Hinduism By Country

Hinduism has approximately 1.2 billion adherents worldwide (15% of the world's population).

Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world behind Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.3%).

Hinduism By Country
Percentage of Hindus by country, according to the Pew Research Center.

Most Hindus live in Asian countries, and the majority of Nepal and India are Hindus, and a significant number in Mauritius. Countries with more than 500,000 Hindu residents and citizens are (in decreasing order) India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia (with Bali being 87% Hindu), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Myanmar, Australia, Mauritius, South Africa, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates.

There are significant numbers of Hindu enclaves around the world, with many in South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Hinduism is also practiced by the non-Indic people including the Balinese of Bali island (Indonesia), Tengger and Osing of Java (Indonesia), the Balamon Chams of Vietnam, and Ghanaian Hindus in Ghana.

Background

Hinduism is a heterogeneous religion and consists of many schools of thought. Hinduism includes a diversity of ideas on spirituality and traditions, but has no ecclesiastical order, no unquestionable religious authorities, no governing body, no prophet(s) nor any binding holy book; Hindus can be polytheistic, monotheistic, pantheistic, monistic, agnostic, humanist, or atheistic.

Demographic estimates

Demographic estimates of Hindu populations by country have been published by the Pew Research Center in 2012, as well as US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006.

By total number, India has the most Hindus. As a percentage, Nepal has the largest percentage of Hindus in the world, followed by India and Mauritius. The Hindu population around the world as of 2020 is about 1.2 billion, making it the world's third-largest religion after Christianity and Islam, of which nearly 1.1 billion Hindus live in India. India contains 94% of the global Hindu population. According to a statistical study, an estimated 100 million Hindus live outside of India. In 2010, only two countries in the world had a majority of their population as Hindus – Nepal and India. In Mauritius, 48.14 percent of the population were Hindu, according to the 2015 census. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Fiji, Bhutan, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sri Lanka have very large and influential Hindu minorities.[weasel words][citation needed]

By country

Sources used for the table below include the US State Department, the CIA World Factbook, adherents.com, thearda.com, and Pew Research Center. and as identified.

