.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 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 2%
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 and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox,
Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several
small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Kenya
Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%,
Muslim 10%, other 2%
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 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some
Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church
of God (1999)
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
no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%,
Confucianist 1%, other 1%
Kuwait
Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi,
and other 15%
Kyrgyzstan
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Laos
Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (includi
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