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The Hindu population of the United States is the eighth-largest in the world. Ten percent of Asian Americans, who together account for 5.8% of the U.S. population, are followers of the Hindu faith. [10] Most Hindus in America are immigrants (87%) or the children of immigrants (9%). The remaining are converts. [11]
Hinduism has approximately 1.2 billion adherents worldwide (15% of the world's population). [1] Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world behind Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.3%). [2] Most Hindus live in Asian countries, and the majority of Nepal and India are Hindus, and a significant number in Mauritius.
World Hindu population by numbers (Pew Research Center, 2014). The distribution of the predominant Hindu sampradayas (traditions) followed in Indian subcontinent. See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Protestantism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world
Hinduism is the largest religion in the countries of India, Nepal, Mauritius and Guyana. Approximately 90% of the world's Hindus live in India. [288] 79.8% of India's population is Hindu, accounting for about 90% of Hindus worldwide. Hinduism's 10-year growth rate is estimated at 15% (based on the period 1991 to 2001), corresponding to a yearly ...
World Hindu population by numbers (Pew Research Center, 2014). The distribution of the predominant Hindu sampradayas (traditions) followed in Indian subcontinent. See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Protestantism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world
The Hindu Temple Society of North America was incorporated in 1970, and soon after that acquired the site of a former Russian Orthodox Church to build what it says is the first traditional Hindu ...
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%. Gray color for a nation means near zero % of the population in that nation is Hindu.
Map of major denominations and religions. One way to define a major religion is by the number of current adherents. The population numbers by religion are computed by a combination of census reports and population surveys (in countries where religion data is not collected in census, for example the United States or France), but results can vary widely depending on the way questions are phrased ...