The following list ranks nations on the extent to which the government regulates the selection, practice, and profession of religion through official laws, policies, or administrative actions. Higher values indicate greater government regulation of religion. Only nations of 200,000+ population included. (Coded from the International Religious Freedom Report, 2003)

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Ranking	Nation	Rate
20	Australia/New Zealand	0.1
19	Caribbean	0.4
16	Central America	0.9
6	Eastern Africa	3.6
5	Eastern Asia	4.0
7	Eastern Europe	3.4
13	Melanesia	1.3
14	Micronesia (Region)	1.2
8	Middle Africa	3.1
3	Northern Africa	5.9
21	Northern America	0.0
17	Northern Europe	0.7
19	Polynesia	0.4
15	South America	1.0
1	South-Central Asia	6.6
4	South-Eastern Asia	5.6
18	Southern Africa	0.6
10	Southern Europe	2.3
9	The World	2.4
11	Western Africa	1.9
2	Western Asia	6.4
12	Western Europe	1.5

Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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