Countries with the Most Hindus

Name the sixteen countries that have the largest Hindu populations.

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# Hindus	Country
1159 m	India
24.1 m	Nepal
14.9 m	Bangladesh
5.47 m	Pakistan
4.85 m	Indonesia
3.49 m	United States
2.91 m	Sri Lanka
2.24 m	Malaysia
1.39 m	United Arab Emirates
1.19 m	United Kingdom
0.916 m	Canada
0.723 m	Australia
0.643 m	Mauritius
0.641 m	South Africa
0.594 m	Kuwait
0.462 m	Qatar

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48 Comments

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Level 77

Apr 4, 2017

Missed Sri lanka.

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Level 81

Jan 17, 2018

Here is one made by me. The countries that are at least 10% Hindu.Hindu countries

Level 51

Nov 4, 2019

Good job! It required some thinking, but I made it through, lol.

Level 80

Feb 13, 2020

Whilst this quiz is interesting, I think the proportional one is more so.

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Level 39

Sep 6, 2018

I am a Hindu from Sri Lanka lol

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Level 53

Jun 9, 2017

I cant believe in all of China's 1.2 billion people, especially considering proximity to India, that it doesn't even have 800k Hindus.

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Level ∞

Jan 15, 2018

I'm not surprised. The border areas are not heavily populated. China doesn't really allow immigration, and Hinduism is not one of the 5 allowed religions in China. There is apparently a small population of Hindus in Hong Kong:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_China

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Level 60

Jan 15, 2018

Also to add to Quizmaster's comment, Mao Zedong's party in the mid 1900's put religion under government control and banned most religions and they ran campaigns to stamp out religion in China.

Theistic religions aren't big at all in China and modern China is one of the most atheistic countries. They almost exclusively practice spiritual, humanist or folk religions (Taoism/Confucianism etc) rather than theism of any kind.

Level 79

Jan 15, 2018

Buddhism is kind of practiced to varying degrees in certain parts of the country, but yeah, you're right

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Level 47

Mar 27, 2018

Well, there are more than 70 mil Christians in China, and their numbers are growing.

Level 72

Mar 31, 2024

This is misrepresentative. These definitions of atheism and humanism are Western constructions, and Chinese Folk Traditions have their own philosophy which can't be understood through modern Western standards. Also Islam has had a presence in China for over a thousand years (both among Han Chinese - called the Hui - and minority groups like the Uyghur). Christianity has a modern presence in China too, but I can't find reliable statistics.

Level 73

Oct 17, 2024

Christianity has a historical presence in China too -- you can look up the Nestorian Church of the East in China for more information

Level 45

Jan 16, 2018

but, but TIBET

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Level 68

Jan 18, 2018

(I'm assuming your comment is in reference to Buddhists in Tibet, not Hindus?) Given the mass murders and mass exodus circa 1959, I'm guessing that the remaining Tibetan Buddhist population is quite motivated to severely underreport themselves. Even if they weren't, I'm not sure China would feel it particularly advantageous to accurately report those numbers either.

Level 48

Jul 5, 2022

That's what happens if you fall behind the global arms race. Kill or be killed.

Level 93

Aug 31, 2022

I bet no Tibet

Level 20

Sep 4, 2024

according to the latest update, china not even has 500 k hindus in its population ...

hard to believe

Level 71

Oct 17, 2024

The other thing is there tends to be religious/cultural transition zones. India has its own "transition zone" in Northeast India, where as you go further north and east, the proportion of Hindus drop while the proportions of Buddhists and Christians increase. So, by the time you get to the border of China with Arunachal Pradesh, Hindus make up a very small percentage of the population. Add to that the fact that Tibet is remote and there aren't a lot of people living at the border, and it makes sense.

Level 74

Sep 25, 2019

Needs updating for the current stats - switch Myanmar and UK, and then replace Myanmar with Mauritius.

Level ∞

Oct 26, 2020

Updated!

Level 90

Oct 26, 2020

I kept thinking about citizens, not temporary guest workers (however permanent). That would swap a few off this list (and Fiji would then be on).

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Level 73

Oct 31, 2020

Forgot South Africa (sorry, Mahatma).

Level 46

Nov 10, 2020

Can you do a quiz for Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and Sikhism

Level 73

Oct 17, 2024

I'd be interested in Countries with the most Sikhs

Level 25

Feb 5, 2021

Pakistan has about 7.5-8 million Hindus now, this data is from 1998 census.

Level 27

Jun 8, 2021

Surprised how well the British managed to draw the borders by religion!

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Level 80

Dec 5, 2021

They didn't.

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Level 65

Oct 9, 2022

Most Muslims migrated to what is now Pakistan, and most Hindus to what is now India

Level 75

May 26, 2023

They didn't here, or anywhere. Google the Sykes–Picot line. Or just look at this map from Wait But Why: https://149909199.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/border-problem-1024x785.png

Level 77

Oct 17, 2024

They didn't. In fact the person incharge of drawing the borders had never been to India nor had any idea about the cultural division in the country.

The migration that followed is one of the deadliest and most painful one.

Level 31

Aug 31, 2022

I was genuinely surprised to not see Guyana on this list.

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Level 80

Aug 31, 2022

Pretty small population overall. Hinduism does have a narrow plurality among major religions, but the country's small population is pretty religiously fragmented. For Guyana to make this list it would have to be around 50% or more Hindu.

Level 68

Aug 31, 2022

You're just gonna get more wrath! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR28AVY63wU&ab_channel=chriswilson023

Level 53

Apr 13, 2023

Wasn't thinking about Australia at all!

Level 21

Apr 6, 2024

lol u forgot Singapore and Malaysia

Level 20

Sep 4, 2024

he/ she has included MAS now, and SGP fell out

Level 20

Aug 27, 2024

CHINA and MYANMAR missing

Level 77

Sep 4, 2024

From the list of correct answers, yeah.

Level 69

Sep 5, 2024

I was surprised not to see Fiji on this list, but I guess not due to it's already smaller population.

Level 68

Sep 6, 2024

Mauritius is on this list, it's the percentage that's the issue, 30% is not as high as I expected

Level 40

Oct 17, 2024

15/16, forgot India

Level 63

Oct 17, 2024

wait actually?

Level 55

Oct 19, 2024

I can't believe I missed USA

Level 39

Oct 23, 2024

anglostan strikes again

Level 19

Jul 11, 2025

What is Anglostan?

Level 56

Nov 21, 2025

It's a term for England's large brown population.

Level 19

Jul 11, 2025

I only missed the United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, Kuwait, and Qatar.

Level 56

Nov 21, 2025

Damn! Almost a million Hindus in Canada