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Variables: Total number of New religionists by country and percent of population that are New religionists: Followers of the so-called New Religions of Asia, mostly founded after 1945. Mainly Hindu or Buddhist sects/offshoots, or new syncretistic religions combining Christianity with Eastern religions. Sometimes termed Neoreligionists. (World Religion Database, 2020) (New religionists)1


% New religionists


NATION

REGION

New religionists
(2020)1 [X]

% New religionists
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe
Algeria Northern Africa
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe
Angola Middle Africa
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 115,057 0.25
Armenia Western Asia 42,226 1.43
Aruba Caribbean 97 0.09
Australia Australia/New Zealand 130,027 0.51
Austria Western Europe 5,261 0.06
Azerbaijan Western Asia 1,671 0.02
Bahamas, The Caribbean
Bahrain Western Asia 425 0.03
Bangladesh South-Central Asia
Barbados Caribbean 465 0.16
Belarus Eastern Europe
Belgium Western Europe 3,689 0.03
Belize Central America
Benin Western Africa 1,789 0.01
Bermuda Northern America 55 0.09
Bhutan South-Central Asia
Bolivia South America 1,984 0.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe
Botswana Southern Africa
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 1,587,543 0.75
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 98 0.02
Bulgaria Eastern Europe
Burkina Faso Western Africa 726 0.00
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia
Burundi Eastern Africa
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 51,829 0.31
Cameroon Middle Africa 15,094 0.06
Canada Northern America 104,485 0.28
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 15 0.06
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa
Chad Middle Africa
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 7,705 0.04
China Eastern Asia 230,348 0.02
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 3,409 0.01
Comoros Eastern Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 7,605 0.01
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 21,329 0.39
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 6,475 0.02
Croatia Southern Europe
Cuba Caribbean 812 0.01
Curacao Caribbean 118 0.07
Cyprus Western Asia
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 6,158 0.06
Denmark Northern Europe 5,326 0.09
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa
Dominica Caribbean 18 0.03
Dominican Republic Caribbean 3,623 0.03
Ecuador South America 3,911 0.02
Egypt Northern Africa
El Salvador Central America 1,973 0.03
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa
Eritrea Eastern Africa
Estonia Northern Europe
Ethiopia Eastern Africa
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 70 2.01
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia
Finland Northern Europe 2,798 0.05
France Western Europe 165,594 0.25
French Guiana South America 320 0.11
French Polynesia Polynesia 525 0.19
Gabon Middle Africa 12,342 0.55
Gambia, The Western Africa
Georgia Western Asia 399 0.01
Germany Western Europe 52,929 0.06
Ghana Western Africa 33,927 0.11
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 1,978 0.02
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean 53 0.05
Guadeloupe Caribbean 198 0.04
Guam Micronesia (region) 684 0.41
Guatemala Central America 3,225 0.02
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa
Guyana South America
Haiti Caribbean 4,105 0.04
Honduras Central America 3,169 0.03
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 198,847 2.65
Hungary Eastern Europe
Iceland Northern Europe 2,529 0.74
India South-Central Asia
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 4,355,055 1.59
Iran South-Central Asia 14,279 0.02
Iraq Western Asia 575,334 1.43
Ireland Northern Europe
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 2,356 0.03
Italy Southern Europe 14,961 0.02
Jamaica Caribbean 3,015 0.10
Japan Eastern Asia 33,478,012 26.47
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 5,102 0.05
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 8,262 0.04
Kenya Eastern Africa
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 3,319,325 12.88
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 7,278,681 14.20
Kosovo Southern Europe
Kuwait Western Asia
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 3,132 0.05
Laos South-Eastern Asia 12,368 0.17
Latvia Northern Europe
Lebanon Western Asia
Lesotho Southern Africa
Liberia Western Africa
Libya Northern Africa
Liechtenstein Western Europe
Lithuania Northern Europe
Luxembourg Western Europe
Macau Eastern Asia 6,054 0.93
Macedonia Southern Europe
Madagascar Eastern Africa
Malawi Eastern Africa 734 0.00
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 68,875 0.21
Maldives South-Central Asia
Mali Western Africa 890 0.00
Malta Southern Europe
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean 191 0.05
Mauritania Western Africa
Mauritius Eastern Africa 725 0.06
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 17,277 0.01
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 414 0.36
Moldova Eastern Europe
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia
Montenegro Southern Europe
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa
Mozambique Eastern Africa
Namibia Southern Africa
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia
Netherlands Western Europe 12,291 0.07
New Caledonia Melanesia 1,178 0.41
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 5,829 0.12
Nicaragua Central America 1,206 0.02
Niger Western Africa
Nigeria Western Africa 21,510 0.01
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 363 0.63
Norway Northern Europe 7,643 0.14
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 511 0.01
Pakistan South-Central Asia
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 26,785 0.62
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 2,169 0.02
Paraguay South America 3,773 0.05
Peru South America 106,958 0.32
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 11,654 0.01
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 7,160 0.02
Portugal Southern Europe
Puerto Rico Caribbean 1,029 0.04
Qatar Western Asia
Reunion Eastern Africa 290 0.03
Romania Eastern Europe 3,393 0.02
Russia Eastern Europe 986 0.00
Rwanda Eastern Africa
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 147 0.28
Saint Lucia Caribbean 689 0.38
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 578 0.52
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 19,043 0.05
Senegal Western Africa 1,275 0.01
Serbia Southern Europe 1,625 0.02
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 1,755 0.02
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 87,542 1.50
Sint Maarten Caribbean 7 0.02
Slovakia Eastern Europe
Slovenia Southern Europe
Solomon Islands Melanesia
Somalia Eastern Africa
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 21,055 0.04
South Sudan Eastern Africa
Spain Southern Europe
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 1,045 0.00
Sudan Northern Africa
Suriname South America 4,723 0.81
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa
Sweden Northern Europe 17,430 0.17
Switzerland Western Europe 3,591 0.04
Syria Western Asia
Taiwan Eastern Asia 1,607,347 6.75
Tajikistan South-Central Asia
Tanzania Eastern Africa
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 16,612 0.02
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 593 0.05
Togo Western Africa 4,528 0.05
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 1,780 0.13
Tunisia Northern Africa
Turkey Western Asia 141,529 0.17
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 751 0.01
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa
Ukraine Eastern Europe 98 0.00
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 4,945 0.05
United Kingdom Northern Europe 64,746 0.10
United States (General) Northern America 1,703,124 0.51
Uruguay South America 2,023 0.06
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 155 0.00
Vanuatu Melanesia 140 0.05
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 1,137 0.00
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 10,677,225 10.97
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia
Zambia Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 1,925 0.01
       

Sources

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

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