Hinduism by country Totally Explained

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The 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
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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. Further Information
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