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Top Five Countries by Religion

I give you 10 religions or branches, and you name the 5 countries which have the most followers.
Total population rather than percent of the population
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Last updated: August 13, 2017
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Islam
Indonesia
Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Nigeria
 
Protestantism
United States
Nigeria
Brazil
South Africa
United Kingdom
Christianity
United States
Brazil
Mexico
Philippines
Nigeria
 
Orthodoxy
Russia
Ethiopia
Ukraine
Romania
Egypt
Hinduism
India
Nepal
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Pakistan
 
Sikhism
India
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
Judaism
Israel
United States
France
Canada
United Kingdom
 
Shia
Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
India
Yemen
Buddhism
China
Thailand
Myanmar
Japan
Vietnam
 
Wahhabism
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 69
Mar 24, 2015
*Sikhism
scambigol
+1
Level 75
Mar 24, 2015
Made it! With just 0:12 left
qcumber
+2
Level 47
Mar 7, 2019
how did i get them all?? with 19 seconds left wow. Australia was an accident...
roleybob
+27
Level 75
Jul 10, 2019
What have you got against Australia‽
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 53
Jan 4, 2022
I mean, Australia was a prison, it was an accident when they formed a country.
zachv223
+1
Level 63
Aug 3, 2022
this is debatable
evacooper
+6
Level 56
Mar 24, 2015
just 81% got israel for judaism?

also, another quiz on islam had 99% of Morocco as islamic, so i expected it to on this list...

dasubergeek
+7
Level 70
Mar 24, 2015
I missed Israel because I was concentrating on other things and ran out of time. But Morocco's population is tiny compared to, say, Indonesia. Also, the headings are a bit weird: Protestantism and Orthodoxy are sects of Christianity, and Wahhabism and Shia are sects of Islam.
Federer123456789
+3
Level 21
Nov 8, 2017
Catholicism came out of Orthodoxy. Orthodoxy was first
TinklePork
+5
Level 63
Nov 15, 2017
I think it makes sense the way it's listed. The quiz is more interesting trying to guess the smaller sects. Otherwise the huge-population countries like Indonesia,USA,India etc would dominate everything on the list.
kalbahamut
+11
Level 83
Aug 29, 2015
The population of Morocco is 33 million people. 99% of 33 million is still far less than the number of Muslims in Egypt. It's only about a tenth of the population of Indonesia.
nichster
+2
Level 52
Nov 7, 2017
That figure is much higher now. A respectable 94% get Israel, a 13% increase over the past 2 and a half years.
theguy316
+1
Level 45
Nov 8, 2017
maybe that 99% of morocco is Islamic however it misses out due to population maybe so lets say 30% of nigeria is Islamic just for illistartion purposes, that 30% more be more people than 99% of morocco
Lucasaar
+13
Level 66
Mar 24, 2015
The second column should be "Catholicism" and not "Christianity" (since Protestants and Orthodoxs are also Christians).
Kontio100
+13
Level 50
Mar 24, 2015
I guess its about all Christians together as there is Islam and Shia.
Jerry928
+9
Level 75
Aug 2, 2015
Fascinating quiz, though I'm a bit surprised not to see Catholicism here. Now, I better go and find out what Wahhabism is all about! That one's been off my radar...
relessness
+32
Level 47
Aug 2, 2015
I must warn you that it isn't exactly the nicest religious movement.
TomatosRaafatos
+16
Level 72
Nov 5, 2017
You must also be warned not to be confused by this quiz's classification of Wahhabism. I think I have said this before on this site. Wahhabism is not a religious sect; movement it may be, but a purely ideological one. It does not differ from mainstream Sunni Islam in any of its dogma or required practices. The main distinction is that Wahhabis like to take the opinion of the more strict Jurists and Ulamaa and tend to interpret texts very literally and give no credit to logical analysis of the meaning behind the texts, which is what most meanstream Sunnis do. There is no such thing as the Wahhabi Faith, but you can make an acceptable argument for a Shia Faith or a Catholic Faith.
TomatosRaafatos
+11
Level 72
Nov 5, 2017
Also, it is important to mention that Wahhabism has always been linked to the politics of one specific country, that is Saudi Arabia, and it is not surprising to find that many of Wahhabi opinions are influenced by Saudi state policy and vica versa. That, in my opinion, further cements Wahhabism's place as a political, ideological movement.
theguy316
+1
Level 45
Nov 8, 2017
going by the countries in the list I would assume a branch of Islam but don't quote me on that
stockiebasher97
+2
Level 61
Aug 29, 2015
I'm of two minds about it, one says you're right Protestants and Orthodoxs are christians as well, on the other hand Catholicism was the original Christian religion, so it could technically be called christianity.
JGDove99
+8
Level 32
Aug 29, 2015
Orthodox and Catholicism both have claims to be original. It was a split in the around the 10th century.

