Map: Christian Population in the World

This map shows the number of Christians as a percentage of the total population in each country. As you can see, the countries with large percentage of Christians are in Europe, North America, South America and sub-Saharan Africa. Again, the map shows the number of Christians as a percentage of the total population in each country, not the number of Christians in each country.

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There is a large swath of countries in the Middle East / North Africa, South Asia, North Asia and Southeast Asia, where the percentage of Christians is low. The populations of these countries are mainly from other religions, such as Islam (Middle East / North Africa, Indonesia), Hinduism (India) or Buddhism (Japan, maybe China). The contrast with the countries with high percentage of Muslims can be seen if you refer to the Muslim map of the world.

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Data Source: Pew Research Center; Map: Generated by me

Map: Muslim Population in the World

This map shows the number of Muslims as a percentage of the total population in each country. As you can see, there is a large concentration of countries in the Middle East / North Africa / Central Asia belt where the country percentage of Muslims is highest (usually more than 95%). The other large cluster is in the Southeast Asia region, including Indonesia and Malaysia.

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The map shows the number of Muslims as a percentage of the total population in each country, not the number of Muslims in each country. For example, there is a large population of Muslims in China, but this is small compared to the total population in China. See also the Christian map and the Freedom map.

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Data Source: Pew Research Center; Map: Generated by me