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U.S. CIA World Factbook Religions
Latin American Countries
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Country
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Religions (%)
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| Argentina | nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% |
| Belize | Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000) |
| Bolivia | Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% |
| Brazil | Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) |
| Chile | Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL% |
| Colombia | Roman Catholic 90%, other 10% |
| Costa Rica | Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% |
| Cuba | nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented |
| Dominican Republic | Roman Catholic 95% |
| Ecuador | Roman Catholic 95%, other 5% |
| El Salvador | Roman Catholic 83%, other 17% note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador |
| Guatemala | Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs |
| Honduras | Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3% |
| Mexico | nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
| Nicaragua | Roman Catholic 72.9%, Evangelical 15.1%, Moravian 1.5%, Episcopal 0.1%, other 1.9%, none 8.5% (1995 census) |
| Panama | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% |
| Paraguay | Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant 10% |
| Peru | Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% |
| United States | Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.) |
| Uruguay | Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31% |
| Venezuela | nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% |
| World | Christians 33.03% (of which Roman Catholics 17.33%, Protestants 5.8%, Orthodox 3.42%, Anglicans 1.23%), Muslims 20.12%, Hindus 13.34%, Buddhists 5.89%, Sikhs 0.39%, Jews 0.23%, other religions 12.61%, non-religious 12.03%, atheists 2.36% (2004 est.) |