Of course Mormanism claims to be the only original Christian church but many Christians don't think Mormans are Christian or even monotheistic.

KoljiVriVoda
+8
Level 75
Aug 14, 2017
You should read some things about Orthodoxy.
schnuederlue
+3
Level 63
Nov 6, 2017
Wow, this would mean, I'm a Protestant, but not a Christian, even if my name is Christian?!?!?
Willuna
+2
Level 47
Mar 30, 2022
I knew a kid named Christian. He was Jewish. IDK what his parents were thinking
eurocrem
+1
Level 44
Aug 29, 2015
Lucasaar is right, i was going to write the same thing
masterborders
+1
Level 14
Sep 1, 2015
that quiz is so confusing considering some of the results are totally wrong there are not that many jews in canada.
tripsaplenty
+9
Level 59
Jun 16, 2016
there are not that many Jews in the world
wiifly
+6
Level 55
Dec 15, 2020
Did you actually do any research to see if there were that many Jews in Canada? Or did you just assume that you were right?
phalocrocorax
+4
Level 81
Aug 13, 2017
The second column actually is for all Christian denominations combined, though (if it was only Catholics, Brazil would be well ahead of the US). Perhaps it would make more sense to use data for Catholicism and Protestantism, rather than for Christianity (combined) and Protestantism, but the current column labels are correct in terms of matching the answers.
ander217
+1
Level 77
Mar 24, 2015
Only missed Romania.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
Aug 29, 2015
That's the only one I missed, too. And I took this quiz from Romania! Thought of the answer at the last second but wasn't fast enough to type it in...
Thorvald
+1
Level 59
Aug 29, 2015
kalbahamut, are you on your trip mentioned in your quiz? If yes, have you already been to Poland? I'd love to hear your impressions about my country :)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Nov 8, 2016
I've got a long and complicated history with Poland. I spent a few weeks there last month.
RealDad12
+1
Level 66
Nov 5, 2017
Same here. Grrr. >:-(
david2013
+1
Level 83
Apr 17, 2021
Last one I got. Assumed with its small population that religious minorities would bring the Orthodox total down a bit.
Warrenator
+2
Level 59
Aug 30, 2015
Good quiz. You got a bit mixed up. Swap Islam to Sunni, and Christianity to Catholic.
wiifly
+6
Level 55
Dec 15, 2020
Why?
sweeprower
+2
Level 59
Aug 31, 2015
agreed with warrenator...Sunni/Shia are both Islamic, like protestant and catholic (even with the same violent history toward each other)
Cooldrive
+7
Level 60
Nov 10, 2017
When will these Protestants and Catholics ever stop fighting all these wars against each other?
davemcarlson
+2
Level 63
Sep 1, 2015
The Wahhabism ones threw me off a lot!
ketchupkawawa
+2
Level 53
Apr 11, 2017
It threw me off until I got Saudi Arabia, and then I put nearby countries geographically
epicdjyoshi
+1
Level 31
Sep 2, 2015
Missed Canada oops
epicdjyoshi
+2
Level 31
Sep 2, 2015
And nepal
ADeljaj
+1
Level 67
Sep 2, 2015
The USA has a broad census of Jewish population, which ranges anywhere from slightly less than Israel to a half-million more than Israel, probably due to people identifying as Jewish but not practicing and vice versa. I would, theoretically, take my chances and assume the USA has more Jews than Israel.
TomatosRaafatos
+5
Level 72
Nov 5, 2017
I assume you're right.
footygenius
+2
Level 66
Sep 3, 2015
Why do you have Christianity but at the same time Protestantism and Orthodox Christian. Shouldn't it be Catholicism instead of Christianity?
kalbahamut
+4
Level 83
Sep 5, 2015
No. Catholicism is not the default branch of Christianity. If it were, then the USA would definitely not be #1. Very few of the Christians in the USA are Catholic. Obviously, Christianity on this quiz includes Catholics, Protestants,and Orthodox Christians, as well. There are 85+ million Christians (of any denomination) in Nigeria, which is more than the total number of Orthodox Christians anywhere.
Walacama
+3
Level 78
Nov 8, 2016
There are about 70 million Catholics in the US. 70% of the US is Christian and around 20% are Catholic. #4 among countries for Catholics, so I think "very few" is bit of an overstatement, but you are right that it is not the default branch by any means.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Nov 8, 2016
