The State of the World Atlas [ff]. Dan Smith

      NEPAL

      BHUTAN

      BANGLADESH

      TAIWAN

      EGYPT

      QATAR

      UAE

      PAKISTAN

      BAHRAIN

      CAPE

      VERDE

      BURMA

      SAUDI

      ARABIA

      NIGER

      MALI

      MAURITANIA

      VANUATU

      OMAN

      INDIA

      LAOS

      THAILAND

      PHILIPPINES

      CHAD

      SUDAN

      ERITREA

      YEMEN

      SENEGAL

      GAMBIA

      GUINEA-BISSAU

      GUINEA

      LIBERIA

      BURKINA

      FASO

      VIETNAM

      CAMBODIA

      FIJI

      SIERRA LEONE

      CÔTE

      D’IVOIRE

      NIGERIA

      DJIBOUTI

      C.A.R

      ETHIOPIA

      S. SUDAN

      SRI LANKA

      CAMEROON

      GABON

      CONGO

      RWANDA

      UGANDA

      SOMALIA

      MALDIVES

      MALAYSIA

      BRUNEI

      EQ. GUINEA

      KENYA

      SINGAPORE

      INDONESIA

      D.R.

      CONGO

      BURUNDI

      SEYCHELLES

      COMOROS

      ANGOLA

      TANZANIA

      ZAMBIA

      EAST TIMOR

      MALAWI

      SOLOMON

      IS.

      PAPUA

      NEW

      GUINEA

      NAMIBIA

      MADAGASCAR

      ZIMBABWE

      MAURITIUS

      BOTSWANA

      MOZAMBIQUE

      AUSTRALIA

      SOUTH

      AFRICA

      LESOTHO

      SWAZILAND

      South Africa:

      Has 11 official

      languages.

      NEW

      ZEALAND

      Researchers have

      identified 719

      languages in

      Indonesia…

      Cyprus: Greek Cypriots make up

      about 80% of the total

      population, Turkish Cypriots

      about 20%. The island has been

      divided since 1974. Viewed as a

      whole, the island is nationally

      diverse; viewed separately, each

      entity is homogenous.

      …and over

      850 languages in

      Papua New Guinea.

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      TOGO

      GHANA

      BENIN

      Religious Beliefs

      Faithful countries

      Countries with largest

      populations of Christians

      and Muslims

      Christians

      Muslims

      The vast majority of people profess a religious faith. Although professing a faith

      on a population census form and actually practising it are two very different

      things, their faith is, for many, a basic marker of identity. Shared religious

      conviction can unite people where other things divide them, and even

      between different faiths there is significant ethical common ground

      and a shared openness to the spiritual and immaterial.

      But religious identity coincides with other markers of identity –

      regional, national, ethnic, and cultural. When and where religious

      leaders cannot or will not restrain the way in which adherents to different

      faiths express their differences, conflicts can overheat and explode. Some of

      the world’s most brutal violence is – and has been throughout history –

      inflicted in the name of religion. And some of the worst violence is over

      differences within the same religion: between Protestants and Catholic

      Christians, or between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims. Yet common to all

      major religions is the over-riding value of peace.

      CANADA

      USA

      246m

      BERMUDA

      MEXICO

      107m

      CUBA

      BAHAMAS

      Non-believers

      People who profess no religion

      as a percentage of population

      2005

      20% or more

      10% – 19.9%

      fewer than 10%

      DOM.

      REP.

      HAITI

      JAMAICA

      PUERTO

      RICO

      BELIZE

      GUATEMALA

       EL SALVADOR

      HONDURAS

       NICARAGUA

      COSTA