Country rankings
Religious People by Country
India has the highest Total Religious People in 2020 (1.4B), followed by Indonesia (274.6M) and United States (238.5M). Afghanistan has the lowest (70K).
199 of 235 countries
Total Religious People, 2020
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 199 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
7M
Middle half 1.6M – 25.3M
Average
29.9M
199 countries
Highest
1.4B
India
Lowest
70K
Afghanistan
Biggest changes · 2010 → 2020
199 countries have a value in both years.
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Data
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199 countries · # = rank by Total Religious People
What correlates with Total Religious People (2020)?
Pearson r against 1,378 other country metrics sharing at least 120 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Total Religious People tend to score higher on these
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Total Religious People tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Total Religious People?
- India has the highest Total Religious People in 2020, at 1.4B, followed by Indonesia (274.6M) and United States (238.5M).
- Which country has the lowest Total Religious People?
- Afghanistan has the lowest Total Religious People in 2020, at 70K.
- What is the median Total Religious People across countries?
- The median is 7M across the 199 countries with data in 2020.
- Where does this religious people by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050 - Pew Research; Country Comparison - CIA World Factbook - 2021; Data Archives - Association of Religion Data Archives - 2015; Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence - United Nations.
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