by Billygoat 16 Replies latest jw friends
Otherwise known as a Ponzi scheme, after its inventor. Amway is included here. Anyone remember Swipe? Mary Kay too! There's a thousand of 'em. And there was that guy Glenn something or other in Florida "Dare to be {something}" He was habituated to wearing white buck shoes and had a cleft palatte (just to help you remember). He did time, actually. The bunko squad got him.
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Hi Andi,
Annoying isn't it? A good friend had a good business suggestion, he said, and eventually it proved to be such an MLM scheme. Of course I rejected it, even made some spreadsheet models to show it was useless and unrealistic, but it did no good. He'd been totally hooked, and wasted lots of money on a product he could neither sell nor use. As soon as he realized that MLM chain was a scam, he jumped to another one, etc, etc.
The main problem as I see it is that this "business" is a leech on friendships and family. It encourages people to try to sell the idiotic idea to their friends, collegues and family, and I have seen more than one friendship seriously endangered when the born-again MLMer was insulted at being rejected or discouraged.
Particularly tragic when exJWs get suckered in.
Glad you had the sense to reject this scam. I expected no less!
- Jan
--
"Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets
Andie,
I totally understand what you are talking about. I moved out of my parents house a few years ago and was really struggling to make ends meet when a co-worker told me about this great opportunity to make x-tra money in a "small" sidebusiness. I should have seen the light when it seemed that she never had enough time to give me all of the details about the job. I arrived at the interview and was promptly shown a video of "shiny, happy people" lounging around the pool stopping occasionally to stroll to the mailbox and pick up a big load of money(yeah, right-HELLO PYRAMID SCHEME). I told them I wasn't interested and they just kept on talkin'(hello-did they just hear me say no?). Then the most amazing thing happened, the girl actually had the nerve to show up at the interview to convince me that this was a wonderful chance at a great future. You can imagine my reaction (MEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW-pphhhhttttt!!!!!. We worked in a small office and it was all I could do to be civil-fortunately, she gave her notice the following month. Hang in there-you'll find something great!!!!!!!! Roo
Hi Andi,
I worked at Lucent Technologies in 1996. When they were doing really well. I had recently started. A co-worker, who had 25 years in the company (Western Electric, ATT then became Lucent in 1996)told me of a wonderful business he did on the side. He was convinced that Lucent was going down the tubes and he was planning for the future. (I should have paid attention to that part!)
After harrassing me long distance (he was in New Jersey, I was in Kansas) for months, I finally agreed to listen to see if perhaps I could work on the side and earn even more money. [;D]
He sent me a packet of information and a video. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be AMWAY!!!! He would help set me up and get a part of my sales, all I had to do was convince family and friends to purchase Amway products.
I declined to be a part of this pyramid scheme.
I understand your frustration. Someone you trust tries to take advantage of that trust and use you for their gain. A neighbor recently came by to tell me I would make a great travel agent (Lucent layoffs)! I declined to become a travel agent....especially now!!
Good luck with your job search!
Billygoat,
You are spot on in your assessment. All of thease pyramid schemes quickly founder as you run out of people to recruit.
Englishman,
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be....