Hinduism by country
Region Country Hindu total Percentage Total population Census year
South Asia Hinduism By Country  Afghanistan <1,000(est) <0.01% 31,889,923 2017
North Africa Hinduism By Country  Algeria 5,720 0.01% 43,053,053 2019
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Andorra 300 - 400 0.4% 60,000 >2012
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Anguilla 50 - 60 0.43% 13,452 -NA-
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Antigua and Barbuda 379 0.4% 81,799 -NA-
South America Hinduism By Country  Argentina 4,000+ 0.01% 40,301,927 -NA-
Oceania Hinduism By Country  Australia 684,000 2.7% 23,401,400 2021
Central Europe Hinduism By Country  Austria 11,000 0.1% 8,900,000
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Bahrain 7,000 – 144,286 <1%–9.8% 708,573
South Asia Hinduism By Country  Bangladesh 14,300,000 8.54% 167,000,000 2011
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Barbados 1,055 0.46% 226,193
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Belgium 6,235 0.06% 10,392,226
Central America and Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Belize 612 0.2% 294,385
South Asia Hinduism By Country  Bhutan 185,700 22.6%–25% 742,737
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Botswana 3,353 0.3% 1,372,675
South America Hinduism By Country  Brazil 5,675–9,500 0.0029%–0.01% 192,755,799
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Brunei 131 0.035% 374,577
West Africa Hinduism By Country  Burkina Faso 150 0.001%[citation needed] 14,326,203
Central Africa Hinduism By Country  Burundi 8,391 0.1% 8,390,505
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Cambodia 41,988 0.3% 13,995,904
North America Hinduism By Country  Canada 828,200 2.3% 36,990,141 2021
Central Europe Hinduism By Country  Czech Republic 2,404 0.023% 10,436,560
East Asia Hinduism By Country  China 20,000 <0.1% 1,412,600,000
South America Hinduism By Country  Colombia 8,876 0.02% 44,379,598
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Comoros 711 0.1%(approx)
[citation needed]
711,417
Central Africa Hinduism By Country  Congo (Kinshasa) 30,000 0.18% 65,751,512
Balkans Hinduism By Country  Croatia 449 0.01% (approx) 4,493,312
North America Hinduism By Country  Cuba 23,927 0.21% 11,394,043
West Africa Hinduism By Country  Côte d'Ivoire 18,013 0.1% 18,013,409
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Cyprus 4,640 0.4% 1,160,987 2015
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Denmark 5,468 0.1% 5,468,120
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Djibouti 99 0.02% 496,374
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Dominica 145 0.2% 72,386
North Africa Hinduism By Country  Egypt 2,700 0.003% 82,761,244 2010
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Eritrea 4,907 0.1% (approx) 4,906,585
Eastern Europe Hinduism By Country  Estonia 295 0.027% 1,094,564
Oceania Hinduism By Country  Fiji 261,136 27.9% 935,974
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Finland 5,000 0.1% 5,238,460
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  France 121,000 0.2% 63,718,187
Eastern Europe Hinduism By Country  Georgia 465 0.01% (approx) 4,646,003
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Germany 130,000 0.15% (approx) 82,660,000
West Africa Hinduism By Country  Ghana 12,500 0.05% (approx) 22,931,299
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Gibraltar 628 2.0% 32,194
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Grenada 630 0.7% 89,971
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Guadeloupe 2,300 0.5% 460,000
South America and Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Guyana 190,966 24.9% 769,095
Central Europe Hinduism By Country  Hungary 1,767 0.02% 9,956,108
South Asia Hinduism By Country  India 1,053,000,000 79.8% 1,320,000,000 (2011 Census)
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Indonesia 4,679,053 1.71% 273,873,000 2021
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Iran 20,000 <0.1 65,397,521
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Ireland 14,300 0.30% 4,761,865 2016
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Israel 6,427 0.1% (approx)[failed verification] 6,426,679
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Italy 108,950 0.2% (approx) 60,418,000
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Jamaica 1,836 0.07% 2,780,132
East Asia Hinduism By Country  Japan 30,000 <0.1 127,433,494
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Jordan 10,185 0.1 10,185,500 2020
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Kenya 60,000 0.1% 37,000,000
East Asia Hinduism By Country  Korea, South 12,452 0.015% (approx) 49,044,790
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Kuwait 300,667 12% 2,505,559
Eastern Europe Hinduism By Country  Latvia 179 0.012% 1,481,823
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Lebanon 4,926 0.1% (approx) 4,925,502
Eastern Europe Hinduism By Country  Lithuania 344 0.01% 2,561,000
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Lesotho 2,125 0.1% (approx) 2,125,262
West Africa Hinduism By Country  Liberia 3,196 0.1% (approx) 3,195,931
North Africa Hinduism By Country  Libya 6,037 0.1% 6,036,914
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Luxembourg 336 0.07% (approx) 480,222
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Madagascar 19,449 0.1% 19,448,815
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Malawi 2,721 – 2,726 0.02% – 0.2% 13,603,181
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Malaysia 1,949,850 6.3% 30,949,962
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Martinique 1,317 0.3% 439,202
South Asia Hinduism By Country  Maldives 37 0.01% 369,031
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Mauritius 670,000 50.63% 1,266,000 2020
Eastern Europe Hinduism By Country  Moldova 433 0.01% (approx) 3,200,000
North Africa Hinduism By Country  Morocco 200 0.0006 32,781,860 2011
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Mozambique 10,453 – 41,811 0.05% – 0.2% 20,905,585
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Myanmar 252,763 0.5% 50,279,900 2014
South Asia Hinduism By Country  Nepal 23,677,744 81.19% 29,164,578 2021
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Netherlands 96,110 – 200,000 0.58% – 1.20% 16,570,613
Oceania Hinduism By Country  New Zealand 123,534 2.63% 4,115,771
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Norway 23,140 0.5% 4,627,926
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Oman 96,147 – 182,679 3% – 5.7% 3,204,897
South Asia Hinduism By Country  Pakistan 4,444,870 2.14% 196,000,000 2017
Central America Hinduism By Country  Panama 9,726 0.3% 3,242,173
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Philippines 30,634 <0.1% 102,000,000
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Portugal 7,396 0.07% 10,642,836
Central Europe Hinduism By Country  Poland 2,421 0.008% 30,575,000
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Puerto Rico 3,550 0.09% 3,944,259
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Qatar 422,118 15.1% 2,795,484 2020
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Réunion 55,409 6.7% 927,000
Eastern Europe Hinduism By Country  Russia 143,000 0.1% 141,377,752
Oceania Hinduism By Country  Samoa 38 0.02% (approx) 187,429
Saint Kitts and Nevis Hinduism By Country  Saint Kitts and Nevis 860 1.82% 47,195 2011
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Saudi Arabia 303,611 0.6% – 1.1% 27,601,038
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Seychelles 1,910 2.1%-2.4% 90,945
West Africa Hinduism By Country  Sierra Leone 2,458 – 6,145 0.04% – 0.1% 6,144,562
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Singapore 280,000 5.0% 5,600,000 2011
Central Europe Hinduism By Country  Slovakia 5,448 0.1% (approx)
[citation needed]
5,447,502
Central Europe Hinduism By Country  Slovenia 500 0.025% (approx)
[citation needed]
2,009,245
Eastern Africa Hinduism By Country  Somalia 8,278 0.06% 13,797,204 2015
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  South Africa 505,000 0.9%-1.1% 49,991,300
South Asia Hinduism By Country  Sri Lanka 2,671,000 12.6% 21,200,000 2011
South America and Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Suriname 120,623 – 128,995 22.3% – 27.4% 470,784
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Eswatini 1,700 – 2,266 0.15% – 0.2% 1,133,066
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Sweden 7,044 – 10,837 0.078% – 0.12% 9,031,088
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  Switzerland 28,708-50,000 0.38%-0.6% 7,554,661
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Tanzania 50,000 0.11% 39,384,223
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  Trinidad and Tobago 240,100 18.2% 1,056,608 2011
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Thailand 65,000 0.1% 65,068,149
Oceania Hinduism By Country  Tonga 100 0.1% 103,043
North Africa Hinduism By Country  Tunisia 120 0.001% 11,303,942 2016
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Turkey 300 0.00035%-0.001% 84,339,067
Eastern Europe Hinduism By Country  Ukraine 42,386 0.1% 42,386,400
East Africa Hinduism By Country  Uganda 100,000 0.3% 38,225,447
Middle East Hinduism By Country  United Arab Emirates 490,000 5 - 20% 9,682,000
Western Europe Hinduism By Country  United Kingdom 1,020,000 1.7% 60,776,238 2017
North America Hinduism By Country  United States 3,338,210 1.0% 332,000,000 2020
Caribbean Hinduism By Country  United States Virgin Islands 528 1.9% 28,054
Central Asia Hinduism By Country  Uzbekistan 2,778 0.01% (approx)
[citation needed]
27,780,059
Southeast Asia Hinduism By Country  Vietnam 70,000 0.07% 85,262,356
Middle East Hinduism By Country  Yemen 155,614 0.7% 22,230,531
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Zambia 16,068 0.14% 11,477,447
Southern Africa Hinduism By Country  Zimbabwe 3,000 0.02% 12,311,143
Total 1,100,000,000 - 1,120,000,000 15% 7,500,000,000

