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
450 cities indexed
Read →Canada
Mostly secular
Pop. 40M
220 cities indexed
Read →Mexico
Catholic
Pop. 130M
450 cities indexed
Read →Guatemala
Catholic
Pop. 18M
110 cities indexed
Read →Honduras
Catholic
Pop. 10M
110 cities indexed
Read →El Salvador
Catholic
Pop. 6.3M
75 cities indexed
Read →Costa Rica
Catholic
Pop. 5.2M
75 cities indexed
Read →Panama
Catholic
Pop. 4.4M
160 cities indexed
Read →Cuba
Mostly secular
Pop. 11M
110 cities indexed
Read →Dominican Republic
Catholic
Pop. 11M
110 cities indexed
Read →Haiti
Catholic
Pop. 12M
75 cities indexed
Read →Jamaica
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 3M
75 cities indexed
Read →Trinidad and Tobago
Mixed Christian
Pop. 1.4M
22 cities indexed
Read →Bahamas
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 410K
21 cities indexed
Read →Barbados
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 282K
7 cities indexed
Read →Belize
Catholic
Pop. 410K
12 cities indexed
Read →Nicaragua
Catholic
Pop. 7M
75 cities indexed
Read →SOUTH AMERICA
12 countries
Brazil
Mixed Christian
Pop. 215M
220 cities indexed
Read →Argentina
Catholic
Pop. 46M
160 cities indexed
Read →Colombia
Catholic
Pop. 52M
160 cities indexed
Read →Chile
Catholic
Pop. 19M
75 cities indexed
Read →Peru
Catholic
Pop. 34M
110 cities indexed
Read →Venezuela
Catholic
Pop. 28M
75 cities indexed
Read →Ecuador
Catholic
Pop. 18M
75 cities indexed
Read →Bolivia
Catholic
Pop. 12M
75 cities indexed
Read →Paraguay
Catholic
Pop. 7.4M
75 cities indexed
Read →Uruguay
Mostly secular
Pop. 3.4M
75 cities indexed
Read →Guyana
Mixed Christian
Pop. 810K
14 cities indexed
Read →Suriname
Mixed Christian
Pop. 620K
13 cities indexed
Read →EUROPE
38 countries
United Kingdom
Mostly secular
Pop. 67M
320 cities indexed
Read →Germany
Mostly secular
Pop. 84M
450 cities indexed
Read →France
Mostly secular
Pop. 68M
450 cities indexed
Read →Spain
Mostly secular
Pop. 48M
450 cities indexed
Read →Italy
Catholic
Pop. 59M
450 cities indexed
Read →Netherlands
Mostly secular
Pop. 18M
220 cities indexed
Read →Belgium
Mostly secular
Pop. 11.6M
160 cities indexed
Read →Sweden
Mostly secular
Pop. 10.5M
160 cities indexed
Read →Norway
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.5M
110 cities indexed
Read →Denmark
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.9M
110 cities indexed
Read →Finland
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.5M
160 cities indexed
Read →Switzerland
Mostly secular
Pop. 8.8M
220 cities indexed
Read →Austria
Catholic
Pop. 9.1M
220 cities indexed
Read →Portugal
Catholic
Pop. 10.3M
160 cities indexed
Read →Ireland
Catholic
Pop. 5.1M
110 cities indexed
Read →Poland
Catholic
Pop. 38M
320 cities indexed
Read →Czech Republic
Mostly secular
Pop. 10.8M
220 cities indexed
Read →Romania
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 19M
320 cities indexed
Read →Greece
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 10.4M
160 cities indexed
Read →Hungary
Mixed Christian
Pop. 9.7M
160 cities indexed
Read →Croatia
Catholic
Pop. 3.9M
160 cities indexed
Read →Serbia
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 6.6M
110 cities indexed
Read →Bulgaria
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 6.5M
110 cities indexed
Read →Slovakia
Catholic
Pop. 5.4M
110 cities indexed
Read →Ukraine
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 37M
220 cities indexed
Read →Lithuania
Catholic
Pop. 2.8M
75 cities indexed
Read →Latvia
Mostly secular
Pop. 1.8M
75 cities indexed
Read →Estonia
Mostly secular
Pop. 1.3M
75 cities indexed
Read →Iceland
Mostly secular
Pop. 380K
32 cities indexed
Read →Luxembourg
Catholic
Pop. 660K
75 cities indexed
Read →Malta
Catholic
Pop. 520K
69 cities indexed
Read →Cyprus
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 1.2M
75 cities indexed
Read →Slovenia
Catholic
Pop. 2.1M
110 cities indexed
Read →North Macedonia
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 1.8M
110 cities indexed
Read →Albania
Mostly secular
Pop. 2.8M
70 cities indexed
