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Variables: Total number of Independents by country and percent of population that are Independents: Christians who identify as independent of the major Christian traditions (Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant). Independent of historic, organised, institutionalized and denominationalist Christianity. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Independents)1


% Independents


NATION

REGION

Independents
(2020)1 [X]

% Independents
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 4,200 0.01
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 28,000 0.97
Algeria Northern Africa 110,000 0.25
American Samoa Polynesia 21,500 38.95
Andorra Southern Europe 600 0.78
Angola Middle Africa 2,055,000 6.25
Anguilla Caribbean 1,360 9.07
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 3,400 3.47
Argentina South America 2,604,000 5.76
Armenia Western Asia 66,000 2.23
Aruba Caribbean 4,500 4.21
Australia Australia/New Zealand 800,000 3.14
Austria Western Europe 83,000 0.92
Azerbaijan Western Asia 5,000 0.05
Bahamas, The Caribbean 30,000 7.63
Bahrain Western Asia 15,200 0.89
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 310,000 0.19
Barbados Caribbean 22,200 7.73
Belarus Eastern Europe 65,000 0.69
Belgium Western Europe 103,000 0.89
Belize Central America 25,000 6.29
Benin Western Africa 1,470,000 12.13
Bermuda Northern America 9,000 14.45
Bhutan South-Central Asia 9,000 1.17
Bolivia South America 530,000 4.54
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 2,300 0.07
Botswana Southern Africa 805,000 34.23
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 26,000,000 12.23
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 2,250 7.44
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 17,500 4.00
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 58,000 0.83
Burkina Faso Western Africa 92,500 0.44
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 680,000 1.25
Burundi Eastern Africa 400,000 3.36
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 180,000 1.08
Cameroon Middle Africa 1,610,000 6.07
Canada Northern America 1,305,000 3.46
Cape Verde Western Africa 40,100 7.21
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 700 2.67
Cayman Islands Caribbean 6,120 9.31
Central African Republic Middle Africa 847,400 17.55
Chad Middle Africa 651,600 3.97
Channel Islands Northern Europe 400 0.23
Chile South America 4,675,000 24.46
China Eastern Asia 62,000,000 4.31
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 2,550,000 5.01
Comoros Eastern Africa 300 0.03
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 23,930,000 26.72
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 600,000 10.87
Cook Islands Polynesia 3,000 17.08
Costa Rica Central America 450,000 8.83
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 1,252,000 4.75
Croatia Southern Europe 33,000 0.80
Cuba Caribbean 410,000 3.62
Curacao Caribbean 6,600 4.02
Cyprus Western Asia 8,600 0.71
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 240,000 2.24
Denmark Northern Europe 45,700 0.79
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 500 0.05
Dominica Caribbean 2,450 3.40
Dominican Republic Caribbean 480,000 4.42
Ecuador South America 1,150,000 6.52
Egypt Northern Africa 125,000 0.12
El Salvador Central America 1,070,000 16.50
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 29,000 2.07
Eritrea Eastern Africa 12,000 0.34
Estonia Northern Europe 13,400 1.01
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 2,630,000 2.29
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 15 0.43
Faroe Islands Northern Europe 560 1.15
Fiji Melanesia 113,500 12.66
Finland Northern Europe 38,100 0.69
France Western Europe 800,000 1.23
French Guiana South America 8,500 2.85
French Polynesia Polynesia 51,800 18.44
Gabon Middle Africa 306,000 13.75
Gambia, The Western Africa 17,400 0.72
Georgia Western Asia 65,000 1.63
Germany Western Europe 1,039,000 1.24
Ghana Western Africa 6,040,000 19.44
Gibraltar Southern Europe 240 0.71
Greece Southern Europe 87,000 0.83
Greenland Northern America 930 1.64
Grenada Caribbean 6,900 6.13
Guadeloupe Caribbean 18,900 4.21
Guam Micronesia (region) 8,800 5.21
Guatemala Central America 1,950,000 10.88
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 78,600 0.60
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 52,480 2.67
Guyana South America 92,000 11.70
Haiti Caribbean 805,000 7.06
Honduras Central America 700,000 7.07
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 170,000 2.27
Hungary Eastern Europe 180,000 1.86
Iceland Northern Europe 23,300 6.83
India South-Central Asia 18,130,000 1.31
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 6,384,000 2.33
Iran South-Central Asia 342,000 0.41
Iraq Western Asia 70,000 0.17
Ireland Northern Europe 60,000 1.22
Isle of Man Northern Europe 1,060 1.25
Israel Western Asia 32,000 0.37
Italy Southern Europe 987,000 1.63
Jamaica Caribbean 300,000 10.13
Japan Eastern Asia 1,110,000 0.88
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 10,550 0.10
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 126,000 0.67
Kenya Eastern Africa 9,000,000 16.74
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 20,300 17.00
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 90,000 0.35
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 11,330,000 22.10
Kosovo Southern Europe 2,250 0.11
