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Most Ethnoreligionist Nations (2010)

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Nations (population 200,000+) with the highest percentages of ethnoreligionists according to the World Christian Database (2010).

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Ranking	Nation	Adherents	Percent
1	Laos	2,654,019	42.8
2	Guinea-Bissau	636,495	42.0
3	Liberia	1,662,524	41.6
4	Madagascar	8,370,458	40.4
5	Togo	2,041,991	33.9
6	Benin	2,688,728	30.4
7	Botswana	598,899	29.8
8	Mozambique	6,887,303	29.4
9	Cote d'Ivoire	4,838,009	24.5
10	Burkina Faso	3,850,133	23.4
11	Cameroon	4,089,491	20.9
12	Sierra Leone	1,206,534	20.6
13	Mongolia	511,877	18.6
14	Zimbabwe	1,993,771	15.9
15	Ghana	3,823,973	15.7
16	Korea, (South) Republic of	7,061,786	14.7
17	Central African Republic	618,317	14.1
18	Nepal	3,922,243	13.1
19	Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of	2,990,177	12.3
20	Tanzania	5,311,501	11.9
21	Guinea	1,123,827	11.3
22	Zambia	1,464,732	11.2
23	Vietnam	9,104,377	10.4
24	Sudan	4,474,646	10.3
25	Timor-Leste	113,393	10.1
26	Brunei	40,164	10.1
27	Swaziland	117,645	9.9
28	Burma (Myanmar)	4,574,954	9.5
29	Mali	1,460,127	9.5
30	Kenya	3,588,296	8.9
31	Chad	931,514	8.3
32	Nigeria	12,152,110	7.7
33	South Africa	3,562,243	7.1
34	Lesotho	152,764	7.0
35	Malawi	942,197	6.3
36	Ethiopia	5,016,892	6.1
37	Namibia	135,589	5.9
38	Gambia, The	95,487	5.5
39	Burundi	462,029	5.5
40	Congo, Republic of the	192,526	4.8
41	Angola	881,495	4.6
42	Cambodia	648,436	4.6
43	Vanuatu	10,811	4.5
44	China	57,890,424	4.3
45	Niger	638,044	4.1
46	India	45,890,896	3.8
47	Senegal	432,363	3.5
48	Malaysia	981,687	3.5
49	Papua New Guinea	232,518	3.4
50	Bhutan	24,521	3.4
51	Rwanda	352,475	3.3
52	Gabon	48,609	3.2
53	Solomon Islands	17,150	3.2
54	Bolivia	312,384	3.2
55	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,655,291	2.5
56	Guyana	17,981	2.4
57	Philippines	2,172,260	2.3
58	Indonesia	5,521,080	2.3
59	Uganda	764,785	2.3
60	Thailand	1,558,680	2.3
61	French Guiana	5,184	2.2
62	Suriname	11,003	2.1
63	Paraguay	129,390	2.0
64	Equatorial Guinea	12,060	1.7
65	Peru	398,770	1.4
66	Cape Verde	5,605	1.1
67	Panama	39,270	1.1
67	Mexico	1,274,506	1.1
68	Comoros	7,107	1.0
69	Ecuador	138,559	1.0
70	New Zealand	40,964	0.9
71	Guatemala	120,323	0.8
72	Chile	130,848	0.8
73	Venezuela	214,027	0.7
74	Russia	998,000	0.7
75	Colombia	302,349	0.7
76	Belize	1,997	0.6
77	Eritrea	32,468	0.6
78	El Salvador	35,220	0.6
79	Honduras	42,758	0.6
80	Mauritania	18,002	0.5
81	Nicaragua	27,460	0.5
82	Mayotte	939	0.5
83	Bangladesh	668,884	0.5
84	Kyrgyzstan	22,357	0.4
84	Reunion	3,553	0.4
85	Canada	135,610	0.4
86	United States (General)	1,084,637	0.4
87	Australia	61,691	0.3
88	Taiwan	59,021	0.3
89	Argentina	90,440	0.2
90	Mauritius	2,598	0.2
90	Uzbekistan	55,742	0.2
91	Costa Rica	8,286	0.2
91	France	115,692	0.2
91	Saudi Arabia	49,956	0.2
91	New Caledonia	440	0.2
92	Brazil	324,305	0.2
93	Kazakhstan	26,318	0.2
94	Pakistan	194,569	0.1
95	Sweden	9,380	0.1
95	Tajikistan	6,572	0.1
96	French Polynesia	255	0.1
96	Iceland	297	0.1
97	Somalia	6,819	0.1
98	Fiji	322	0.0
98	Ireland	1,922	0.0
98	United Kingdom	22,643	0.0
99	Singapore	1,080	0.0
99	Portugal	1,708	0.0
99	Belgium	2,089	0.0
99	Turkey	11,640	0.0
99	Bahrain	315	0.0
99	Oman	556	0.0
99	Serbia	1,516	0.0
99	Turkmenistan	837	0.0
100	Hong Kong	476	0.0
100	Japan	9,870	0.0
100	Libya	487	0.0
100	Norway	732	0.0
100	Afghanistan	4,274	0.0
100	Barbados	28	0.0
100	Belarus	481	0.0
100	Iran	4,438	0.0
100	Latvia	270	0.0
100	Moldova	219	0.0
100	Ukraine	6,382	0.0
101	Macau	0	0.0
101	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0.0
101	Israel	0	0.0
101	Cuba	0	0.0
101	Jamaica	0	0.0
101	Greece	0	0.0
101	Denmark	0	0.0
101	Dominican Republic	0	0.0
101	Italy	2,119	0.0
101	Finland	0	0.0
101	Martinique	0	0.0
101	Hungary	0	0.0
101	Spain	0	0.0
101	Austria	302	0.0
101	Netherlands	665	0.0
101	Algeria	0	0.0
101	Czech Republic	0	0.0
101	Bahamas, The	0	0.0
101	Puerto Rico	0	0.0
101	Germany	3,621	0.0
101	Albania	0	0.0
101	Armenia	0	0.0
101	Azerbaijan	0	0.0
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0.0
101	Bulgaria	0	0.0
101	Croatia	0	0.0
101	Cyprus	0	0.0
101	Djibouti	0	0.0
101	Egypt	0	0.0
101	Estonia	0	0.0
101	Georgia	0	0.0
101	Guadeloupe	0	0.0
101	Haiti	0	0.0
101	Iraq	0	0.0
101	Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine)	0	0.0
101	Jordan	0	0.0
101	Kosovo	0	0.0
101	Kuwait	0	0.0
101	Lebanon	0	0.0
101	Lithuania	123	0.0
101	Luxembourg	0	0.0
101	Macedonia	0	0.0
101	Maldives	0	0.0
101	Malta	0	0.0
101	Montenegro	0	0.0
101	Morocco	0	0.0
101	Poland	0	0.0
101	Qatar	0	0.0
101	Romania	0	0.0
101	Slovakia	0	0.0
101	Slovenia	0	0.0
101	Sri Lanka	1,035	0.0
101	Switzerland	0	0.0
101	Syria	0	0.0
101	Tunisia	0	0.0
101	United Arab Emirates	0	0.0
101	Uruguay	34	0.0
101	Western Sahara	0	0.0
101	Yemen	0	0.0

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