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.
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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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