Kuwait Western Asia 7,100 0.17
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 25,000 0.38
Laos South-Eastern Asia 1,500 0.02
Latvia Northern Europe 10,000 0.53
Lebanon Western Asia 21,100 0.31
Lesotho Southern Africa 227,000 10.60
Liberia Western Africa 602,000 11.90
Libya Northern Africa 1,000 0.01
Liechtenstein Western Europe 170 0.45
Lithuania Northern Europe 28,000 1.03
Luxembourg Western Europe 6,400 1.02
Macau Eastern Asia 2,760 0.43
Macedonia Southern Europe 10,800 0.52
Madagascar Eastern Africa 1,200,000 4.33
Malawi Eastern Africa 2,100,000 10.98
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 230,000 0.71
Maldives South-Central Asia 20 0.00
Mali Western Africa 25,000 0.12
Malta Southern Europe 2,400 0.54
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 10,150 17.15
Martinique Caribbean 17,900 4.77
Mauritania Western Africa 2,660 0.06
Mauritius Eastern Africa 11,000 0.86
Mayotte Eastern Africa 640 0.23
Mexico Central America 8,300,000 6.44
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 9,000 7.82
Moldova Eastern Europe 50,900 1.26
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 23,000 0.70
Montenegro Southern Europe 11,600 1.85
Montserrat Caribbean 500 10.00
Morocco Northern Africa 5,600 0.02
Mozambique Eastern Africa 4,500,000 14.40
Namibia Southern Africa 265,000 10.43
Nauru Micronesia (region) 830 7.66
Nepal South-Central Asia 960,000 3.29
Netherlands Western Europe 425,000 2.48
New Caledonia Melanesia 25,000 8.76
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 334,000 6.93
Nicaragua Central America 460,000 6.94
Niger Western Africa 20,000 0.08
Nigeria Western Africa 28,285,000 13.72
Niue Polynesia 456 28.18
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 11,000 19.11
Norway Northern Europe 81,000 1.49
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 4,500 0.09
Oman Western Asia 20,000 0.39
Pakistan South-Central Asia 637,000 0.29
Palau Micronesia (region) 2,400 13.27
Panama Central America 255,000 5.91
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 440,000 4.92
Paraguay South America 520,000 7.29
Peru South America 2,260,000 6.85
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 19,300,000 17.61
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 272,000 0.72
Portugal Southern Europe 420,000 4.12
Puerto Rico Caribbean 380,000 13.28
Qatar Western Asia 12,000 0.42
Reunion Eastern Africa 10,600 1.18
Romania Eastern Europe 230,000 1.20
Russia Eastern Europe 1,910,000 1.31
Rwanda Eastern Africa 1,450,000 11.20
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa 510 8.40
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 4,630 8.70
Saint Lucia Caribbean 5,600 3.05
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America 30 0.52
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 29,500 26.59
Samoa Polynesia 84,000 42.34
San Marino Southern Europe 280 0.83
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 37,100 16.93
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 60,000 0.17
Senegal Western Africa 29,900 0.18
Serbia Southern Europe 35,100 0.53
Seychelles Eastern Africa 1,000 1.02
Sierra Leone Western Africa 211,500 2.65
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 190,000 3.25
Sint Maarten Caribbean 1,500 3.50
Slovakia Eastern Europe 29,200 0.53
Slovenia Southern Europe 12,100 0.58
Solomon Islands Melanesia 45,000 6.55
Somalia Eastern Africa 500 0.00
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 24,325,000 41.01
South Sudan Eastern Africa 180,000 1.61
Spain Southern Europe 570,000 1.22
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 170,000 0.79
Sudan Northern Africa 21,000 0.05
Suriname South America 28,400 4.84
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 630,700 54.36
Sweden Northern Europe 66,500 0.66
Switzerland Western Europe 230,000 2.66
Syria Western Asia 2,500 0.01
Taiwan Eastern Asia 510,000 2.14
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 4,500 0.05
Tanzania Eastern Africa 1,335,000 2.23
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 86,300 0.12
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia
Togo Western Africa 262,000 3.16
Tokelau Polynesia 20 1.48
Tonga Polynesia 84,500 79.95
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 155,800 11.13
Tunisia Northern Africa 2,500 0.02
Turkey Western Asia 10,800 0.01
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 9,700 0.16
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 5,800 14.98
Tuvalu Polynesia 920 7.80
Uganda Eastern Africa 1,098,500 2.40
Ukraine Eastern Europe 800,000 1.83
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 17,000 0.17
United Kingdom Northern Europe 2,700,000 3.98
United States (General) Northern America 63,800,000 19.27
Uruguay South America 210,000 6.05
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 88,600 0.26
Vanuatu Melanesia 30,200 9.83
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 1,490,000 5.24
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 528,500 0.54
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 15,500 14.84
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia 60 0.53
Western Sahara Northern Africa 100 0.02
Yemen Western Asia 3,000 0.01
Zambia Eastern Africa 3,000,000 16.32
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 6,350,000 42.72
       

Sources

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

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