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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 the CIA World Factbook^[2] and adherents.com.^[3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov^[4] (2007 estimates). According to the percentage, Nepal has the highest majority of Hindu population in the world followed by India and Mauritius.

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

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By country

Hinduism by country

Region	Country	Total Population (2007 est)	Hindu % of population	Hindu total
South Asia	Afghanistan	31,889,923	0.4%[5][6]	127,560
Europe	Andorra	84,082	0.4%[7]	336
Caribbean	Antigua	86,754	0.1%[7]	87
South America	Argentina	40,301,927	0.01%[8]	4,030
Oceania	Australia	20,434,176	0.5%[9]	276,000
Central Europe	Austria	8,199,783	0.1% (approx)[10]	8,200
Middle East	Bahrain	708,573	6.25%[11]	44,286
South Asia	Bangladesh	150,448,339	9.2%[12] - 12.4%[13][14]	13,841,247 - 18,665,594
Western Europe	Belgium	10,392,226	0.06%[15]	6,235
Central America	Belize	294,385	2.3%[16]	6,771
South Asia	Bhutan	2,327,849	2%[6] - 25%[17][18]	46,557 - 581,962
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
West Africa	Burkina Faso	14,326,203	0.001%	150
Central Africa	Burundi	8,390,505	0.1%[22][23]	8,391
Southeast Asia	Cambodia	13,995,904	0.3%[24][25]	41,988
North America	Canada	33,390,141	1% [26][27]	333,901
South America	Colombia	44,379,598	0.02%[28]	8,876
East Africa	Comoros	711,417	0.1%(approx)	711
Central Africa	Congo (Kinshasa)	65,751,512	0.18%[29]	118,353
Balkans	Croatia	4,493,312	0.01% (approx)[30]	449
North America	Cuba	11,394,043	0.21%[31]	23,927
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
East Africa	Eritrea	4,906,585	0.1% (approx)[38]	4,907
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
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
Caribbean	Grenada	89,971	0.7%[48]	630
South America	Guyana	769,095	28.3%[49][50] - 33%[51][52][53]	217,654 - 253,801
Central Europe	Hungary	9,956,108	0.02%	1,767 [54]
South Asia	India	1,189,610,328	80.5%[55][56][57]	957,636,314
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	234,693,997	2%[58][59][60]	4,693,880
Middle East	Iran	65,397,521	0.02% (appox)	13,079
Western Europe	Ireland	4,588,252	0.23% [61]	10,688
Middle East	Israel	6,426,679	0.1% (appox)[62]	6,427
Western Europe	Italy	60,418,000	0.2% (appox)[63]	108,950
Caribbean	Jamaica	2,780,132	0.06%[64]	1,668
East Asia	Japan	127,433,494	0.004% (approx)	5,097
East Africa	Kenya	36,913,721	1%[65]	369,137
East Asia	Korea, South	49,044,790	0.015% (appox)	12,452
Middle East	Kuwait	2,505,559	12%[66]	300,667
Eastern Europe	Latvia	2,259,810	0.006%[67]	136
Middle East	Lebanon	3,925,502	0.1% (approx)[68]	3,926
Southern Africa	Lesotho	2,125,262	0.1% (approx)[69][70]	2,125
West Africa	Liberia	3,195,931	0.1% (approx)[71]	3,196
North Africa	Libya	6,036,914	0.1%[72][73]	6,037
Western Europe	Luxembourg	480,222	0.07% (approx)[74]	336
Southern Africa	Madagascar	19,448,815	0.1% [75][76]	19,449
Southern Africa	Malawi	13,603,181	0.02%[77] - 0.2%[78]	2,721 - 2,726
Southeast Asia	Malaysia	28,401,017	7%[79][80]	1,630,000
South Asia	Maldives	369,031	0.01%[81]	37
Southern Africa	Mauritius	1,250,882	48%[82] - 50%[83]	600,423 - 625,441
Eastern Europe	Moldova	4,328,816	0.01% (approx)[84]	433
