The Rise of Islam: What's the World's Most Religious Country? - TLDR News

Around the world religion and demographics are changing - with some countries and regions believing and doing vastly different things. So in this video, we take a look at that data. We explore which countries are the most religious, who believes what, and which religion will dominate globally by 2060.
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[@TLDRnewsGLOBAL]

CORRECTION: Tunisia and Jordan are marked on some of the maps as being a majority Christian country. This is incorrect. They should have been coloured green as a majority Muslim countries - Jack

[@arnilbiswasreborn3799]

oh wow can't wait to see the lebanese and jordanian muslims rambling about it in them comments Edit: I wrote "Lebanese" instead of "Tunisian" pls kill me

[@Hamox]

It is fine

[@Hamox]

I am lebanese and It is fine

[@user-jn7rz9ew2l]

u should probably pin the comment

[@owand5017]

2:12 Why did Uruguay get coloured in at the same time as Spain are their numbers the same?

[@ham2ah]

This comment section is more civilised than I imagined

[@NoName-go6oz]

Only been few minutes since it was uploaded. Give it time

[@vincentknight27]

My impression is that the comment section in this channel is always rather civilized, especially considering it’s a political channel. I like that. No need to be toxic no matter what your views are

[@NTLyesYT]

It's already turning shitty :)... Found Islamophobia and Xenophobia for now. I can't wait to find antisemitism (: (this is sarcastic obviously :P !) ...

[@zorbaz3940]

Nope

[@NTLyesYT]

@Beholdthehandbeholdthenail LOL, the Islamophobia came by itself XD! Btw, this user is spamming the same thing on random comments. Please report him.

[@umi3017]

PDF will be the largest religion group. Google says everybody just want to convert into it.

[@abasisc5391]

funi

[@abdulrahimmansour9486]

you got it right hahaha

[@cyanshift]

I'm trying to convert from bitmap to PNG

[@_d--]

So many are trying to convert from KZbin to MP3.... Is so sad...

[@quartermaster2809]

lmao true

[@nabilian_2003]

Genghis Khan is crying inside his grave after watching this world map.

[@rajatvipraj6429]

After around 1000years passed away chinese and muslim still feel uncomfortable about his name..... .........what a man is he

[@rezwanulkabir]

@@rajatvipraj6429 Yea beasuse of muslims gengis khan can't conquer india. Gengis loose 6 war with mughels. And many more with ottomans. His son taimur lang became Muslim. Don't be a illiterate bhakt. Try to read some history.

[@Khan-ez6hy]

@@rezwanulkabir Mughals weren’t around back then but india was controlled by the khaliji empire at the time a Pashtun empire that protected india neither were the ottomans around back then it was the Seljuk empire the mongols captured the Seljuk empire but the mongol empire split apart into disunity

[@Junokaii]

@@rezwanulkabir Would that be the Russian region, or the "Tatar Yoke"?

[@lunaticranger6532]

@@rajatvipraj6429 right 😆 (😆 is haram)

[@RedKytten]

What's the worlds most religious country? Seems pretty obvious. Vatican City.

[@Paul_Davies]

But Vatican City is within a country (Italy) if it wasn't it probably wouldn't fare to well seeing that Italy is predominantly Catholic anyway

[@RedKytten]

@@Paul_Davies Yep, just giving the smartass answer early.

[@Paul_Davies]

@@RedKytten Sometimes hard to tell with the viewers of this channel but always best to be as they say 'The early bird catches the worm' but come to think of it that's a Misandrist phrase yeah?

