word | | Religions |
Sunni
 map | Lebanon | Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt ... |
Sunni
map | Pakistan | Muslim 95% (Sunni 75%, Shi'a 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5% |
Sunni
map | Yemen | Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
Sunni Muslim
map | Afghanistan | Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1% |
Sunni Muslim
map | Algeria | Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
Sunni Muslim
map | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.) |
Sunni Muslim
map | Comoros | Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2% |
Sunni Muslim
map | 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.) |
Sunni Muslim
map | Libya | Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3% |
Sunni Muslim
map | Maldives | Sunni Muslim |
Sunni Muslim
map | Somalia | Sunni Muslim |
Sunni Muslim
map | Sudan | Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25% |
Sunni Muslim
map | Syria | Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) |
Sunni Muslim
map | Tajikistan | Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.) |
| syncretic | Zimbabwe | syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1% |
| syncretic Chondogyo | 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 |
| Syrian Catholic | Lebanon | ... Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3%
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Syrian Orthodox
map | 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.) |
Syrian Orthodox
map | Lebanon | ... Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3%
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