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What Countries Have a National Religion

What Countries Have a National Religion: compare 103 countries on 4 metrics.

Culture103 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Aug 31, 2026Original page
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Religion (Wiki)

13 values across 89 entries

Official Religion (Pew)

6 values across 44 entries

Preferred Religion (Pew)

4 values across 36 entries

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103 countries
AfghanistanIslamIslam——
AlgeriaIslamIslam——
AndorraCatholicism—Christianity—
ArgentinaCatholicism—Christianity—
ArmeniaOther/mixedChristianity—Armenia's constitution explicity states that "The Republic of Armenia shall recognise the exclusive mission of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, as a national church, in the spiritual life of the Armenian people, in the development of their national culture and preservation …
BahrainIslamIslam——
BangladeshIslamIslam——
Belarus——Christianity—
BhutanBuddhismBuddhism——
BruneiIslamIslam——
BulgariaEastern Orthodoxy—Christianity—
CambodiaBuddhismBuddhism——
Cape Verde——Christianity—
ChinaOther/mixedAtheism—China's government is officially atheist, but officially recognizes and allows five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Official and unofficial limitations on religious expression and assembly exist, but religion is not banned.
ComorosIslamIslam——
Costa RicaCatholicismChristianity——
CyprusEastern Orthodoxy———
DenmarkLutheranismChristianity——
DjiboutiIslamIslam——
Dominican RepublicOther/mixedChristianity—The constitution of the Dominican Republic specifies that there is no state church and provides for freedom of religion and belief. However, a concordat with the Holy See designates Catholicism as the official religion.
EgyptIslamIslam——
El SalvadorCatholicism———
Equatorial Guinea——Christianity—
Eritrea——Multiple—
Eswatini——Christianity—
Faroe IslandsLutheranism———
FinlandLutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy—Christianity—
FranceOther/mixed——While most of France has no official religion, the Alsace-Moselle region has four (Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Calvinism) thanks to a political agreement established in 1801 that has yet to be fully abolished.
GeorgiaEastern Orthodoxy—Christianity—
GreeceEastern OrthodoxyChristianity——
GreenlandLutheranism———
GuatemalaCatholicism—Christianity—
GuernseyAnglicanism———
HaitiOther/mixed—ChristianityWhile Catholicism has not been the state religion since 1987, a 19th-century concordat with the Holy See continues to confer preferential treatment to the Catholic Church, in the form of stipends for clergy and financial support to churches and religious schools.
Honduras——Christianity—
HungaryOther/mixed——The preamble to the Hungarian Constitution of 2011 describes Hungary as "part of Christian Europe" and acknowledges "the role of Christianity in preserving nationhood", while Article VII provides that "the State shall cooperate with the Churches for community goals."
IcelandLutheranismChristianity——
IndonesiaOther/mixed—MultipleIndonesia is officially a presidential republic and a unitary state that does not declare or designate a state religion. Officially, the government only recognizes six religions: Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism.
IranIslamIslam——
IraqIslamIslam——
Isle of ManAnglicanism———
IsraelJudaismJudaism—Israel is defined in several of its laws as a "Jewish and democratic state" (medina yehudit ve-demokratit). However, the term "Jewish" is a polyseme that can describe the Jewish people as either an ethnic or a religious group.
ItalyCatholicism—Christianity—
JerseyAnglicanism———
JordanIslamIslam——
KuwaitIslamIslam——
LaosBuddhism—Buddhism—
LebanonOther/mixed——There are 18 officially recognized religious groups in Lebanon, each with its own family law legislation and set of religious courts.
Liberia——Christianity—
LibyaIslamIslam——
LiechtensteinCatholicismChristianity——
Lithuania——Multiple—
LuxembourgOther/mixed——Luxembourg is a secular state, but the Grand Duchy recognizes and supports several denominations, including the Catholic Church, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Romanian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Anglican and some Protestantism denominations as well as to Jewish congregati…
MalaysiaIslamIslam——
MaldivesIslamIslam——
MaltaCatholicismChristianity——
MauritaniaIslamIslam——
Moldova——Christianity—
MonacoCatholicismChristianity——
Mongolia——Buddhism—
MoroccoIslamIslam——
MyanmarBuddhism—Buddhism—
NepalOther/mixed———
NicaraguaOther/mixed—ChristianityThe Nicaraguan Constitution of 1987 states that the country has no official religion, but defines "Christian values" as one of the "principles of the Nicaraguan nation"
NorwayLutheranismChristianity——
OmanIslamIslam——
PakistanIslamIslam——
PalestineIslamIslam——
PanamaCatholicism—Christianity—
Papua New GuineaChristianity—Christianity—
ParaguayCatholicism———
PeruCatholicism—Christianity—
PolandCatholicism—Christianity—
PortugalOther/mixed——Although Church and State are formally separate, the Catholic Church in Portugal still receives certain privileges.
QatarIslamIslam——
Romania——Christianity—
RussiaOther/mixed—ChristianityThough a secular state under the constitution, Russia is often said to have Russian Orthodoxy as the de facto national religion, despite other minorities.
SamoaChristianity—Christianity—
Saudi ArabiaIslamIslam——
Serbia——Multiple—
SingaporeOther/mixed——Officially a secular country and does not have a state religion, and has been named in one study as the "most religiously diverse nation in the world", with no religious group forming a majority. However, the government gives official recognition to ten different religions.
SomaliaIslamIslam——
SpainCatholicism—Christianity—
Sri LankaBuddhism—Buddhism—
SwedenLutheranism———
SwitzerlandOther/mixed——Switzerland is officially secular at the federal level but 24 of the 26 cantons support both the Swiss Reformed Church and the Roman Catholic Church in various ways.
Syriaother/mixed—Islam—
TajikistanIslam———
ThailandBuddhism———
Timor-LesteCatholicism———
Togo——Multiple—
Tonga——Multiple—
TunisiaOther/mixedIslam——
TurkeyIslam—Islam—
TurkmenistanIslam———
TuvaluCalvinismChristianity——
United Arab EmiratesIslamIslam——
United KingdomAnglicanism, CalvinismChristianity—England - Anglicanism, Scotland - Calvinism
UzbekistanIslam———
Vatican CityCatholicismCatholicism——
VietnamOther/mixed——Vietnam is officially atheist (although sometimes also referred as atheist-Buddhist), but recognizes only 38 religious organizations and one dharma practice.
YemenIslamIslam——
ZambiaChristianityChristianity——

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Where does this what countries have a national religion data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: State religion - Wikipedia; Religions - CIA World Factbook; Many Countries Favor Specific Religions, Officially or Unofficially - Pew Research.

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