Southern Africa	Mozambique	20,905,585	0.05%[85]- 0.2%[86]	10,453 - 41,811
Southeast Asia	Myanmar	47,963,012	1.5%[87]	893,000
South Asia	Nepal	28,901,790	80.6%[88] - 81%[89][90]	23,294,843 - 23,410,450
Western Europe	Netherlands	16,570,613	0.58%[91]- 1.20%[92]	96,110 - 200,000
Oceania	New Zealand	4,115,771	1%[93]	41,158
Western Europe	Norway	4,627,926	0.5%	23,140
Middle East	Oman	3,204,897	3%[94]- 5.7%[95]	96,147 - 182,679
South Asia	Pakistan	164,741,924	3.3%[96]- 5.5%[97]	5,900,000 - 9,000,000
Central America	Panama	3,242,173	0.3%[98][99]	9,726
Southeast Asia	Philippines	91,077,287	0.2% (approx)	110,000
Western Europe	Portugal	10,642,836	0.07%	7,396
Caribbean	Puerto Rico	3,944,259	0.09%[100]	3,550
Middle East	Qatar	907,229	7.2%[101][102]	65,320
East Africa	Réunion	827,000	6.7%[103]	55,409
Eastern Europe	Russia	141,377,752	0.043%[104][105]	60,792
Middle East	Saudi Arabia	27,601,038	0.6%[106] - 1.1%[107]	165,606 - 303,611
East Africa	Seychelles	81,895	2%	1,638
West Africa	Sierra Leone	6,144,562	0.04%[108] - 0.1%[109]	2,458 - 6,145
Southeast Asia	Singapore	4,553,009	5.1%[110][111]	262,120
Central Europe	Slovakia	5,447,502	0.1% (approx)	5,448
Central Europe	Slovenia	2,009,245	0.025% (approx)	500
Southern Africa	South Africa	49,991,300	1.9%[112][113]	959,000
South Asia	Sri Lanka	20,926,315	7.1%[114] - 15%[115]	1,485,768 - 3,138,947
South America	Suriname	470,784	20%[116] - 27.4%[117]	94,157 - 128,995
Southern Africa	Swaziland	1,133,066	0.15%[118] - 0.2%[119]	1,700 - 2,266
Western Europe	Sweden	9,031,088	0.078% - 0.12%[120]	7,044 - 10,837
Western Europe	Switzerland	7,554,661	0.38%[121][122]	28,708
East Africa	Tanzania	39,384,223	0.9%[123][124]	354,458
Southeast Asia	Thailand	65,068,149	0.1%[125]	2,928
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	1,056,608	22.5%[126][127][128]	237,737
East Africa	Uganda	30,262,610	0.2%[129] - 0.8%[130]	60,525 - 242,101
Middle East	United Arab Emirates	4,444,011	21.25%[131]	944,352
Western Europe	United Kingdom	60,776,238	1.7% [132][133]	832,000
North America	United States	307,006,550	0.4%[134][135]	1,204,560
Central Asia	Uzbekistan	27,780,059	0.01% (approx)	2,778
Southeast Asia	Vietnam	85,262,356	0.059%[136]	50,305
Middle East	Yemen	22,230,531	0.7%[137]	155,614
Southern Africa	Zambia	11,477,447	0.14%[138][139]	16,068
Southern Africa	Zimbabwe	12,311,143	0.1%[140]	123,111
Total		7,000,000,000	15.48	1,083,800,358

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	1.228%	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	1,006,888,651	70.05%	98.475%
Southeast Asia	571,337,070	6,386,614	1.118%	0.677%
Total	3,903,418,706	1,014,348,412	26.01%	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	1,313,640	0.348%	0.138%
Total	728,571,703	2,030,904	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%

See also

• List of religious populations
• Christianity by country
• Islam by country
• Buddhism by country
• Sikhism by country
• Jews by country
• No Faith by Country
• Category:Bahá'í Faith by country and Bahá'í statistics

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• US State Department, International Religious Freedom Report 2006
• CIA FactBook
• adherents.com
• Religious Freedom page
• census.gov

External links

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

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