MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION BY COUNTRY

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• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2016
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Middle East and North Africa
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION BY COUNTRY
Data in r2,raphic compded in June 2014;
updated 5eptembei 2015.
Muslim, 99.0
Other, 1.0
Muslim, 96.6
Christian, 2.7
Buddhist, 0.3
Unaffiliated, 0.2
Bahrain
2010 estimwe
Muslim, 70.3
Christian, 14.5
Hindu, 9.8
Buddhist, 2.5
Unaffiliated, 1.9
Jewish, 0.6
Other, 0.2
Folk, 0.1
Muslim, 99.0
Other, 1.0
Muslim, 90.0
Christian, 10.0
Muslim, 85.9
Christian, 6.5
Hindu, 5.5
Other, 1.0
Buddhist, 0.8
Unaffiliated, 0.2
Muslim, 99.0
Christian, 0.5
Other, 0.5
Muslim, 77.5
Other, 14.0
Christian, 8.5
a The dismantlement of Israeli settlements was completed in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then.
b Officially, all Saudi Arabian citizens are considered Muslim. Conversion of a Muslim to another religion is considered apostasy and punishable by
death: As of 2013, more than 30 percent of the population consists of immigrants, a significant share of them being Christian. Foreign workers are
not allowed to practice Christianity openly but may register to attend church meetings at embassies or on the grounds of Aramco communities.
b The data does not include East Jerusalem.
Note: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
Most Self-Identified Religion
PERCENT
Muslim ifib Jewish // gi?.;�.i No reliable data
Muslim, 99.4
Unspecified, 0.3
Other, 0.3
Saudi
Arabiab
unspeOied
Overwhelmingly Muslim,
small Christian
population
Muslim, 99.0
Christian, 0.8
Unaffiliated, 0.1
Other, 0.1
Muslim, 87.0
Christian, 10.0
Druze, 3.0
Jewish, 75.0
Muslim, 17.5
Other, 3.9
Christian, 2.0
Druze, 1.6
Tunisia
unspecified
� Muslim, 99.0
Other, 1.0
Confidence Level
High: Variety of data sources, including data from the country's national statistical agency
and/or research consultancies; date of information is known and relatively recent.
Medium: Limited data sources; date of information is known but sometimes old.
Low: Few data sources; date of information sometimes is unspecified.
None: Data is unreliable.
Muslim, 97.2
Christian, 2.2
Buddhist, 0.4
Hindu, 0.1
Other, 0.1
Muslim, 76.0
Other, 15.0
Christian, 9.0
Muslim, 76.7
Christian, 17.3
Other, 5.9
West
Bank'
.2012 estimate
Muslim, 84.0
Jewish, 13.0
Christian, 2.5
Other, 0.5
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Lebanon
2012 estima!e
Muslim, 54.0
Christian, 40.5
Druze, 5.6
Other, 0.1
Muslim, 99.1
Hindu, 0.6
Christian, 0.2
Unaffiliated, 0.1
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