Hinduism by country
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Hinduism has over 1 billion adherents worldwide (15% of world's population).[1][2] Along with Christianity (31.5%), Islam (23.2%) and Buddhism (7.1%), Hinduism is one of the four major religions of the world by percentage of population.[3]
Most Hindus are found in Asian countries. The countries with more than 500,000 Hindu residents and citizens include (in decreasing order) - India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, United States, Myanmar, United Kingdom, South Africa, Mauritius, and Canada.
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Background
Hinduism is a heterogeneous religion and consists of many schools of thought. Hinduism has no traditional ecclesiastical order, no centralised religious authorities, no governing body, no prophet(s); Hindus can choose to be polytheistic, monotheistic, pantheistic, monistic, agnostic, humanist or atheistic.[4] Estimates of Hinduism by country reflects this diversity of thought and way of life.
Demographic estimates
Demographic estimates of Hindu population by country has been published by the Pew Research Center in 2012,[1] as well as US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006.[5]
By total number, India has the most Hindus. By percentage, Nepal has the largest majority of Hindu population in the world followed by India and Mauritius.[6] There are an estimated 60 to 70 million Hindus who lived outside India in 2010.[2] Only three countries in the world, in 2010, had a majority of its population as Hindus - Nepal, India and Mauritius.[1]
By country
Sources used for the table below include the US State Department,[5] the CIA World Factbook[7] adherents.com,[8] Pew Research Center.[9][10] and as identified.
Region | Country | Total Population | Hindu % of population | Hindu total |
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South Asia | Afghanistan | 31,889,923 | 0.4%[11][12] | 127,560 |
Europe | Andorra | 85,000 | 0.4%[13] | 342 |
Caribbean | Anguilla | 13,452 | 0.43%[14] | 58 |
Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | 81,799 | 0.4%[15] | 379 |
South America | Argentina | 40,301,927 | 0.01%[16] | 4,030 |
Oceania | Australia | 20,434,176 | 1.28%[17] | 276,000 |
Central Europe | Austria | 8,199,783 | 0.1% (approx)[18] | 8,200 |
Middle East | Bahrain | 708,573 | 6.25%[19] | 44,286 |
South Asia | Bangladesh | 158,000,000 | 8.54%[20] | 13,500,000 |
Western Europe | Belgium | 10,392,226 | 0.06%[21] | 6,235 |
Central America | Belize | 294,385 | 2.3%[22] | 6,771 |
South Asia | Bhutan | 742,737 | 25%[23][24] | 185,700 |
Southern Africa | Botswana | 1,815,508 | 0.17%[25] | 3,086 |
South America | Brazil | 192,755,799 | 0.0029%[26] | 5,675 |
Southeast Asia | Brunei | 374,577 | 0.035%[27] | 131 |
West Africa | Burkina Faso | 14,326,203 | 0.001% | 150 |
Central Africa | Burundi | 8,390,505 | 0.1%[28][29] | 8,391 |
Southeast Asia | Cambodia | 13,995,904 | 0.3%[30][31] | 41,988 |
North America | Canada | 33,390,141 | 1.6%[32][33] | 497,200 |
South America | Colombia | 44,379,598 | 0.02%[34] | 8,876 |
East Africa | Comoros | 711,417 | 0.1%(approx) | 711 |
Central Africa | Congo (Kinshasa) | 65,751,512 | 0.18%[35] | 118,353 |
Balkans | Croatia | 4,493,312 | 0.01% (approx)[36] | 449 |
North America | Cuba | 11,394,043 | 0.21%[37] | 23,927 |
West Africa | Côte d'Ivoire | 18,013,409 | 0.1%[38][39] | 18,013 |
Western Europe | Denmark | 5,468,120 | 0.1%[40][41] | 5,468 |
East Africa | Djibouti | 496,374 | 0.02%[42] | 99 |
Caribbean | Dominica | 72,386 | 0.2%[43] | 145 |
East Africa | Eritrea | 4,906,585 | 0.1% (approx)[44] | 4,907 |
Eastern Europe | Estonia | 1,294,445 | 0.01% [45] | 142 |
