Hinduism by country
Hinduism has approximately 1.2 billion adherents worldwide (15-16% of the world's population). Nepal (81.3%) and India (79.8%) are countries with Hindus being the majority of their respective populations, while Mauritius (an island nation belonging to the African continent) has 48.14% of the population as followers of the Hindu religion. Along with Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.3%), Hinduism is one of the five major religions of the world by percentage of the population. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world behind Christianity and Islam. Presently, India and Nepal are the two Hindu majority countries . Most Hindus are found in Asian countries. The countries with more than 5,000 Hindu residents and citizens include (in decreasing order) India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Fiji, Bhutan, Indonesia (especially in Bali, which is 84% Hindu), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States, Myanmar, Thailand, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Mauritius, Suriname and the Caribbean (West Indies). There are significant numbers of Hindu enclaves around the world, with many in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Hinduism is also practiced by the non-Indic people like the Balinese of Bali island (Indonesia), Tengger and Osing of Java (Indonesia) and the Balamon Chams  of Vietnam, and Ghanaian Hindus in Ghana. Background. Hinduism is a heterogeneous religion and consists of many schools of thought. Hinduism has no traditional ecclesiastical order, no centralised religious authorities, no governing body, no prophets; Hindus can choose to be polytheistic, monotheistic, pantheistic, monistic, agnostic, humanist or atheistic. Estimates of Hinduism by country reflect this diversity of thought and way of life. Demographic estimates. Demographic estimates of Hindu populations by country have been published by the Pew Research Center in 2012, as well as US State Department's "International Religious Freedom Report 2006. 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. 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 around 1.1 billion Hindus live in India (making it the nation with the highest concentration of Hindus), as 94% of the world's Hindus live in this country. As per a statistical study, there are an estimated 100 million Hindus who live outside of India. In 2010, only two countries in the world  had a majority of its population as Hindus – Nepal and India. On Mauritius, 48.14 percent of the population were Hindu, according to the 2015 census. Bangladesh, Fiji, Bhutan, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sri Lanka have very large and influential Hindu minorities. By country. Sources used for the table below include the US State Department, the CIA World Factbook, adherents.com, Pew Research Center. and as identified. By region. These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, in the 4th column, is the percentage of the population that is Hindu in a specific region (Hindus in  the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Hindu percentage compared to the total Hindu population of the world (Hindus in the region * 100/total Hindu population of the world). "(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not the Middle East)."