Fair enough.
KoljiVriVoda
+1
Level 75
Aug 14, 2017
Are you shure abouth such a small number of Orthodox Christians?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Oct 18, 2017
It's hard to be sure Kolji without better data... but... pretty sure. If the quiz is correct then Russia is home to the largest population of Orthodox Christians in the world. The total number of Orthodox Christians in Russia is estimated at somewhere between 50 and 100 million people. If the high end of those estimates are accurate then there are more Orthodox Christians in Russia than there are Christians of any kind in Nigeria, but I suspect the lower estimates are more accurate.
Jeremy
+1
Level 73
Dec 26, 2015
This quiz is WAY to easy. All you have to do is type in some major countries.
stubart409
+1
Level 65
Jun 16, 2016
I think Vietnam should probably be on the Buddhist list. 91 million people, and excepting the ethnic minorities in the highlands, and a small percentage of Christians, they are all Buddhist.
furqanahmad
+1
Level 29
Feb 5, 2021
vietnamese are not buddhists
VaultAgentMoez
+1
Level 58
Jun 20, 2022
i honestly am very surprised Cambodia wasn't on the list at all, especially for Buddhism. 97% of the population is Buddhist
morequizzes4u
+1
Level 39
Sep 13, 2016
According to Wikipedia; there are more Shias in Nigeria than in Yemen
CHEESELWEESEL
+2
Level 63
Feb 28, 2017
You should accept 'UAE' for United Arab Emirates
TheBengalGeek
+1
Level 38
Mar 29, 2017
Did it with 1 second left on first try! Phew!
DrWatson
+3
Level 71
Apr 10, 2017
Would like to see this with a column for Atheism. That would be interesting.
Carry
+6
Level 63
Sep 1, 2017
You wouldn't exactly include Atheism in a quiz about religions. Anyway the number is probably hard to define as people have different understandings of atheism. According to Wikipedia those are the top 10 surveyed countries with people who viewed themselves as "convinced atheists" (note that those are percentages rather than the total population): China (47%), Japan (31%), Czechia (30%), France (29%), South Korea (15%), Germany (15%), Netherlands (14%), Austria (10%), Iceland (10%), Australia (10%), Ireland (10%).
Sulps
+1
Level 59
Nov 5, 2017
I made a quiz about countries with the most irreligious people a long time ago. The main problem was that sources gave wildly different estimates, so I had to calculate the average. If you're interested, try it here.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 66
Dec 18, 2020
Yeah. Since atheism isn't a religion, doesn't have tenets, specific meeting places or anyone taking attendance, it's very hard to accurately count the number of atheists. Even some atheists don't know they're atheists. I once read a survey according to which a significant proportion of French people who consider themselves "catholics"... also don't believe in god. Conceivably, you could consider them to be both religious and atheistic!
HenryFails4
+5
Level 34
Apr 11, 2017
I misread Wahhabism as Wannabism, as in Wanna - Be ism....
catlover2496
+2
Level 44
Apr 12, 2017
HA!
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Apr 13, 2017
WOW! - Catholics aren't Christians? - They don't believe in Christ as the Savior? - That is the ONLY things that distinguishes Christians from Jewish, Islam, Hindu, Shintoism, etc. their belief in CHRIST.
Cog
+6
Level 73
Nov 5, 2017
Catholicism is a branch of Christianity just like Shia is a branch of Islam
GeoDude
+3
Level 53
Feb 2, 2019
The quiz doesn't say that.
wiifly
+1
Level 55
Dec 15, 2020
Nobody ever said Catholics aren't Christians. Where did you get the idea that they did?
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 66
Dec 18, 2020
Actually, as I understand it, some American protestants don't consider catholics to be christian. Religions are weird!
DrakiGuy
+2
Level 55
Apr 13, 2017
I have a friend from Bahrain; they are Shias. Wahhabism isn't a faith anyway, theyare no different from other Sunnis; they're just more Shari'ah extreme.
Djilas
+3
Level 80
Aug 13, 2017
"theyare no different from other Sunnis; they're just more Shari'ah extreme." - So they are different after all?