Oceania | Fiji | 918,675 | 30%[46] – 33%[47][48] | 275,603 – 303,163 |
Western Europe | Finland | 5,238,460 | 0.01%[49] | 524 |
Western Europe | France | 63,718,187 | 0.1%[50][51] | 63,718 |
Eastern Europe | Georgia | 4,646,003 | 0.01% (approx)[52] | 465 |
Western Europe | Germany | 81,000,000 | 0.119%[53] | 98,057 |
West Africa | Ghana | 22,931,299 | 0.05% (approx)[54] | 11,466 |
Caribbean | Grenada | 89,971 | 0.7%[55] | 630 |
South America | Guyana | 769,095 | 28.3%[56][57] – 33%[58][59][60] | 217,654 – 253,801 |
Central Europe | Hungary | 9,956,108 | 0.02% | 1,767[61] |
South Asia | India | 1,280,000,000 | 79.8% (2011 Census)[62][63][64] | 1,021,440,000 |
Southeast Asia | Indonesia | 252,000,000 | 1.69%[65][66][67] | 4,259,000 |
Middle East | Iran | 65,397,521 | 0.02% (approx) | 13,079 |
Western Europe | Ireland | 4,588,252 | 0.23%[68] | 10,688 |
Middle East | Israel | 6,426,679 | 0.1% (approx)[69] | 6,427 |
Western Europe | Italy | 60,418,000 | 0.2% (approx)[70] | 108,950 |
Caribbean | Jamaica | 2,780,132 | 0.07%[71] | 1,836 |
East Asia | Japan | 127,433,494 | 0.004% (approx) | 5,097 |
East Africa | Kenya | 36,913,721 | 1%[72] | 369,137 |
East Asia | Korea, South | 49,044,790 | 0.015% (approx) | 12,452 |
Middle East | Kuwait | 2,505,559 | 12%[73] | 300,667 |
Eastern Europe | Latvia | 2,259,810 | 0.006%[74] | 136 |
Middle East | Lebanon | 4,925,502 | 0.1% (approx)[75] | 4,926 |
Southern Africa | Lesotho | 2,125,262 | 0.1% (approx)[76][77] | 2,125 |
West Africa | Liberia | 3,195,931 | 0.1% (approx)[78] | 3,196 |
North Africa | Libya | 6,036,914 | 0.1%[79][80] | 6,037 |
Western Europe | Luxembourg | 480,222 | 0.07% (approx)[81] | 336 |
Southern Africa | Madagascar | 19,448,815 | 0.1%[82][83] | 19,449 |
Southern Africa | Malawi | 13,603,181 | 0.02%[84] – 0.2%[85] | 2,721 – 2,726 |
Southeast Asia | Malaysia | 28,401,017 | 6.7%[86][87] | 1,630,000 |
South Asia | Maldives | 369,031 | 0.01%[88] | 37 |
Southern Africa | Mauritius | 1,250,882 | 48.5%[89][90] | 600,423 – 625,441 |
Eastern Europe | Moldova | 4,328,816 | 0.01% (approx)[91] | 433 |
Southern Africa | Mozambique | 20,905,585 | 0.05%[92] – 0.2%[93] | 10,453 – 41,811 |
Southeast Asia | Myanmar | 47,963,012 | 1.5%[94] | 893,000 |
South Asia | Nepal | 28,901,790 | 81.3%[95][96] | 23,294,843 – 23,410,450 |
Western Europe | Netherlands | 16,570,613 | 0.58%[97] – 1.20%[98] | 96,110 – 200,000 |
Oceania | New Zealand | 4,115,771 | 2.0%[99] | 90,158 |
Western Europe | Norway | 4,627,926 | 0.5% | 23,140 |
Middle East | Oman | 3,204,897 | 3%[100] – 5.7%[101] | 96,147 – 182,679 |
South Asia | Pakistan | 196,000,000 | 1.85%[102] | 3,626,000 |
Central America | Panama | 3,242,173 | 0.3%[103][104] | 9,726 |
Southeast Asia | Philippines | 98,215,000[105] | 1% (approx)[106] | 982,150 |
Western Europe | Portugal | 10,642,836 | 0.07% | 7,396 |
Caribbean | Puerto Rico | 3,944,259 | 0.09%[107] | 3,550 |
Middle East | Qatar | 907,229 | 7.2%[108][109] | 65,320 |
East Africa | Réunion | 827,000 | 6.7%[110] | 55,409 |
Eastern Europe | Russia | 141,377,752 | 0.043%[111][112] | 60,792 |
Oceania | Samoa | 187,429 | 0.02% (approx) | 38 |
Middle East | Saudi Arabia | 27,601,038 | 0.6%[113] – 1.1%[114] | 165,606 – 303,611 |
East Africa | Seychelles | 90,945 | 2.4% | 2,174 |
West Africa | Sierra Leone | 6,144,562 | 0.04%[115] – 0.1%[116] | 2,458 – 6,145 |
Southeast Asia | Singapore | 4,553,009 | 5.1%[117][118] | 262,120 |
Central Europe | Slovakia | 5,447,502 | 0.1% (approx) | 5,448 |
Central Europe | Slovenia | 2,009,245 | 0.025% (approx) | 500 |
Southern Africa | South Africa | 49,991,300 | 1.9%[119][120] | 959,000 |
South Asia | Sri Lanka | 20,926,315 | 12.6%[121] | 2,554,000 |
