{"id":6531,"date":"2025-06-09T13:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=6531"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:24:00","slug":"religious-composition-by-country-2010-2020","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/feature\/religious-composition-by-country-2010-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This interactive table shows the religious makeup of 201 countries and territories. Our accompanying report \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/how-the-global-religious-landscape-changed-from-2010-to-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020<\/a>\u201d describes our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/global-religious-change-methodology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">methodology<\/a>&nbsp;and key findings for every religious group and region. Estimates are based on more than 2,700 censuses and surveys. You can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/06\/Religious-Composition-2010-2020-dataset.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also download the data<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refer to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2026\/02\/12\/religious-diversity-around-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Religious Diversity Around the World<\/a>\u201d to learn how we&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2026\/02\/12\/methodology-religious-diversity-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">measure religious diversity<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: These religious composition numbers were originally published on June 9, 2025. On Feb. 12, 2026, religious&nbsp;diversity&nbsp;rankings were added to the table.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-platform-feature-loader\" id=\"js-grf-table\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-sans-serif-font-family has-small-label-font-size wp-elements-835247d71829facb03f25797f587717d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#808285;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.2\">Note: \u201cOther religions\u201d includes Baha\u2019is, Sikhs and many other religious groups that cannot be analyzed separately because of insufficient data. Myanmar is also called Burma, and Eswatini was formerly known as Swaziland. In most countries, it is not possible to precisely count the number of people who identify with each religion. Because our estimates are not precise, each population count and percentage is rounded. 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