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Variables: Total number of Ethnic religionists by country and percent of population that are Ethnic religionists: Followers of local religions tied closely to specific ethnic groups, typically in Africa, with membership restricted to those groups; sometimes termed animists, polytheists, or shamanists. Older terminology: pagans, heathens, tribal religionists, traditional religionists. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Ethnic religionists)1


% Ethnic religionists



NATION

REGION

Ethnic religionists
(2020)1 [X]

% Ethnic religionists
(2020)1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 5,896 0.02
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe
Algeria Northern Africa
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe
Angola Middle Africa 1,674,072 5.09
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 108,633 0.24
Armenia Western Asia 0 0.00
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 78,725 0.31
Austria Western Europe 324 0.00
Azerbaijan Western Asia
Bahamas, The Caribbean
Bahrain Western Asia 425 0.03
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 719,489 0.44
Barbados Caribbean 29 0.01
Belarus Eastern Europe 474 0.01
Belgium Western Europe 2,260 0.02
Belize Central America 2,549 0.64
Benin Western Africa 3,452,990 28.48
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 25,277 3.28
Bolivia South America 328,585 2.81
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe
Botswana Southern Africa 669,370 28.46
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 362,896 0.17
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 44,046 10.07
Bulgaria Eastern Europe
Burkina Faso Western Africa 4,511,805 21.58
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 5,349,133 9.83
Burundi Eastern Africa 512,102 4.31
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 727,437 4.35
Cameroon Middle Africa 5,052,342 19.03
Canada Northern America 155,483 0.41
Cape Verde Western Africa 6,283 1.13
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 580,672 12.02
Chad Middle Africa 1,233,303 7.51
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 146,159 0.76
China Eastern Asia 62,083,872 4.31
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 324,798 0.64
Comoros Eastern Africa 8,411 0.97
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 2,248,702 2.51
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 302,967 5.49
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 9,060 0.18
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 6,138,793 23.27
Croatia Southern Europe
Cuba Caribbean
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia
Czech Republic Eastern Europe
Denmark Northern Europe
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa
Dominica Caribbean 184 0.26
Dominican Republic Caribbean
Ecuador South America 144,458 0.82
Egypt Northern Africa
El Salvador Central America 36,887 0.57
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 24,561 1.75
Eritrea Eastern Africa 18,867 0.53
Estonia Northern Europe
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 7,366,072 6.41
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 336 0.04
Finland Northern Europe
France Western Europe 120,273 0.18
French Guiana South America 6,708 2.25
French Polynesia Polynesia 264 0.09
Gabon Middle Africa 74,627 3.35
Gambia, The Western Africa 131,095 5.42
Georgia Western Asia
Germany Western Europe 3,686 0.00
Ghana Western Africa 3,229,517 10.39
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe
Greenland Northern America 449 0.79
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region) 614 0.36
Guatemala Central America 152,391 0.85
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 1,237,488 9.42
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 810,225 41.17
Guyana South America 18,747 2.38
Haiti Caribbean
Honduras Central America 55,724 0.56
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 506 0.01
Hungary Eastern Europe
Iceland Northern Europe 0 0.00
India South-Central Asia 55,107,353 3.99
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 6,346,928 2.32
Iran South-Central Asia 5,040 0.01
Iraq Western Asia
Ireland Northern Europe 2,123 0.04
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia
Italy Southern Europe 2,116 0.00
Jamaica Caribbean
Japan Eastern Asia 9,865 0.01
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 30,835 0.16
Kenya Eastern Africa 5,013,807 9.32
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 3,166,126 12.28
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 7,748,260 15.11
Kosovo Southern Europe
Kuwait Western Asia
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 29,104 0.45
Laos South-Eastern Asia 3,111,476 42.77
Latvia Northern Europe 226 0.01
Lebanon Western Asia
Lesotho Southern Africa 141,593 6.61
Liberia Western Africa 2,070,368 40.94
Libya Northern Africa 526 0.01
Liechtenstein Western Europe
Lithuania Northern Europe 101 0.00
Luxembourg Western Europe
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe
Madagascar Eastern Africa 10,861,185 39.22
Malawi Eastern Africa 1,135,855 5.94
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 1,051,392 3.25
Maldives South-Central Asia
Mali Western Africa 1,912,466 9.44
Malta Southern Europe
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 262 0.44
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 21,589 0.46
Mauritius Eastern Africa 2,544 0.20
Mayotte Eastern Africa 1,255 0.46
Mexico Central America 1,370,297 1.06
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 3,254 2.83
Moldova Eastern Europe 248 0.01
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 600,448 18.32
Montenegro Southern Europe
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa
Mozambique Eastern Africa 8,158,011 26.10
Namibia Southern Africa 151,969 5.98
Nauru Micronesia (region) 0 0.00
Nepal South-Central Asia 3,835,909 13.17
Netherlands Western Europe 685 0.00
New Caledonia Melanesia 501 0.18
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 45,293 0.94
Nicaragua Central America 32,024 0.48
Niger Western Africa 994,952 4.11
Nigeria Western Africa 15,729,671 7.63
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 196 0.34
Norway Northern Europe 813 0.02
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 613 0.01
Pakistan South-Central Asia 226,818 0.10
Palau Micronesia (region) 102 0.56
Panama Central America 57,514 1.33
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 296,005 3.31
Paraguay South America 143,844 2.02
Peru South America 452,584 1.37
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 2,565,350 2.34
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe
Portugal Southern Europe 1,631 0.02
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Western Asia
Reunion Eastern Africa 3,760 0.42
Romania Eastern Europe
Russia Eastern Europe 1,062,681 0.73
Rwanda Eastern Africa 429,718 3.32
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean
Saint Lucia Caribbean
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 222 0.20
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 523 0.24
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 63,361 0.18
Senegal Western Africa 591,614 3.53
Serbia Southern Europe 1,295 0.02
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 1,704,113 21.36
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 1,243 0.02
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe
Slovenia Southern Europe
Solomon Islands Melanesia 21,890 3.19
Somalia Eastern Africa 11,615 0.07
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 4,213,385 7.10
South Sudan Eastern Africa 3,673,747 32.82
Spain Southern Europe
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 1,062 0.01
Sudan Northern Africa 1,211,854 2.76
Suriname South America 12,272 2.09
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 117,838 10.16
Sweden Northern Europe 10,099 0.10
Switzerland Western Europe
Syria Western Asia
Taiwan Eastern Asia 60,547 0.25
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 5,990 0.06
Tanzania Eastern Africa 6,774,588 11.34
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 1,579,868 2.26
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 100,357 7.61
Togo Western Africa 2,730,094 32.98
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia 5 0.00
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean
Tunisia Northern Africa
Turkey Western Asia 13,494 0.02
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 1,001 0.02
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 1,046,821 2.29
Ukraine Eastern Europe 9,614 0.02
United Arab Emirates Western Asia
United Kingdom Northern Europe 24,778 0.04
United States (General) Northern America 1,156,689 0.35
Uruguay South America 35 0.00
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 52,951 0.16
Vanuatu Melanesia 13,985 4.55
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 213,179 0.75
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 10,454,497 10.74
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia 132 1.17
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia
Zambia Eastern Africa 2,055,613 11.18
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 2,357,895 15.86
       


Sources

1 Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022).

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