South America | Suriname | 470,784 | 20%[122] – 27.4%[123] | 94,157 – 128,995 |
Southern Africa | Swaziland | 1,133,066 | 0.15%[124] – 0.2%[125] | 1,700 – 2,266 |
Western Europe | Sweden | 9,031,088 | 0.078% – 0.12%[126] | 7,044 – 10,837 |
Western Europe | Switzerland | 7,554,661 | 0.38%[127][128] | 28,708 |
East Africa | Tanzania | 39,384,223 | 0.9%[129][130] | 354,458 |
Southeast Asia | Thailand | 65,068,149 | 0.1%[131] | 2,928 |
Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,056,608 | 22.5%[132][133][134] | 237,737 |
East Africa | Uganda | 30,262,610 | 0.2%[135] – 0.8%[136] | 60,525 – 242,101 |
Middle East | United Arab Emirates | 4,444,011 | 11%[137]-21.25%[138] | 490,000-944,352 |
Western Europe | United Kingdom | 60,776,238 | 1.7%[139][140] | 832,000 |
North America | United States | 322,000,000 | 0.5%[141][142] | 1,610,000 |
Central Asia | Uzbekistan | 27,780,059 | 0.01% (approx) | 2,778 |
Southeast Asia | Vietnam | 85,262,356 | 0.059%[143] | 50,305 |
Middle East | Yemen | 22,230,531 | 0.7%[144] | 155,614 |
Southern Africa | Zambia | 11,477,447 | 0.14%[145][146] | 16,068 |
Southern Africa | Zimbabwe | 12,311,143 | 1.0%[147] | 123,111 |
Total | 7,200,000,000 | 15 | 1,080,000,000 |
By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Hindu in a region (Hindus in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Hindu percentage compared to the total Hindu population of the world (Hindus in the region * 100/total Hindu population of the world).
(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Central Africa | 93,121,055 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
East Africa | 193,741,900 | 667,694 | 0.345% | 0.071% |
North Africa | 202,151,323 | 5,765 | 0.003% | 0.001% |
Southern Africa | 137,092,019 | 1,269,844 | 0.926% | 0.135% |
West Africa | 268,997,245 | 70,402 | 0.026% | 0.007% |
Total | 885,103,542 | 2,013,705 | 0.225% | 0.213% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Central Asia | 92,019,166 | 149,644 | 0.163% | 0.016% |
East Asia | 1,527,960,261 | 130,631 | 0.009% | 0.014% |
West Asia | 274,775,527 | 792,872 | 0.289% | 0.084% |
South Asia | 1,437,326,682 | 1,006,888,651 | 70.05% | 98.475% |
Southeast Asia | 571,337,070 | 6,386,614 | 1.118% | 0.677% |
Total | 3,903,418,706 | 1,014,348,412 | 26.01% | 99.266% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Balkans | 65,407,609 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Central Europe | 74,510,241 | 163 | 0% | 0% |
Eastern Europe | 212,821,296 | 717,101 | 0.337% | 0.076% |
Western Europe | 375,832,557 | 1,313,640 | 0.348% | 0.138% |
Total | 728,571,703 | 2,030,904 | 0.278% | 0.214% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Caribbean | 24,898,266 | 279,515 | 1.123% | 0.030% |
Central America | 41,135,205 | 5,833 | 0.014% | 0.006% |
North America | 446,088,748 | 5,806,720 | 1.3015% | 0.191% |
South America | 371,075,531 | 389,869 | 0.105% | 0.041% |
Total | 883,197,750 | 6,481,937 | 0.281% | 0.263% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Oceania | 36,659,000 | 616,000 | 1.778% | 0.06% |
Total | 36,659,000 | 616,000 | 1.778% | 0.06% |
See also
- List of religious populations
- Christianity by country
- Islam by country
- Buddhism by country
- Sikhism by country
- Jews by country
- Irreligion by country
- Bahá'í statistics
References
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- US State Department, International Religious Freedom Report 2006
- CIA FactBook
- adherents.com
- Religious Freedom page
- census.gov
External links
- www.afghanhindu.info
- Hinduism in South Africa
- Hindu Students Council (primarily in the Americas, but with international chapters)
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