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Variables: Total number of Saktists by country and percent of population that are Saktists: Worshippers of Shiva (Siva) in several schools, including Pasupata, Kashmiri, Siddha, Gorakhnatha, Vira; also diversity according to geographic location in India. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Saktists)1


% Saktists


NATION

REGION

Saktists
(2020)1 [X]

% Saktists
(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 140 0.18
Angola Middle Africa 197 0.00
Anguilla Caribbean 23 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 105,030 0.41
Austria Western Europe 2,774 0.03
Azerbaijan Western Asia 101 0.00
Bahamas, The Caribbean 35 0.01
Bahrain Western Asia 17,186 1.01
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 7,537,442 4.58
Barbados Caribbean 506 0.18
Belarus Eastern Europe
Belgium Western Europe 3,477 0.03
Belize Central America 2,863 0.72
Benin Western Africa
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 5,022 0.65
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 910 0.21
Bulgaria Eastern Europe
Burkina Faso Western Africa
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 105,838 0.19
Burundi Eastern Africa 3,995 0.03
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 14,278 0.09
Cameroon Middle Africa
Canada Northern America 131,813 0.35
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean 61 0.09
Central African Republic Middle Africa
Chad Middle Africa
Channel Islands Northern Europe 52 0.03
Chile South America 349 0.00
China Eastern Asia 6,624 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 712 0.00
Croatia Southern Europe
Cuba Caribbean 8,835 0.08
Curacao Caribbean 115 0.07
Cyprus Western Asia 1,323 0.11
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 161 0.00
Denmark Northern Europe 1,019 0.02
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 138 0.01
Dominica Caribbean 25 0.03
Dominican Republic Caribbean
Ecuador South America
Egypt Northern Africa 563 0.00
El Salvador Central America
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 267 0.02
Eritrea Eastern Africa 319 0.01
Estonia Northern Europe
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 3,425 0.00
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 62,552 6.98
Finland Northern Europe 277 0.01
France Western Europe 10,444 0.02
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 17,595 0.02
Ghana Western Africa 2,362 0.01
Gibraltar Southern Europe 222 0.66
Greece Southern Europe 5,462 0.05
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean 270 0.24
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa
Guyana South America 110,621 14.06
Haiti Caribbean
Honduras Central America
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 5,953 0.08
Hungary Eastern Europe
Iceland Northern Europe 295 0.09
India South-Central Asia 264,013,025 19.13
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 145,997 0.05
Iran South-Central Asia 18,246 0.02
Iraq Western Asia 2,413 0.01
Ireland Northern Europe 2,094 0.04
Isle of Man Northern Europe 54 0.06
Israel Western Asia 130 0.00
Italy Southern Europe 37,789 0.06
Jamaica Caribbean 6,544 0.22
Japan Eastern Asia 12,041 0.01
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 282 0.00
Kenya Eastern Africa 104,406 0.19
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 40,024 0.94
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 3,436 0.05
Liechtenstein Western Europe
Lithuania Northern Europe 163 0.01
Luxembourg Western Europe
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe
Madagascar Eastern Africa 6,251 0.02
Malawi Eastern Africa 16,477 0.09
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 85,770 0.27
Maldives South-Central Asia 666 0.12
Mali Western Africa
Malta Southern Europe 17 0.00
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa
Mauritius Eastern Africa 182,427 14.34
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 19,066 0.06
Namibia Southern Africa
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 1,850,302 6.35
Netherlands Western Europe 34,698 0.20
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 29,226 0.61
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 77,723 1.52
Pakistan South-Central Asia 1,233,123 0.56
Palau Micronesia (region) 14 0.08
Panama Central America 734 0.02
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 475 0.01
Paraguay South America
Peru South America
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 1,425 0.00
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 397 0.00
Portugal Southern Europe 8,667 0.09
Puerto Rico Caribbean 944 0.03
Qatar Western Asia 18,439 0.64
Reunion Eastern Africa 6,088 0.68
Romania Eastern Europe
Russia Eastern Europe 11,850 0.01
Rwanda Eastern Africa 259 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 1,403 1.26
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 214,976 0.62
Senegal Western Africa
Serbia Southern Europe
Seychelles Eastern Africa 482 0.49
Sierra Leone Western Africa 1,516 0.02
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 13,995 0.24
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe
Slovenia Southern Europe
Solomon Islands Melanesia
Somalia Eastern Africa 2,543 0.02
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 344,583 0.58
South Sudan Eastern Africa 75 0.00
Spain Southern Europe 9,819 0.02
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 31,156 0.15
Sudan Northern Africa 288 0.00
Suriname South America 39,681 6.76
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 617 0.05
Sweden Northern Europe 4,898 0.05
Switzerland Western Europe 260 0.00
Syria Western Asia 700 0.00
Taiwan Eastern Asia 953 0.00
Tajikistan South-Central Asia
Tanzania Eastern Africa 209,600 0.35
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 17,590 0.03
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 79 0.01
Togo Western Africa
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia 32 0.03
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 135,789 9.70
Tunisia Northern Africa
Turkey Western Asia 337 0.00
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 147,743 0.32
Ukraine Eastern Europe 2,296 0.01
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 147,486 1.49
United Kingdom Northern Europe 271,754 0.40
United States (General) Northern America 643,204 0.19
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 25,259 0.03
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 161 0.15
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia 68,600 0.23
Zambia Eastern Africa 10,111 0.06
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 6,956 0.05
       

Sources

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

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