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Hinduism has approximately 1.2 billion adherents worldwide (15-16% of the world's population).[1] Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world behind Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.3%).[2]
Most Hindus are found in Asian countries, and the majority of India and Nepal are Hindus. 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.
Hinduism is a heterogeneous religion and consists of many schools of thought. Hinduism has no traditional religious order, centralized authority, governing body, or prophets; Hindus can be polytheistic, monotheistic, pantheistic, monistic, agnostic, humanist, or atheistic.[3] Estimates of Hinduism by country reflect this diversity of thought and way of life.
Demographic estimates of Hindu populations by country have been published by the Pew Research Center in 2012,[4] as well as US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006.[5]
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.[6] 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 around 1.1 billion Hindus live in India.[1][7] As per a statistical study, there are an estimated 100 million Hindus who live outside of India.[8] In 2010, only two countries in the world had a majority of its population as Hindus – Nepal and India.[9] On Mauritius, 48.14 percent of the population were Hindu, according to the 2015 census.[10] Bangladesh, Indonesia, Fiji, Bhutan, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sri Lanka have very large and influential Hindu minorities.
Sources used for the table below include the US State Department,[5] the CIA World Factbook,[11] adherents.com, thearda.com,[12][13] and Pew Research Center.[14][15] and as identified.
Region | Country | Hindu total | Percentage | Total population | Census year |
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South Asia | ![]() |
<1,000(est) | <0.01%[16][17] | 31,889,923 | 2017 |
North Africa | ![]() |
5,720 | 0.01%[18] | 43,053,053 | 2019 |
Western Europe | ![]() |
300 - 400 | 0.4%[19] | 60,000 | >2012 |
Caribbean | ![]() |
50 - 60 | 0.43%[20] | 13,452 | -NA- |
Caribbean | ![]() |
379 | 0.4%[21] | 81,799 | -NA- |
South America | ![]() |
4,000+ | 0.01%[22] | 40,301,927 | -NA- |
Oceania | ![]() |
684,000 | 2.7%[23] | 23,401,400 | 2021 |
Central Europe | ![]() |
11,000 | 0.1%[24] | 8,900,000 | |
Middle East | ![]() |
7,000 – 144,286[note 1] | <1%–9.8%[27][note 1] | 708,573 | |
South Asia | ![]() |
14,300,000 | 8.54%[28] | 167,000,000 | 2011 |
Caribbean | ![]() |
1055 | 0.46%[29] | 226,193 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
6,235 | 0.06%[30] | 10,392,226 | |
Central America and Caribbean | ![]() |
612 | 0.2%[31] | 294,385 | |
South Asia | ![]() |
185,700 | 22.6%–25%[32][33] | 742,737 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
3,353 | 0.3%[34] | 1372675 | |
South America | ![]() |
5,675-9500 | 0.0029%[35]–0.01% | 192,755,799 | |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
131 | 0.035%[36] | 374,577 | |
West Africa | ![]() |
150 | 0.001%[citation needed] | 14,326,203 | |
Central Africa | ![]() |
8,391 | 0.1%[37][38] | 8,390,505 | |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
41,988 | 0.3%[39][40] | 13,995,904 | |
North America | ![]() |
828,200 | 2.3%[41] | 36,990,141 | 2021 |
Central Europe | ![]() |
2,404 | 0.023%[42] | 10,436,560 | |
East Asia | ![]() |
1,300,000[43] | 0.092% | 1,412,600,000 | |
South America | ![]() |
8,876 | 0.02%[44] | 44,379,598 | |
East Africa | ![]() |
711 | 0.1%(approx) [citation needed] |
711,417 | |
Central Africa | ![]() |
30,000[15] | 0.18%[15] | 65,751,512 | |
Balkans | ![]() |
449 | 0.01% (approx)[45] | 4,493,312 | |
North America | ![]() |
23,927 | 0.21%[46] | 11,394,043 | |
West Africa | ![]() |
18,013 | 0.1%[47][48] | 18,013,409 | |
Middle East | ![]() |
4,640 | 0.4%[49] | 1,160,987 | 2015 |
Western Europe | ![]() |
