Demographic estimates of Hindu population by country has been published by the Pew Research Center in 2012,[1] as well as US State Departments International Religious Freedom Report 2006.[5] By total number, India has the most Hindus. By percentage, Nepal has the largest majority of Hindu population in the world followed by India and Mauritius.[6] There are an estimated 60 to 70 million Hindus who lived outside India in 2010.[2] Only three countries in the world, in 2010, had a majority of its population as Hindus - Nepal, India and Mauritius.[1] By country Sources used for the table below include the U.S. State Department,[5] the CIA World Factbook[7] adherents,[8] Pew Research Center.[9][10] and as identified. Hinduism by country Region Country Total Population (2011 est) Hindu % of population Hindu total South Asia Afghanistan 31,889,923 0.4%[11][12] 127,560 Europe Andorra 85,000 0.4%[13] 342 Caribbean Antigua 86,754 0.1%[13] 87 South America Argentina 40,301,927 0.01%[14] 4,030 Oceania Australia 20,434,176 1.28%[15] 276,000 Central Europe Austria 8,199,783 0.1% (approx)[16] 8,200 Middle East Bahrain 708,573 6.25%[17] 44,286 South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 9.2%[18] – 12.4%[19][20] 13,841,247 – 18,665,594 Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 0.06%[21] 6,235 Central America Belize 294,385 2.3%[22] 6,771 South Asia Bhutan 742,737 25%[23][24] 185,700 Southern Africa Botswana 1,815,508 0.17%[25] 3,086 South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.0016%[26] 3,040 Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 0.035%[27] 131 West Africa Burkina Faso 14,326,203 0.001% 150 Central Africa Burundi 8,390,505 0.1%[28][29] 8,391 Southeast Asia Cambodia 13,995,904 0.3%[30][31] 41,988 North America Canada 33,390,141 1.6%[32][33] 497,200 South America Colombia 44,379,598 0.02%[34] 8,876 East Africa Comoros 711,417 0.1%(approx) 711 Central Africa Congo (Kinshasa) 65,751,512 0.18%[35] 118,353 Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 0.01% (approx)[36] 449 North America Cuba 11,394,043 0.21%[37] 23,927 West Africa Côte dIvoire 18,013,409 0.1%[38][39] 18,013 Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 0.1%[40][41] 5,468 East Africa Djibouti 496,374 0.02%[42] 99 Caribbean Dominica 72,386 0.2%[43] 145 East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 0.1% (approx)[44] 4,907 Oceania Fiji 918,675 30%[45] – 33%[46][47] 275,603 – 303,163 Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.01%[48] 524 Western Europe France 63,718,187 0.1%[49][50] 63,718 Eastern Europe 4,646,003 0.01% (approx)[51] 465 Western Europe Germany 81,000,000 0.119%[52] 98,057 West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 0.05% (approx)[53] 11,466 Caribbean Grenada 89,971 0.7%[54] 630 South America Guyana 769,095 28.3%[55][56] – 33%[57][58][59] 217,654 – 253,801 Central Europe Hungary 9,956,108 0.02% 1,767[60] South Asia India 1,265,000,000 80.5% (2001 Census)[61][62] 1,018,000,000[2] Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 1.69%[63][64][65] 4,693,880 Middle East Iran 65,397,521 0.02% (approx) 13,079 Western Europe Ireland 4,588,252 0.23%[66] 10,688 Middle East Israel 6,426,679 0.1% (approx)[67] 6,427 Western Europe Italy 60,418,000 0.2% (approx)[68] 108,950 Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.06%[69] 1,668 East Asia Japan 127,433,494 0.004% (approx) 5,097 East Africa Kenya 36,913,721 1%[70] 369,137 East Asia Korea, South 49,044,790 0.015% (approx) 12,452 Middle East Kuwait 2,505,559 12%[71] 300,667 Eastern Europe Latvia 2,259,810 0.006%[72] 136 Middle East Lebanon 4,925,502 0.1% (approx)[73] 4,926 Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx)[74][75] 2,125 West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 0.1% (approx)[76] 3,196 North Africa Libya 6,036,914 0.1%[77][78] 6,037 Western Europe Luxembourg 480,222 0.07% (approx)[79] 336 Southern Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 0.1%[80][81] 19,449 Southern Africa Malawi 13,603,181 0.02%[82] – 0.2%[83] 2,721 – 2,726 Southeast Asia Malaysia 28,401,017 7%[84][85] 1,630,000 South Asia Maldives 369,031 0.01%[86] 37 Southern Africa Mauritius 1,250,882 48.5%[87][88] 600,423 – 625,441 Eastern Europe Moldova 4,328,816 0.01% (approx)[89] 433 Southern Africa Mozambique 20,905,585 0.05%[90] – 0.2%[91] 10,453 – 41,811 Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,963,012 1.5%[92] 893,000 South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 81.3%[93][94] 23,294,843 – 23,410,450 Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 0.58%[95] – 1.20%[96] 96,110 – 200,000 Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 1%[97] 41,158 Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 0.5% 23,140 Middle East Oman 3,204,897 3%[98] – 5.7%[99] 96,147 – 182,679 South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 1.5%[100] – 3.3%[101] 5,900,000 – 9,000,000 Central America Panama 3,242,173 0.3%[102][103] 9,726 Southeast Asia Philippines 98,215,000[104] 2% (approx) 2,000,000 Western Europe Portugal 10,642,836 0.07% 7,396 Caribbean Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.09%[105] 3,550 Middle East Qatar 907,229 7.2%[106][107] 65,320 East Africa Réunion 827,000 6.7%[108] 55,409 Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 0.043%[109][110] 60,792 Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 0.6%[111] – 1.1%[112] 165,606 – 303,611 East Africa Seychelles 81,895 2% 1,638 West Africa Sierra Leone 6,144,562 0.04%[113] – 0.1%[114] 2,458 – 6,145 Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 5.1%[115][116] 262,120 Central Europe Slovakia 5,447,502 0.1% (approx) 5,448 Central Europe Slovenia 2,009,245 0.025% (approx) 500 Southern Africa South Africa 49,991,300 1.9%[117][118] 959,000 South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 7.1%[119] – 12.1%[120] 1,485,768 – 3,138,947 South America Suriname 470,784 20%[121] – 27.4%[122] 94,157 – 128,995 Southern Africa Swaziland 1,133,066 0.15%[123] – 0.2%[124] 1,700 – 2,266 Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 0.078% – 0.12%[125] 7,044 – 10,837 Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 0.38%[126][127] 28,708 East Africa Tanzania 39,384,223 0.9%[128][129] 354,458 Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 0.1%[130] 2,928 Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 22.5%[131][132][133] 237,737 East Africa Uganda 30,262,610 0.2%[134] – 0.8%[135] 60,525 – 242,101 Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 21.25%[136] 944,352 Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 1.7%[137][138] 832,000 North America United States 307,006,550 0.5%[139][140] 1,204,560 Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,780,059 0.01% (approx) 2,778 Southeast Asia Vietnam 85,262,356 0.059%[141] 50,305 Middle East Yemen 22,230,531 0.7%[142] 155,614 Southern Africa Zambia 11,477,447 0.14%[143][144] 16,068 Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 1.0%[145] 123,111 Total 7,000,000,000 15.48 1,083,800,358–1,101,518,322
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