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Everything about Hinduism By Country totally explainedThe percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006. (External Link ) Other sources used were CIA Factbook (External Link ) and adherents.com. (External Link ) The total population of each country was taken from census.gov (External Link ) ( 2007 estimates).
By country
Hinduism by country
| Region |
Country |
Total Population (2007 est) |
% of Hindus |
Hindu total |
| Central Asia |
Afghanistan |
31,889,923 |
0.4%(External Link )(External Link ) |
127,560 |
| Balkans |
Albania |
3,600,523 |
n/a |
n/a |
| North Africa |
Algeria |
32,531,853 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
Angola |
12,263,596 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Argentina |
40,301,927 |
0.01%(External Link ) |
4,030 |
| Middle East |
Armenia |
2,971,650 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Oceania |
Australia |
20,434,176 |
0.5%(External Link ) |
102,171 |
| Central Europe |
Austria |
8,199,783 |
0.1% (approx)(External Link ) |
8,200 |
| Middle East |
Azerbaijan |
8,120,247 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Middle East |
Bahrain |
708,573 |
6.25%(External Link ) |
44,286 |
| South Asia |
Bangladesh |
150,448,339 |
9.2%(External Link ) - 10.5%(External Link )(External Link ) |
13,841,247 - 15,797,076 |
| Eastern Europe |
Belarus |
9,724,723 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Western Europe |
Belgium |
10,392,226 |
0.06%(External Link ) |
6,235 |
| Central America |
Belize |
294,385 |
2.3%(External Link ) |
6,771 |
| West Africa |
Benin |
8,078,314 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South Asia |
Bhutan |
2,327,849 |
2%(External Link ) - 25%(External Link )(External Link ) |
46,557 - 581,962 |
| South America |
Bolivia |
9,119,152 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Balkans |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4,552,198 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
Botswana |
1,815,508 |
0.17%(External Link ) |
3,086 |
| South America |
Brazil |
190,010,647 |
0.0016%(External Link ) |
3,040 |
| Southeast Asia |
Brunei |
374,577 |
0.035%(External Link ) |
131 |
| Balkans |
Bulgaria |
7,322,858 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Burkina Faso |
14,326,203 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Africa |
Burundi |
8,390,505 |
0.1%(External Link )(External Link ) |
8,391 |
| Southeast Asia |
Cambodia |
13,995,904 |
0.3%(External Link )(External Link ) |
41,988 |
| West Africa |
Cameroon |
18,060,382 |
n/a |
n/a |
| North America |
Canada |
33,390,141 |
1% (External Link )(External Link ) |
333,901 |
| Central Africa |
Central African Republic |
4,369,038 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Africa |
Chad |
9,885,661 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Chile |
16,284,741 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Asia |
China |
1,321,851,888 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Colombia |
44,379,598 |
0.02%(External Link ) |
8,876 |
| East Africa |
Comoros |
711,417 |
0.1%(approx) |
711 |
| Central Africa |
Congo (Brazzaville) |
3,800,610 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Africa |
Congo (Kinshasa) |
65,751,512 |
0.18%(External Link ) |
118,353 |
| Central America |
Costa Rica |
4,133,884 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Balkans |
Croatia |
4,493,312 |
0.01% (approx)(External Link ) |
449 |
| North America |
Cuba |
11,394,043 |
0.21%(External Link ) |
23,927 |
| Middle East |
Cyprus |
788,457 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Europe |
Czech Republic |
10,228,744 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Côte d'Ivoire |