5,468 | 0.1%[50][51] | 5,468,120 | |
East Africa | ![]() |
99 | 0.02%[52] | 496,374 | |
Caribbean | ![]() |
145 | 0.2%[53] | 72,386 | |
North Africa | ![]() |
2,700 | 0.003%[54] | 82,761,244 | 2010 |
East Africa | ![]() |
4,907 | 0.1% (approx)[55] | 4,906,585 | |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
295 | 0.027%[56] | 1,094,564 | |
Oceania | ![]() |
261,136 | 27.9%[57][58] | 935,974 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
5,000 | 0.1%[59] | 5,238,460 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
121,000 | 0.2%[60] | 63,718,187 | |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
465 | 0.01% (approx)[61] | 4,646,003 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
100,000 | 0.12%[62] | 81,800,000 | |
West Africa | ![]() |
12,500 | 0.05% (approx)[63] | 22,931,299 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
628 | 2.0%[64] | 32,194 | |
Caribbean | ![]() |
630 | 0.7%[65] | 89,971 | |
Caribbean | ![]() |
2,300 | 0.5%[66] | 460,000 | |
South America and Caribbean | ![]() |
190,966 | 24.9%[67] | 769,095 | |
Central Europe | ![]() |
1,767[68] | 0.02% | 9,956,108 | |
South Asia | ![]() |
1,053,000,000 | 79.8%[69][70][71] | 1,320,000,000 | (2011 Census) |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
4,679,053[72] - 18,000,000 [73] |
1.71%[74]- 6.57% | 273,873,000 | 2021 |
Middle East | ![]() |
20,000[15] | <0.1[15] | 65,397,521 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
14,300 | 0.30%[75] | 4,761,865 | 2016 |
Middle East | ![]() |
6,427 | 0.1% (approx)[76] | 6,426,679 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
108,950 | 0.2% (approx)[77] | 60,418,000 | |
Caribbean | ![]() |
1,836 | 0.07%[78] | 2,780,132 | |
East Asia | ![]() |
30,000[15] | <0.1[15] | 127,433,494 | |
East Asia | ![]() |
10,185 | 0.1[79] | 10,185,500 | 2020 |
East Africa | ![]() |
60,000[15] | 0.1%[15] | 37,000,000 | |
East Asia | ![]() |
12,452 | 0.015% (approx) | 49,044,790 | |
Middle East | ![]() |
300,667[note 2] | 12%[81] | 2,505,559 | |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
179 | 0.012%[82] | 1,481,823 | |
Middle East | ![]() |
4,926 | 0.1% (approx)[83] | 4,925,502 | |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
344 | 0.01%[84] | 2,561,000 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
2,125 | 0.1% (approx)[85][86] | 2,125,262 | |
West Africa | ![]() |
3,196 | 0.1% (approx)[87] | 3,195,931 | |
North Africa | ![]() |
6,037 | 0.1%[88][89] | 6,036,914 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
336 | 0.07% (approx)[90] | 480,222 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
19,449 | 0.1%[91][92] | 19,448,815 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
2,721 – 2,726 | 0.02%[93] – 0.2%[94] | 13,603,181 | |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
1,949,850 | 6.3%[95][96] | 30,949,962 | |
Caribbean | ![]() |
1,317 | 0.3%[97] | 439,202 | |
South Asia | ![]() |
37 | 0.01%[98] | 369,031 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
670,000 | 50.63%[99][100] | 1,266,000 | 2020 |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
433 | 0.01% (approx)[101] | 3,200,000 | |
North Africa | ![]() |
200 | 0.0006[102] | 32,781,860 | 2011 |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
10,453 – 41,811 | 0.05%[103] – 0.2%[104] | 20,905,585 | |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
820,000[105] | 1.7%[105] | 50,279,900[106] | |
South Asia | ![]() |
23,500,000 | 81.3%[107][108] | 28,901,790 | 2011 |
Western Europe | ![]() |
96,110 – 200,000 | 0.58%[109] – 1.20%[110] | 16,570,613 | |
Oceania | ![]() |
123,534 | 2.63%[111] | 4,115,771 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
23,140 | 0.5% | 4,627,926 | |
Middle East | ![]() |
96,147 – 182,679 | 3%[112] – 5.7%[113] | 3,204,897 | |
South Asia | ![]() |
4,444,870 | 2.14%[114] | 196,000,000 | 2017 |
Central America | ![]() |
9,726 | 0.3%[115][116] | 3,242,173 | |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