The quiz only says Bahrain has the 4th biggest number of Wahhabis, not that the Bahrain is majority Wahhabist.

kalbahamut
+5
Level 83
Oct 18, 2017
Wahhabism (mostly they refer to themselves as Salafists) is just an approach to Islamic jurisprudence, really. But many of the different sects of Christianity come down to similar or even more superficial differences. I used to have an apartment in Bahrain. There are shia and sunni there. I don't know that the sunnis would call themselves Salafists- and they certainly wouldn't call themselves Wahhabists, this is a label applied by outsiders- though that doesn't necessarily render the distinction invalid.
pattage23
+1
Level 80
Aug 26, 2017
I can't believe that I missed Canada (and I'm Canadian!)

Sheesh!

Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Nov 5, 2017
I thought that 40,000,000 or more Protestants were in China, which would put them in the list.
idontkn1
+1
Level 87
Nov 6, 2017
+1 From the list on World Atlas it has the third most protestants, only behind Nigeria and the US.
Sulps
+3
Level 59
Nov 5, 2017
As a lot of other quiz-takers have pointed out, your choice of religions and branches is confusing. Why Christianity, Protestantism and Orthodoxy? And why Islam, Shia and Wahhabism? It would be more intuitive to pick all of the main branches, as in Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy (and maybe add Christianity in general as well). Similarly, Sunni and Shia (and maybe add Islam in general as well). While your data is not wrong, your choice of religious branches can give the wrong idea (and some people in the comment section have taken the bait).
roleybob
+5
Level 75
Sep 18, 2018
It's really not confusing - it's just that some people are making inferences which are not implied
mahble
+1
Level 75
Nov 5, 2017
Never would have guessed Canada.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 60
Nov 5, 2017
Catholicism was not the original Christian religion (s/b denomination). The original Christians, according to the book of Acts, called themselves "followers of the (or that) Way."

It was unbelievers in Syrian Antioch who first called them "Christians (Χριστιανός, Christianos)."

It was probably a nickname or even a term of derision.

BurgerTsar
+1
Level 59
Nov 6, 2017
I got everything in Judaism except for Israel.
TheSilliestGoose
+1
Level 64
Nov 7, 2017
Only missed Ethiopia :(
markasol
+1
Level 74
Nov 7, 2017
Please change the Christianity column to Catholicism (as Protestants and Orthodox are Christians too); and change the Islam column to Sunni (as likewise Shia and Wahhabists are Islamic too).
TWM03
+5
Level 66
Aug 17, 2018
No because that isn't what it's asking.
bahua
+1
Level 57
Nov 9, 2017
Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodoxy are all subsets of Christianity.
Asterlan
+3
Level 57
Nov 20, 2020
And?
naroznik99
+1
Level 51
Apr 25, 2018
Oh! Orthodoxy in Ethiopia and orthodoxy in Russia that other religion! Absolutelly other! Russian Christianity was born in 1054!
amm14
+1
Level 69
Feb 3, 2020
Per Wikipedia, the orthodox church in Ethiopia goes back much further, to the 4th century.
iiMystiqo
+1
Level 38
Jun 24, 2018
%100 :) Great Quiz!
jarlewski
+1
Level 39
Jul 25, 2018
Fricken romania... guessed bahrain on last second... Also tried every country around romania... hungary, serbia, greece, moldova, bulgaria, ukraine..ahhh
cenoriva
+1
Level 44
Aug 28, 2018
100% less than 1 second remaining - the relief when Romania was the right one
qcumber
+1
Level 47
Oct 19, 2018
wahhabism!?!?!?
IssaIsmail
+2
Level 28
Jan 4, 2019
Running out of time while typing the last correct answer on the first try is the most frustrating thing. Have to retake the whole quiz just to get that 100% :)
IssaIsmail
+1
Level 28
Jan 4, 2019
1 left again, let's try once more
IssaIsmail
+1
Level 28
Jan 4, 2019
Really? 1 more left AGAIN! I seem to forget 1 different country each time. Upside is I am getting most answers in a row now though.
IssaIsmail
+1
Level 28
Jan 4, 2019
I can finally continue living my life properly again, I did it
GeoDude
+1
Level 53
Feb 2, 2019
Easy, 100% with 2 min+
GigglleGurll
+1
Level 25
Jun 2, 2019
If you liked this quiz, you'll love "Most Religious U.S. States"

