World Religions: World Major Religions Classification, Map

World Religions – From the earliest known evidence of human religion by Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis around 100,000 years ago to the present day, religion continues to be a very influential aspect of human lives.

Today, there are numerous challenges and problems faced by humans from every possible background, location and social class. Every day people must face issues of health, safety and mortality. It is because of these daily challenges that religion continues to exist. Religion is the universal tool for explaining things which we do not understand through the context the known physical world.

World Religions:

Although there are countless religions, each different from the other, they all serve the same purpose. Each answers questions which all humans seem to be programmed to ask: Why are we here? What happens when I die? How shall I live my life?

Religion helps us to transmit our values from one generation to another, and influences the way we interact with the natural environment. It teaches us how to see ourselves in light of the universe and gives purpose and meaning to life.

With our global society, it is likely that in your lifetime you will meet people from every corner of the planet. Understanding the religious beliefs of these people is one of the many steps which mankind must take in order to someday prosper together in peace.

Middle Eastern Religions:

The World Religion Map represents on a global scale the distribution of the world’s major religions. Depicting all the religions of the world on a single world map is no mean task, as difficulties arise while representing areas where a multitude of world religions exist with no single religion predominating; or areas which are inhabited by adherents of different sects of one parent religion – perhaps an ancient religion – and such other problems. Therefore the world religion map attempts to represent the main religions practiced in a particular geographical area or region.

In the world map of religion given above, all these varied colors have been used carefully so that it becomes easier for users to differentiate between the various countries and religions as well. The World Religion Map is a very comprehensive and reliable source of information about world religion facts. It will provide you a world outline about the religious demographics of the world. The major religion map of the world given below can also serve as world religion population map and will come in handy for those doing research on religion history.

For purposes of practicality, the world’s major religions may be classified as follows: For purposes of practicality, the world’s major religions may be classified as follows:

1. Middle Eastern Religions:
   1. Christianity
      1. Roman Catholicism
      2. Protestantism
      3. Eastern Orthodox Church
   2. Islam
      1. Shi’ite
      2. Sunni
   3. Judaism
   4. Zoroastrianism
2. Far Eastern Religions:
   1. Confucianism
   2. Taoism
   3. Shinto
   4. Mahayana Buddhism
3. Indian Religions:
   1. Hinduism
   2. Sikhism
   3. Jainism
   4. Theravada Buddhism
4. African Religions:
   1. Tribal Religions of Sub-Saharan Africa
5. American Religions:
   1. Religions of Indigenous American Indians
6. Oceanic Religions:
   1. The religions of the Pacific Islanders
   2. The beliefs of the Aborigines of Australia
   3. The beliefs of the Maoris of New Zealand

The world religion map represents each of the above religions and the areas in which they are prevalent. It may be useful to note that in certain regions many religions coexist and in others like, China and Japan, adherents are affiliated to more than one religion.

