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Religion in North America#Christianity

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Religion in North America is dominated by various branches of Christianity and spans the period of Native American dwelling, European settlement, and the present day. Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent.

Between them, the United States, Mexico and Canada account for 85 percent of the population of North America. Religion in each of these countries is dominated by Christianity (77.4),{{cite web|author=ANALYSIS|url=http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Global-Christianity-americas.aspx |title=Americas |publisher=Pewforum.org |date=2011-12-19 |access-date=2012-08-17}}{{cite web|author=ANALYSIS |url=http://www.pewforum.org/global-religious-landscape-christians.aspx |title=Global religious landscape: Christians |publisher=Pewforum.org |date=2011-12-19 |access-date=2012-08-17}} making it the largest religious group in North America.

By religion

=Christianity=

{{main|Christianity in the United States|Christianity in Canada|Christianity in Mexico}}

  • North America: 75.2%calculated with country data-77.4%{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-christians/ |title=THE GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE: Christians |access-date=2012-12-18 |work=pewforum}}
  • Mexico: 87.7%[http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/# Pew Research Center: Religion in Latin America Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region]
  • United States: 73.7%{{cite web |title=Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/14/measuring-religion-in-pew-research-centers-american-trends-panel/ |website=Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel | Pew Research Center |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208090614/https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/14/measuring-religion-in-pew-research-centers-american-trends-panel/ |archive-date=8 February 2021 |date=14 January 2021 |url-status=live}}
  • Canada: 67.3%{{cite web|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130508/dq130508b-eng.htm?HPA |title=Religions in Canada—Census 2011 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}

=Judaism=

{{main|Judaism in the United States|Judaism in Canada|Judaism in Mexico}}

  • North America: 1.5%{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-jew/ |title=THE GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE: Jews |access-date=2012-12-18 |work=pewforum}}
  • United States: 1.7%{{cite web|title=CIA Fact Book |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-states/

|publisher=CIA Wololrld Fact Book|year=2002 |access-date=2007-12-30}}

{{cite web|url=http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf|title=Religious Composition of the U.S.| publisher=Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life|work=U.S. Religious Landscape Survey|year=2007|access-date=2010-11-29}}

to 2.9%{{cite web |url=http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/AmericanReligionSurvey-ARIS/reports/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf |format=PDF |title=AMERICAN RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION SURVEY (ARIS) 2008 |author=Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar |year=2009 |publisher=Trinity College |location=Hartford, Connecticut, USA |access-date=2009-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407053149/http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/AmericanReligionSurvey-ARIS/reports/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf |archive-date=2009-04-07 }}

  • Canada: 1.2%{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishdatabank.org/Studies/details.cfm?StudyID=743|title=The Jewish Population of Canada - 2011 National Household Survey [2015 Reports Added] {{!}} Berman Jewish DataBank|website=www.jewishdatabank.org|access-date=2017-02-15}}
  • Mexico: 0.02%

=Islam=

{{main|Islam in the United States|Islam in Canada|Islam in Mexico}}

  • Canada: 4.9%{{cite web |title=Canadians losing their religion and other survey highlights |date=2013-05-08 |website=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404221257/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadians-losing-their-religion-and-other-survey-highlights/article11778320/ |archive-date=2023-04-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadians-losing-their-religion-and-other-survey-highlights/article11778320/}}
  • United States: 1.2%[http://features.pewforum.org/muslim-population-graphic/#/United%20States The Future of the Muslim Population - United States] Pew Forum.
  • Mexico: 0.2%[http://features.pewforum.org/muslim-population-graphic/#/Mexico] Pew Forum.

= Buddhism =

{{main|Buddhism in the United States|Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism in Mexico}}

  • Canada: 1.4%
  • Mexico: 0.09%
  • United States: 0.9%

= Hinduism =

{{main|Hinduism in the United States|Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism in Mexico}}

  • Canada: 2.3%
  • United States: 1.0%
  • Mexico: 0.1%

= Sikhism =

{{main|Sikhism in the United States|Sikhism in Canada}}

  • Canada: 2.1%
  • United States: 0.2%

= Bahá'í Faith =

{{main|Bahá'í Faith in the United States|Bahá'í Faith in Mexico}}

  • United States: 0.2%{{cite web| title = Most Baha'i Nations (2010) | work = QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions > |publisher = The Association of Religion Data Archives| year = 2010| url =http://www.thearda.com/QL2010/QuickList_40c.asp | access-date = Oct 26, 2013}}
  • Canada: 0.1%
  • Mexico: <0.1%

Irreligion

  • Canada: 35%{{cite web|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130508/dq130508b-eng.htm?HPA |title=Religions in Canada—Census 2011 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}
  • United States: 28%{{cite web |title=Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/14/measuring-religion-in-pew-research-centers-american-trends-panel/ |website=Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel | Pew Research Center |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208090614/https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/14/measuring-religion-in-pew-research-centers-american-trends-panel/ |archive-date=8 February 2021 |date=14 January 2021 |url-status=live}}
  • Mexico: 8%[http://geo-mexico.com/?p=4056 Religious diversity is increasing in Mexico]

By country

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan="2" | Country

! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Population

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Christian

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Muslim

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Irreligion

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Hindu

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Buddhist

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Folk religion

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Other religion

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number"| Jewish

Pop.