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Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Albania:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Algeria:</b></font></td>
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Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>American Samoa:</b></font></td>
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Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Andorra:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic (predominant)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Angola:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Anguilla:</b></font></td>
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Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Antigua and Barbuda:</b></font></td>
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Anglican (predominant), other Protestant, some Roman Catholic
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Argentina:</b></font></td>
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nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Armenia:</b></font></td>
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Armenian Orthodox 94%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Aruba:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Australia:</b></font></td>
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Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Austria:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Azerbaijan:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
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Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Bahrain:</b></font></td>
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Shi'a Muslim 70%, Sunni Muslim 30%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Bangladesh:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Barbados:</b></font></td>
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Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Belarus:</b></font></td>
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Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Belgium:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Belize:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist 6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% (1980)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Benin:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Bermuda:</b></font></td>
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non-Anglican Protestant 39%, Anglican 27%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 19%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Bhutan:</b></font></td>
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Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Bolivia:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Bosnia and Herzegovina:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Botswana:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Brazil:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>British Virgin Islands:</b></font></td>
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Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Brunei:</b></font></td>
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Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Bulgaria:</b></font></td>
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Bulgarian Orthodox 83.5%, Muslim 13%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Jewish 0.8%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 1% (1998)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Burkina Faso:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Burma:</b></font></td>
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Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Burundi:</b></font></td>
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Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cambodia:</b></font></td>
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Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cameroon:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Canada:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cape Verde:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cayman Islands:</b></font></td>
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United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other Protestant
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Central African Republic:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%, other 11%
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animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Chad:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Chile:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>China:</b></font></td>
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Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
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officially atheist
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Christmas Island:</b></font></td>
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Buddhist 55%, Christian 15%, Muslim 10%, other 20% (1991)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cocos (Keeling) Islands:</b></font></td>
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Sunni Muslim 57%, Christian 22%, other 21% (1981 est.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Colombia:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 90%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Comoros:</b></font></td>
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Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Congo, Democratic Republic of the:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Congo, Republic of the:</b></font></td>
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Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cook Islands:</b></font></td>
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Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Costa Rica:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, other Protestant 0.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cote d'Ivoire:</b></font></td>
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Christian 34%, Muslim 27%, no religion 21%, animist 15%, other 3% (1998)
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the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Croatia:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cuba:</b></font></td>
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nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Cyprus:</b></font></td>
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Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Czech Republic:</b></font></td>
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atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%
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Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslims 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Djibouti:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Dominica:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Dominican Republic:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 95%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Ecuador:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 95%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Egypt:</b></font></td>
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Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>El Salvador:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 86%
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there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Equatorial Guinea:</b></font></td>
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nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Eritrea:</b></font></td>
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Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Estonia:</b></font></td>
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Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Ethiopia:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):</b></font></td>
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primarily Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Free Church, Evangelist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Faroe Islands:</b></font></td>
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Evangelical Lutheran
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Fiji:</b></font></td>
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Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2%
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<i>note: ;</i>
Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority (1986)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Finland:</b></font></td>
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Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>France:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 3%, unaffiliated 4%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>French Guiana:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>French Polynesia:</b></font></td>
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Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 16%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Gabon:</b></font></td>
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Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Gambia, The:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Gaza Strip:</b></font></td>
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Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Georgia:</b></font></td>
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Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Germany:</b></font></td>
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Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, unaffiliated or other 26.3%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Ghana:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Gibraltar:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish 2.3%, none or other 7% (1991)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Greece:</b></font></td>
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Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Greenland:</b></font></td>
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Evangelical Lutheran
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Grenada:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Guadeloupe:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Guam:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Guatemala:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Guernsey:</b></font></td>
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Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Guinea:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Guinea-Bissau:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Guyana:</b></font></td>
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Christian 50%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 8%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Haiti:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)
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<i>note: ;</i>
roughly one-half of the population also practices Voodoo
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Holy See (Vatican City):</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Honduras:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant minority
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Hong Kong:</b></font></td>
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eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Hungary:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other 7.5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Iceland:</b></font></td>
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Evangelical Lutheran 93%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic, none (1997)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>India:</b></font></td>
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Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Indonesia:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Iran:</b></font></td>
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Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Iraq:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Ireland:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Israel:</b></font></td>
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Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Italy:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Jamaica:</b></font></td>
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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%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Japan:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Jersey:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Jordan:</b></font></td>
