Do You Know Which Religion Is Most Commonly Practiced in These Countries?

By: Ian Fortey
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Do You Know Which Religion Is Most Commonly Practiced in These Countries?
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About This Quiz

For most people, if they were to be asked how many religions there are in the world, they'd probably come up with a list of maybe 10 or so. If you really know your stuff, you might even get up to 20 or 30.

Did you know there are well over 4,000 different religions in practice around the world? Sure, many of them are offshoots of others and likely have very similar base beliefs, but they all qualify as separate systems of faith, and that is one incredible range of diversity. Now obviously when you get down to it, there are only a few "major" religions. Some of those 4,000 are likely only practiced by the smallest handful of people, while billions of people practice others.

Where you come from definitely plays a significant role in how your faith develops though, that's for sure. If your whole culture ascribes to a set of beliefs, then you are much more likely to learn it and come to accept it yourself. If your country has a range of ideas, then you may follow a different path. But which culture believes what? If you think you know your religious stuff, take our quiz of religions around the world and see!

1 St Kitts
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St. Kitts and Nevis make a great vacation spot. What do most of the people who live there believe?
Pentecostal
Moravian
Roman Catholic
Anglican
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The chief religion in St Kitts and Nevis is Anglican, making up around 20% of the population, which Methodist follows close behind with 19%. The whole country only has a population of just over 50,000 though, so we're talking about 10,000 people making up the majority there.

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2 Suriname
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How much do you know about the South American country of Suriname? What religion is most prominent there?
Islam
Hindu
Christianity
Tao
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The most popular religion in Suriname is Christianity. Most Christians there are Protestant, but 22% of the population is Hindu, 13% is Muslim, and just under 2% follow the very rare Winti religion.

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3 Bhutan
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Bhutan is located in the Himalayas near Tibet and has a dragon on the flag, which is pretty awesome. What religion do they practice?
Taoism
Vajrayana Buddhism
Confucianism
Shinto
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Sometimes called Esoteric or Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism is the state religion of Bhutan. Nearly 75% of the population follows this religion, while the next most popular is Hinduism. Christians only make up 0.5% of the population.

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4 Bulgaria
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Nestled among Serbia, Romania and Greece, you'll find Bulgaria. Do you know which religion dominates the scene there?
Catholicism
Islam
Bulgarian Orthodoxy
Zoroastrianism
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The chief religion in Bulgaria is Bulgarian Orthodoxy. The Orthodox Church has between 8 and 11 million members worldwide with most of them, of course, being in Bulgaria. It also became a recognized, independent church way back in the year 870.

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5 Togo
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What's the chief religion in the West African country of Togo?
Animism
Christianity
Islam
Shinto
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Taken as a whole, meaning if you include Roman Catholic and various Protestant denominations, then Christianity is the chief religion in Togo. That said, if you subdivide and count them separately, animism would be the main belief in the country.

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6 Liberia
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Ever notice the flag of Liberia looks a lot like a flag from Texas? Anyway, what's their main religion?
Roman Catholic
Baha'i
Sikh
Protestant
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The various Protestant faiths make up the bulk of the religious adherents in the West African nation of Liberia. In fact, more than 75% of the religious population there are Protestant. The next most popular religion is Islam, but they only make up 12% of the population.

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7 Turkmenistan
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Ever been to Turkmenistan? If you had, you'd know that this religion makes up 89% of the population. What is it?
Eastern Orthodox
Jainism
Islam
Hare Krishna
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Islam is by far the main religion in Turkmenistan with nearly 9 out of 10 people practicing the faith there. The remaining 10% or so do represent a diverse range which includes Jewish, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Baptists and more.

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8 Laos
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Laos is a beautiful country if you've ever seen it. Which religion is the most followed there?
Satsana Phi
Theravada Buddhism
Shinto
Baha'i
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Buddhism is practiced by about 60% of the population in Laos while Laotian folk religions, called Satsana Phi, make up about 30% of the population. Theravada Buddhism is the oldest school of Buddhism and there are about 150 million followers in the world.

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9 Slovakia
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Welcome to Slovakia! Do you know which religion is the biggest in this part of the world?
Roman Catholic
Reformed Christian
Jehovah's Witness
Slovak Orthodox
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Catholicism is the prominent religion in Slovakia with over 62% of the country adhering to the faith. There's also a small percentage of citizens who are members of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church, which is still Catholic and in full union with the Catholic Church.

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10 Mauritania
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Head to Northwest Africa and you'll find Mauritania. What religion is practiced there?
Hindu
Shinto
Roman Catholic
Islam
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As far as the government of Mauritania is concerned, 100% of their population is Muslim. It is hands down the chief religion of the country, but there are a tiny number of Christians and Jews in the country. How small? About 4,500 of them, most of whom are from other countries originally.

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11 Moldova
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Landlocked by Romania and Ukraine you'll find Moldova. What are the beliefs of most people there?
Orthodox Christian
Protestant
Mormon
Molokan
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Orthodox Christians make up the majority of all religious individuals in Moldova with a whopping 93% of the population. There are members of several other faiths in the country, including people who describe themselves as "Old Believers," and who follow practices from an older version of the Orthodox Church.

