Country | Population (2011) | Population Density (per sq. Km) | GDP – Per Capita (PPP) | Major Religions |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 35,320,445 | 53 | $1,000 | Islam 99% |
Albania | 3,215,988 | 117 | $7,800 | Islam 70% |
Algeria | 35,980,193 | 15 | $7,400 | Islam 99% |
American Samoa | 69,543 | 342 | $8,000 | Christian 50%, Roman Catholic 20% |
Andorra | 86,165 | 181 | $37,200 | Roman Catholic |
Angola | 19,618,432 | 15 | $6,000 | Indigenous 47% |
Antigua and Barbuda | 89,612 | 202 | $18,200 | Christian |
Argentina | 40,764,561 | 15 | $17,700 | Roman Catholic 92% |
Armenia | 3,100,236 | 109 | $5,500 | Armenian Apostolic 95% |
Aruba | 108,141 | 597 | $21,800 | Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8% |
Australia | 22,620,600 | 3 | $40,800 | Roman Catholic 26%, Anglican 21% |
Austria | 8,419,000 | 102 | $42,400 | Roman Catholic 74% |
Azerbaijan | 9,168,000 | 110 | $10,300 | Islam 93% |
Bahamas, The | 347,176 | 34 | $31,400 | Baptist 35%, Anglican 15% |
Bahrain | 1,323,535 | 1660 | $27,900 | Islam 81% |
Bangladesh | 150,493,658 | 1142 | $1,700 | Islam 83% |
Barbados | 273,925 | 636 | $23,700 | Protestant 67% |
Belarus | 9,473,000 | 47 | $15,200 | Eastern Orthodox 80% |
Belgium | 11,008,000 | 360 | $38,200 | Roman Catholic 75% |
Belize | 356,600 | 15 | $8,400 | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 27% |
Benin | 9,099,922 | 80 | $1,500 | Indigenous 50%, Christian 30% |
Bermuda | 64,700 | 1285 | $69,900 | non-Anglican Protestant 39%, Anglican 27% |
Bhutan | 738,267 | 19 | $6,200 | Lamaistic Buddhist 75% |
Bolivia | 10,088,108 | 9 | $4,900 | Roman Catholic 95% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,752,228 | 74 | $8,200 | Islam 40%, Orthodox 31% |
Botswana | 2,030,738 | 4 | $16,200 | indigenous beliefs 85%, Christian 15% |
Brazil | 196,655,014 | 23 | $11,900 | Roman Catholic 80% |
Brunei | 405,938 | 76 | $50,000 | Muslim 67%, Buddhist 13% |
Bulgaria | 7,476,000 | 69 | $13,800 | Bulgarian Orthodox 83.8%, Muslim 12.1% |
Burkina Faso | 16,967,845 | 60 | $1,500 | indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50% |
Burundi | 8,575,172 | 326 | $600 | Christian 67%, indigenous beliefs 23% |
Cambodia | 14,305,183 | 80 | $2,200 | Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5% |
Cameroon | 20,030,362 | 41 | $2,300 | indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40% |
Canada | 34,482,779 | 4 | $41,100 | Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 36% |
Cape Verde | 500,585 | 123 | $4,000 | Roman Catholic |
Cayman Islands | 56,729 | 234 | $43,800 | United Church, Anglican, Baptist |
Central African Republic | 4,486,837 | 7 | $800 | indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25% |
Chad | 11,525,496 | 9 | $1,900 | Muslim 51%, Christian 35% |
Chile | 17,269,525 | 23 | $17,400 | Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11% |
China | 1,344,130,000 | 143 | $8,500 | Daoist, Buddhist, Muslim |
Colombia | 46,927,125 | 42 | $10,400 | Roman Catholic 90% |
Comoros | 753,943 | 395 | $1,200 | Muslim 98% |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | 67,757,577 | 29 | $400 | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20% |
Congo, Rep. | 4,139,748 | 12 | $4,600 | Christian 50%, animist 48% |
Costa Rica | 4,726,575 | 91 | $12,100 | Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7% |
Cote d’Ivoire | 20,152,894 | 62 | $1,600 | Christian 20-30%, Muslim 35-40% |
Croatia | 4,407,000 | 79 | $18,400 | Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4% |
Cuba | 11,253,665 | 106 | $9,900 | Roman Catholic 85% |
Curacao | 145,619 | 324 | $15,000 | |
Cyprus | 1,116,564 | 119 | $29,400 | Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18% |
Czech Republic | 10,546,000 | 136 | $27,400 | Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6% |
Denmark | 5,574,000 | 131 | $37,600 | Evangelical Lutheran 95% |
Djibouti | 905,564 | 38 | $2,700 | Muslim 94% |
Dominica | 67,675 | 90 | $14,000 | Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% |
Dominican Republic | 10,056,181 | 205 | $9,400 | Roman Catholic 95% |
