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The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006.[1] Other sources used were the CIA World Factbook[2] and adherents.com.[3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov[4] (2007 estimates). According to the percentage, Nepal has the highest majority of Hindu population in the world followed by India and Mauritius.

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By country


Hinduism by country
Region Country Total Population (2007 est) Hindu % of population Hindu total
South Asia Afghanistan 31,889,923 0.4%[5][6] 127,560
Europe Andorra 84,082 0.4%[7] 336
Caribbean Antigua 86,754 0.1%[7] 87
South America Argentina 40,301,927 0.01%[8] 4,030
Oceania Australia 20,434,176 0.5%[9] 276,000
Central Europe Austria 8,199,783 0.1% (approx)[10] 8,200
Middle East Bahrain 708,573 6.25%[11] 44,286
South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 9.2%[12] - 12.4%[13][14] 13,841,247 - 18,665,594
Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 0.06%[15] 6,235
Central America Belize 294,385 2.3%[16] 6,771
South Asia Bhutan 2,327,849 2%[6] - 25%[17][18] 46,557 - 581,962
Southern Africa Botswana 1,815,508 0.17%[19] 3,086
South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.0016%[20] 3,040
Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 0.035%[21] 131
West Africa Burkina Faso 14,326,203 0.001% 150
Central Africa Burundi 8,390,505 0.1%[22][23] 8,391
Southeast Asia Cambodia 13,995,904 0.3%[24][25] 41,988
North America Canada 33,390,141 1% [26][27] 333,901
South America Colombia 44,379,598 0.02%[28] 8,876
East Africa Comoros 711,417 0.1%(approx) 711
Central Africa Congo (Kinshasa) 65,751,512 0.18%[29] 118,353
Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 0.01% (approx)[30] 449
North America Cuba 11,394,043 0.21%[31] 23,927
West Africa Côte d'Ivoire 18,013,409 0.1%[32][33] 18,013
Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 0.1%[34][35] 5,468
East Africa Djibouti 496,374 0.02%[36] 99
Caribbean Dominica 72,386 0.2%[37] 145
East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 0.1% (approx)[38] 4,907
Oceania Fiji 918,675 30%[39] - 33% [40][41] 275,603 - 303,163
Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.01%[42] 524
Western Europe France 63,718,187 0.1%[43][44] 63,718
Middle East Georgia 4,646,003 0.01% (approx)[45] 465
Western Europe Germany 82,400,996 0.119%[46] 98,057
West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 0.05% (approx)[47] 11,466
Caribbean Grenada 89,971 0.7%[48] 630
South America Guyana 769,095 28.3%[49][50] - 33%[51][52][53] 217,654 - 253,801
Central Europe Hungary 9,956,108 0.02% 1,767 [54]
South Asia India 1,189,610,328 80.5%[55][56][57] 957,636,314
Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 2%[58][59][60] 4,693,880
Middle East Iran 65,397,521 0.02% (appox) 13,079
Western Europe Ireland 4,588,252 0.23% [61] 10,688
Middle East Israel 6,426,679 0.1% (appox)[62] 6,427
Western Europe Italy 60,418,000 0.2% (appox)[63] 108,950
Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.06%[64] 1,668
East Asia Japan 127,433,494 0.004% (approx) 5,097
East Africa Kenya 36,913,721 1%[65] 369,137
East Asia Korea, South 49,044,790 0.015% (appox) 12,452
Middle East Kuwait 2,505,559 12%[66] 300,667
Eastern Europe Latvia 2,259,810 0.006%[67] 136
Middle East Lebanon 3,925,502 0.1% (approx)[68] 3,926
Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx)[69][70] 2,125
West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 0.1% (approx)[71] 3,196
North Africa Libya 6,036,914 0.1%[72][73] 6,037
Western Europe Luxembourg 480,222 0.07% (approx)[74] 336
Southern Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 0.1% [75][76] 19,449
Southern Africa Malawi 13,603,181 0.02%[77] - 0.2%[78] 2,721 - 2,726
Southeast Asia Malaysia 28,401,017 7%[79][80] 1,630,000
South Asia Maldives 369,031 0.01%[81] 37
Southern Africa Mauritius 1,250,882 48%[82] - 50%[83] 600,423 - 625,441
Eastern Europe Moldova 4,328,816 0.01% (approx)[84] 433
Southern Africa Mozambique 20,905,585 0.05%[85]- 0.2%[86] 10,453 - 41,811
Southeast Asia Myanmar 47,963,012 1.5%[87] 893,000
South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 80.6%[88] - 81%[89][90] 23,294,843 - 23,410,450
Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 0.58%[91]- 1.20%[92] 96,110 - 200,000
Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 1%[93] 41,158
Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 0.5% 23,140
Middle East Oman 3,204,897 3%[94]- 5.7%[95] 96,147 - 182,679
South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 3.3%[96]- 5.5%[97] 5,900,000 - 9,000,000
Central America Panama 3,242,173 0.3%[98][99] 9,726
Southeast Asia Philippines 91,077,287 0.2% (approx) 110,000
Western Europe Portugal 10,642,836 0.07% 7,396
Caribbean Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.09%[100] 3,550
Middle East Qatar 907,229 7.2%[101][102] 65,320
East Africa Réunion 827,000 6.7%[103] 55,409
Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 0.043%[104][105] 60,792
Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 0.6%[106] - 1.1%[107] 165,606 - 303,611
East Africa Seychelles 81,895 2% 1,638
West Africa Sierra Leone 6,144,562 0.04%[108] - 0.1%[109] 2,458 - 6,145
Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 5.1%[110][111] 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%[112][113] 959,000
South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 7.1%[114] - 15%[115] 1,485,768 - 3,138,947
South America Suriname 470,784 20%[116] - 27.4%[117] 94,157 - 128,995
Southern Africa Swaziland 1,133,066 0.15%[118] - 0.2%[119] 1,700 - 2,266
Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 0.078% - 0.12%[120] 7,044 - 10,837
Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 0.38%[121][122] 28,708
East Africa Tanzania 39,384,223 0.9%[123][124] 354,458
Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 0.1%[125] 2,928
Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 22.5%[126][127][128] 237,737
East Africa Uganda 30,262,610 0.2%[129] - 0.8%[130] 60,525 - 242,101
Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 21.25%[131] 944,352
Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 1.7% [132][133] 832,000
North America United States 307,006,550 0.4%[134][135] 1,204,560
Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,780,059 0.01% (approx) 2,778
Southeast Asia Vietnam 85,262,356 0.059%[136] 50,305
Middle East Yemen 22,230,531 0.7%[137] 155,614
Southern Africa Zambia 11,477,447 0.14%[138][139] 16,068
Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 0.1%[140] 123,111
Total 7,000,000,000 15.48 1,083,800,358