Read →Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mixed Muslim
Pop. 3.2M
110 cities indexed
Read →Montenegro
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 620K
38 cities indexed
Read →Moldova
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 2.6M
72 cities indexed
Read →AFRICA
21 countries
Nigeria
Mixed Christian
Pop. 225M
160 cities indexed
Read →South Africa
Mixed Christian
Pop. 60M
110 cities indexed
Read →Kenya
Mixed Christian
Pop. 55M
75 cities indexed
Read →Ghana
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 33M
71 cities indexed
Read →Ethiopia
Orthodox Christian
Pop. 126M
75 cities indexed
Read →Tanzania
Mixed Christian
Pop. 65M
110 cities indexed
Read →Egypt
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 110M
75 cities indexed
Read →Morocco
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 37M
75 cities indexed
Read →Algeria
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 45M
110 cities indexed
Read →Tunisia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 12M
75 cities indexed
Read →Uganda
Mixed Christian
Pop. 48M
78 cities indexed
Read →Rwanda
Mixed Christian
Pop. 14M
12 cities indexed
Read →Senegal
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 18M
57 cities indexed
Read →Cameroon
Mixed Christian
Pop. 28M
75 cities indexed
Read →Ivory Coast
Mixed Christian
Pop. 28M
63 cities indexed
Read →Mozambique
Mixed Christian
Pop. 33M
26 cities indexed
Read →Angola
Catholic
Pop. 36M
36 cities indexed
Read →Zimbabwe
Mixed Christian
Pop. 16M
65 cities indexed
Read →Botswana
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 2.6M
75 cities indexed
Read →Namibia
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 2.6M
43 cities indexed
Read →Democratic Republic of Congo
Mixed Christian
Pop. 102M
71 cities indexed
Read →ASIA
20 countries
Japan
Buddhist
Pop. 125M
160 cities indexed
Read →South Korea
Evangelical / Protestant
Pop. 52M
75 cities indexed
Read →China
Mostly secular
Pop. 1.4B
220 cities indexed
Read →India
Hindu
Pop. 1.4B
320 cities indexed
Read →Indonesia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 277M
160 cities indexed
Read →Philippines
Catholic
Pop. 115M
320 cities indexed
Read →Thailand
Buddhist
Pop. 72M
110 cities indexed
Read →Vietnam
Mostly secular
Pop. 99M
75 cities indexed
Read →Malaysia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 33M
110 cities indexed
Read →Singapore
Mostly secular
Pop. 5.9M
2 cities indexed
Read →Taiwan
Mostly secular
Pop. 23M
25 cities indexed
Read →Pakistan
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 230M
160 cities indexed
Read →Bangladesh
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 170M
75 cities indexed
Read →Sri Lanka
Buddhist
Pop. 22M
76 cities indexed
Read →Nepal
Hindu
Pop. 30M
55 cities indexed
Read →Myanmar
Buddhist
Pop. 55M
74 cities indexed
Read →Cambodia
Buddhist
Pop. 17M
29 cities indexed
Read →Laos
Buddhist
Pop. 7.5M
24 cities indexed
Read →Mongolia
Buddhist
Pop. 3.4M
32 cities indexed
Read →Uzbekistan
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 36M
75 cities indexed
Read →MIDDLE EAST
12 countries
United Arab Emirates
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 10M
21 cities indexed
Read →Saudi Arabia
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 36M
75 cities indexed
Read →Israel
Orthodox Jewish
Pop. 9.7M
110 cities indexed
Read →Turkey
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 85M
220 cities indexed
Read →Iran
Shia Muslim
Pop. 88M
110 cities indexed
Read →Iraq
Shia Muslim
Pop. 43M
71 cities indexed
Read →Jordan
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 11M
75 cities indexed
Read →Lebanon
Mixed Muslim
Pop. 5.5M
21 cities indexed
Read →Qatar
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 3M
15 cities indexed
Read →Kuwait
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 4.3M
25 cities indexed
Read →Bahrain
Shia Muslim
Pop. 1.5M
9 cities indexed
Read →Oman
Sunni Muslim
Pop. 5.4M
31 cities indexed
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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