[@amalbackerfysal9292]

@@Paul_Davies officially vatican city's government is the holy see so maybe he/she maybe right

[@Navneetisawesome]

@@Paul_Davies technically the vatican isnt even a country, the un recognizes the holy see if im not wrong

[@weldin]

Poor Mongolia doesn’t even get to be a country here :(

[@HippoLesb]

My country doesn't even appear to be in existence on the map (Malta)

[@sol90981]

They are showing future China ( based upon their current expansion policy)

[@warren5037]

At least it can be seen on normal maps. Mine's too small for people to even bother to show on screen

[@sol90981]

@@warren5037 look at the bright sde your country is financially prosperous so like Singapore you can make countries name famous with hard-work

[@raghuvenkatesan6792]

@@sol90981 lmao

[@theStormWeaver]

Categorizing Japan as irreligious shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of religion and religious observance. While a majority of Japanese people would not describe themselves as religious, the vast majority *do* regularly visit shrines and temples, engage in religious observances, and participate in religious practices. Further, in many (non-Abrahamic) regions there is no contradiction in being a part of multiple religions. In China there is not necessarily a contradiction between Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. In other words (as "Hello Future Me" would put it) "Religion is complicated!"

[@rakarachmanda2712]

There is difference between being Religious and being Spiritual. While Japan might be not religious, they are spiritual.

[@rohandante]

⛩ Shinto is the Japanese religion fused with buddhism and confusian ideas.

[@qwerty-vp1sb]

Their idea of what it takes to be religious is not the standard of the world. So theyre not religious.

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Official Japanese govt statistics show 69% Shinto and 67% Buddhist. If the author means separation of church and state, then by that measure the us is atheist too.

[@blitzgen905]

People in Japan go to shrines and stuff even if they are atheists idk why

[@nabilian_2003]

Says Sri-Lanka *(shows Bangladesh)* Says Bangladesh *(shows Sri-Lanka)*

[@ariapinandita6388]

Woah... Sri Lanka = Alengkadireja = Alengkapura (in Bahasa Indonesia)... The land of Maharesi Rahwana... How could... swapped...

[@podge6019]

Not too many people under 60 in Ireland still religious, but many would just default to catholic if asked.

[@internetual7350]

Another aspect of our identity lost :( although in this case it has allowed for many progressive reforms to be implemented so it has its benefits I guess. Still would be good if we would follow our religions but keep them out of politics although that never happens 🤣

[@Ben-rd3mg]

Yeah nobody in my school is religious nor are their parents people just bs on census forms

[@jurgeni7545]

@@internetual7350 identity is subjective cause paganism was identity of europe for more years than christianity was etc then it got overruled

[@internetual7350]

@@jurgeni7545 Ya true but Christianity had a larger impact on European society as a whole.

[@darrenbutler9819]

@@internetual7350 darker and more destructive

[@andrijherasymenko]

The US is 69% religious Nice

[@hi-pw7lx]

Ahh man of culture 😁

[@Akelehimarenge]

Just the right amount 😅😂😂

[@ruchirkohli9110]

Ah, A man of culture i see

[@sunairax]

this have 68 likes lmfaooo

[@gmanon1181]

200 million Christians. However, institutionalized racism has shaken our faith.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Given how Sikhism has more followers than Judaism, it's a shame you barely mentioned it in this video.

[@acermichel8162]

Jews are politically and country wise having own identity like isreal and are sitting on high postions , bhuddists are also not seen here ,you can consider bhuddists and Hindus also Sikhs as same cuz almost they have same pattern

[@DP-ic2lz]

@@acermichel8162 Sikhs and Hindus believe in different concepts so your point is wrong. It like saying Jews and Islam believe in the same "God" so they are roughly the same. Sikhs do have a homeland it's the secular India

[@acermichel8162]

@@DP-ic2lz are u sikh ?

[@fayaqun0]

Who knows about Sikhs 😏

[@RajaRam-xx1kp]

That's western mindset ...most of the west knows only three abrahamic religions....jews, christianity and islam...jews believing in western values also helps.

[@condescendedwow4546]

Japan should definitely count as a very "folk" religious country tbh

[@niubi3923]

Then according to that classification, China would be one of the worlds most religious countries

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Are you implying Shinto is a folk religion?

[@eljanrimsa5843]

China and Japan have developed their own types of spiritual lifestyles shared by many but without the missionary zeal to convert the whole world. Somehow this doesn't count as religion.

[@byakugozen8334]

no majority of japanese doesn't give a shit about religion and worshipping a man made statue, yes they have someone called "kami" or Gods, but they don't believe these gods are exist neither they worship these gods, it's similar to how we see ancient greek gods.

