Mapped: The Largest Religion in Every Country
Key Takeaways
- Christianity is the largest religion in 123 of 201 countries and territories, while Islam leads in another 54.
- Just two countries changed their largest religious group between 2010 and 2020: New Zealand and Uruguay, both shifting from Christianity to the religiously unaffiliated.
- In seven countries, no religious group holds a majority. Singapore has the smallest leading share, with Buddhists accounting for just 30.8% of the population.
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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