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The World's Religions
(From The World Factbook 2004)
(Used by Permission)

Cook Islands     Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church)

Costa Rica     Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%

Cote d'Ivoire     Christian 20-30%, Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40% (2001) note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)

Croatia     Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others and unknown 6.2% (2001)

Cuba     nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented

Cyprus     Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%

Czech Republic     Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%, atheist 39.8%

Denmark     Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%

Djibouti     Muslim 94%, Christian 6%

Dominica     Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%

Dominican Republic     Roman Catholic 95%

East Timor     Roman Catholic 90%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 3%, Hindu 0.5%, Buddhist, Animist (1992 est.)

Ecuador     Roman Catholic 95%

Egypt     Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%

El Salvador     Roman Catholic 83% note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea     nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

Eritrea     Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Estonia     Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish

Ethiopia     Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%

European Union     Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)     primarily Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist

Faroe Islands     Evangelical Lutheran

Fiji     Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2% note: Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority (1986)

Finland     Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Russian Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%

France     Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%

French Guiana     Roman Catholic

French Polynesia     Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%

Gabon     Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%

Gambia, The     Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Gaza Strip     Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%

Georgia     Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%

Germany     Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Ghana     Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%

Gibraltar     Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish 2.3%, none or other 7% (1991)

Greece     Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%

Greenland     Evangelical Lutheran

Grenada     Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%

Guadeloupe     Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%

Guam     Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)

Guatemala     Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs

Guernsey     Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist

Guinea     Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%

Guinea-Bissau     indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%

Guyana     Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5%

Haiti     Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982) note: roughly half of the population practices Voodoo

Holy See (Vatican City)     Roman Catholic

Honduras     Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority

Hong Kong     eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%

Hungary     Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5%

Iceland     Evangelical Lutheran 87.1%, other Protestant 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, other 7.1% (2002)

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