[@thebestevertherewas]

@@eljanrimsa5843 Most religions of the East don't have a Missionary zeal. Be it Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Shinto , and even the Chinese Confuciusism. They haven't spread far from their point of origin.

[@Jay_Johnson]

Was not aware of how much more religious the world is outside the uk

[@AnagramGinger]

The world is whack

[@dalorasinum386]

South America was much higher than I expected tbh. Though it actually makes sense that outside of Europe there wouldn’t be much of a drop for religion as it was the world wars (notably the second one) that began to kill off religion in Europe due to such monstrous ideologies appearing during the 20th century that Europe lost its sense of identity and moral superiority that it had up until that point.

[@dalorasinum386]

I don’t know tbh. I’ve never been religious myself so I don’t know how it would work on a larger scale

[@pearceburns2787]

I actually thought the UK would be MORE religious on this scale... But I'm very biased because I am from Northern Ireland, which is very 'religious' (read "Northern Ireland's political troubles are traditionally seen to be separated along Catholic/Protestant lines, but is really more about the political viewpoints of Irish Nationalism (Mostly Catholics) and British Unionism (Mostly Protestants)")

[@Andreas_42]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j I don't think there ever *was* a unity in christianity. In the early stage, before the first council of Nicaea, there must have been dozens of different ideas what it means to be christian, like the followers of arianism, for example. In the middle ages there was the schism between the catholic and and orthodox churches, the reformation, etc.

[@Shane39]

Every religion is important in India as more festivals means more holidays. Also USA 69 NOICE

[@adityagandhi2073]

That's just National holidays. Every states have their own religious holidays, eg. In Gujarat where I live we have holiday for Parsi(Zoroastrian) new year for our historic relationship even though only 7000 parsi leave in state of 70milion people and many more.

[@arnavanand447]

We really have a lot of Holidays😅

[@ptsful]

i was about to upvote u, but u have 69 thumbs up.... nice

[@rajatvipraj6429]

@@ptsful 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

I'd like to have week-long celebration holidays. The last three days are for the massive hangovers 🥐🥪🍗🍕🥣🍳🍱🍿🥩🧀🍗🥐🥨🥯🥞🧇🧆🧆🍤🍥🍢🍬🍫🍩🍪🦐🥮🦞🥠🍣🍫🍻🍺🍻🧃🧉🥂🍺🍾🍷🥤🍸🥃🍯🧋🥄🧃🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@hamstersamiright8837]

Israel: I know our whole country is founded around religion but I kind of don’t care.

[@Beartic.]

That was the funniest part of the video. Israel is entirely founded around religion, with a religious symbol on their flag, and that is now fighting over the custody of one of the most important religious cities on the world. And they dont care about religion, amazing 😂😂😂

[@sophieee3719]

Yeah we're not that religious lol

[@theStormWeaver]

I'd argue it's just as much an ethno-state as a religious one.

[@aidanabramson4185]

cuz judaism is an ethno religion. meaning, for exmaple myself, am jewish but i dont really believe in a god, eventho i still consider myself as jewish cuz its my ethnicity. the religion's symbols and history are still very omportant to me cuz its my origin, what my family has done and been thru for ages. its my history even if i dont believe a god was the one incharge.

[@theStormWeaver]

@@aidanabramson4185 Yes.

[@rvind000]

In Hindu culture a lot of fundamental & famous things are organised but it's inherently unorganised cuz essentially it's the "qualities" that they worship.

[@shyamashyam391]

Yes, the most democratic religion of the world. Even Atheists have a place in Hinduism. ❤️

[@user-vj9hb3gy6d]

@@shyamashyam391 I am not sure if atheists have a place in Hinduism as it is generally assumed that a Hindu would have faith in at least one of many Hindu Gods. But unlike some Muslim and Christian parents around the world, Hindu parents don't care if their child is becoming an atheist. I was born in a Hindu family. Everyone in my family knows that I am an atheist and no one really cares. This is generally true for almost all Hindu households in India. But one of my schoolmates was a Muslim. He became an atheist like me but scared to death to keep that secret from reaching his family. Even to this date, he is living under the closet pretending to follow Islam. In that regard, Hindus should be applauded for respecting those who reject their beliefs and want to leave the religion whenever they want. As far as I know, no other religion in the world does that like Hinduism. I appreciate Hinduism for that. And I hope this democratic religion will not be ruined by any political party in India.