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/332685/most-religious-us-states

roleybob
+3
Level 75
Jul 10, 2019
Why are people having such a problem with this quiz?

The instructions are very clear

ALA02
+1
Level 59
Jul 28, 2019
Missed only Yemen. Plus I’d never heard of Wahhabism, just saw that the uae was there so guessed all the gulf countries.
charchar711
+1
Level 67
Feb 2, 2020
Protestants ARE Christians. Why are they separated into two different categories? Did you mean to separate Protestants and Catholics?
tom88
+6
Level 68
Feb 3, 2020
obviously the column that says christian includes all christian denominations and the one that says protestant only includes protestants. it's not that difficult to figure out.
tzhg
+1
Level 61
Jun 30, 2020
Nope. The "Christian" column includes all branches of Christianity. If it were only for Catholics, Brazil would be first, and I believe the US would only be fourth.
Yeoryios
+1
Level 70
May 19, 2020
Why do you have Christianity, then have Protestantism and Orthodoxy which are sects in Chrisitanity? Do you mean Catholicism or something?
roleybob
+5
Level 75
Jun 16, 2020
FFS, it's really very easy to understand. You can also look at the dozens of posts above about this exact question
NHG
+3
Level 49
Sep 17, 2020
Thank you for an interesting quiz topic.

As an atheist who has completed this with 1:52 remaining, all I'll say is that it is abundantly clear what the quiz is asking for. Christianity does not refer to Catholicism only - it is obvious that it refers to the entirety of the religion. There is no Catholic-only sub-category within this quiz, the same way there's no Sunni-only sub-category.

Hampus
+1
Level 58
Nov 12, 2020
Strange choices.
AnkitMohan
+1
Level 30
Nov 20, 2020
Pls accept Saudia for Saudi Arabia
cxrlxs
+1
Level 59
Feb 24, 2021
Should add Catholicism
MarktheBoshark
+1
Level 22
Mar 10, 2021
Vatican city?100% religious
kalbahamut
+4
Level 83
Jun 8, 2021
Except for Steve the gardener. He lives by the Syrian Hibiscus next to the fountain and calls himself "spiritual, but not religious," though I suspect he's a closet atheist. So technically only 99.88% religious.
charchar711
+1
Level 67
Jun 18, 2021
Protestants ARE Christians. No need for two categories.
FlyingG
+1
Level 57
Jul 10, 2021
I think christian means catholic? I'm not sure
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Sep 12, 2021
AAAAAARRRGGGGHHHH

Do you also think that Christians ARE Protestants?

charchar711
+1
Level 67
Oct 17, 2021
Not sure why some are so snarky in answering the obvious question as to why Protestants are not covered under the Christian heading. It's a very valid question and no, the instructions are not clear about this.
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Feb 15, 2022
The instructions are very clear.

But more importantly, if people took a few moments to read other comments there wouldn't be a ridiculous amount of erroneous posts saying the same bloody thing

ValterFerreira
+1
Level 66
Nov 5, 2021
Protestantism and Orthodoxy are branches of Christianity, just as Shia and Wahhabism are branches of Islam. I guess Christianity should be changed to "Catholicism" and Islam to "Sunni" or "Sunni Islam".
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Feb 15, 2022
I give up
FishLick
+1
Level 40
Nov 7, 2021
forgot china. kicking myself :(
Koopa
+1
Level 66
Apr 17, 2022
I see, once again, the Zoroastrians get the snub :P
ErenJaeger2005
+1
Level 47
Apr 22, 2022
Why is Cristianaty and Protestantism separated lol. Shouldn't it be Catholicism and Protestantism?
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