Index > Culture > Religions |
Dominant religion in each country, combined with the importance of religion in social life. |
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Links to maps of distribution of major religions
The Chinese religions are not included, because its range is limited almost exclusively to China, and especially because the statistics on religion in this country are very uncertain.
% world population | Main divisions |
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Christianity | 33 % |
Catholic, Protestant,Orthodox. | |
Islam | 20 % |
Shiite, Sunni | |
Induism | 13 % |
** It is a very open set of beliefs. | |
Budhism | 6 % |
hinayana,mahayana,vajrayana |