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12 Albania
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Albania has no official religion, so citizens are free to follow any faith they choose. What did most Albanians pick?
Orthodox Christian
Islam
Judaism
Protestantism
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Just shy of 60% of the population of Albania identifies as Muslim. Christians in various denominations make up about 17% of the population, and a fairly significant number of citizens are either atheist or chose not to provide religious data on their last census.

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13 Panama
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When Van Halen sang about Panama, they didn't mention much about faith there. What do most Panamanians believe?
Adventist
Roman Catholic
Mormon
Rastafarian
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Christianity is the most well-represented religion in Panama with Roman Catholics making up over 63% of the population. There are numerous other branches of Christian represented as well including Adventists, Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons and more.

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14 Tajikistan
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Over 9 million people live in Tajikistan. What faith do most of them practice?
Zoroastrianism
Russian Orthodoxy
Islam
Hinduism
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Though Tajikistan considers itself a secular nation, it has recognized Islam for years now, and there are several Muslim holidays. Over 95% of the population is Muslim with a small number of other religions making up the rest including Buddhism and Zoroastrianism.

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15 Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan has freedom of religion. Do you know what religion most of its citizens practice?
Islam
Roman Catholic
Molokan
Armenian Apostolic
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Wrong Answer

About 97% of the population is Muslim in Azerbaijan with 85% of those being Shia Muslim. Interestingly, a 2006 poll found that only 21% of the population felt religion was important in their daily lives, making Azerbaijan the least-religious Muslim country in the world.

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16 Burundi
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This country is believed to have the highest percentage of Catholics in all of Africa. What is it?
Sierra Leone
Burundi
Ghana
Ivory Coast
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According to the CIA Factbook, about 62% of the population of Burundi is Catholic making it the highest percentage in Africa overall. The next closest countries are Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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17 Benin
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What religion is chief among the many practiced in the African nation of Benin?
Vodoun
Muslim
Roman Catholic
Methodist
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About 49% of the population of Benin is Christian with Roman Catholics making up the bulk of those. Muslims make up roughly 24% of the population and 17% practice Vodoun which, in some circles, is also known as Voodoo.

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18 Bolivia
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Butch and Sundance made their last stand in Bolivia. What religion were they surrounded by?
Protestant
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Hindu
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No less than 78% of the Bolivian population is Catholic, while about 19% are Protestant. In general, nearly the entire population is Christian of one denomination or another, while a handful of other faiths are also represented.

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19 Palau
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Palau is a beautiful tropical island chain of about 340 islands and 22,000 citizens. What religion do they practice?
Roman Catholic
Modekngei
Shinto
Buddhist
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Approximately 65% of Palau's residents are Roman Catholic, while a significant percentage also identify as Modekngei, which is a religion unique to Palau and combines elements of both Catholicism and animism.

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20 Bahrain
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If you ever go to Bahrain, you should know that about 70% of the citizens follow this religion.
Hindu
Buddhism
Islam
Eastern Orthodox
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Wrong Answer

Bahrain is a chiefly Muslim country, and Islam is, in fact, the officially recognized religion by the government. That said, there are some Christians making up about 14% of the population, and around 10% are Hindu.

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21 Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka has a diverse amount of religions present, but which one is the most prevalent?
Roman Catholic
Hindu
Shinto
Buddhism
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About 70% of the Sri Lankan population is Buddhist, and most of those are Theravada Buddhists. About 13% of the population is Hindu and another 10% or so are Muslim. Christians make up less than 8% of the population.

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22 Japan
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Japan is one of the largest countries in the world by population. Do yo​u know what most of its citizens believe in?
Buddhism
Shinto
Confucianism
Zoroastrianism
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

While it's believed most Japanese citizens don't follow any religion, of those that do, Shinto is by far the most popular. There are over 100,000 Shinto shrines in Japan, but the problem in​ determining believers is that you don't need to adhere to any formal beliefs or rituals to be considered part of Shinto since it's less a religion than a tradition in some cases.

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23 India
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Over 1 billion people live in India. What do most of them believe in?
Hinduism
Jainism
Islam
Sikhism
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Wrong Answer

India is home to the largest population of Hindus in the world, with nearly 80% of the population being Hindu. It also has the world's largest community of Sikhs, Jains, Zoroastrians and Baha'is.

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24 Vietnam
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What is the main belief among the citizens of Vietnam?
Atheism
Taoism
Buddhism
Shinto
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Wrong Answer

According to a 2007 survey, an incredible 81% of Vietnamese citizens did not believe in any god at all, though that number has shrunk into the 73% range or so in the time since. Buddhism is ​the highest-ranking formal religion at only 12% of the population.

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25 Myanmar
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What religion are you likely to see most widely represented in the country of Myanmar?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Roman Catholicism
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Buddhists make up nearly 90% of the population in Myanmar, and it's considered very hard to make it successfully in the country if you are not a Buddhist. Word is that joining the army or ​getting a government job is pretty much impossible for non-Buddhists.

