An Interactive Atlas of Global Religion, Christian Denominations, and Democracy
Each country is colored by its largest source-separated religion or denomination, not by an aggregate tradition. Nondenominational / Independent Churches remain a real Protestant tradition; only unaffiliated Christians previously mixed into that column are redistributed across the country's observed Protestant profile. Click a country for full details.
Christian mode is currently on: religions outside the Abrahamic traditions are hidden site-wide. The map uses the “Other / Atheist” color, and the pie chart shows that share, only when a country's “Other / Atheist” column exceeds 50%.
Catholicism66
Islam62
Eastern Orthodox12
Nondenominational / Independent8
Lutheran7
Other / Non-religious7
Anglican2
Pentecostal / Charismatic2
Oriental Orthodox2
Judaism1
Methodist1
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Index of 168 countries and territories
- Norway · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 557×10k · Largest denomination: Lutheran 75.65%
- New Zealand · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 529×10k · Largest denomination: Anglican 12.30%
- Denmark · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 598×10k · Largest denomination: Lutheran 70.41%
- Iceland · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 39×10k · Largest denomination: Lutheran 71.79%
- Finland · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 562×10k · Largest denomination: Lutheran 70.45%
- Sweden · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 1057×10k · Largest denomination: Lutheran 48.54%
- Ireland · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 540×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 73.08%
- Switzerland · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 901×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 37.71%
- Canada · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 4126×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 34.81%
- Luxembourg · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 68×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 71.81%
- Netherlands · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 1799×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 22.66%
- Uruguay · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 339×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 51.07%
- Japan · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 12398×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 0.25%
- Australia · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 2719×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 23.47%
- Taiwan · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 2331×10k · Largest denomination: Other / Non-religious 66.65%
- Germany · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 8352×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 27.29%
- Austria · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 918×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 53.00%
- United Kingdom · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 6928×10k · Largest denomination: Anglican 26.64%
- Costa Rica · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 513×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 72.63%
- Portugal · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 1069×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 81.78%
- Mauritius · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 125×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 22.09%
- Spain · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 4885×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 81.68%
- Czechia · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 1091×10k · Largest denomination: Other / Non-religious 64.38%
- Greece · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 1041×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 86.27%
- Estonia · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 137×10k · Largest denomination: Other / Non-religious 62.36%
- France · Regime: Full democracy · Population: 6855×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 57.74%
- Chile · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 1976×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 60.49%
- Malta · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 57×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 73.15%
- Slovenia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 213×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 70.40%
- Israel · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 1000×10k · Largest denomination: Judaism 69.99%
- Belgium · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 1186×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 61.13%
- South Korea · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 5175×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 12.52%
- Latvia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 187×10k · Largest denomination: Lutheran 27.73%
- Poland · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 3656×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 82.32%
- United States · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 34000×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 20.56%
- Botswana · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 252×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 32.59%
- Cabo Verde · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 52×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 76.93%
- Italy · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 5895×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 70.58%
- Lithuania · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 289×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 72.48%
- Cyprus · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 136×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 63.00%
- South Africa · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 6401×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 43.02%
- Malaysia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 3556×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 55.03%
- Trinidad and Tobago · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 137×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 24.56%
- Panama · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 452×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 70.76%
- Suriname · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 63×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 30.76%
- Timor-Leste · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 140×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 83.62%
- India · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 145094×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 13.37%
- Slovakia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 542×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 64.26%
- Argentina · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 4570×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 75.35%
- Brazil · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 21200×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 63.29%
- Dominican Republic · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 1143×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 78.91%
- Jamaica · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 284×10k · Largest denomination: Pentecostal / Charismatic 29.80%
- Montenegro · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 62×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 70.64%
- Thailand · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 7167×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 5.90%
- Hungary · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 956×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 59.32%
- Sri Lanka · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 2192×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 9.05%
- Croatia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 387×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 82.38%
- Mongolia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 352×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 5.33%
- Namibia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 303×10k · Largest denomination: Lutheran 40.54%
- Indonesia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 28349×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 77.81%
- Bulgaria · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 644×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 79.60%
- Philippines · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 11584×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 66.89%
- Serbia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 659×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 79.55%
- North Macedonia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 182×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 61.77%
- Ghana · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 3443×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 18.65%
- Lesotho · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 234×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 46.46%
- Albania · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 238×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 65.56%
- Singapore · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 604×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 15.05%
- Romania · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 1905×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 83.22%
- Malawi · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 2166×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 38.12%
- Guyana · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 83×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 11.43%
- Senegal · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 1850×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 90.99%
- Colombia · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 5289×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 83.45%
- Paraguay · Regime: Flawed democracy · Population: 693×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 84.42%
- Papua New Guinea · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 1058×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 24.56%
- Peru · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 3422×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 81.61%
- Moldova · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 240×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 91.25%
- Zambia · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 2131×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 36.44%
- Bhutan · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 79×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 1.28%
- Liberia · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 561×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 15.97%
- Mexico · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 13086×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 83.39%
- Fiji · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 93×10k · Largest denomination: Methodist 23.85%
