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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.[1] Other sources used were CIA Factbook[2] and adherents.com.[3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov[4] (2007 estimates).

Contents 1 By country 2 By region 3 Top 25 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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%[8]	102,171
Central Europe	Austria	8,199,783	0.1% (approx)[9]	8,200
Middle East	Azerbaijan	8,120,247	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Bahrain	708,573	6.25%[10]	44,286
South Asia	Bangladesh	150,448,339	9.2%[11] - 10.5%[12][13]	13,841,247 - 15,797,076
Eastern Europe	Belarus	9,724,723	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Belgium	10,392,226	0.06%[14]	6,235
Central America	Belize	294,385	2.3%[15]	6,771
West Africa	Benin	8,078,314	n/a	n/a
South Asia	Bhutan	2,327,849	2%[16] - 25%[17][18]	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%[19]	3,086
South America	Brazil	190,010,647	0.0016%[20]	3,040
Southeast Asia	Brunei	374,577	0.035%[21]	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%[22][23]	8,391
Southeast Asia	Cambodia	13,995,904	0.3%[24][25]	41,988
West Africa	Cameroon	18,060,382	n/a	n/a
North America	Canada	33,390,141	1% [26][27]	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%[28]	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%[29]	118,353
Central America	Costa Rica	4,133,884	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Croatia	4,493,312	0.01% (approx)[30]	449
North America	Cuba	11,394,043	0.21%[31]	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%[32][33]	18,013
Western Europe	Denmark	5,468,120	0.1%[34][35]	5,468
East Africa	Djibouti	496,374	0.02%[36]	99
Caribbean	Dominica	72,386	0.2%[37]	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)[38]	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%[39] - 33% [40][41]	275,603 - 303,163
Western Europe	Finland	5,238,460	0.01%[42]	524
Western Europe	France	63,718,187	0.1%[43][44]	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)[45]	465
Western Europe	Germany	82,400,996	0.119%[46]	98,057
West Africa	Ghana	22,931,299	0.05% (approx)[47]	11,466
Balkans	Greece	10,706,290	n/a	n/a
Caribbean	Grenada	89,971	0.7%[48]	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%[49][50] - 33%[51][52][53]	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	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Iceland	301,931	n/a	n/a
South Asia	India	1,129,866,154	80.5%[54][55][56]	909,542,254
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	234,693,997	2%[57][58][59]	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% [60]	3,100
Middle East	Israel	6,426,679	0.1% (appox)[61]	6,427
Western Europe	Italy	58,147,733	0.02% (appox)[62]	11,630
Caribbean	Jamaica	2,780,132	0.06%[63]	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%[64]	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%[65]	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%[66]	136
Middle East	Lebanon	3,925,502	0.1% (approx)[67]	3,926
Southern Africa	Lesotho	2,125,262	0.1% (approx)[68][69]	2,125
West Africa	Liberia	3,195,931	0.1% (approx)[70]	3,196
North Africa	Libya	6,036,914	0.1%[71][72]	6,037
Eastern Europe	Lithuania	3,575,439	n/a	n/a
Western Europe	Luxembourg	480,222	0.07% (approx)[73]	336
Balkans	Macedonia	2,055,915	n/a	n/a
Southern Africa	Madagascar	19,448,815	0.1% [74][75]	19,449
Southern Africa	Malawi	13,603,181	0.02%[76] - 0.2%[77]	2,721 - 27,206
Southeast Asia	Malaysia	24,821,286	6.3%[78][79]	1,563,741
South Asia	Maldives	369,031	0.01%[80]	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%[81] - 50%[82]	600,423 - 625,441
North America	Mexico	108,700,891	n/a	n/a
Eastern Europe	Moldova	4,328,816	0.01% (approx)[83]	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%[84] - 0.2%[85]	10,453 - 41,811
Southeast Asia	Myanmar	47,373,958	0.5%[86]	236,870
Southern Africa	Namibia	2,055,080	n/a	n/a
South Asia	Nepal	28,901,790	80.6%[87] - 81%[88][89]	23,294,843 - 23,410,450
Western Europe	Netherlands	16,570,613	0.58%[90]	96,110
Oceania	New Zealand	4,115,771	1%[91]	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%[92] - 5.7%[93]	96,147 - 182,679
South Asia	Pakistan	164,741,924	1.5%[94] - 2.02%[95]	2,471,129 - 3,327,787
Middle East	Palestine	4,018,332	n/a	n/a
Central America	Panama	3,242,173	0.3%[96][97]	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%[98]	3,550
Middle East	Qatar	907,229	7.2%[99][100]	65,320
East Africa	Réunion	784,000	6.7%[101]	52,528
Balkans	Romania	22,276,056	n/a	n/a
Eastern Europe	Russia	141,377,752	0.043%[102][103]	60,792
East Africa	Rwanda	9,907,509	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Saudi Arabia	27,601,038	0.6%[104] - 1.1%[105]	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%[106] - 0.1%[107]	2,458 - 6,145
Southeast Asia	Singapore	4,553,009	4%[108][109]	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%[110][111]	549,973
Western Europe	Spain	40,448,191	n/a	n/a
South Asia	Sri Lanka	20,926,315	7.1%[112] - 15%[113]	1,485,768 - 3,138,947
North Africa	Sudan	39,379,358	n/a	n/a
South America	Suriname	470,784	20%[114] - 27.4%[115]	94,157 - 128,995
Southern Africa	Swaziland	1,133,066	0.15%[116] - 0.2%[117]	1,700 - 2,266
Western Europe	Sweden	9,031,088	0.078% - 0.12%[118]	7,044 - 10,837
Western Europe	Switzerland	7,554,661	0.38%[119][120]	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%[121][122]	354,458
Southeast Asia	Thailand	65,068,149	0.0045%[123]	2,928
West Africa	Togo	5,701,579	n/a	n/a
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	1,056,608	22.5%[124][125][126]	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%[127] - 0.8%[128]	60,525 - 242,101
Eastern Europe	Ukraine	46,299,862	n/a	n/a
Middle East	United Arab Emirates	4,444,011	21.25%[129]	944,352
Western Europe	United Kingdom	60,776,238	1% [130][131]	607,762
North America	United States	301,139,947	0.4%[132][133]	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%[134]	50,305
North Africa	Western Sahara	382,617	n/a	n/a
Middle East	Yemen	22,230,531	0.7%[135]	155,614
Southern Africa	Zambia	11,477,447	0.14%[136][137]	16,068
Southern Africa	Zimbabwe	12,311,143	0.1%[138]	123,111
Total		6,671,226,000	14,468% - 14,553%	965,211,399 - 970,921,642

[edit] 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	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%

[edit] Top 25

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Top 25 by population on the left and by percentage on the right.

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	82%	Nepal	79.2	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	Philippines[dubious – discuss]	1,757,150	2%	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[dubious – discuss]	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

[edit] See also

• List of religious populations
• Christianity by country
• Buddhism by country
• Islam by country
• Jews by country
• No Faith by Country

[edit] References

• The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 [139]
• CIA FactBook [140]
• adherents.com [141]
• Religious Freedom page [142]
• census.gov[143]

[edit] External links

• www.afghanhindu.info
• Hindu Students Council (primarily in the Americas, but with international chapters)

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