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Variables: Total number of Orthodox by country and percent of population that are Orthodox: In 4 traditions: Eastern (Chalcedonian), Oriental (Pre-Chalcedonian, Non-Chalcedonian, Monophysite), Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian), and non-historical Orthodox. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Orthodox)1


% Orthodox


NATION

REGION

Orthodox
(2020)1 [X]

% Orthodox
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 90 0.00
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 530,000 18.42
Algeria Northern Africa 1,300 0.00
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe
Angola Middle Africa
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 170,000 0.38
Armenia Western Asia 2,477,000 83.59
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 1,100,000 4.31
Austria Western Europe 205,000 2.28
Azerbaijan Western Asia 220,000 2.17
Bahamas, The Caribbean 500 0.13
Bahrain Western Asia 7,000 0.41
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 150 0.00
Barbados Caribbean 500 0.17
Belarus Eastern Europe 5,650,000 59.79
Belgium Western Europe 67,500 0.58
Belize Central America
Benin Western Africa
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia
Bolivia South America 2,706 0.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 1,300,000 39.62
Botswana Southern Africa 100 0.00
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 260,000 0.12
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 5,620,000 80.88
Burkina Faso Western Africa
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 0 0.00
Burundi Eastern Africa 2,000 0.02
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia
Cameroon Middle Africa 1,400 0.01
Canada Northern America 1,220,000 3.23
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa
Chad Middle Africa
Channel Islands Northern Europe 190 0.11
Chile South America 400,000 2.09
China Eastern Asia 10,000 0.00
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 10,700 0.02
Comoros Eastern Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 31,500 0.04
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 550 0.01
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 24,000 0.09
Croatia Southern Europe 230,000 5.60
Cuba Caribbean 45,000 0.40
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 791,100 65.52
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 35,000 0.33
Denmark Northern Europe 36,000 0.62
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 2,000 0.20
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean
Ecuador South America 2,200 0.01
Egypt Northern Africa 8,800,000 8.60
El Salvador Central America
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa
Eritrea Eastern Africa 1,464,820 41.30
Estonia Northern Europe 160,000 12.06
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 45,600,000 39.66
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia
Finland Northern Europe 66,000 1.19
France Western Europe 770,000 1.18
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa
Gambia, The Western Africa 1,650 0.07
Georgia Western Asia 3,357,000 84.15
Germany Western Europe 2,440,000 2.91
Ghana Western Africa 5,200 0.02
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 9,170,000 87.98
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 200,000 1.12
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa
Guyana South America 11,000 1.40
Haiti Caribbean
Honduras Central America 9,500 0.10
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 100 0.00
Hungary Eastern Europe 149,000 1.54
Iceland Northern Europe 1,000 0.29
India South-Central Asia 5,346,000 0.39
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 3,000 0.00
Iran South-Central Asia 185,000 0.22
Iraq Western Asia 60,000 0.15
Ireland Northern Europe 10,000 0.20
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 40,000 0.46
Italy Southern Europe 1,233,000 2.04
Jamaica Caribbean 2,000 0.07
Japan Eastern Asia 32,000 0.03
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 89,000 0.87
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 4,550,000 24.23
Kenya Eastern Africa 370,000 0.69
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 2,300 0.00
Kosovo Southern Europe 51,671 2.47
Kuwait Western Asia 90,000 2.11
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 230,000 3.53
Laos South-Eastern Asia
Latvia Northern Europe 420,000 22.27
Lebanon Western Asia 363,371 5.32
Lesotho Southern Africa
Liberia Western Africa
Libya Northern Africa 21,500 0.31
Liechtenstein Western Europe 500 1.31
Lithuania Northern Europe 140,000 5.14
Luxembourg Western Europe 800 0.13
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 1,305,000 62.64
Madagascar Eastern Africa 28,000 0.10
Malawi Eastern Africa 3,500 0.02
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 4,500 0.01
Maldives South-Central Asia
Mali Western Africa
Malta Southern Europe 4,500 1.02
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa
Mauritius Eastern Africa
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 122,000 0.09
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 3,821,000 94.72
Monaco Western Europe 80 0.20
Mongolia Eastern Asia 2,600 0.08
Montenegro Southern Europe 447,000 71.17
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 1,100 0.00
Mozambique Eastern Africa 5,000 0.02
Namibia Southern Africa
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 5,400 0.02
Netherlands Western Europe 12,000 0.07
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 14,800 0.31
Nicaragua Central America
Niger Western Africa
Nigeria Western Africa 3,000 0.00
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 20,000 0.37
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 17,000 0.33
Oman Western Asia 25,000 0.49
Pakistan South-Central Asia
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 1,800 0.04
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 400 0.00
Paraguay South America 32,600 0.46
Peru South America 7,600 0.02
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 4,000 0.00
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 580,000 1.53
Portugal Southern Europe 1,200 0.01
Puerto Rico Caribbean 1,200 0.04
Qatar Western Asia 7,000 0.24
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 17,100,000 88.89
Russia Eastern Europe 115,700,000 79.28
Rwanda Eastern Africa 1,500 0.01
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean
Saint Lucia Caribbean
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 110 0.10
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 52,000 0.15
Senegal Western Africa
Serbia Southern Europe 5,544,951 83.49
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 1,100 0.01
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 2,700 0.05
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 51,700 0.95
Slovenia Southern Europe 59,500 2.86
Solomon Islands Melanesia
Somalia Eastern Africa 2,000 0.01
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 30,000 0.05
South Sudan Eastern Africa 3,000 0.03
Spain Southern Europe 800,000 1.71
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 1,000 0.00
Sudan Northern Africa 100,000 0.23
Suriname South America
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa
Sweden Northern Europe 135,000 1.34
Switzerland Western Europe 140,000 1.62
Syria Western Asia 448,000 2.56
Taiwan Eastern Asia
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 52,000 0.55
Tanzania Eastern Africa 13,300 0.02
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 950 0.00
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia
Togo Western Africa
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 11,200 0.80
Tunisia Northern Africa 220 0.00
Turkey Western Asia 85,000 0.10
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 53,300 0.88
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 33,000 0.07
Ukraine Eastern Europe 31,000,000 70.88
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 80,000 0.81
United Kingdom Northern Europe 600,000 0.88
United States (General) Northern America 7,150,000 2.16
Uruguay South America 42,000 1.21
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 202,600 0.61
Vanuatu Melanesia
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 32,000 0.11
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 500 0.48
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia 6,500 0.02
Zambia Eastern Africa 7,700 0.04
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 5,300 0.04
       

Sources

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

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