30,634[117] | <0.1%[118] | 102,000,000[119] | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
7,396 | 0.07% | 10,642,836 | |
Central Europe | ![]() |
2421 | 0.008%[120] | 30,575,000 | |
Caribbean | ![]() |
3,550 | 0.09%[121] | 3,944,259 | |
Middle East | ![]() |
422,118 | 15.1%[122] | 2,795,484[123] | 2020 |
East Africa | ![]() |
55,409 | 6.7%[124] | 927,000 | |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
143,000 | 0.1%[125] | 141,377,752 | |
Oceania | ![]() |
38 | 0.02% (approx) | 187,429 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | ![]() |
860 | 1.82%[126] | 47195 | 2011 |
Middle East | ![]() |
303,611[note 3] | 0.6%[128] – 1.1%[129] | 27,601,038 | |
East Africa | ![]() |
1,910 | 2.1%[15]-2.4%[130] | 90,945 | |
West Africa | ![]() |
2,458 – 6,145 | 0.04%[131] – 0.1%[132] | 6,144,562 | |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
280,000 | 5.0%[133][134] | 5,600,000 | 2011 |
Central Europe | ![]() |
5,448 | 0.1% (approx) [citation needed] |
5,447,502 | |
Central Europe | ![]() |
500 | 0.025% (approx) [citation needed] |
2,009,245 | |
Eastern Africa | ![]() |
8,278 | 0.06%[135] | 13,797,204 | 2015 |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
505,000 | 0.9%[136]-1.1%[15] | 49,991,300 | |
South Asia | ![]() |
2,671,000 | 12.6%[137] | 21,200,000 | 2011 |
South America and Caribbean | ![]() |
120,623 – 128,995 | 22.3%[138] – 27.4%[139] | 470,784 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
1,700 – 2,266 | 0.15%[140] – 0.2%[141] | 1,133,066 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
7,044 – 10,837 | 0.078% – 0.12%[142] | 9,031,088 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
28,708-50,000[143][144] | 0.38%[145][146]-0.6%[147] | 7,554,661 | |
East Africa | ![]() |
50,000[148] | 0.11%[148] | 39,384,223 | |
Caribbean | ![]() |
240,100 | 18.2%[149][150][151] | 1,056,608 | 2011 |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
65,000 | 0.1%[152] | 65,068,149 | |
Oceania | ![]() |
100 | 0.1%[153] | 103,043 | |
North Africa | ![]() |
120 | 0.001%[154] | 11,303,942 | 2016 |
Middle East | ![]() |
300 | 0.00035%-0.001% | 84,339,067 | |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
42,386 | 0.1%[155] | 42,386,400 | |
East Africa | ![]() |
355,497 | 0.93%[156] | 38,225,447 | 2015 |
Middle East | ![]() |
490,000[note 4] | 5 - 20%[158] | 9,682,000 | |
Western Europe | ![]() |
1,020,000 | 1.7%[159][160] | 60,776,238 | 2017 |
North America | ![]() |
3,338,210 | 1.0%[161] | 332,000,000 | 2020 |
Caribbean | ![]() |
528 | 1.9%[162] | 28,054 | |
Central Asia | ![]() |
2,778 | 0.01% (approx) [citation needed] |
27,780,059 | |
Southeast Asia | ![]() |
70,000 | 0.07% | 85,262,356 | |
Middle East | ![]() |
155,614 | 0.7%[163] | 22,230,531 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
16,068 | 0.14%[164][165] | 11,477,447 | |
Southern Africa | ![]() |
3,000 | 0.02% | 12,311,143 | |
Total | 1,100,000,000 - 1,120,000,000 | 16 | 7,500,000,000 |
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).
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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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% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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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% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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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% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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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% |
Region | Total Population | Hindus | % of Hindus | % of Hindu total |
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Oceania | 38,552,683 | 791,615 | 2.053% | 0.071% |
Total | 38,552,683 | 791,615 | 2.053% | 0.071% |