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The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department'sInternational Religious Freedom Report 2006.[1] Other sources used were the CIA World Factbook[2] and adherents.com.[3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov[4] (2007 estimates).

Hinduism - Percentage by country

By country

 

Hinduism by country
Region↓ Country↓ Total Population (2007 est)↓  % of Hindus↓ Hindu total↓
Central Asia Afghanistan 31,889,923 0.4%[5][6] 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%[7] 4,030
Middle East Armenia 2,971,650 n/a n/a
Oceania Australia 20,434,176 0.5%[1] 102,171
Central Europe Austria 8,199,783 0.1% (approx)[2] 8,200
Middle East Azerbaijan 8,120,247 n/a n/a
Middle East Bahrain 708,573 6.25%[3] 44,286
South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 9.2%[4] - 10.5%[5][6] 13,841,247 - 15,797,076
Eastern Europe Belarus 9,724,723 n/a n/a
Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 0.06%[7] 6,235
Central America Belize 294,385 2.3%[8] 6,771
West Africa Benin 8,078,314 n/a n/a
South Asia Bhutan 2,327,849 2%[9] - 25%[10][11] 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%[12] 3,086
South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.0016%[13] 3,040
Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 0.035%[14] 131
Balkans Bulgaria 7,322,858 n/a n/a
West Africa Burkina Faso 14,326,203 0.001% 150
Central Africa Burundi 8,390,505 0.1%[15][16] 8,391
Southeast Asia Cambodia 13,995,904 0.3%[17][18] 41,988
West Africa Cameroon 18,060,382 n/a n/a
North America Canada 33,390,141 1% [19][20] 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%[21] 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%[22] 118,353
Central America Costa Rica 4,133,884 n/a n/a
Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 0.01% (approx)[23] 449
North America Cuba 11,394,043 0.21%[24] 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%[25][26] 18,013
Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 0.1%[27][28] 5,468
East Africa Djibouti 496,374 0.02%[29] 99
Caribbean Dominica 72,386 0.2%[30] 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)[31] 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%[32] - 33%[33][34] 275,603 - 303,163
Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.01%[35] 524
Western Europe France 63,718,187 0.1%[36][37] 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)[38] 465
Western Europe Germany 82,400,996 0.119%[39] 98,057
West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 0.05% (approx)[40] 11,466
Balkans Greece 10,706,290 n/a n/a
Caribbean Grenada 89,971 0.7%[41] 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%[42][43] - 33%[44][45][46] 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 [47]
Western Europe Iceland 301,931 n/a n/a
South Asia India 1,369,610,328 80.5%[48][49][8] 1,189,542,254
Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 2%[50][51][52] 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% [53] 3,100
Middle East Israel 6,426,679 0.1% (appox)[54] 6,427
Western Europe Italy 58,147,733 0.02% (appox)[55] 11,630
Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.06%[56] 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%[57] 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%[58] 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%[59] 136
Middle East Lebanon 3,925,502 0.1% (approx)[60] 3,926
Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx)[61][62] 2,125
West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 0.1% (approx)[63] 3,196
North Africa Libya 6,036,914 0.1%[64][65] 6,037
Eastern Europe Lithuania 3,575,439 n/a n/a
Western Europe Luxembourg 480,222 0.07% (approx)[66] 336
Balkans Macedonia 2,055,915 n/a n/a
Southern Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 0.1% [67][68] 19,449
Southern Africa Malawi 13,603,181 0.02%[69] - 0.2%[70] 2,721 - 2,726
Southeast Asia Malaysia 24,821,286 6.3%[71][72] 1,563,741
South Asia Maldives 369,031 0.01%[9] 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%[73] - 50%[74] 600,423 - 625,441
North America Mexico 108,700,891 n/a n/a
Eastern Europe Moldova 4,328,816 0.01% (approx)[75] 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%[10] - 0.2%[76] 10,453 - 41,811
Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,373,958 0.5%[11] 236,870
Southern Africa Namibia 2,055,080 n/a n/a
South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 80.6%[77] - 81%[78][79] 23,294,843 - 23,410,450
Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 0.58%[80] 96,110
Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 1%[81] 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 154,729,000 n/a n/a
Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 0.5% 23,140
Middle East Oman 3,204,897 3%[12] - 5.7%[82] 96,147 - 182,679
South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 1.5%[13] - 2.02%[83] 2,471,129 - 3,327,787
Central America Panama 3,242,173 0.3%[84][85] 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%[86] 3,550
Middle East Qatar 907,229 7.2%[87][88] 65,320
East Africa Réunion 827,000 6.7%[89] 55,409
Balkans Romania 22,276,056 n/a n/a
Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 0.043%[90][91] 60,792
East Africa Rwanda 9,907,509 n/a n/a
Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 0.6%[92] - 1.1%[93] 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%[94] - 0.1%[95] 2,458 - 6,145
Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 4%[96][97] 262,120
Central Europe Slovakia 5,447,502 0.1% (approx) 5,448
Central Europe Slovenia 2,009,245 0.025% (approx) 500
East Africa Somalia 9,118,773 n/a n/a
Southern Africa South Africa 43,997,828 1.25%[98][99] 549,973
Western Europe Spain 40,448,191 n/a n/a
South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 7.1%[100] - 15%[101] 1,485,768 - 3,138,947
North Africa Sudan 39,379,358 n/a n/a
South America Suriname 470,784 20%[102] - 27.4%[103] 94,157 - 128,995
Southern Africa Swaziland 1,133,066 0.15%[104] - 0.2%[105] 1,700 - 2,266
Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 0.078% - 0.12%[106] 7,044 - 10,837
Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 0.38%[107][108] 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%[109][110] 354,458
Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 0.0045%[111] 2,928
West Africa Togo 5,701,579 n/a n/a
Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 22.5%[112][113][114] 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%[115] - 0.8%[116] 60,525 - 242,101
Eastern Europe Ukraine 46,299,862 n/a n/a
Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 21.25%[117] 944,352
Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 1% [118][119] 607,762
North America United States 301,139,947 0.4%[120][121] 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%[122] 50,305
North Africa Western Sahara 382,617 n/a n/a
Middle East Yemen 22,230,531 0.7%[123] 155,614
Southern Africa Zambia 11,477,447 0.14%[124][125] 16,068
Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 0.1%[126] 123,111
Total 6,671,226,000 14.935% - 15.198% 1,250,400,459 - 1,500,921,642

