LEAVING RELIGION, BY COUNTRY
Saudi Arabia is not Sweden. Brazil is not Italy. Israel is not the US.
The cost of walking out of your tradition depends a lot on where you live. In some countries it is mostly a private family conversation. In others it is community shunning. In a handful, it is a legal and physical safety problem. This index lets you start with your country and find the pillar pages that fit what you came out of.
NORTH AMERICA
17 countries
United States
Mixed Christian
Pop. 334M
Read →Canada
Mostly secular
Pop. 40M
Read →Mexico
Catholic
Pop. 130M
Read →Guatemala
Catholic
Pop. 18M
Read →Honduras
Catholic
Pop. 10M
Read →El Salvador
Catholic
Pop. 6.3M
Read →Costa Rica
Catholic
Pop. 5.2M
Read →Panama
Catholic
Pop. 4.4M
Read →Cuba
Mostly secular
Pop. 11M
Read →Dominican Republic
Catholic
Pop. 11M
Read →Haiti
Catholic
Pop. 12M
Read →Jamaica
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 3M
Read →Trinidad and Tobago
Mixed Christian
Pop. 1.4M
Read →Bahamas
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 410K
Read →Barbados
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 282K
Read →Belize
Catholic
Pop. 410K
Read →Nicaragua
Catholic
Pop. 7M
Read →SOUTH AMERICA
12 countries
Brazil
Mixed Christian
Pop. 215M
Read →Argentina
Catholic
Pop. 46M
Read →Colombia
Catholic
Pop. 52M
Read →Chile
Catholic
Pop. 19M
Read →Peru
Catholic
Pop. 34M
Read →Venezuela
Catholic
Pop. 28M
Read →Ecuador
Catholic
Pop. 18M
Read →Bolivia
Catholic
Pop. 12M
Read →Paraguay
Catholic
Pop. 7.4M
Read →Uruguay
Mostly secular
Pop. 3.4M
Read →Guyana
Mixed Christian
Pop. 810K
Read →Suriname
Mixed Christian
Pop. 620K
Read →EUROPE
38 countries
United Kingdom
Mostly secular
Pop. 67M
Read →Germany
Mostly secular
Pop. 84M
Read →France
Mostly secular
Pop. 68M
Read →Spain
Mostly secular
Pop. 48M
Read →Italy
Catholic
Pop. 59M
Read →Netherlands
Mostly secular
Pop. 18M
Read →Belgium
Mostly secular
Pop. 11.6M
Read →Sweden
Mostly secular
Pop. 10.5M
Read →Norway
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.5M
Read →Denmark
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.9M
Read →Finland
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.5M
Read →Switzerland
Mostly secular
Pop. 8.8M
Read →Austria
Catholic
Pop. 9.1M
Read →Portugal
Catholic
Pop. 10.3M
Read →Ireland
Catholic
Pop. 5.1M
Read →Poland
Catholic
Pop. 38M
Read →Czech Republic
Mostly secular
Pop. 10.8M
Read →Romania
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 19M
Read →Greece
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 10.4M
Read →Hungary
Mixed Christian
Pop. 9.7M
Read →Croatia
Catholic
Pop. 3.9M
Read →Serbia
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 6.6M
Read →Bulgaria
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 6.5M
Read →Slovakia
Catholic
Pop. 5.4M
Read →Ukraine
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 37M
Read →Lithuania
Catholic
Pop. 2.8M
Read →Latvia
Mostly secular
Pop. 1.8M
Read →Estonia
Mostly secular
Pop. 1.3M
Read →Iceland
Mostly secular
Pop. 380K
Read →Luxembourg
Catholic
Pop. 660K
Read →Malta
Catholic
Pop. 520K
Read →Cyprus
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 1.2M
Read →Slovenia
Catholic
Pop. 2.1M
Read →North Macedonia
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 1.8M
Read →Albania
Mostly secular
Pop. 2.8M
Read →Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mixed Muslim
Pop. 3.2M
Read →Montenegro
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 620K
Read →Moldova
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 2.6M
Read →AFRICA
21 countries
Nigeria
Mixed Christian
Pop. 225M
Read →South Africa
Mixed Christian
Pop. 60M
Read →Kenya
Mixed Christian
Pop. 55M
Read →Ghana
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 33M
Read →Ethiopia
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 126M
Read →Tanzania
Mixed Christian
Pop. 65M
Read →Egypt
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 110M
Read →Morocco
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 37M
Read →Algeria
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 45M
Read →Tunisia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 12M
Read →Uganda
Mixed Christian
Pop. 48M
Read →Rwanda
Mixed Christian
Pop. 14M
Read →Senegal
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 18M
Read →Cameroon
Mixed Christian
Pop. 28M
Read →Ivory Coast
Mixed Christian
Pop. 28M
Read →Mozambique
Mixed Christian
Pop. 33M
Read →Angola
Catholic
Pop. 36M
Read →Zimbabwe
Mixed Christian
Pop. 16M
Read →Botswana
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 2.6M
Read →Namibia
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 2.6M
Read →Democratic Republic of Congo
Mixed Christian
Pop. 102M
Read →ASIA
20 countries
Japan
Buddhist
Pop. 125M
Read →South Korea
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 52M
Read →China
Mostly secular
Pop. 1.4B
Read →India
Hindu
Pop. 1.4B
Read →Indonesia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 277M
Read →Philippines
Catholic
Pop. 115M
Read →Thailand
Buddhist
Pop. 72M
Read →Vietnam
Mostly secular
Pop. 99M
Read →Malaysia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 33M
Read →Singapore
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.9M
Read →Taiwan
Mostly secular
Pop. 23M
Read →Pakistan
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 230M
Read →Bangladesh
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 170M
Read →Sri Lanka
Buddhist
Pop. 22M
Read →Nepal
Hindu
Pop. 30M
Read →Myanmar
Buddhist
Pop. 55M
Read →Cambodia
Buddhist
Pop. 17M
Read →Laos
Buddhist
Pop. 7.5M
Read →Mongolia
Buddhist
Pop. 3.4M
Read →Uzbekistan
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 36M
Read →MIDDLE EAST
12 countries
United Arab Emirates
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 10M
Read →Saudi Arabia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 36M
Read →Israel
Orthodox Jewish
Pop. 9.7M
Read →Turkey
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 85M
Read →Iran
Shia Muslim
Pop. 88M
Read →Iraq
Shia Muslim
Pop. 43M
Read →Jordan
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 11M
Read →Lebanon
Mixed Muslim
Pop. 5.5M
Read →Qatar
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 3M
Read →Kuwait
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 4.3M
Read →Bahrain
Shia Muslim
Pop. 1.5M
Read →Oman
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 5.4M
Read →Pick Your Pillar by Tradition Instead
What you were raised on matters more than where you live. If you already know which tradition you are leaving, start with the corresponding pillar page.
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