[@ajarofmayonnaise3250]

@@user-vj9hb3gy6d you be a Hindu and still be Atheist.

[@lingesh2773]

​@@user-vj9hb3gy6d A Hindus job is to follow his Dharma and based on his Karma he will get moksha. Even if you don't worship any god From hindu mythology you can achieve mokash based on your Karma.

[@dynmo_vi_indica]

​@@user-vj9hb3gy6d I am agnostic but born Hindu but I don't want to declare my atheism for the sake of avoiding social outcasting

[@shahzamanganai427]

I died laughing when I saw the "screw you mom, I'm a JEDI now!" 🤣

[@UnRealistic.]

Lol

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Jedi Knight!

[@msn9006]

Welcome jedi

[@lazorplayz4556]

@Naya Pottystan 🇵🇰🚽💩 You are brain washed

[@WeavementSesestea]

#usetheforce

[@frenzy1111]

Interesting but doesn't take into account those who culturally identify with a religion vs actually practicing. In Ireland, 70% identify as Christian but Mass attendances are about 10%.

[@boosterh1113]

True, but measuring level of devotion (especially across different religions, which have different expectations for practices) is somewhere between very difficult and impossible, so a large scale survey like this basically has to rely on self-reporting.

[@Flyingclam]

Does that figure include attendence for other denominations or religions?

[@JasonABourne]

Yeah I had to laugh at my own country showing up as 70-80% religious on this map. We are very “devout” about social interactions, feasts and parties through and our version of Christianity offers plenty of reasons for that.

[@WasatchWind]

@@boosterh1113 That's the thing that I retained in the back of my mind throughout the video - my church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is an odd exception, as it has a higher than average attendance rate, and just higher participation in general.

[@WasatchWind]

@@anon21maps It's mostly outside of the US (six million US members, ten outside). Most lie in Latin America, while many are in Africa. I don't know the exact stats but I haven't seen a significant difference in religiousity according to region in the church.

[@itsnachikethahere]

It seems like the more developed a country is, the fewer people care about religion. There may be some outliers, but this seems to be a common theme around the world to me.

[@mostlysimvr4929]

Yeah, could be that with more educated people, more people get better scientific explainations for phenomenon otherwise credited to god. Or maybe it is that education and a lack of desperation for money/food enables a more critical view of everything around them, and since religion often has lots of stuff that doesn’t make sense, more maybe turn to atheism/being less religious. - Just some most-likely wrong and oversimplified theories.

[@mostlysimvr4929]

@HQS those who live in first world countries are very lucky to be there, considering the population proportion of them to the rest of the world. But I don’t think It would be more likely for me to not be an atheist if I had a lower standard of living, if I still could have the same education that I have now. The chance to believe in a god probably has a lot to do with who you grow up with too, religious parents often lead to religious daughters/sons.

[@user-ow8gh5hc1e]

I live in a very shitty country and still don't care about religious stuff :/

[@a.p1675]

@@user-ow8gh5hc1e U from the USA!? ;)

[@user-ow8gh5hc1e]

@@a.p1675 no

[@ancientswordrage]

Thanks for doing this so respectfully!

[@laniakea31]

This is a very complex issue and it is very difficult to correctly estimate religious trends in the future and those surveys are not very reliable. For example, I am from Serbia and here a vast majority of population is going to say that they are religious if you ask them that. But in reality most of them don't go to church, don't pray and fast. Churches in Serbia are literally empty on Sundays. And still all of those people would say that they are religious. But they really don't care about religion.

