷 Iran	Islam	99.8%	Majority
🇲🇦 Morocco	Islam	99.7%	Majority
🇪🇭 Western Sahara	Islam	99.6%	Majority
🇮🇶 Iraq	Islam	99.5%	Majority
🇹🇳 Tunisia	Islam	99.3%	Majority
🇲🇷 Mauritania	Islam	99.2%	Majority
🇱🇾 Libya	Islam	99.0%	Majority
🇵🇸 Palestinian territories	Islam	99.0%	Majority
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	Islam	98.9%	Majority
🇸🇩 Sudan	Islam	98.9%	Majority
🇾🇹 Mayotte	Islam	98.8%	Majority
🇩🇿 Algeria	Islam	98.4%	Majority
🇰🇲 Comoros	Islam	98.3%	Majority
🇳🇪 Niger	Islam	98.1%	Majority
🇩🇯 Djibouti	Islam	97.7%	Majority
🇸🇳 Senegal	Islam	97.6%	Majority
🇹🇷 Türkiye	Islam	97.1%	Majority
🇯🇴 Jordan	Islam	97.1%	Majority
🇬🇲 Gambia	Islam	97.0%	Majority
🇵🇰 Pakistan	Islam	96.5%	Majority
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	Islam	95.6%	Majority
🇪🇬 Egypt	Islam	95.2%	Majority
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Islam	94.7%	Majority
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	Islam	94.3%	Majority
🇽🇰 Kosovo	Islam	94.3%	Majority
🇸🇾 Syria	Islam	94.2%	Majority
🇲🇱 Mali	Islam	94.1%	Majority
🇲🇻 Maldives	Islam	94.1%	Majority
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Islam	92.7%	Majority
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	Islam	91.7%	Majority
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Islam	91.1%	Majority
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Islam	87.0%	Majority
🇬🇳 Guinea	Islam	86.8%	Majority
🇧🇳 Brunei	Islam	82.2%	Majority
🇴🇲 Oman	Islam	81.8%	Majority
🇰🇼 Kuwait	Islam	80.2%	Majority
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	Islam	80.1%	Majority
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Islam	77.9%	Majority
🇶🇦 Qatar	Islam	75.9%	Majority
🇦🇱 Albania	Islam	74.5%	Majority
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Islam	74.0%	Majority
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Islam	72.9%	Majority
🇱🇧 Lebanon	Islam	67.8%	Majority
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	Islam	67.4%	Majority
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Islam	64.1%	Majority
🇹🇩 Chad	Islam	56.4%	Majority
🇳🇬 Nigeria	Islam	56.1%	Majority
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	Islam	56.0%	Majority
🇧🇦 Bosnia-Herzegovina	Islam	53.6%	Majority
🇪🇷 Eritrea	Islam	51.7%	Majority
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	Islam	46.3%	Plurality
🇨🇳 China	Religiously unaffiliated	89.6%	Majority
🇰🇵 North Korea	Religiously unaffiliated	72.9%	Majority
🇨🇿 Czechia	Religiously unaffiliated	72.8%	Majority
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	Religiously unaffiliated	71.4%	Majority
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Religiously unaffiliated	67.7%	Majority
🇲🇴 Macao	Religiously unaffiliated	67.6%	Majority
🇯🇵 Japan	Religiously unaffiliated	57.5%	Majority
🇳🇱 Netherlands	Religiously unaffiliated	54.1%	Majority
🇺🇾 Uruguay	Religiously unaffiliated	52.4%	Majority
🇳🇿 New Zealand	Religiously unaffiliated	51.4%	Majority
🇰🇷 South Korea	Religiously unaffiliated	48.3%	Plurality
🇰🇭 Cambodia	Buddhism	97.1%	Majority
🇹🇭 Thailand	Buddhism	94.4%	Majority
🇲🇲 Myanmar	Buddhism	89.1%	Majority
🇧🇹 Bhutan	Buddhism	74.7%	Majority
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Buddhism	69.6%	Majority
🇱🇦 Laos	Buddhism	64.2%	Majority
🇲🇳 Mongolia	Buddhism	51.1%	Majority
🇸🇬 Singapore	Buddhism	30.8%	Plurality
🇳🇵 Nepal	Hinduism	81.2%	Majority
🇮🇳 India	Hinduism	79.4%	Majority
🇲🇺 Mauritius	Hinduism	48.3%	Plurality
🇮🇱 Israel	Judaism	77.0%	Majority
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Daoism	51.7%	Majority

The United States maintains a Christian majority at 64.0% of its population, while Canada stands at 53.3%. In the United Kingdom, the share of self-identifying Christians falls just short of a majority at 49.4%.

Yemen and Afghanistan are the most religiously uniform places on the map, at 99.9% Muslim, just ahead of the 99.5% Christian shares in Timor-Leste and Moldova.

Israel is the only country where Judaism is the largest religious group, at 77.0% of the population. Taiwan is similarly unique on the map, with Daoism leading at 51.7%.

Only Two Countries’ Leading Religion Changed Since 2010

Despite substantial shifts within countries, only New Zealand and Uruguay changed their largest religious group between 2010 and 2020. Both shifted from Christian-led populations to religiously unaffiliated majorities, at 51.4% and 52.4%, respectively.

They sit at the leading edge of a wider Western shift. Brazil’s 2022 census put the Catholic share of its population at 56.7%, down from 65.1% a decade earlier. Meanwhile, the share of Americans with no religion has settled near 29%, nearly double its 2007 level, even as the largest non-Christian religion varies widely from state to state.

The United Kingdom, Australia, and France may be next in line. In all three, Christianity now leads with less than half the population, while the runner-up is no religion at all.

Countries Where the Largest Religion Isn’t a Majority

In seven countries, the leading religion is a plurality rather than a majority: the UK, Australia, and France (Christian), Côte d’Ivoire (Muslim), South Korea (religiously unaffiliated), Mauritius (Hindu), and Singapore, where Buddhists lead with just 30.8%, the lowest leading share on the map.

Some countries carry bigger caveats. Côte d’Ivoire’s Muslim lead over Christians is just 1.4 percentage points, effectively too close to call. Nigeria’s 56.1% Muslim share is modeled because the country hasn’t asked about religion in a census since 1963.

The map’s two biggest cells are also its most uncertain. China’s 89.6% religiously unaffiliated share, covering 1.28 billion people, rests on a single survey question about formal religious identity that Pew itself calls a conservative measure of Buddhist and folk practice. India’s 79.4% Hindu share still carries forward figures from the 2011 census, and the country’s 2027 census will recount religion for the first time in 16 years.

For now, New Zealand and Uruguay are the only countries where the largest religious group changed between 2010 and 2020. But with Christianity already below 50% in the UK, Australia, and France, future updates could add more countries to that list.

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