Ecuador | 14,666,055 | 58 | $8,600 | Roman Catholic 95% |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | 82,536,770 | 81 | $6,600 | Islam 90% |
El Salvador | 6,227,491 | 299 | $7,600 | Catholics 83% |
Equatorial Guinea | 720,213 | 25 | $19,600 | Christian and Roman Catholic |
Eritrea | 5,415,280 | 52 | $700 | Islam |
Estonia | 1,340,000 | 32 | $20,600 | Evangelical Lutheran 14%, Russian Orthodox 13% |
Ethiopia | 84,734,262 | 83 | $1,100 | Islam 45%-50% |
Faeroe Islands | 48,863 | 35 | $30,500 | Evangelical Lutheran |
Fiji | 868,406 | 47 | $4,700 | Christian 52%, Hindu 38% |
Finland | 5,387,000 | 18 | $36,700 | Evangelical Lutheran 84% |
France | 65,436,552 | 119 | $35,600 | Roman Catholic 83%-88% |
French Polynesia | 273,777 | 74 | $18,000 | Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30% |
Gabon | 1,534,262 | 6 | $16,400 | Christian 55%-75% |
Gambia, The | 1,776,103 | 173 | $2,000 | Muslim 90%, Christian 9% |
Georgia | 4,486,000 | 78 | $5,600 | Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11% |
Germany | 81,726,000 | 235 | $38,400 | Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34% |
Ghana | 24,965,816 | 107 | $3,100 | Christian 63%, indigenous beliefs 21% |
Greece | 11,304,000 | 88 | $26,600 | Greek Orthodox 98% |
Greenland | 56,744 | 0.027 | $37,400 | Evangelical Lutheran |
Grenada | 104,890 | 307 | $14,100 | Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8% |
Guam | 182,111 | 333 | $15,000 | Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% |
Guatemala | 14,757,316 | 134 | $5,100 | Roman Catholic, Protestant |
Guinea | 10,221,808 | 41 | $1,100 | Muslim 85%, Christian 8% |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,547,061 | 54 | $1,200 | indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45% |
Guyana | 756,040 | 4 | $7,600 | Christian 50%, Hindu 35% |
Haiti | 10,123,787 | 363 | $1,300 | Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% |
Honduras | 7,754,687 | 68 | $4,400 | Roman Catholic 97% |
Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,071,600 | 6783 | $49,800 | eclectic mixture of local religions 90% |
Hungary | 9,971,000 | 110 | $19,800 | Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20% |
Iceland | 319,000 | 3 | $38,500 | Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1% |
India | 1,241,491,960 | 412 | $3,700 | Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12% |
Indonesia | 242,325,638 | 132 | $4,700 | Muslim 88%, Protestant 5% |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 74,798,599 | 45 | $13,200 | Muslim 99% |
Iraq | 32,961,959 | 74 | $3,900 | Muslim 97% |
Ireland | 4,487,000 | 65 | $40,100 | Roman Catholic 91.6% |
Isle of Man | 83,327 | 145 | $35,000 | Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist |
Israel | 7,765,700 | 352 | $31,400 | Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% |
Italy | 60,770,000 | 206 | $30,900 | Roman Catholic 90% |
Jamaica | 2,709,300 | 250 | $9,100 | Protestant 61.3%, Roman Catholic 4% |
Japan | 127,817,277 | 350 | $35,200 | both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% |
Jordan | 6,181,000 | 68 | $6,000 | Muslim 92%, Christian 6% |
Kazakhstan | 16,558,459 | 6 | $13,200 | Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44% |
Kenya | 41,609,728 | 71 | $1,800 | Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33% |
Kiribati | 101,093 | 123 | $5,800 | Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant 40% |
North Korea | 24,451,285 | 202 | $1,800 | traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist |
South Korea | 49,779,000 | 509 | $32,100 | Christian 49%, Buddhist 47% |
Kosovo | 1,794,303 | 163 | $6,500 | |
Kuwait | 2,818,042 | 154 | $42,200 | Muslim 85% |
Kyrgyzstan | 5,507,000 | 28 | $2,400 | Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20% |
Laos PDR | 6,288,037 | 27 | $2,700 | Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% |
Latvia | 2,220,000 | 36 | $15,900 | Lutheran, Roman Catholic |
Lebanon | 4,259,405 | 413 | $15,700 | Muslim 70%, Christian 30% |
