Demography

Share of the population who are Christians

Name: Share of the population who are Christians by country, 2020
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% · higher is better · 193 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020

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193 countries · 2020

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Share of the population who are Christians league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Timor-Leste	99.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
2	Moldova	99.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
3	Papua New Guinea	99.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
4	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	98.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Romania	98.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Zambia	98.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Tonga	97.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
8	Samoa	97.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	Bahamas, The	97.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Kiribati	97.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
11	Lesotho	97.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Armenia	97.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
13	Rwanda	97%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Congo, Dem. Rep.	96.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Solomon Islands	95%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
16	Burundi	95%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Peru	94.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
18	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	94.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
19	Guam	94%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
20	Seychelles	94%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
21	Paraguay	93.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	French Polynesia	93.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
23	Eswatini	93.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Angola	93%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Congo, Rep.	92.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Lithuania	92.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Guatemala	92%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28	St. Lucia	91.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	Serbia	91.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
30	Philippines	91.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
31	Poland	91.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Panama	91.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
33	Croatia	90.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Central African Republic	90.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Curacao	90.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	Namibia	90.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Greece	89.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Mexico	89.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	Bolivia	88.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
40	Puerto Rico (US)	88.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Haiti	88.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
42	Equatorial Guinea	88.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
43	Malta	88.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Ecuador	88.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Honduras	88.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
46	Argentina	88.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Georgia	88.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Venezuela, RB	88.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
49	Costa Rica	87.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
50	Uganda	87.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Grenada	87.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Malawi	87.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Zimbabwe	87.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	El Salvador	87.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	86.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Colombia	86.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Kenya	85.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	South Africa	85.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
59	Liberia	85.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Belarus	85.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	New Caledonia	85.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Portugal	85.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Nicaragua	84.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
64	Sao Tome and Principe	84.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Gabon	83.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
66	Vanuatu	83.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
67	Ukraine	83.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Botswana	82.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
69	Aruba	81.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
70	Ireland	81.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Brazil	80.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Italy	80.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Bulgaria	79.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Cabo Verde	78.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
75	Dominican Republic	77.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Barbados	77.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	Latvia	77.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Denmark	76.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Montenegro	76%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	Iceland	74.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Belize	74.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Madagascar	74.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83	Slovak Republic	73.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Hungary	72.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Finland	72.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Norway	71.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Ghana	71.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Trinidad and Tobago	70%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
89	Russian Federation	69.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Cameroon	69.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Fiji	69.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
92	Spain	69.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Jamaica	68.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Chile	68.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
95	Austria	68.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Cyprus	67.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Luxembourg	65.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Guyana	65.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Slovenia	65.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Tanzania	64.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
101	North Macedonia	64.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	United States	64%	North America	High income
103	Switzerland	61.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Ethiopia	61.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Mozambique	61.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Sweden	60.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Cuba	60.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	South Sudan	60.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Togo	56.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	Germany	56.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Canada	53.3%	North America	High income
112	Benin	53.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Suriname	52.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Estonia	52.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Belgium	51%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	United Kingdom	49.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Australia	46.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
118	Eritrea	46.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
119	France	46.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Cote d'Ivoire	44.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Uruguay	44.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Nigeria	43.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
124	New Zealand	40.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
125	Chad	38.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
126	Netherlands	35.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Mauritius	32.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	Korea, Rep.	32%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
129	Burkina Faso	28%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Lebanon	27.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
131	Czechia	26.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Guinea-Bissau	21.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Sierra Leone	19.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Kazakhstan	19.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
135	Singapore	18.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Hong Kong SAR, China	18.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Albania	17.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
138	United Arab Emirates	14.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
139	Bahrain	13.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
140	Qatar	12.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
141	Guinea	11.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
142	Kuwait	10.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
143	Indonesia	10.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
144	Macao SAR, China	10.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
145	Malaysia	9.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Viet Nam	8.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Oman	8.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
148	Brunei Darussalam	6.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	Myanmar	6.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
150	Kyrgyz Republic	5.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
151	Turkmenistan	5.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	Sri Lanka	5.6%	South Asia	Upper middle income
153	Taiwan	5.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
154	Egypt, Arab Rep.	4.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
155	Saudi Arabia	4.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
156	Syrian Arab Republic	3.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
157	Gambia, The	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Jordan	2.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
159	Uzbekistan	2.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
160	Mali	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Senegal	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Japan	2.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
163	India	2.2%	South Asia	Lower middle income
164	Israel	1.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
165	China	1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
166	Nepal	1.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
167	Maldives	1.6%	South Asia	Upper middle income
168	Lao PDR	1.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
169	Mongolia	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
170	Pakistan	1.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
171	Djibouti	1.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
172	Thailand	1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	West Bank and Gaza	1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
174	Tajikistan	1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
175	Niger	0.56%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Bhutan	0.55%	South Asia	Lower middle income
177	Libya	0.52%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
178	Comoros	0.51%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
179	Sudan	0.49%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
180	Azerbaijan	0.42%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
181	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.38%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
182	Iraq	0.37%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
183	Cambodia	0.32%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
184	Bangladesh	0.3%	South Asia	Lower middle income
185	Algeria	0.29%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
186	Tunisia	0.25%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
187	Mauritania	0.23%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
188	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.14%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
189	Turkiye	0.14%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
190	Morocco	0.09%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
191	Yemen, Rep.	0.06%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
192	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.03%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
193	Afghanistan	0.02%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income

Share of the population who are Christians