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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | India: Goa | 744,000 | 62.00% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 216-217. | "Goans: Location: India (Goa state) "; "Goa's population is estimated to be just over 1.3 million persons (the 1991 census reported a population of 1.2 million). "; "Goans are mostly Hindu (about 62% of the population) and Christian (34%)... Whatever their religion, Goans tend to be orthodox in their beliefs... The Hindus are largely followers of Shiva, although they show the characteristic diversity of beliefs and practices identified with Hindu peoples. " |
| Hinduism | India: Goa | 756,621 | 64.68% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Goa | 806,000 | 62.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 216-217. | "Goans: Location: India (Goa state) "; "Goa's population is estimated to be just over 1.3 million persons (the 1991 census reported a population of 1.2 million). "; "Goans are mostly Hindu (about 62% of the population) and Christian (34%)... " |
| Hinduism | India: Goa | 886,551 | 65.78% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Gujarat | 37,080,000 | 90.00% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 231-232. | "The 1991 census reported Gujarat's population as 41.2 million persons. Assuming population growth rates similar to those of the 1981-1991 decade, the current population is estimated to be just over 48 million. " Pg. 232: "Gujaratis are overwhelmingly Hindu; about 90% of the population follows Hinduism. " |
| Hinduism | India: Gujarat | 6,964,228 | 89.48% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Gujarat | 43,200,000 | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 231-232. | "The 1991 census reported Gujarat's population as 41.2 million persons. Assuming population growth rates similar to those of the 1981-1991 decade, the current population is estimated to be just over 48 million. " Pg. 232: "Gujaratis are overwhelmingly Hindu; about 90% of the population follows Hinduism. " |
| Hinduism | India: Gujarat | 45,143,072 | 89.09% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Haryana | 14,686,512 | 89.21% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Haryana | 18,655,924 | 88.23% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Himachal Pradesh | 4,958,560 | 95.89% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Himachal Pradesh | 5,800,222 | 95.43% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Jammu and Kashmir | 3,005,349 | 29.63% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Jharkhand | 18,475,680 | 68.57% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Karnataka | 38,432,028 | 85.51% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Karnataka | 44,321,280 | 83.86% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Kashmir | - | 15.00% | - | - | 1941 | *LINK* "News In Brief " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1993); original source: Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International (Denmark). | Kashmir's Hindu population is nearly gone. While comprising 15% of the population in 1941, Hindus constituted only 0.1% in 1991 according to a report from the Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International, based in Denmark. |
| Hinduism | India: Kashmir | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* "News In Brief " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1993); original source: Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International (Denmark). | Kashmir's Hindu population is nearly gone. While comprising 15% of the population in 1941, Hindus constituted only 0.1% in 1991 according to a report from the Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International, based in Denmark. |
| Hinduism | India: Kerala | 16,668,587 | 57.28% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Kerala | 17,883,448 | 56.16% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Lakshadweep | 2,221 | 3.66% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Madhya Pradesh | 55,004,676 | 91.15% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Maharashtra | 64,033,212 | 81.12% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Maharashtra | 77,859,384 | 80.37% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Manipur | 1,059,470 | 57.67% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Manipur | 996,894 | 46.01% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion; Actually: Manipur (excl. 3 sub-divisions) |
| Hinduism | India: Meghalaya | 260,306 | 14.67% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Meghalaya | 307,822 | 13.27% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Mizoram | 34,788 | 5.04% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Mizoram | 31,562 | 3.55% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Nagaland | 122,473 | 10.13% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Nagaland | 153,162 | 7.70% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Orissa | 24,000,000 | 96.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Global Prayer Digest 9/4/86); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | "PRAY FOR THE 24 MILLION HINDUS OF ORISSA STATE, INDIA Still today, of the nearly 25 million people in Orissa, only 1.7 percent claim to be Christians. More than 96 percent are Hindus. " |
| Hinduism | India: Orissa | 29,917,256 | 94.67% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Orissa | 34,726,128 | 94.35% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Pondicherry | 845,449 | 86.77% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Punjab | - | 37.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 643. | "Sikhs account for 61% of the people in India's Punjab State, while 37% are Hindu, and 1% each are Muslim and Christian. " |
| Hinduism | India: Punjab | 8,997,942 | 36.94% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Rajasthan | 39,201,100 | 89.08% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Rajasthan | 50,151,452 | 88.75% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Sikkim | 277,881 | 68.37% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Sikkim | 329,548 | 60.93% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Tamil Nadu | 49,532,052 | 88.67% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Tamil Nadu | 54,985,080 | 88.11% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Tripura | 2,384,934 | 86.50% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Tripura | 2,739,310 | 85.62% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Uttar Pradesh | 121,280,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Global Prayer Digest 9/26/87); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | "PRAY FOR THE 121,280,000 HINDUS OF UTTAR PRADESH STATE, INDIA " |
| Hinduism | India: Uttar Pradesh | 113,712,832 | 81.74% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: Uttar Pradesh | 133,979,264 | 80.61% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: Uttaranchal | 7,212,260 | 84.96% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | India: West Bengal | 50,866,624 | 74.72% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Mission India " | Table: "Religion 1991 " [based on census] |
| Hinduism | India: West Bengal | 58,104,836 | 72.47% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* website: Census of India 2001; webpage: Data on Religion (Office of the Registrar General, India) (viewed 18 April 2005) | Census 2001 data table: Religion |
| Hinduism | Indiana | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 2,500,000 | - | - | - | 1971 | Poole, Frederick King. Indonesia; New York, NY: Franklin Watts, Inc. (1971); pg. 28. | "The two and a half million people who live of Bali, along with some of the adjoining island of Lombok, are Hindus. " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | - | 3.30% | - | - | 1978 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, by P. J. Johnstone STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England. Published in 1978); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Hindus 3.3% largely on Bali, and some in E. Java. |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 3,913,680 | 2.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 195,683,531 [total pop.] (1992). Most (87 percent) observe Islam; 6 percent Protestant, 3 percent Roman Catholic, 2 percent Hindu, 1 percent Buddhist, 1 percent other. |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 4,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993); pg. 24. | map |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 3,630,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 4,195,483 | 2.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 87%, Protestant 6%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1985); Total Population: 209,774,138 (1997 est.). |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 3,974,895 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998); pg. 77. | Table: "Top 10 Largest Hindu Populations in the World "; Rank: #4 |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | 5,850,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 297, 300. | "Location: Indonesia; Population: 195 million; Religion: Islam (87%); Protestantism (6%); Catholicism (3%); Hinduism (3%); Buddhism (1%) "; "Hinduism (3% of the population) in Indonesia means almost exclusively the religion of Bali, which is not a direct transplant of Indian religion but rather a synthesis of indigenous and Indian elements. In addition, some ethnic groups have succeeded in legitimizing their own animist religions by having them reclassified as 'Hinduism,' e.g., the Aluk To Dolo of the Sa'dan Toraja, and the Kaharingan of the Dayak. " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia: Bali | - | 95.00% | - | - | 1993 | Hintz, Martin. Indonesia (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Childrens Press (1993); pg. 111. | "Hindus and Buddhists are concentrated on the island of Bali; 95% of the Balinese are Hindus. " |
| Hinduism | Indonesia: Bali | 2,000,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | Halverson, Dean C. (ed.) The Compact Guide to World Religions; Colorado Springs, Colorado: International Students Inc. (1996). [Publisher is an Evangelical missionary organization.]; pg. 87. | "More than two million Hindus live on the Indonesian island of Bali, although the country of Indonesia as a whole is predominantly Muslim. " |