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26 Canada
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Canada prides itself on diversity so there are many religions present. Which one ranks as number one?
Lutheran
Unitarian
Anglican
Roman Catholic
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Around 38% of Canada's population identifies as Roman Catholic, while 27% are Protestant of some denomination. That said, there truly is a massive range of religions present in Canada with populations of pretty much every major religion represented in the largest cities.

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27 Morocco
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If you know much about Morocco than you'll know which religion is the most popular there, right?
Hindu
Islam
Baha'i
Confucianism
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Nearly 99% of the population of Morocco ascribes to the Muslim faith with the tiny leftover percentage being mostly Christian. There are said to be about 2500 Jewish citizens in Casablanca.​

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28 United Kingdom
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Obviously, Christianity has been pretty big in the United Kingdom for centuries, but what's the most popular branch?
Presbyterian
Roman Catholic
Anglican
Methodist
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Since Anglicans come from the Church of England, it makes sense that it's the most popular religion in the country. Different surveys place the number of Anglicans at anywhere from 20% to 62% of the population. The wide range comes from the surveys not actually covering all of the UK every time.​

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29 United States
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You can safely assume most religious Americans are Christian, but how does it break down from there?
Protestant
Catholic
Orthodox
Mormon
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While 70% of Americans identify as Christian, almo​st 47% are Protestant. Of that group, the largest denomination is Baptist at 15%. Catholics make up 20% of the population, while a very diverse range makes up the rest, including everything from Taoist to Satanist to Scientologist.

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30 China
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Because of how the government operates,​ it's hard to get totally accurate data on religion in China, but let's take a shot. What do most Chinese people believe?
Christian
Taoist
Buddhist
Non-religious
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This one is a tough one to understand because some beliefs may not count as "religion" so therefore,​ over 60% of China's population is considered non-religious. Those people still may practice beliefs related to Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism, however, as well as some folk religions.

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31 Indonesia
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Do you know which country is the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world?
Iran
Indonesia
Egypt
Pakistan
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Wrong Answer

Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world by population, and it is nearly 90% Muslim. The state only recognizes six​ religions which, aside from Islam, include Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism.

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32 Ethiopia
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If you were in Ethiopia, which religion would you be seeing more of than the others?
Roman Catholic
Ethiopian Orthodox
Judaism
Hindu
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the largest in Ethiopia and represents over 43% of the population. Islam is the second most popular religion, with about 34% of the population following that faith.​

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33 Mexico
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According to survey data, 83% of this country's population is Roman Catholic, while Evangelicals make up 5% and Mormons make up 0.3%. What is it?
Costa Rica
Mexico
Russia
Jamaica
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Mexico has been a very Catholic country for many years, ​with about 93% of the population being some form of Christian and about 5% of the population not adhering to any religion at all.

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34 Turkey
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How much do you know about the country of Turkey? Do you know which religion represents over 98% of its citizens?
Islam
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox
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Wrong Answer

Most of the Turkish population is registered as Muslim including Sunni, Shia and Quranist Muslims, but there is a small population made up of several other religions in the country including Ch​ristian and Jewish.

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35 Vatican City
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Only 800 people live in this country, ​and there's a good chance they're all Catholic. What is it?
Vatican City
Tokelau
Niue
Montserrat
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Wrong Answer

Vatican City is home to the Vatican and, of course, the Pope. With a population under 1,000, there are barely enough people to survey to take statistics, but it's a safe bet that most of the people in town are Catholic.​

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36 Monaco
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About 77% of this tiny country of about 38,000 people is Roman Catholic. What is it?
Monaco
Vanuatu
Greenland
Bermuda
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Monaco is mostly known for gambling, racing and banking but when it comes to religion, it's all Catholic just about. Nearly 86% of the population is Christian and ​about 3.5% are considered followers of non-Christian faiths.

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37 Marshall Islands
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If you travel to the Marshall Islands, you can expect this to be the predominant church there.
Mormon
Roman Catholic
United Church of Christ
Seventh-Day Adventist
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The United Church of Christ represents over 50% of the population of the Marshall Islands. The presence of non-Christian faiths on the islands is remarkably small. ​There are apparently fewer than 20 Jews and 20 Muslims present.

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38 Seychelles
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The Seychelles are a great vacation destination. Do you know what faith is chiefly practiced there?
Buddhism
Islam
Hindu
Roman Catholic
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Wrong Answer

Most of the Seychellois, which is an exceptionally cool name for the locals, are Roman Catholic. In fact, they are about 76% of the population. Around 2.4% of the population is Hindu, ​and just about 1.6% are Muslim.

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39 Tonga
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Not a lot of people known much about the country of Tonga, so you may not know which church is the most well-attended there. Do you?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Eastern Orthodox Church
First Wesleyan Church
The Roman Catholic Church
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The First Wesleyan Church of Tonga is a Methodist church and represents about 36% of the local population, having been established as the state religion (even though the country currently has no state religion) back in 1928.​

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40 Kiribati
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This country gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979 and is now chiefly Roman Catholic. What is it?
Vanuatu
Kiribati
Guernsey
Cook Islands
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The population of Kiribati is only about 100,000 and that's spread across a series of 32 atolls and reef islands, though half the population is found on Tarawa. About 56% of the population is Roman Catholic.​

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