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, in the 4th column, is the percentage of the population that is Hindu in a specific region (Hindus in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Hindu percentage compared to the total Hindu population of the world (Hindus in the region * 100/total Hindu population of the world).

(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not the Middle East).

Hinduism in Africa
Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total
Central Africa 193,121,055 N/A N/A N/A
East Africa 193,741,900 667,694 0.345% 0.071%
North Africa 202,151,323 5,765 0.003% 0.001%
Southern Africa 137,092,019 1,269,844 0.926% 0.135%
West Africa 268,997,245 70,402 0.026% 0.007%
Total 885,103,542 2,013,705 0.225% 0.213%
Hinduism in Asia
Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total
Central Asia 92,019,166 149,644 0.163% 0.016%
East Asia 1,527,960,261 130,631 0.009% 0.014%
West Asia 274,775,527 3,187,673 1.5% 0.084%
South Asia 1,437,326,682 1,068,728,901 70.05% 98.475%
Southeast Asia 571,337,070 6,386,614 1.118% 0.677%
Total 3,903,418,706 1,074,728,901 26.01% 99.266%
Hinduism in Europe
Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total
Balkans 65,407,609 449 0.001% 0.001%
Central Europe 74,510,241 163 0% 0%
Eastern Europe 212,821,296 717,101 0.337% 0.076%
Western Europe 375,832,557 1,313,640 0.348% 0.138%
Total 728,571,703 2,030,904 0.278% 0.214%
Hinduism in the Americas
Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total
Caribbean 24,898,266 279,515 1.123% 0.030%
Central America 41,135,205 5,833 0.014% 0.006%
North America 446,088,748 2,131,127 0.478% 0.191%
South America 371,075,531 389,869 0.105% 0.041%
Total 883,197,750 2,806,344 0.281% 0.263%
Hinduism in Oceania
Region Total Population Hindus % of Hindus % of Hindu total
Oceania 38,552,683 791,615 2.053% 0.071%
Total 38,552,683 791,615 2.053% 0.071%

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