! %

! Pop.

! %

! Pop.

! %

! Pop.

! %

! Pop.

! %

! Pop.

! %

! Pop.

! %

! Pop.

! %

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Anguilla}} Anguilla

|20,000

|18,120

|90.60

|60

|0.30

|800

|4.00

|80

|0.40

|0

|0.00

|580

|2.90

|320

|1.60

|20

|0.10

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Antigua and Barbuda

|90,000

|83,700

|93.00

|540

|0.60

|1,530

|1.70

|180

|0.20

|0

|0.00

|3,240

|3.60

|900

|1.00

|0

|0.00

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| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Aruba}} Aruba

|110,670

|101,090

|91.90

|220

|0.20

|6,600

|6.00

|0

|0.00

|110

|0.10

|1,430

|1.30

|110

|0.10

|440

|0.40

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| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Bahamas}} Bahamas

|340,550

|326,400

|96.00

|340

|0.10

|10,540

|3.10

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|1,020

|0.30

|1,020

|0.30

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Barbados}} Barbados

|270,000

|257,040

|95.20

|2,700

|1.00

|5,130

|1.90

|1,080

|0.40

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|3,780

|1.40

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Belize}} Belize

|310,000

|271,560

|87.60

|310

|0.10

|27,590

|8.90

|620

|0.20

|1,550

|0.50

|4,650

|1.50

|310

|0.10

|3,100

|1.00

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| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Bermuda}} Bermuda

|60,000

|45,000

|75.00

|660

|1.10

|11,640

|19.40

|0

|0.00

|300

|0.50

|1,800

|3.00

|480

|0.80

|180

|0.30

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Bonaire}} Bonaire

|22,573

|18,960

|86.0

|N/A

|N/A

|2,710

|12.0

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|900

|4.0

|N/A

|N/A

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| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Canada |title=Religions in Canada—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}

|40,297,761

|21,372,106

|53.3

|1,964,790

|4.9

|12,577,475

|34.6

|922,248

|2.3

|402,977

|1.0

|80,690

|0.2

|1,082,639

|2.7

|360,879

|0.9

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| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} Cayman Islands

