:
Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other
groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
Indonesia:
Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%,
Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998)
Iran:
Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 1%
Iraq:
Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other
3%
Ireland:
Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9%
(1998)
Israel:
Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian
2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
Italy:
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and
Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
Jamaica:
Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%,
Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist
2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%,
Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other, including some spiritual
cults 34.7%
Japan:
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including
Christian 0.7%)
Jersey:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New
Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Jordan:
Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but
some Greek Catholics, Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic
Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2%
(several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Kenya:
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%,
Muslim 7%, other 1%
note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for
the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous
beliefs vary widely
Kiribati:
Roman Catholic 54%, Protestant (Congregational) 30%, some
Seventh-Day Adventist, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God
(1996)
Korea, North:
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some
Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent;
government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of
religious freedom
Korea, South:
Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%,
Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%
Kuwait:
Muslim 85% (Sunni 45%, Shi'a 40%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi,
and other 15%
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