The Largest Hindu Communities
Top 10 Most Hindu Countries -
Countries with the Highest Proportion of Hindus
| Country |
Percent |
Number |
| Nepal |
89
|
19,000,000 |
| India |
79
|
780,000,000 |
| Mauritius |
52
|
600,000 |
| Guyana |
40
|
300,000 |
| Fiji |
38
|
300,000 |
| Suriname |
30
|
116,000 |
| Bhutan |
25
|
400,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
24
|
300,000 |
| Sri Lanka |
15
|
2,800,000 |
| Bangladesh |
11
|
12,000,000 |
Figures are approximate.
Source: Adherents.com.
Top 10 Largest National Hindu Populations
| Country |
Percent |
Number |
| India |
79 |
751,000,000 |
| Nepal |
89 |
17,380,000 |
| Bangladesh |
11 |
12,630,000 |
| Indonesia |
2.5 |
4,000,000 |
| Sri Lanka |
15 |
2,800,000 |
| Pakistan |
1.5 |
2,120,000 |
| Malaysia |
6 |
1,400,000 |
| USA |
0.2 |
910,000 |
| Mauritius |
52 |
570,000 |
| South Africa |
1.5 |
420,000 |
| United Kingdom |
1 |
410,000 |
Source: Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK
Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997), pg. 160-161; Adherents.com.
This list of countries is taken directly from the Ash book, except for
Indonesia, whose large population of Balinese Hindus were inadvertantly left off
of Ash's list.
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