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Variables: Total number of Shaivites by country and percent of population that are Shaivites: Worshippers of Shakti/Devi (Hindu Divine Mother) who is also depicted as Kali, Durga, and Parvati (consort of Shiva). (World Religion Database, 2020) (Shaivites)1


% Shaivites


NATION

REGION

Shaivites
(2020)1 [X]

% Shaivites
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 4,204 0.01
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe
Algeria Northern Africa
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 144 0.19
Angola Middle Africa 197 0.00
Anguilla Caribbean 22 0.15
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 59 0.06
Argentina South America 27 0.00
Armenia Western Asia 89 0.00
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 206,673 0.81
Austria Western Europe 2,774 0.03
Azerbaijan Western Asia 101 0.00
Bahamas, The Caribbean 35 0.01
Bahrain Western Asia 46,651 2.74
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 342,750 0.21
Barbados Caribbean 506 0.18
Belarus Eastern Europe
Belgium Western Europe 3,477 0.03
Belize Central America 2,982 0.75
Benin Western Africa
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 42,372 5.49
Bolivia South America
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe
Botswana Southern Africa 1,199 0.05
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 3,401 0.00
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 134 0.44
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 1,551 0.35
Bulgaria Eastern Europe
Burkina Faso Western Africa
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 338,826 0.62
Burundi Eastern Africa 1,998 0.02
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 15,348 0.09
Cameroon Middle Africa
Canada Northern America 225,744 0.60
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean 63 0.10
Central African Republic Middle Africa
Chad Middle Africa
Channel Islands Northern Europe 52 0.03
Chile South America 349 0.00
China Eastern Asia 7,473 0.00
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 712 0.00
Comoros Eastern Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 49,259 0.06
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 204 0.00
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 688 0.00
Croatia Southern Europe
Cuba Caribbean 8,495 0.08
Curacao Caribbean 115 0.07
Cyprus Western Asia 1,323 0.11
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 161 0.00
Denmark Northern Europe 6,412 0.11
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 158 0.02
Dominica Caribbean 29 0.04
Dominican Republic Caribbean
Ecuador South America
Egypt Northern Africa 563 0.00
El Salvador Central America
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 253 0.02
Eritrea Eastern Africa 319 0.01
Estonia Northern Europe
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 1,712 0.00
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 95,547 10.66
Finland Northern Europe 277 0.01
France Western Europe 23,825 0.04
French Guiana South America 1,553 0.52
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa
Gambia, The Western Africa 156 0.01
Georgia Western Asia
Germany Western Europe 55,130 0.07
Ghana Western Africa 2,237 0.01
Gibraltar Southern Europe 229 0.68
Greece Southern Europe 5,462 0.05
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean 315 0.28
Guadeloupe Caribbean 1,436 0.32
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa
Guyana South America 65,843 8.37
Haiti Caribbean
Honduras Central America
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 7,152 0.10
Hungary Eastern Europe
Iceland Northern Europe 295 0.09
India South-Central Asia 356,212,256 25.81
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 4,259,349 1.56
Iran South-Central Asia 14,550 0.02
Iraq Western Asia 2,413 0.01
Ireland Northern Europe 1,195 0.02
Isle of Man Northern Europe 54 0.06
Israel Western Asia 130 0.00
Italy Southern Europe 65,295 0.11
Jamaica Caribbean 6,544 0.22
Japan Eastern Asia 51 0.00
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 282 0.00
Kenya Eastern Africa 60,302 0.11
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 769 0.00
Kosovo Southern Europe
Kuwait Western Asia 81,111 1.90
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia
Laos South-Eastern Asia 1,892 0.03
Latvia Northern Europe
Lebanon Western Asia 4,095 0.06
Lesotho Southern Africa 471 0.02
Liberia Western Africa
Libya Northern Africa 2,749 0.04
Liechtenstein Western Europe
Lithuania Northern Europe 163 0.01
Luxembourg Western Europe
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe
Madagascar Eastern Africa 3,593 0.01
Malawi Eastern Africa 7,954 0.04
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 1,329,650 4.11
Maldives South-Central Asia 221 0.04
Mali Western Africa
Malta Southern Europe 17 0.00
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean 677 0.18
Mauritania Western Africa
Mauritius Eastern Africa 194,659 15.31
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 4,677 0.00
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia
Montenegro Southern Europe
Montserrat Caribbean 2 0.04
Morocco Northern Africa
Mozambique Eastern Africa 15,315 0.05
Namibia Southern Africa
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 8,739,160 29.99
Netherlands Western Europe 37,860 0.22
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 34,944 0.72
Nicaragua Central America
Niger Western Africa
Nigeria Western Africa 14,430 0.01
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 3,226 0.06
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 128,789 2.52
Pakistan South-Central Asia 1,067,591 0.48
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 582 0.01
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 475 0.01
Paraguay South America
Peru South America
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 16,832 0.02
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 397 0.00
Portugal Southern Europe 5,404 0.05
Puerto Rico Caribbean 913 0.03
Qatar Western Asia 53,012 1.84
Reunion Eastern Africa 22,651 2.53
Romania Eastern Europe
Russia Eastern Europe 11,850 0.01
Rwanda Eastern Africa 130 0.00
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 293 0.55
Saint Lucia Caribbean 562 0.31
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 1,342 1.21
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 243,001 0.70
Senegal Western Africa
Serbia Southern Europe
Seychelles Eastern Africa 527 0.54
Sierra Leone Western Africa 1,516 0.02
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 205,630 3.51
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe
Slovenia Southern Europe
Solomon Islands Melanesia
Somalia Eastern Africa 1,271 0.01
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 602,280 1.02
South Sudan Eastern Africa 99 0.00
Spain Southern Europe 9,491 0.02
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 2,040,426 9.53
Sudan Northern Africa 384 0.00
Suriname South America 39,681 6.76
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 705 0.06
Sweden Northern Europe 4,696 0.05
Switzerland Western Europe 18,505 0.21
Syria Western Asia 700 0.00
Taiwan Eastern Asia 953 0.00
Tajikistan South-Central Asia
Tanzania Eastern Africa 122,076 0.20
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 26,315 0.04
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 316 0.02
Togo Western Africa
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia 32 0.03
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 110,416 7.89
Tunisia Northern Africa
Turkey Western Asia 337 0.00
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 71,996 0.16
Ukraine Eastern Europe 2,296 0.01
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 177,236 1.79
United Kingdom Northern Europe 254,138 0.37
United States (General) Northern America 562,787 0.17
Uruguay South America
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 332 0.00
Vanuatu Melanesia
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 171 0.00
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 30,873 0.03
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 161 0.15
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia 71,582 0.24
Zambia Eastern Africa 5,423 0.03
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 7,164 0.05
       

Sources

1 Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022).

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