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English: Map shows the % Hindu population in each nation, worldwide. There are alternate versions of this map available on wikimedia commons. Some use older data and provide a historical map. Some are current, but the above map differs in setting the lower limit of the lightest band to 1%.
By total number, India has the most Hindus. As a percentage, Nepal has the largest percentage of Hindus in the world, followed by India and Mauritius. [6] The Hindu population around the world as of 2020 is about 1.2 billion, making it the world's third-largest religion after Christianity and Islam, of which nearly 1.1 billion Hindus live in India.
Own work. Based on File:BlankMap-World-Microstates.svg. Main sources: Wormald, Benjamin (2015-04-02). Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050. Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. Retrieved on 2021-09-26. Additional sources used in creating this map: India: Kramer, Stephanie (2021-09-21).
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
World Hindu population by percentage (Pew Research Center, 2014). World Hindu population by numbers (Pew Research Center, 2014). The distribution of the predominant Hindu sampradayas (traditions) followed in Indian subcontinent.
Map. World Hindu population by percentage (Pew Research Center, 2014). World Hindu population by numbers (Pew Research Center, 2014).
Indian religions, also known as Dharmic religions, are a major form of world religions along with Abrahamic ones. Today, Hinduism and Buddhism are the world's third- and fourth-largest religions respectively, with over 1 billion followers altogether, [80] [81] [82] and possibly as many as 1.5 or 1.6 billion followers.
At approximately 1.2 billion, [84] Hindus are the world's third-largest religious group after Christians and Muslims. The vast majority of Hindus, approximately 966 million (94.3% of the global Hindu population), live in India, according to the 2011 Indian census. [85]