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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.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Kazakhstan:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Kenya:</b></font></td>
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Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1%
<br><br>
<i>note: ;</i>
a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Kiribati:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 54%, Protestant (Congregational) 30%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1996)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Korea, North:</b></font></td>
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traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
<br><br>
<i>note: ;</i>
autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Korea, South:</b></font></td>
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Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Kuwait:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 85% (Sunni 45%, Shi'a 40%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Kyrgyzstan:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Laos:</b></font></td>
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Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Latvia:</b></font></td>
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Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Lebanon:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Lesotho:</b></font></td>
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Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Liberia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Libya:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Sunni Muslim 97%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Liechtenstein:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 7.4%, unknown 7.7%, other 4.9% (1996)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Lithuania:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Luxembourg:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
the greatest preponderance of the population is Roman Catholic with a very few Protestants, Jews, and Muslims
<br><br>
<i>note: ;</i>
1979 legislation forbids the collection of religious statistics
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Macau:</b></font></td>
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Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:</b></font></td>
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Macedonian Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Madagascar:</b></font></td>
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indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Malawi:</b></font></td>
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Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Malaysia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Maldives:</b></font></td>
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Sunni Muslim
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Mali:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Malta:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 91%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Man, Isle of:</b></font></td>
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Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Marshall Islands:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian (mostly Protestant)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Martinique:</b></font></td>
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Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Mauritania:</b></font></td>
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Muslim 100%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Mauritius:</b></font></td>
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Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Mayotte:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Mexico:</b></font></td>
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nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Micronesia, Federated States of:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other and none 3%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Moldova:</b></font></td>
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Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Monaco:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 90%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Mongolia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Montserrat:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Morocco:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Mozambique:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
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<a name="N">
<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Namibia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Nauru:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Nepal:</b></font></td>
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Hinduism 86.2%, Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2%
<br><br>
<i>note: ;</i>
only official Hindu state in the world (1995)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Netherlands:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Netherlands Antilles:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>New Caledonia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>New Zealand:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Nicaragua:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Niger:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Nigeria:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Niue:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Norfolk Island:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican 39%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 16.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.4%, none 9.2%, unknown 16.9%, other 2.4% (1986)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Northern Mariana Islands:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Norway:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Oman:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Pakistan:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Palau:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Panama:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Papua New Guinea:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Paraguay:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Peru:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 90%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Philippines:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Pitcairn Islands:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Poland:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Portugal:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Puerto Rico:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Qatar:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 95%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Reunion:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Romania:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Romanian Orthodox 70%, Roman Catholic 3%, Uniate Catholic 3%, Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Russia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Rwanda:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 24%, Adventist 10.4%, Muslim 1.9%, indigenous beliefs and other 6.5%, none 4.5% (1996)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Saint Helena:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Saint Kitts and Nevis:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Saint Lucia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Saint Pierre and Miquelon:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 99%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Seventh-Day Adventist, Hindu, other Protestant
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Samoa:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>San Marino:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Sao Tome and Principe:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Saudi Arabia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 100%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Senegal:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Seychelles:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Sierra Leone:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Singapore:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Slovakia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Slovenia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 68.8%, Uniate Catholic 2%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Solomon Islands:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican 34%, Roman Catholic 19%, Baptist 17%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 11%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Somalia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Sunni Muslim
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>South Africa:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Spain:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Sri Lanka:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Sudan:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Suriname:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Swaziland:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Protestant 55%, Muslim 10%, Roman Catholic 5%, indigenous beliefs 30%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Sweden:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Switzerland:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9% (1990)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Syria:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Tajikistan:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Tanzania:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
mainland - Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Thailand:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Togo:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
indigenous beliefs 59%, Christian 29%, Muslim 12%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Tokelau:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
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<i>note: ;</i>
on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Tonga:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Trinidad and Tobago:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Tunisia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Turkey:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Turkmenistan:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Turks and Caicos Islands:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Baptist 41.2%, Methodist 18.9%, Anglican 18.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.7%, other 19.9% (1980)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Tuvalu:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Uganda:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Ukraine:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>United Arab Emirates:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>United Kingdom:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>United States:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Uruguay:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Uzbekistan:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
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<a name="V">
<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Vanuatu:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Venezuela:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Vietnam:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Virgin Islands:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Wallis and Futuna:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Roman Catholic 100%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>West Bank:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Western Sahara:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim
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<a name="Y">
<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Yemen:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Yugoslavia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Zambia:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Zimbabwe:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
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<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Taiwan:</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="arial" size="2">
mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
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