Country	Religion	Country	Religion	Country	Religion
Afghanistan	Islam	Albania	Islam	Algeria	Islam
Andorra	Christian	Angola	Indigenous Beliefs	Antigua & Barbuda	Christian
Argentina	Christian	Armenia	Christian	Australia	Christian
Austria	Christian	Azerbaijan	Islam	Bahamas	Christian
Bahrain	Islam	Bangladesh	Islam	Barbados	Christian
Belarus	Christian	Belgium	Christian	Belize	Christian
Benin	Ind. Beliefs	Bhutan	Buddhist	Bolivia	Christian
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Islam, Christian	Botswana	Christian	Brazil	Christian
Brunei	Islam	Bulgaria	Christian, Islam	Burkina Faso	Trad. Beliefs
Burundi	Christian	Cambodia	Buddhist	Cameroon	Ind. Beliefs
Canada	Christian	Cape Verde	Christian	Central African Republic	Christian
Chad	Islam	Chile	Christian	China	Nonreligious
Colombia	Christian	Comoros	Islam	Congo	Christian
Costa Rica	Christian	Cote d’Ivore	Trad. Beliefs	Croatia	Christian
Cuba	Non Religious	Cyprus	Christian	Czech Republic	Christian
Denmark	Christian	Djibouti	Islam	Dominica	Christian
Dominican rep.	Christian	Ecuador	Christian	Egypt	Islam
El Salvador	Christian	Equatorial Guinea	Christian	Eritrea	Islam, Christian
Estonia	Christian	Ethiopia	Islam	Fiji	Christian
Finland	Christian	France	Christian	Gabon	Christian
Gambia	Islam	Georgia	Christian	Germany	Christian
Ghana	Ind. Beliefs	Greece	Christian	Grenada	Christian
Guatemala	Christian	Guinea	Islam	Guinea-Bissau	Trad. Beliefs
Guyana	Christian, Hindu	Haiti	Christian	Honduras	Christian
Hungary	Christian	Iceland	Christian	India	Hindu
Indonesia	Islam	Iran	Islam	Iraq	Islam
Ireland	Christian	Israel	Jews	Italy	Christian
Jamaica	Christian	Japan	Shinto & Buddhism	Jordan	Islam
Kazakhstan	Islam	Kenya	Christian	Kiribati	Christian
Kuwait	Islam	Kyrgyzstan	Islam	Laos	Buddhist
Lativa	Christian	Lebanon	Islam	Lesotho	Christian
Liberia	Trad. Beliefs	Libya	Islam	Liechtenstein	Christian
Lithuania	Christian	Luxembourg	Christian	Macedonia	Christian
Madagascar	Traditional Beliefs Christian	Malawi	Christian	Malaysia	Islam
Maldives	Islam	Mali	Islam	Malta	Christian
Marshal Is.	Christian	Mauritania	Islam	Mauritius	Hindu
Mexico	Christian	Micronesia	Christian	Moldova	Christian
Monaco	Christian	Mongolia	Shamanist	Morocco	Islam
Mozambique	Traditional Beliefs	Myanmar	Buddhist	Namibia	Christian
Nauru	Christian	Nepal	Hindu	Netherlands	Christian
New Zealand	Christian	Nicaragua	Christian	Niger	Islam
Nigeria	Islam	North Korea	Nonreligious	Norway	Christian
Oman	Islam	Pakistan	Islam	Palau	Christian
Panama	Christian	Papua New Guinea	Christian	Paraguay	Christian
Peru	Christian	Philippines	Christian	Poland	Christian
Portugal	Christian	Qatar	Islam	Romania	Christian
Russia	Christian	Rwanda	Christian	San Marino	Christian
Sao Tome & Principe	Christian	Saudi Arabia	Islam	Senegal	Islam
Seychelles	Christian	Sierra Leone	Islam	Singapore	Buddhist
Slovakia	Christian	Slovenia	Christian	Solomon Islands	Christian
Somalia	Islam	South Africa	Christian, Eng., Ndebele	South Korea	Christian
Spain	Christian	Sri Lanka	Buddhist	St. Kitts & Nevis	Christian
St. Lucia	Christian	St. Vimncent & The Grenadines	Christian	Sudan	Islam
Surinam	Christian, Hindu	Swaziland	Christian	Sweden	Christian
Switzerland	Christian	Syria	Islam	Taiwan	Chinese Folk Religion
Tajikistan	Islam	Tanzania	Christian	Thailand	Buddhist
Togo	Traditional Beliefs	Tonga	Christian	Trinidad & Tobago	Christian, Hindu
Tunisia	Islam	Turkey	Islam	Turkmenistan	Islam
Tuvalu	Christian	U. K.	Christian	U.A.E.	Islam
Uganda	Christian	Ukraine	Christian	US of America	Christian
Uruguay	Christian	Uzbekistan	Islam	Vanuatu	Christian
Vatican City	Christian	Venezuela	Christian	Vietnam	Buddhist
Western Samoa	Christian	Yemen	Islam	Yugoslavia	Christian
Zaire	Christian	Zambia	Christian	Zimbabwe	Traditional Beliefs