18,013,409 |
0.1%(External Link )(External Link ) |
18,013 |
| Western Europe |
Denmark |
5,468,120 |
0.1%(External Link )(External Link ) |
5,468 |
| East Africa |
Djibouti |
496,374 |
0.02%(External Link ) |
99 |
| Caribbean |
Dominica |
72,386 |
0.2%(External Link ) |
145 |
| Caribbean |
Dominican Republic |
9,365,818 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southeast Asia |
East Timor |
1,084,971 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Ecuador |
13,755,680 |
n/a |
n/a |
| North Africa |
Egypt |
80,335,036 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central America |
El Salvador |
6,948,073 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Africa |
Eritrea |
4,906,585 |
0.1% (approx)(External Link ) |
4,907 |
| Eastern Europe |
Estonia |
1,315,912 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Africa |
Ethiopia |
76,511,887 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Oceania |
Fiji |
918,675 |
30%(External Link ) - 33% (External Link )(External Link ) |
275,603 - 303,163 |
| Western Europe |
Finland |
5,238,460 |
0.01%(External Link ) |
524 |
| Western Europe |
France |
63,718,187 |
0.1%(External Link )(External Link ) |
63,718 |
| West Africa |
Gabon |
1,454,867 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Gambia |
1,688,359 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Middle East |
Georgia |
4,646,003 |
0.01% (approx)(External Link ) |
465 |
| Western Europe |
Germany |
82,400,996 |
0.119%(External Link ) |
98,057 |
| West Africa |
Ghana |
22,931,299 |
0.05% (approx)(External Link ) |
11,466 |
| Balkans |
Greece |
10,706,290 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Caribbean |
Grenada |
89,971 |
0.7%(External Link ) |
630 |
| Central America |
Guatemala |
12,728,111 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Guinea |
9,947,814 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,472,780 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Guyana |
769,095 |
28.3%(External Link )(External Link ) - 33%(External Link )(External Link )(External Link ) |
217,654 - 253,801 |
| Caribbean |
Haiti |
8,706,497 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central America |
Honduras |
7,483,763 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Europe |
Hungary |
9,956,108 |
0.02% |
1,767 (External Link ) |
| Western Europe |
Iceland |
301,931 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South Asia |
India |
1,129,866,154 |
80.5%(External Link )(External Link )(External Link ) |
909,542,254 |
| Southeast Asia |
Indonesia |
234,693,997 |
2%(External Link )(External Link )(External Link ) |
4,693,880 |
| Middle East |
Iran |
65,397,521 |
0.02% (appox) |
13,079 |
| Middle East |
Iraq |
27,499,638 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Western Europe |
Ireland |
4,109,086 |
0.08% (External Link ) |
3,100 |
| Middle East |
Israel |
6,426,679 |
0.1% (appox)(External Link ) |
6,427 |
| Western Europe |
Italy |
58,147,733 |
0.02% (appox)(External Link ) |
11,630 |
| Caribbean |
Jamaica |
2,780,132 |
0.06%(External Link ) |
1,668 |
| East Asia |
Japan |
127,433,494 |
0.004% (approx) |
5,097 |
| Middle East |
Jordan |
6,053,193 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Asia |
Kazakhstan |
15,284,929 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Africa |
Kenya |
36,913,721 |
1%(External Link ) |
369,137 |
| East Asia |
Korea, North |
23,301,725 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Asia |
Korea, South |
49,044,790 |
0.005% (appox) |
2,452 |
| Middle East |
Kuwait |
2,505,559 |
12%(External Link ) |
300,667 |
| Central Asia |
Kyrgyzstan |
5,284,149 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southeast Asia |
Laos |