Lesotho | 2,193,843 | 72 | $2,000 | Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% |
Liberia | 4,128,572 | 41 | $500 | indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40% |
Libya | 6,422,772 | 4 | $14,100 | Muslim 97% |
Liechtenstein | 36,304 | 225 | $143,900 | Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7% |
Lithuania | 3,203,000 | 52 | $19,100 | Roman Catholic, Lutheran |
Luxembourg | 517,000 | 196 | $81,100 | Roman Catholic 87%, Protestants 13% |
Macao SAR, China | 555,731 | 19416 | $33,000 | Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15% |
Macedonia, FYR | 2,063,893 | 82 | $10,500 | Macedonian Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30% |
Madagascar | 21,315,135 | 36 | $900 | indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41% |
Malawi | 15,380,888 | 158 | $900 | Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20% |
Malaysia | 28,859,154 | 86 | $15,800 | Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu |
Maldives | 320,081 | 1053 | $8,800 | Muslim |
Mali | 15,839,538 | 13 | $1,100 | Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9% |
Malta | 419,000 | 1300 | $25,800 | Roman Catholic 98% |
Marshall Islands | 54,816 | 300 | $2,500 | Christian |
Mauritania | 3,541,540 | 3 | $2,200 | Muslim 100% |
Mauritius | 1,286,051 | 631 | $15,100 | Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% |
Mexico | 114,793,341 | 58 | $14,800 | Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6% |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 111,542 | 159 | $2,200 | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47% |
Moldova | 3,559,000 | 124 | $3,400 | Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5% |
Monaco | 35,427 | 17704 | $153,177 | Roman Catholic 90% |
Mongolia | 2,800,114 | 2 | $4,800 | Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96% |
Montenegro | 632,261 | 47 | $11,700 | |
Morocco | 32,272,974 | 72 | $5,100 | Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1% |
Mozambique | 23,929,708 | 30 | $1,100 | indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30% |
Myanmar | 48,336,763 | 73 | $1,300 | Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% |
Namibia | 2,324,004 | 3 | $7,500 | Christian 80% to 90% |
Nepal | 30,485,798 | 209 | $1,300 | Hinduism 86.2%, Buddhism 7.8% |
Netherlands | 16,696,000 | 493 | $42,700 | Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21% |
New Caledonia | 249,000 | 14 | $15,000 | Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30% |
New Zealand | 4,405,200 | 17 | $28,000 | Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18% |
Nicaragua | 5,869,859 | 48 | $3,200 | Roman Catholic 85% |
Niger | 16,068,994 | 12 | $800 | Muslim 80% |
Nigeria | 162,470,737 | 174 | $2,600 | Muslim 50%, Christian 40% |
Northern Mariana Islands | 61,174 | 132 | $12,500 | Christian |
Norway | 4,952,000 | 16 | $54,200 | Evangelical Lutheran 86% |
Oman | 2,846,145 | 9 | $26,900 | Ibadhi Muslim 75% |
Pakistan | 176,745,364 | 225 | $2,800 | Muslim 97% |
Palau | 20,609 | 45 | $8,100 | Christian |
Panama | 3,571,185 | 47 | $14,300 | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% |
Papua New Guinea | 7,013,829 | 15 | $2,600 | Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16% |
Paraguay | 6,568,290 | 16 | $5,500 | Roman Catholic 90% |
Peru | 29,399,817 | 23 | $10,200 | Roman Catholic 90% |
Philippines | 94,852,030 | 313 | $4,100 | Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9% |
Poland | 38,216,000 | 126 | $20,600 | Roman Catholic 95% |
Portugal | 10,637,000 | 116 | $23,700 | Roman Catholic 94% |
Puerto Rico | 3,706,690 | 420 | $16,300 | Roman Catholic 85% |
Qatar | 1,870,041 | 152 | $104,300 | Muslim 95% |
Romania | 21,390,000 | 93 | $12,600 | Eastern Orthodox 87%, Protestant 6.8% |
Russian Federation | 141,930,000 | 9 | $17,000 | Russian Orthodox |
Rwanda | 10,942,950 | 431 | $1,400 | Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26% |
Samoa | 183,874 | 65 | $6,000 | Christian 99.7% |
San Marino | 31,735 | 526 | $36,200 | Roman Catholic |
Sao Tome and Principe | 168,526 | 172 | $2,300 | Christian 80% |