|60,000

|50,100

|83.50

|240

|0.40

|5,640

|9.40

|540

|0.90

|0

|0.00

|2,700

|4.50

|360

|0.60

|480

|0.80

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica

|5,044,197

|4,585,175

|90.90

|0

|0.00

|368,140

|7.90

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|38,280

|0.80

|13,980

|0.30

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Cuba}} Cuba

|10,985,974

|6,503,697

|59.20

|0

|0.00

|2,589,800

|23.00

|22,520

|0.20

|0

|0.00

|1,959,240

|17.40

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Curaçao}} Curaçao

|155,000

|134,230

|86.6

|N/A

|N/A

|15,500

|10.0

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|6,820

|4.4

|N/A

|N/A

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Dominica}} Dominica

|70,000

|66,080

|94.40

|70

|0.10

|350

|0.50

|0

|0.00

|70

|0.10

|2,100

|3.00

|1,190

|1.70

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic

|10,790,744

|9,654,254

|88.00

|0

|0.00

|1,082,370

|10.90

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|89,370

|0.90

|9,930

|0.10

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|El Salvador}} El Salvador

|6,602,370

|5,823,290

|88.20

|0

|0.00

|680,900

|11.00

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|30,950

|0.50

|18,570

|0.30

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Greenland}} Greenland

|60,000

|57,660

|96.10

|0

|0.00

|1,500

|2.50

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|480

|0.80

|360

|0.60

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Grenada}} Grenada

|100,000

|96,600

|96.60

|300

|0.30

|1,000

|1.00

|700

|0.70

|0

|0.00

|1,300

|1.30

|200

|0.20

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Guadeloupe}} Guadeloupe

|460,000

|441,140

|95.90

|1,840

|0.40

|11,500

|2.50

|2,300

|0.50

|0

|0.00

|1,840

|0.40

|1,840

|0.40

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Guatemala}} Guatemala

|17,980,803

|17,117,724

|95.20

|0

|0.00

|589,990

|4.10

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|86,340

|0.60

|10,000

|0.07

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti

|11,470,261

|9,967,656

|86.90

|0

|0.00

|1,058,940

|10.60

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|219,780

|2.20

|29,970

|0.30

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Honduras}} Honduras

|9,571,352

|8,384,504

|87.60

|7,600

|0.10

|798,000

|10.50

|0

|0.00

|7,600

|0.10

|83,600

|1.10

|45,600

|0.60

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Jamaica

|2,740,000

|2,115,280

|77.20

|0

|0.00

|471,280

|17.20

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|123,300

|4.50

|27,400

|1.00

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Martinique}} Martinique

|410,000

|395,650

|96.50

|820

|0.20

|9,430

|2.30

|820

|0.20

|0

|0.00

|820

|0.20

|2,460

|0.60

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico{{cite web |url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/temas/religion/#Tabulados |title=Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 – Cuestionario básico |publisher=INEGI |access-date=May 18, 2022}}

|129,875,529

|118,576,357

|91.3

|N/A

|N/A

|10,585,178

|8.4

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|378,043

|0.3

|N/A

|N/A

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Montserrat}} Montserrat

|5,000

|4,675

|93.50

|0

|0.00

|240

|4.80

|5

|0.10

|0

|0.00

|10

|0.20

|75

|1.50

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} Nicaragua

|6,359,689

|5,456,613

|85.80

|0

|0.00

|723,750

|12.50

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|81,060

|1.40

|5,790

|0.10

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Panama}} Panama

|3,520,000

|3,273,600

|93.00

|24,640

|0.70

|168,960

|4.80

|0

|0.00

|7,040

|0.20

|14,080

|0.40

|14,080

|0.40

|14,080

|0.40

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico

|3,285,870

|2,924,400

|89.00

|0

|0.00

|262,870

|8.00

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|98,580

|3.00

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Saba}} Saba

|1,911

|1452

|76.0

|115

|6.0

|344

|18.0

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} Saint Kitts and Nevis

|50,000

|47,300

|94.60

|150

|0.30

|800

|1.60

|750

|1.50

|0

|0.00

|650

|1.30

|400

|0.80

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Saint Lucia}} Saint Lucia

|170,000

|154,870

|91.10

|170

|0.10

|10,200

|6.00

|510

|0.30

|0

|0.00

|850

|0.50

|3,400

|2.00

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Saint Pierre and Miquelon}} Saint Pierre and Miquelon

|6,000

|5,682

|94.70

|12

|0.20

|228

|3.80

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|78

|1.30

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

|110,000

|97,570

|88.70

|1,650

|1.50

|2,750

|2.50

|3,740

|3.40

|0

|0.00

|2,200

|2.00

|2,200

|2.00

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Sint Eustatius}} Sint Eustatius

|3,240

|2,757

|85.1

|N/A

|N/A

|483

|14.9

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Sint Maarten}} Sint Maarten

|41,486

|34,060

|82.1

|N/A

|N/A

|3,277

|7.9

|2,160

|5.2

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|N/A

|1,990

|4.8

|N/A

|N/A

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago

|1,340,000

|883,060

|65.90

|79,060

|5.90

|25,460

|1.90

|304,180

|22.70

|4,020

|0.30

|25,460

|1.90

|18,760

|1.40

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands}} Turks and Caicos Islands

|40,000

|36,840

|92.10

|0

|0.00

|1,840

|4.60

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|1,080

|2.70

|240

|0.60

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|British Virgin Islands}} British Virgin Islands

|20,000

|16,900

|84.50

|240

|1.20

|780

|3.90

|240

|1.20

|0

|0.00

|1,680

|8.40

|160

|0.80

|0

|0.00

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|United States}} United States

|339,996,564

|262,817,343

|77.30

|3,059,969

|0.90

|55,759,436

|16.40

|2,039,979

|0.60

|4,079,958

|1.20

|679,993

|0.20

|2,039,979

|0.60

|6,119,938

|1.80

style="text-align:right"

| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|U.S. Virgin Islands}} U.S. Virgin Islands

|87,150

|82,620

|94.80

|90

|0.10

|3,225

|3.70

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|0

|0.00

|660

|0.60

|330

|0.30

See also

{{Portal|North America|Religion}}

References

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Sources

  • {{Cite book|last=FitzGerald|first=Thomas|chapter=Eastern Christianity in the United States|title=The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity|year=2007|location=Malden, MA|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|pages=269-279|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHtSuvaVAAoC}}

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