6,521,998 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Eastern Europe |
Latvia |
2,259,810 |
0.006%(External Link ) |
136 |
| Middle East |
Lebanon |
3,925,502 |
0.1% (approx)(External Link ) |
3,926 |
| Southern Africa |
Lesotho |
2,125,262 |
0.1% (approx)(External Link )(External Link ) |
2,125 |
| West Africa |
Liberia |
3,195,931 |
0.1% (approx)(External Link ) |
3,196 |
| North Africa |
Libya |
6,036,914 |
0.1%(External Link )(External Link ) |
6,037 |
| Eastern Europe |
Lithuania |
3,575,439 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Western Europe |
Luxembourg |
480,222 |
0.07% (approx)(External Link ) |
336 |
| Balkans |
Macedonia |
2,055,915 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
Madagascar |
19,448,815 |
0.1% (External Link )(External Link ) |
19,449 |
| Southern Africa |
Malawi |
13,603,181 |
0.02%(External Link ) - 0.2%(External Link ) |
2,721 - 27,206 |
| Southeast Asia |
Malaysia |
24,821,286 |
6.3%(External Link )(External Link ) |
1,563,741 |
| South Asia |
Maldives |
369,031 |
0.01%(External Link ) |
37 |
| West Africa |
Mali |
11,995,402 |
n/a |
n/a |
| North Africa |
Mauritania |
3,270,065 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
Mauritius |
1,250,882 |
48%(External Link ) - 50%(External Link ) |
600,423 - 625,441 |
| North America |
Mexico |
108,700,891 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Eastern Europe |
Moldova |
4,328,816 |
0.01% (approx)(External Link ) |
433 |
| Central Asia |
Mongolia |
2,951,786 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Balkans |
Montenegro |
684,736 |
n/a |
n/a |
| North Africa |
Morocco |
33,757,175 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
Mozambique |
20,905,585 |
0.05%(External Link ) - 0.2%(External Link ) |
10,453 - 41,811 |
| Southeast Asia |
Myanmar |
47,373,958 |
0.5%(External Link ) |
236,870 |
| Southern Africa |
Namibia |
2,055,080 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South Asia |
Nepal |
28,901,790 |
80.6%(External Link ) - 81%(External Link )(External Link ) |
23,294,843 - 23,410,450 |
| Western Europe |
Netherlands |
16,570,613 |
0.58%(External Link ) |
96,110 |
| Oceania |
New Zealand |
4,115,771 |
1%(External Link ) |
41,158 |
| Central America |
Nicaragua |
5,675,356 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Niger |
12,894,865 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Nigeria |
135,031,164 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Western Europe |
Norway |
4,627,926 |
0.5% |
23,140 |
| Middle East |
Oman |
3,204,897 |
3%(External Link ) - 5.7%(External Link ) |
96,147 - 182,679 |
| South Asia |
Pakistan |
164,741,924 |
1.5%(External Link ) - 2.02%(External Link ) |
2,471,129 - 3,327,787 |
| Middle East |
Palestine |
4,018,332 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central America |
Panama |
3,242,173 |
0.3%(External Link )(External Link ) |
9,726 |
| Oceania |
Papua New Guinea |
5,795,887 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Paraguay |
6,669,086 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Peru |
28,674,757 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southeast Asia |
Philippines |
91,077,287 |
0.05% (approx) |
45,539 |
| Central Europe |
Poland |
38,518,241 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Western Europe |
Portugal |
10,642,836 |
0.07% |
7,396 |
| Caribbean |
Puerto Rico |
3,944,259 |
0.09%(External Link ) |
3,550 |
| Middle East |
Qatar |
907,229 |
7.2%(External Link )(External Link ) |
65,320 |
| East Africa |
Réunion |
784,000 |
6.7%(External Link ) |
52,528 |
| Balkans |
Romania |
22,276,056 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Eastern Europe |
Russia |
141,377,752 |
0.043%(External Link )(External Link ) |
60,792 |
| East Africa |
Rwanda |
