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Variables: Total number of Chinese folk-religionists by country and percent of population that are Chinese folk-religionists: Followers of indigenous religions of China, representing an amalgamation of beliefs and practices that can include: universism (yin/yang cosmology with dualities earth/heaven, evil/good, darkness/light), worship of ancestors/gods/goddesses/spirits, divination, sacrifices, and elements from Taoism, Confucianism, neo-Confucianism, and/or Buddhism. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Chinese folk-religionists)1


% Chinese folk-religionists


NATION

REGION

Chinese folk-religionists
(2020)1 [X]

% Chinese folk-religionists
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe
Algeria Northern Africa 14,032 0.03
American Samoa Polynesia 232 0.42
Andorra Southern Europe
Angola Middle Africa 279 0.00
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 488 0.00
Armenia Western Asia
Aruba Caribbean 171 0.16
Australia Australia/New Zealand 140,240 0.55
Austria Western Europe 3,296 0.04
Azerbaijan Western Asia
Bahamas, The Caribbean 94 0.02
Bahrain Western Asia
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 3,524 0.00
Barbados Caribbean
Belarus Eastern Europe
Belgium Western Europe 6,676 0.06
Belize Central America
Benin Western Africa
Bermuda Northern America 131 0.21
Bhutan South-Central Asia
Bolivia South America 1,751 0.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe
Botswana Southern Africa 130 0.01
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 46,232 0.02
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 22,948 5.25
Bulgaria Eastern Europe
Burkina Faso Western Africa
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 139,754 0.26
Burundi Eastern Africa
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 355,875 2.13
Cameroon Middle Africa 1,019 0.00
Canada Northern America 687,387 1.82
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa
Chad Middle Africa 5,256 0.03
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 2,523 0.01
China Eastern Asia 436,921,870 30.36
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 2,582 0.01
Comoros Eastern Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 386 0.01
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 26,477 0.52
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa
Croatia Southern Europe
Cuba Caribbean 21,629 0.19
Curacao Caribbean 245 0.15
Cyprus Western Asia
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 3,427 0.03
Denmark Northern Europe 4,401 0.08
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa
Dominica Caribbean 43 0.06
Dominican Republic Caribbean 8,380 0.08
Ecuador South America 17,117 0.10
Egypt Northern Africa 2,129 0.00
El Salvador Central America 809 0.01
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa
Eritrea Eastern Africa
Estonia Northern Europe
Ethiopia Eastern Africa
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 941 0.11
Finland Northern Europe 4,122 0.07
France Western Europe 232,230 0.36
French Guiana South America 10,663 3.57
French Polynesia Polynesia 1,197 0.43
Gabon Middle Africa
Gambia, The Western Africa
Georgia Western Asia
Germany Western Europe 5,329 0.01
Ghana Western Africa 901 0.00
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 9,339 0.09
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region) 1,772 1.05
Guatemala Central America 5,797 0.03
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa
Guyana South America 2,155 0.27
Haiti Caribbean 294 0.00
Honduras Central America 698 0.01
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 3,185,939 42.50
Hungary Eastern Europe 4,811 0.05
Iceland Northern Europe
India South-Central Asia 180,954 0.01
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 2,424,677 0.89
Iran South-Central Asia 1,075 0.00
Iraq Western Asia 772 0.00
Ireland Northern Europe 5,185 0.11
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 10,387 0.12
Italy Southern Europe 217,663 0.36
Jamaica Caribbean 3,909 0.13
Japan Eastern Asia 285,714 0.23
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 1,983 0.01
Kenya Eastern Africa 2,581 0.00
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 16,060 0.06
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 36,145 0.07
Kosovo Southern Europe
Kuwait Western Asia
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia
Laos South-Eastern Asia 26,010 0.36
Latvia Northern Europe
Lebanon Western Asia
Lesotho Southern Africa
Liberia Western Africa
Libya Northern Africa 1,917 0.03
Liechtenstein Western Europe
Lithuania Northern Europe
Luxembourg Western Europe
Macau Eastern Asia 381,151 58.70
Macedonia Southern Europe
Madagascar Eastern Africa 13,846 0.05
Malawi Eastern Africa
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 5,948,417 18.38
Maldives South-Central Asia
Mali Western Africa
Malta Southern Europe
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean 225 0.06
Mauritania Western Africa
Mauritius Eastern Africa 16,927 1.33
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 13,151 0.01
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 345 0.30
Moldova Eastern Europe
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 19,670 0.60
Montenegro Southern Europe
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa
Mozambique Eastern Africa 5,801 0.02
Namibia Southern Africa
Nauru Micronesia (region) 1,135 10.48
Nepal South-Central Asia 20,335 0.07
Netherlands Western Europe 7,137 0.04
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 22,245 0.46
Nicaragua Central America 2,981 0.05
Niger Western Africa
Nigeria Western Africa 6,083 0.00
Niue Polynesia 3 0.19
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 2,797 4.86
Norway Northern Europe 1,815 0.03
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia
Pakistan South-Central Asia 3,068 0.00
Palau Micronesia (region) 45 0.25
Panama Central America 6,300 0.15
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 6,611 0.07
Paraguay South America
Peru South America 21,701 0.07
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 64,309 0.06
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe
Portugal Southern Europe 21,107 0.21
Puerto Rico Caribbean 515 0.02
Qatar Western Asia
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 846 0.00
Russia Eastern Europe 2,633 0.00
Rwanda Eastern Africa
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
Samoa Polynesia 20 0.01
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 31,193 0.09
Senegal Western Africa 536 0.00
Serbia Southern Europe
Seychelles Eastern Africa 52 0.05
Sierra Leone Western Africa
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 2,193,709 37.50
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe
Slovenia Southern Europe
Solomon Islands Melanesia
Somalia Eastern Africa
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 110,907 0.19
South Sudan Eastern Africa 541 0.00
Spain Southern Europe 24,546 0.05
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 857 0.00
Sudan Northern Africa 2,105 0.00
Suriname South America 1,558 0.27
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa
Sweden Northern Europe 5,050 0.05
Switzerland Western Europe
Syria Western Asia
Taiwan Eastern Asia 10,225,004 42.93
Tajikistan South-Central Asia
Tanzania Eastern Africa 31,570 0.05
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 643,207 0.92
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 2,110 0.16
Togo Western Africa
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 5,487 0.39
Tunisia Northern Africa 189 0.00
Turkey Western Asia 14,759 0.02
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 5,855 0.01
Ukraine Eastern Europe 892 0.00
United Arab Emirates Western Asia
United Kingdom Northern Europe 58,518 0.09
United States (General) Northern America 115,851 0.04
Uruguay South America
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 552 0.00
Vanuatu Melanesia
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 6,028 0.02
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 973,386 1.00
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia
Zambia Eastern Africa 11,766 0.06
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 476 0.00
       

Sources

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

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