Religion in North America is dominated by various branches of Christianity and spans the period of Native American dwelling, European settlement, and the present day. Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent.
Between them, the United States, Mexico and Canada account for 85 percent of the population of North America. Religion in each of these countries is dominated by Christianity (77.4),[2][3] making it the largest religious group in North America.
By religion
editJudaism
editChristianity
editIslam
editBuddhism
edit- Canada: 1.4%
- Mexico: 0.09
- United States: 0.9%
Hinduism
edit- Canada: 2.3%
- United States: 1.0%
- Mexico: 0.1%
Sikhism
edit- Canada: 2.1%
- United States: 0.2%
Bahá'í Faith
editIrreligion
editBy country
editCountry | Population | Christian | Muslim | Irreligion | Hindu | Buddhist | Folk religion | Other religion | Jewish | ||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
Anguilla | 20,000 | 18,120 | 90.60 | 60 | 0.30 | 800 | 4.00 | 80 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 580 | 2.90 | 320 | 1.60 | 20 | 0.10 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 90,000 | 83,700 | 93.00 | 540 | 0.60 | 1,530 | 1.70 | 180 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,240 | 3.60 | 900 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Aruba | 110,670 | 101,090 | 91.90 | 220 | 0.20 | 6,600 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 110 | 0.10 | 1,430 | 1.30 | 110 | 0.10 | 440 | 0.40 |
Bahamas | 340,550 | 326,400 | 96.00 | 340 | 0.10 | 10,540 | 3.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,020 | 0.30 | 1,020 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 |
Barbados | 270,000 | 257,040 | 95.20 | 2,700 | 1.00 | 5,130 | 1.90 | 1,080 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,780 | 1.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
Belize | 310,000 | 271,560 | 87.60 | 310 | 0.10 | 27,590 | 8.90 | 620 | 0.20 | 1,550 | 0.50 | 4,650 | 1.50 | 310 | 0.10 | 3,100 | 1.00
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Bermuda | 60,000 | 45,000 | 75.00 | 660 | 1.10 | 11,640 | 19.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | 0.50 | 1,800 | 3.00 | 480 | 0.80 | 180 | 0.30 |
Bonaire | 22,573 | 18,960 | 86.0 | N/A | N/A | 2,710 | 12.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 900 | 4.0 | N/A | N/A |
Canada[19] | 40,297,761 | 21,372,106 | 53.3 | 1,964,790 | 4.9 | 12,577,475 | 34.6 | 922,248 | 2.3 | 402,977 | 1.0 | 80,690 | 0.2 | 1,082,639 | 2.7 | 360,879 | 0.9 |
Cayman Islands | 60,000 | 50,100 | 83.50 | 240 | 0.40 | 5,640 | 9.40 | 540 | 0.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,700 | 4.50 | 360 | 0.60 | 480 | 0.80 |
Costa Rica | 5,044,197 | 4,585,175 | 90.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 368,140 | 7.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 38,280 | 0.80 | 13,980 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 |
Cuba | 10,985,974 | 6,503,697 | 59.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,589,800 | 23.00 | 22,520 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,959,240 | 17.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Curaçao | 155,000 | 134,230 | 86.6 | N/A | N/A | 15,500 | 10.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6,820 | 4.4 | N/A | N/A |
Dominica | 70,000 | 66,080 | 94.40 | 70 | 0.10 | 350 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | 0.10 | 2,100 | 3.00 | 1,190 | 1.70 | 0 | 0.00 |
Dominican Republic | 10,790,744 | 9,654,254 | 88.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,082,370 | 10.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 89,370 | 0.90 | 9,930 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
El Salvador | 6,602,370 | 5,823,290 | 88.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 680,900 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 30,950 | 0.50 | 18,570 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00
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Greenland | 60,000 | 57,660 | 96.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 480 | 0.80 | 360 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
Grenada | 100,000 | 96,600 | 96.60 | 300 | 0.30 | 1,000 | 1.00 | 700 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,300 | 1.30 | 200 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
Guadeloupe | 460,000 | 441,140 | 95.90 | 1,840 | 0.40 | 11,500 | 2.50 | 2,300 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,840 | 0.40 | 1,840 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
Guatemala | 17,980,803 | 17,117,724 | 95.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 589,990 | 4.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 86,340 | 0.60 | 10,000 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 |
Haiti | 11,470,261 | 9,967,656 | 86.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,058,940 | 10.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 219,780 | 2.20 | 29,970 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 |
Honduras | 9,571,352 | 8,384,504 | 87.60 | 7,600 | 0.10 | 798,000 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,600 | 0.10 | 83,600 | 1.10 | 45,600 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
Jamaica | 2,740,000 | 2,115,280 | 77.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 471,280 | 17.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 123,300 | 4.50 | 27,400 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Martinique | 410,000 | 395,650 | 96.50 | 820 | 0.20 | 9,430 | 2.30 | 820 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 820 | 0.20 | 2,460 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
Mexico[20] | 129,875,529 | 118,576,357 | 91.3 | N/A | N/A | 10,585,178 | 8.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 378,043 | 0.3 | N/A | N/A |
Montserrat | 5,000 | 4,675 | 93.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 240 | 4.80 | 5 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 0.20 | 75 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
Nicaragua | 6,359,689 | 5,456,613 | 85.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 723,750 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 81,060 | 1.40 | 5,790 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
Panama | 3,520,000 | 3,273,600 | 93.00 | 24,640 | 0.70 | 168,960 | 4.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,040 | 0.20 | 14,080 | 0.40 | 14,080 | 0.40 | 14,080 | 0.40 |
Puerto Rico | 3,285,870 | 2,924,400 | 89.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 262,870 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 98,580 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Saba | 1,911 | 1452 | 76.0 | 115 | 6.0 | 344 | 18.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50,000 | 47,300 | 94.60 | 150 | 0.30 | 800 | 1.60 | 750 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 650 | 1.30 | 400 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
Saint Lucia | 170,000 | 154,870 | 91.10 | 170 | 0.10 | 10,200 | 6.00 | 510 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 850 | 0.50 | 3,400 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,000 | 5,682 | 94.70 | 12 | 0.20 | 228 | 3.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 78 | 1.30 | 0 | 0.00 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110,000 | 97,570 | 88.70 | 1,650 | 1.50 | 2,750 | 2.50 | 3,740 | 3.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,200 | 2.00 | 2,200 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Sint Eustatius | 3,240 | 2,757 | 85.1 | N/A | N/A | 483 | 14.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sint Maarten | 41,486 | 34,060 | 82.1 | N/A | N/A | 3,277 | 7.9 | 2,160 | 5.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,990 | 4.8 | N/A | N/A |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,340,000 | 883,060 | 65.90 | 79,060 | 5.90 | 25,460 | 1.90 | 304,180 | 22.70 | 4,020 | 0.30 | 25,460 | 1.90 | 18,760 | 1.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 40,000 | 36,840 | 92.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,840 | 4.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,080 | 2.70 | 240 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
British Virgin Islands | 20,000 | 16,900 | 84.50 | 240 | 1.20 | 780 | 3.90 | 240 | 1.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,680 | 8.40 | 160 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
United States | 339,996,564 | 262,817,343 | 77.30 | 3,059,969 | 0.90 | 55,759,436 | 16.40 | 2,039,979 | 0.60 | 4,079,958 | 1.20 | 679,993 | 0.20 | 2,039,979 | 0.60 | 6,119,938 | 1.80 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 87,150 | 82,620 | 94.80 | 90 | 0.10 | 3,225 | 3.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 660 | 0.60 | 330 | 0.30 |
See also
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