9,907,509 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Middle East |
Saudi Arabia |
27,601,038 |
0.6%(External Link ) - 1.1%(External Link ) |
165,606 - 303,611 |
| West Africa |
Senegal |
12,521,851 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Balkans |
Serbia |
10,150,265 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Africa |
Seychelles |
81,895 |
2% |
1,638 |
| West Africa |
Sierra Leone |
6,144,562 |
0.04%(External Link ) - 0.1%(External Link ) |
2,458 - 6,145 |
| Southeast Asia |
Singapore |
4,553,009 |
4%(External Link )(External Link ) |
262,120 |
| Central Europe |
Slovakia |
5,447,502 |
0.1% (approx) |
5,448 |
| Central Europe |
Slovenia |
2,009,245 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Africa |
Somalia |
9,118,773 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
South Africa |
43,997,828 |
1.25%(External Link )(External Link ) |
549,973 |
| Western Europe |
Spain |
40,448,191 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South Asia |
Sri Lanka |
20,926,315 |
7.1%(External Link ) - 15%(External Link ) |
1,485,768 - 3,138,947 |
| North Africa |
Sudan |
39,379,358 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South America |
Suriname |
470,784 |
20%(External Link ) - 27.4%(External Link ) |
94,157 - 128,995 |
| Southern Africa |
Swaziland |
1,133,066 |
0.15%(External Link ) - 0.2%(External Link ) |
1,700 - 2,266 |
| Western Europe |
Sweden |
9,031,088 |
0.078% - 0.12%(External Link ) |
7,044 - 10,837 |
| Western Europe |
Switzerland |
7,554,661 |
0.38%(External Link )(External Link ) |
28,708 |
| Middle East |
Syria |
19,314,747 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Asia |
Taiwan |
22,858,872 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Asia |
Tajikistan |
7,076,598 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Africa |
Tanzania |
39,384,223 |
0.9%(External Link )(External Link ) |
354,458 |
| Southeast Asia |
Thailand |
65,068,149 |
0.0045%(External Link ) |
2,928 |
| West Africa |
Togo |
5,701,579 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Caribbean |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1,056,608 |
22.5%(External Link )(External Link )(External Link ) |
237,737 |
| North Africa |
Tunisia |
10,276,158 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Middle East |
Turkey |
71,158,647 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Asia |
Turkmenistan |
5,097,028 |
n/a |
n/a |
| East Africa |
Uganda |
30,262,610 |
0.2%(External Link ) - 0.8%(External Link ) |
60,525 - 242,101 |
| Eastern Europe |
Ukraine |
46,299,862 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Middle East |
United Arab Emirates |
4,444,011 |
21.25%(External Link ) |
944,352 |
| Western Europe |
United Kingdom |
60,776,238 |
1% (External Link )(External Link ) |
607,762 |
| North America |
United States |
301,139,947 |
0.4%(External Link )(External Link ) |
1,204,560 |
| South America |
Uruguay |
3,460,607 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Central Asia |
Uzbekistan |
27,780,059 |
0.01% (approx) |
2,778 |
| South America |
Venezuela |
26,023,528 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southeast Asia |
Vietnam |
85,262,356 |
0.059%(External Link ) |
50,305 |
| North Africa |
Western Sahara |
382,617 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Middle East |
Yemen |
22,230,531 |
0.7%(External Link ) |
155,614 |
| Southern Africa |
Zambia |
11,477,447 |
0.14%(External Link )(External Link ) |
16,068 |
| Southern Africa |
Zimbabwe |
12,311,143 |
0.1%(External Link ) |
123,111 |
| Total |
6,671,226,000 |
14.468% - 14.553% |
965,211,399 - 970,921,642 |
By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that's 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).