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Hindu in a 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 Middle East).
Hinduism in Africa
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Central Africa 93,121,055 0 0% 0%
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 1.228% 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%
Middle East 274,775,527 792,872 0.289% 0.084%
South Asia 1,437,326,682 1,006,888,651 70.05% 98.475%
Southeast Asia 571,337,070 6,386,614 1.118% 0.677%
Total 3,903,418,706 1,014,348,412 26.01% 99.266%
Hinduism in Europe
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Balkans 65,407,609 0 0% 0%
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 5,806,720 1.3015% 0.191%
South America 371,075,531 389,869 0.105% 0.041%
Total 883,197,750 2,481,937 0.281% 0.263%
Hinduism in Oceania
Region Total Population Hindus  % of Hindus  % of Hindu total
Oceania 30,564,520 411,907 1.348% 0.044%
Total 30,564,520 411,907 1.348% 0.044%

See also

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The concept of 33 koti devata in Hinduism: The Vedas refer to not 33 crore Devatas but 33 types (Koti in Sanskrit) of Devatas. They are explained in Shatpath Brahman and many other scriptures very clearly. "Yasya Trayastrinshad Devaa Ange Sarve Samaahitaa, Skamma Tam Bruhi Katamah Swideva Sah”. ~(Atharva Veda 10-7-13) Which means: with God’s influence, these thirty-three (supporting devta) sustain the world. In Brhadaranyaka Upanishad while discussing Brahman, Yajnavalkya is asked how many gods are there. He says that there are three hundred and three and three thousand and three gods. When the question is repeated? He says, thirty three. When the question is again repeated he says, six. Finally, after several repetitions he says ONE. (Chapter I, hymn 9, verse 1) The number 33 comes from the number of Vedic gods explained by Yajnavalkya in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad – the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati. (Chapter I, hymn 9, verse 2...
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