What is this based on? What factor is deciding what puts one place in one colour vs another? What about the fact that china is mostly atheist?
GiovanniCavallo on
I do not know a lot about religions in Asia (e.g. Hinduism, Buddhism), but Christianity and Islam can be so different within themselves that I wouldn’t consider them as the 2 biggest blocks as it appears from here.
But I guess that the map hasn’t been made to be precise
Random-Mutant on
Christianity is a minority religion NZ. “No religion” is over 50%.
Extension-Beat7276 on
It’s almost impossible to separate the three teachings in China from each other since they form a fundamental component of Han culture, unless you are referring to specific priests, but even then it’s still difficult.
Familiar_Swan_662 on
What on earth is going on with the Koreas?
Mr_MazeCandy on
Anyone think there’s too much Christianity? Like maybe a bit of Buddhism and Islam in the Americas wouldn’t hurt.
Mickdxb on
So much of that purple is athiest. Sooo much.
sometimes_point on
Once again, Shinto isn’t a global religion. i don’t know by what metric you chose those boundaries for it, because like, they officially claim all Japanese citizens as their followers, very few of whom would claim to be Shintoists.
W1nD0c on
Title should be: Most common religion of people declaring a religious faith, by country.
Aggravating-Coast335 on
China should be atheistic? Although there is some religious population, the proportion is very small.
timbomcchoi on
You forgot to include irreligious/atheist, which is the largest demographic in many places.
ImaginationDry8780 on
I love maps without borderlines
Swapdoodleboi on
hey so this is the only thing i can contribute but the island of bali in indonesia is actually primarily made up of hindus and only partially muslims
Fluffy_Ad_6982 on
Why is my region (which is in South Korea and predominantly Buddhist) colored as Christian?
Former_Cow_3687 on
why is germany purple
Ghast234593 on
in DPRK its Cheondoism
Lopsided_Estate2853 on
Atheism missing? Basically all of Europe.
Lyceus_ on
Aren’t Shinto and Biddhism syncretized in Japan?
HornyKhajiitMaid on
Some regions of the countries are acknowledgled separate and some not for example Sarawak is painted christian but having bigger population Bali (which is also administrative unit) is not painted hinduism.
Danny1905 on
Vietnam has regions where Christianity is larger than Buddhism.
Bali should be orange
macrocosm93 on
Splittimg up Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan like that doesn’t really make sense.
jwag626 on
Japan is always a weird case with these maps, as Shinto isn’t necessarily religious for a lot of Japanese people. They participate in rituals and events absolutely, but it’s like Christmas in the west, it’s a cultural thing. They just have more events and shrines are more ingrained into their culture than say churches are. There are people who absolutely follow Shintoism as a religion though. If anything I’d say Japan should be listed as majority Buddhist.
pmurcsregnig on
North Korea just worships their supreme leader
HornetInteresting211 on
It would be a lot more accurate to include atheism
Gandalfthebran on
The great South and East Asian resistant.
syn_miso on
Traditional religions still predominate in much of Africa and parts of northern India
blockybookbook on
Northern Mozambique and eastern Oromia are Muslim majority, what
NeilJosephRyan on
Japan should be a red/yellow hash all the way through.
assbaring69 on
China’s map is comically inaccurate. First of all, everyone is essentially atheist. But if you really want to be technical and focus on what religions the nominal non-atheists believe, there still isn’t a north-south Buddhism-Daoism split like that. There just isn’t.
robertotomas on
country-level map of a culture-level signal is not very good. also, first place doesnt mean much by itself .. for example, there are more christians in the buddhist section of china than there are in the UK (let alone that buddhism and taoism are more social constructs, that view themselves as social constructs, than they are religions)
patrick-1977 on
For Dutch speakers, try and listen to a Van Kooten & De Bie classic: Onze God is de Beste (Our God is The Best). A very 1980’s cynical song I think is genius.
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What is this based on? What factor is deciding what puts one place in one colour vs another? What about the fact that china is mostly atheist?
I do not know a lot about religions in Asia (e.g. Hinduism, Buddhism), but Christianity and Islam can be so different within themselves that I wouldn’t consider them as the 2 biggest blocks as it appears from here.
But I guess that the map hasn’t been made to be precise
Christianity is a minority religion NZ. “No religion” is over 50%.
It’s almost impossible to separate the three teachings in China from each other since they form a fundamental component of Han culture, unless you are referring to specific priests, but even then it’s still difficult.
What on earth is going on with the Koreas?
Anyone think there’s too much Christianity? Like maybe a bit of Buddhism and Islam in the Americas wouldn’t hurt.
So much of that purple is athiest. Sooo much.
Once again, Shinto isn’t a global religion. i don’t know by what metric you chose those boundaries for it, because like, they officially claim all Japanese citizens as their followers, very few of whom would claim to be Shintoists.
Title should be: Most common religion of people declaring a religious faith, by country.
China should be atheistic? Although there is some religious population, the proportion is very small.
You forgot to include irreligious/atheist, which is the largest demographic in many places.
I love maps without borderlines
hey so this is the only thing i can contribute but the island of bali in indonesia is actually primarily made up of hindus and only partially muslims
Why is my region (which is in South Korea and predominantly Buddhist) colored as Christian?
why is germany purple
in DPRK its Cheondoism
Atheism missing? Basically all of Europe.
Aren’t Shinto and Biddhism syncretized in Japan?
Some regions of the countries are acknowledgled separate and some not for example Sarawak is painted christian but having bigger population Bali (which is also administrative unit) is not painted hinduism.
Vietnam has regions where Christianity is larger than Buddhism.
Bali should be orange
Splittimg up Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan like that doesn’t really make sense.
Japan is always a weird case with these maps, as Shinto isn’t necessarily religious for a lot of Japanese people. They participate in rituals and events absolutely, but it’s like Christmas in the west, it’s a cultural thing. They just have more events and shrines are more ingrained into their culture than say churches are. There are people who absolutely follow Shintoism as a religion though. If anything I’d say Japan should be listed as majority Buddhist.
North Korea just worships their supreme leader
It would be a lot more accurate to include atheism
The great South and East Asian resistant.
Traditional religions still predominate in much of Africa and parts of northern India
Northern Mozambique and eastern Oromia are Muslim majority, what
Japan should be a red/yellow hash all the way through.
China’s map is comically inaccurate. First of all, everyone is essentially atheist. But if you really want to be technical and focus on what religions the nominal non-atheists believe, there still isn’t a north-south Buddhism-Daoism split like that. There just isn’t.
country-level map of a culture-level signal is not very good. also, first place doesnt mean much by itself .. for example, there are more christians in the buddhist section of china than there are in the UK (let alone that buddhism and taoism are more social constructs, that view themselves as social constructs, than they are religions)
For Dutch speakers, try and listen to a Van Kooten & De Bie classic: Onze God is de Beste (Our God is The Best). A very 1980’s cynical song I think is genius.
https://youtu.be/rvmjt-xqHwI
Whats that Buddhist region next to Caspian Sea?
Canada is Sikhism and Hinduism, and most of Europe is Islam
In the middle of the green area, there’s a different color.