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A state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion (also known as confessional state), while not a secular state, is not necessarily a theocracy. State religions are official or government-sanctioned establishments of a religion, but the state does ...
v. t. e. A Christian state is a country that recognizes a form of Christianity as its official religion and often has a state church (also called an established church), [1] which is a Christian denomination that supports the government and is supported by the government. [2]
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
The 2010 Eurobarometer survey [ 2 ] found that, on average, 51% of the citizens of the EU member states state that they "believe there is a God", 26% "believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" while 20% "don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force". 3% declined to answer.
The table below is based on the global Gallup Poll in 2009 research which asked "Is religion important in your daily life?". Percentages for "yes" and "no" answers are listed below; they often do not add up to 100% because some answered "don't know" or did not answer.
According to a 2011 World Bank estimate, the population is approximately 176,000. The 2010 Population and Housing Census reports Roman Catholics account for approximately 61.1% of the population; Seventh-day Adventists, 10.4%; Pentecostals, 8.8%; evangelicals, 2.2%; Baptists, 2.1%; and Rastafarians, 2%.
Demographic estimates of Hindu populations by country have been published by the Pew Research Center in 2012, [4] as well as US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006. [5] 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]
Religious democracy[1] is a form of democracy where the values of a particular religion or state religion are preferred. The term applies to all democratic countries in which religion is incorporated into the form of government. Democracies are characterized as secular or religious. [2] The definition of democracy is disputed and interpreted ...