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).

Hinduism in Africa
Region↓ Total Population↓ Hindus↓  % of Hindus↓  % of Hindu total↓
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 0.228% 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 1,437,326,682 729,515,433 44.67% 98.475%
Southeast Asia 571,337,070 6,386,614 1.118% 0.677%
Total 3,903,418,706 936,975,194 14.004% 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 5,806,720 1.3015% 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%
Total 30,564,520 411,907 1.348% 0.044%

Top 25

Top 25 by Total Population Report : June 2010

Top 25 by Total Population
Rank Country Hindu Population  % Hindu
1 India 740,731,314 69.5%
2 Nepal 23,294,843 73.6%
3 Bangladesh 13,841,247 7.2%
4 Indonesia 4,693,880 2%
5 Sri Lanka 3,485,768 5.1%-6.4%
6 Pakistan 2,471,129 0.49%
7 Malaysia 1,563,741 3.3%
8 United States 1,478,670 0.55%
9 United Arab Emirates 944,352 2.25%
10 United Kingdom 607,762 1%
11 Mauritius 600,423 40%
12 South Africa 549,973 1.25%
13 Kenya 369,137 1%
14 Tanzania 354,458 0.9%
15 Canada 333,901 1%
16 Kuwait 300,667 2%
17 Fiji 275,603 23%
18 Singapore 262,120 4%
19 Trinidad and Tobago 237,737 20.5%
20 Myanmar 236,870 0.2%
21 Guyana 217,654 21.3%
22 Saudi Arabia 165,606 0.6%
23 Yemen 155,614 0.7%
24 Afghanistan 127,560 0.4%
25 Zimbabwe 123,111 0.1%

Top 25 by Percentage Report June 2010

Top 25 by Percentage
Rank Country  % Hindu Hindu Population
1 Nepal 73.6% 17,294,843
2 India 69.5% 740,731,214
3 Mauritius 40% 600,423
4 Fiji 23% 301,603
5 Trinidad and Tobago 20.5% 297,737
6 Suriname 20% 120,157
7 Guyana 21.3% 258,654
8 United Arab Emirates 2.25% 344,352
9 Bhutan 2% 46,557
10 Bangladesh 7.2% 10,841,247
11 Sri Lanka 5.1% 1,485,768
12 Kuwait 2%[dubious – discuss] 300,667
13 Indonesia 2% 4,693,880
14 Qatar 1.2% 65,320
15 Réunion 6.7% 52,528
16 Malaysia 3.3% 1,563,741
17 Bahrain 2.25% 44,286
18 Pakistan 0.9% 2,471,129
19 Singapore 4% 262,120
20 Oman 0.3% 96,147
21 Belize 1.3% 6,771
22 Seychelles 2% 1,638
23 South Africa 1.25% 549,973
24 United Kingdom 1% 607,762
25 Kenya 1% 369,137

Top 25 countries with the highest percentage of Hindus.

Top 25 countries with the most Hindus.

 
 

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