Map of World Religions

This article is contributed by Ray Konig, the author of Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Prophet, Jesus the Miracle Worker, and 100 Fulfilled Bible Prophecies.

By Ray Konig
Published: November 7, 2025

Map shows the largest religion for each of the world’s nations. Christianity is the largest religion for nearly 70 percent of the world’s nations and has a presence in at least 97 percent of all nations. Religious affinity data for each nation is available here.

Largest religion by country

Dataset:

Sources: GeoJSON for mapping is from https://geojson-maps.kyd.au. Religious affiliation data is from The World Factbook, 2022 edition. Analysis by Ray Konig, author of Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Prophet, Jesus the Miracle Worker, and 100 Fulfilled Bible Prophecies.

This map is based on data from the CIA World Factbook, 2022 edition, which identifies 235 countries and other identifiable areas.

An analysis of this data shows that Christianity has a presence in nearly every nation of the world. The World Factbook notes the presence of Christianity in 228 of the 235 countries, which is about 97 percent of the world’s countries.

This finding attests to the accuracy of Jesus as a prophet, who predicted, nearly 2,000 years ago, that his teachings, also known as the Gospel, would be taught to people in all the nations of the world (Matthew 24:14, Luke 24:44-47, Acts 1:8).

Islam is the largest religion for 54 countries, according to the analysis of data from the World Factbook. Buddhism is the largest for 8 countries. Hinduism is the largest for 3 countries.

The analysis also reveals that Christianity is the only religion that has a majority presence in one or more nations within each of the world’s inhabitable continents.

Ray Konig is the author of Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Prophet, Jesus the Miracle Worker, and 100 Fulfilled Bible Prophecies.