Major traditions within Hinduism include Vaishnavism, which is devoted to worship of the god Vishnu, and Shaivism, organized around worship of the god Shiva.
Because of a lack of census or survey data on subgroups of Hindus in most countries, however, reliable estimates of the size of the traditions are not available. Indeed, Hinduism is the most geographically concentrated of the eight religious groups analyzed in this rep ort. Southern Asia — a subregion defined by the U. As a whole, Hindus are younger median age of 26 than the overall global population median age of Among the six regions analyzed in this study, the Asia-Pacific region has the youngest Hindu population median age of 26 , followed by sub-Saharan Africa 30 and Latin America and the Caribbean Median ages of Hindus differ from the general population in each of the major geographic regions.
In three regions, Hindus are older than the general population: sub-Saharan Africa where Hindus have a median age of 30 and the general population has a median age of 18 , the Middle East and North Africa 33 vs. The United Kingdom has the ninth-largest Hindu population in the world with 1. This is about 1. Hinduism was present in the United Kingdom as early as the 19th century, when the British Empire had control over India.
Most of India's Hindu migration to the U. The country formerly known as Burma rounds out the top 10 with , Hindus, roughly 1. Hindus in Myanmar have adopted several concepts practiced by the country's more than 41 million Buddhists, including statues of Buddha in their Hindu temples.
The exchange has been mutual, however, as Hindu influence can be seen in everything from Burmese architecture to the origin of the names Burma and Myanmar. Hindu Countries Principles of Hinduism: Hinduism, more so than any other religion, accepts and celebrates that truth or reality cannot be encapsulated and must be sought in multiple sources. Countries with the highest percentage of Hindus: Hinduism is the third-largest religion worldwide, with approximately 1. Oddly, Hinduism is the dominant religion in only three countries—but one of the three happens to be the second-most-populated country in the world: India - India India, unsurprisingly, has the largest Hindu population in the world at nearly 1.
Nepal Nepal has the second-highest Hindu population with Bangladesh Bangladesh has the third-largest population of Hindus at almost Indonesia With a Hindu population of more than 4. Pakistan Pakistan has nearly 4 million Hindus, comprising 1. Sri Lanka Hinduism is the oldest religion in Sri Lanka. Malaysia Malaysia has about 1. Myanmar Burma The country formerly known as Burma rounds out the top 10 with , Hindus, roughly 1.
With nearly 1 billion Hindus, India has the largest Hindu population in the world. Following India are Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, which are home to 21 million, 13 million, and 4 million Hindus respectively. Hinduism stands among the largest world religions , alongside the likes of Islam , Christianity, and Buddhism. Combined, there are over one billion followers of Hinduism in the world today, and more than 97 percent of the worldwide Hindu population lives in India.
As one of the world's oldest religions, Hinduism established traditions associated with worship to divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, as the Creator, the Preserver, and the Transformer of the Universe. The following is a list of countries with the world's largest Hindu populations. All data is from the UN or the respective country's census whichever data is newer. India has the largest Hindu population in the world with ,, individuals. India is one of the few countries in the world where Hinduism is the majority religions.
The other major religions in India include Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism, which represent Hinduism originated in the north of India near the banks of the Indus River.
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