- Bolivia · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 1241×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 79.69%
- Armenia · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 303×10k · Largest denomination: Oriental Orthodox 75.96%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 316×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 45.84%
- Ecuador · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 1814×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 81.80%
- Tanzania · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 6856×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 32.80%
- Madagascar · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 3196×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 18.87%
- Kenya · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 5643×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 23.41%
- Hong Kong · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 752×10k · Largest denomination: Other / Non-religious 67.59%
- Morocco · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 3808×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 99.66%
- Honduras · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 1083×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 62.41%
- Ukraine · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 3786×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 71.23%
- Guatemala · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 1841×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 63.23%
- Tunisia · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 1228×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 99.50%
- El Salvador · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 634×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 61.61%
- The Gambia · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 276×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 88.15%
- Sierra Leone · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 864×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 65.50%
- Georgia · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 381×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 80.08%
- Uganda · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 5002×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 39.36%
- Bangladesh · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 17356×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 88.70%
- Türkiye · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 8552×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 98.09%
- Benin · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 1446×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 29.13%
- Côte d'Ivoire · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 3193×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 34.83%
- Nigeria · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 23268×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 46.27%
- Nepal · Regime: Hybrid regime · Population: 2965×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 4.11%
- Angola · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 3789×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 48.10%
- Mauritania · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 517×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 99.22%
- Lebanon · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 581×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 59.39%
- Algeria · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 4681×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 98.16%
- Gabon · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 254×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 41.63%
- Palestine · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 529×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 80.85%
- Mozambique · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 3463×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 28.72%
- Rwanda · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1426×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 40.67%
- Jordan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1155×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 95.61%
- Kyrgyzstan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 722×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 89.30%
- United Arab Emirates · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1099×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 74.49%
- Qatar · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 286×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 63.16%
- Iraq · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 4604×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 97.39%
- Ethiopia · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 13206×10k · Largest denomination: Oriental Orthodox 36.71%
- Oman · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 528×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 88.84%
- Zimbabwe · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1663×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 33.35%
- Kazakhstan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2059×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 76.55%
- Togo · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 841×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 26.74%
- Haiti · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1177×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 65.80%
- Comoros · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 87×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 98.11%
- Azerbaijan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1020×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 96.15%
- Republic of the Congo · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 633×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 44.02%
- Egypt · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 11654×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 90.39%
- Kuwait · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 490×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 78.07%
- Djibouti · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 117×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 97.82%
- Cambodia · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1764×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 1.66%
- Vietnam · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 10099×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 7.06%
- Eswatini · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 124×10k · Largest denomination: Nondenominational / Independent 55.09%
- Cuba · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1098×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 52.92%
- Cameroon · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2912×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 24.29%
- Burkina Faso · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2355×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 55.19%
- Pakistan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 25127×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 95.22%
- Bahrain · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 159×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 77.73%
- Mali · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2448×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 87.17%
- Libya · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 738×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 98.98%
- Mainland China (excl. Xinjiang and Tibet) · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 138046×10k · Largest denomination: Other / Non-religious 74.62%
- Guinea · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1475×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 85.27%
- Venezuela · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2841×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 75.63%
- Burundi · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1405×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 55.88%
- Uzbekistan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 3636×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 94.28%
- Saudi Arabia · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 3530×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 89.41%
- Russia · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 14367×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 79.39%
- Belarus · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 913×10k · Largest denomination: Eastern Orthodox 59.59%
- Eritrea · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 354×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 53.67%
- Nicaragua · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 692×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 64.68%
- Iran · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 9157×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 98.17%
- Yemen · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 4058×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 99.27%
- Niger · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2703×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 95.50%
- Tajikistan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1059×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 97.58%
- DR Congo · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 10928×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 50.31%
- Equatorial Guinea · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 189×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 68.46%
- Chad · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2030×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 59.90%
- Laos · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 777×10k · Largest denomination: Pentecostal / Charismatic 0.90%
- Turkmenistan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 749×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 94.79%
- Sudan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 5045×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 91.36%
- Guinea-Bissau · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 1475×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 85.27%
- Syria · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2467×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 95.56%
- Central African Republic · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 533×10k · Largest denomination: Catholicism 37.93%
- North Korea · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2650×10k · Largest denomination: Other / Non-religious 98.09%
- Myanmar · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 5450×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 3.76%
- Afghanistan · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 4265×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 99.86%
- Macau · Regime: - · Population: 69×10k · Largest denomination: Other / Non-religious 71.78%
- Xinjiang · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 2487×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 60.00%
- Tibet · Regime: Authoritarian regime · Population: 365×10k · Largest denomination: Islam 0.14%