Saudi Arabia | 28,082,541 | 13 | $24,500 | Muslim 100% |
Senegal | 12,767,556 | 65 | $1,900 | Muslim 94%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
Serbia | 7,261,000 | 83 | $10,800 | Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19% |
Seychelles | 86,000 | 188 | $25,000 | Roman Catholic 86.6%, Anglican 6.8% |
Sierra Leone | 5,997,486 | 82 | $900 | Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30% |
Singapore | 5,183,700 | 7252 | $60,500 | Buddhist, Muslim |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 36,609 | 1113 | $15,400 | |
Slovakia | 5,440,000 | 113 | $23,600 | Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7% |
Slovenia | 2,052,000 | 102 | $29,000 | Roman Catholic 70.8%, Lutheran 1% |
Solomon Islands | 552,267 | 19 | $3,200 | Anglican 45%, Roman Catholic 18% |
Somalia | 9,556,873 | 15 | $600 | Sunni Muslim |
South Africa | 50,586,757 | 41 | $11,100 | Christian 68%, Muslim 2% |
South Sudan | 10,314,021 | 13.33 | $2,134 | |
Spain | 46,235,000 | 92 | $31,000 | Roman Catholic 94%, other 6% |
Sri Lanka | 20,869,000 | 329 | $5,700 | Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15% |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 53,051 | 202 | $16,218 | |
St. Lucia | 176,000 | 285 | $12,476 | |
St. Martin (French part) | 30,615 | 556 | ||
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 109,365 | 280 | $11,561 | |
Sudan | 34,318,385 | 18 | $2,800 | Sunni Muslim 70%, indigenous beliefs 25% |
Suriname | 529,419 | 3 | $9,600 | Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6% |
Swaziland | 1,067,773 | 61 | $5,400 | Zionist 40%, Roman Catholic 20% |
Sweden | 9,453,000 | 23 | $40,900 | Lutheran 87% |
Switzerland | 7,907,000 | 196 | $43,900 | Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40% |
Syrian Arab Republic | 20,820,311 | 111 | $5,100 | Muslim 90% |
Tajikistan | 6,976,958 | 49 | $2,100 | Muslim 90% |
Tanzania | 46,218,486 | 51 | $1,500 | Christian 30%, Muslim 35% |
Thailand | 69,518,555 | 135 | $9,500 | Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8% |
Timor-Leste | 1,175,880 | 77 | $8,800 | |
Togo | 6,154,813 | 111 | $900 | indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29% |
Tonga | 104,509 | 145 | $7,400 | Christian |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,346,350 | 261 | $20,300 | Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8% |
Tunisia | 10,673,800 | 68 | $9,600 | Muslim 98%, Christian 1% |
Turkey | 73,639,596 | 95 | $14,700 | Muslim 99.8%, other 0.2% |
Turkmenistan | 5,105,301 | 11 | $7,900 | Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9% |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 39,184 | 40 | $11,500 | Baptist 40%, Methodist 16% |
Tuvalu | 9,847 | 328 | $3,400 | Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97% |
Uganda | 34,509,205 | 167 | $1,300 | Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33% |
Ukraine | 45,706,100 | 79 | $7,300 | Ukrainian Orthodox – Moscow Patriarchate |
United Arab Emirates | 7,890,924 | 90 | $48,800 | Muslim 96% |
United Kingdom | 62,641,000 | 257 | $36,600 | Anglican and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million |
United States | 311,591,917 | 34 | $49,000 | Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28% |
Uruguay | 3,368,595 | 19 | $15,300 | Roman Catholic 66%, Protestant 2% |
Uzbekistan | 29,341,200 | 67 | $3,300 | Muslim 88%, Eastern Orthodox 9% |
Vanuatu | 245,619 | 20 | $5,000 | Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15% |
Venezuela, RB | 29,278,000 | 33 | $12,700 | Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2% |
Vietnam | 87,840,000 | 280 | $3,400 | Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 109,666 | 314 | $14,500 | Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34% |
West Bank and Gaza | 4,019,433 | 649 | $2,900 | Muslim 75%, Jewish 17% |
Yemen, Rep. | 24,799,880 | 46 | $2,300 | Muslim, Jewish |
Zambia | 13,474,959 | 17 | $1,600 | Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49% |
Zimbabwe | 12,754,378 | 32 | $500 | Syncretic 50%, Christian 25% |