Hinduism in Africa
| Region |
Total Population |
Hindus |
% of Hindus |
% of Hindu total |
| Central Africa |
83,121,055 |
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 |
0.228% |
0.213% |
Hinduism in Asia
| Region |
Total Population |
Hindus |
% of Hindus |
% of Hindu total |
| Central Asia |
92,019,166 |
149,644 |
0.163% |
0.016% |
| East Asia |
1,527,960,261 |
130,631 |
0.009% |
0.014% |
| Middle East |
274,775,527 |
792,872 |
0.289% |
0.084% |
| South Asia |
1,437,326,682 |
929,515,433 |
64.67% |
98.475% |
| Southeast Asia |
571,337,070 |
6,386,614 |
1.118% |
0.677% |
| Total |
3,903,418,706 |
936,975,194 |
24.004% |
99.266% |
Hinduism in Europe
| Region |
Total Population |
Hindus |
% of Hindus |
% of Hindu total |
| 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 |
1,306,052 |
0.348% |
0.138% |
| Total |
728,571,703 |
2,023,316 |
0.278% |
0.214% |
Hinduism in The Americas
| Region |
Total Population |
Hindus |
% of Hindus |
% of Hindu total |
| 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 |
1,806,720 |
0.405% |
0.191% |
| South America |
371,075,531 |
389,869 |
0.105% |
0.041% |
| Total |
883,197,750 |
2,481,937 |
0.281% |
0.263% |
Hinduism in Oceania
| Region |
Total Population |
Hindus |
% of Hindus |
% of Hindu total |
| Oceania |
30,564,520 |
411,907 |
1.348% |
0.044% |
Top 25
Top 25>
| Rank |
Country |
Hindu Population |
% Hindu |
Country |
% Hindu |
Hindu Population |
| 1 |
India |
885,816,798 |
80% |
India |
80% |
885,816,798 |
| 2 |
Nepal |
21,919,825 |
81% |
Nepal |
81% |
21,919,825 |
| 3 |
Indonesia |
16,938,171 |
7% |
Mauritius |
52% |
615,301 |
| 4 |
Bangladesh |
15,473,362 |
10.5% |
Guyana |
35% |
267,849 |
| 5 |
Pakistan |
3,026,600 |
1.02% |
Suriname |
27% |
118,298 |
| 6 |
Fiji |
294,882 |
0.6% |
Trinidad and Tobago |
22.5% |
244,944 |
| 7 |
Sri Lanka |
3,009,806 |
15% |
Sri Lanka |
15% |
3,009,806 |
| 8 |
Malaysia |
1,509,047 |
6.3% |
Bangladesh |
10.5% |
15,473,362 |
| 9 |
United States |
1,478,670 |
0.5% |
Bahrain |
7.7% |
53,002 |
| 10 |
United Kingdom |
906,621 |
1.5% |
United Arab Emirates |
7.5% |
192,240 |
| 11 |
Russia |
717,101 |
0.5% |
Malaysia |
6.3% |
1,509,047 |
| 12 |
Mauritius |
615,301 |
50% |
Singapore |
4% |
177,028 |
| 13 |
Bhutan |
44,645 |
2% |
Pakistan |
1.85% |
3,026,600 |
| 14 |
South Africa |
532,129 |
1.2% |
Bhutan |
2% |
44,645 |
| 15 |
Kenya |
338,295 |
1% |
Philippines |
2% |
1,757,150 |
| 16 |
Canada |
328,050 |
1% |
Kuwait |
2% |
46,712 |
| 17 |
Fiji |
294,806 |
33% |
Grenada |
2% |
1,790 |
| 18 |
Guyana |
267,849 |
35% |
Indonesia |
1.81% |
4,379,727 |
| 19 |
Saudi Arabia |
264,175 |
1% |
United Kingdom |
1.5% |
906,621 |
| 20 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
244,944 |
22.5% |
South Africa |
1.2% |
532,129 |
| 21 |
Uganda |
218,155 |
0.8% |
Jamaica |
1.2% |
32,781 |
| 22 |
Myanmar |
214,547 |
0.5% |
New Zealand |
1.01% |
40,758 |
| 23 |
United Arab Emirates |
192,240 |
7.5% |
Kenya |
1% |
338,295 |
| 24 |
Singapore |
177,028 |
4% |
Canada |
1% |
328,050 |
| 25 |
Netherlands |
164,074 |
1% |
Saudi Arabia |
1% |
264,175 |
Image:Hinduism By Country Percent.png|Top 25 countries with the highest percent of Hindus.
Image:Hinduism By Country Numbers.png|Top 25 countries with the most Hindus.
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