[@jurgeni7545]

thats the difference between basically most christians today in the west live like an atheist,do things as them but wear a cross and have this magical "faith" while doing nothing and probably they cope with it, before it was basically totally different, today they while living as his next door atheist who at least doesnt hide and says it openly, islam has different criterias cause it has very big emphasis on 5 daily prayers and fasting 1 month in a year as bulding block to protect faith and to not divert into losing the faith etc

[@potato3996]

Yeah, there are also likely to be huge pressures in some regions to say "yes I am religious", when you don't actually believe. Also, these surveys can be so difficult to actually get enough people to participate.

[@deodrasshelios7957]

I'd like to know how the OP knows that most Serbians don't pray...can you read everyone's thoughts at all times? That's scary.

[@emptystuff1593]

@@deodrasshelios7957 Well, an empty church speaks a lot.

[@christidiscipulus1576]

true the bible even says the overwhelming majority of people who call themselves christians wont make it to heaven, because its very hard to be christian. The majority of "christians" live like atheists.

[@alex29443]

Thing to watch is sub Saharan Christianity, absolutely booming population.

[@rickybojangles162]

Honestly I'll take Christianity over Islam any day.

[@rickybojangles162]

@Post-Apocalyptic Christian Paladin non religion is the ideal situation

[@LeDoctorBones]

As far as I have heard, Christianity is also rising pretty quickly in China, too. There are currently around 60 million Christians in China. And China will become the country with the most Christians inside in a couple of decades if the trend continues.

[@rickybojangles162]

@Post-Apocalyptic Christian Paladin no, my ideal situation is that nobody has imaginary friends that make them hate people who don't think like them. My ideal world is a world where people follow science and reason and evidence. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@etele8179]

@@rickybojangles162 look there's a difference between religpus people and fundamentalists. Religous people accept others, while fundementalists don't. Also please respect people who are religous even if you don't agree with them.

[@tengkualiff]

This is such a concise and well put together video! Im so surprised at how much i learnt and understood in just 10 mins lol. Ive never been so impressed lmao

[@nahuelacevedo-pena1262]

This data is from 2009 though -A lot has changed since then.

[@efrencruz4422]

You should watch acts 17 apologetics and pfander films and dcci ministries and christian prince and cira international and shamounian and soco films on KZbin and watch all the videos on KZbin nahuel pena 😀😀😀😀

[@yasmineelboubsi6038]

@@efrencruz4422 Stfu

[@efrencruz4422]

@@yasmineelboubsi6038 why

[@yasmineelboubsi6038]

@@efrencruz4422 I wonder why

[@mr.p215]

@@efrencruz4422 and why?

[@UnRealistic.]

"We can make a religion out of this. " __Bill Wurtz.

[@sickboi2615]

hello

[@monsignor2943]

Another man of culture!!

[@boogiedoogie6549]

Bill wurtz go brrr

[@theawkwardcurrypot9556]

No one beat the tamil kings

[@zorbaz3940]

@Beholdthehandbeholdthenail we pray in arabic because it was the language of Hazrat Mohammed SAW you are skimming over the fact when we make dua we make it in our language for me it is urdu. The reason translated quran is haram is because it will most likely lose women meaning because words will be lost in translation.

[@Val-gp2bh]

as a Czech I had to laugh at the fact that we have been called Chechia

[@conordavis5530]

@@alchemist7840 Czechoslovakia dissolved in 1993. The country is called Czechia, and Chechnya is the region in Russia.

[@andreasi8741]

I think the ch in Czechia should be pronounced as a k ( like the Ch in chemistry)

[@Val-gp2bh]

@@alchemist7840i shoiuld say something lmao 1. point - It was called Czechoslovakia which as said earlier is dissolved (1993) 2. Never wrong-ly "teach" others about their own country The mispronunciation in videos can happen - especially in those kind of videos. Please be respectful

[@gabrielcho999]

I believe Czechoslovakia was dissolved and it formed 2 countries, Slovakia and Czech Republic a.k.a. Czechia. The way to pronounce the “ch” is like a “k”. Their respective capitals are Bratislava and Prague.

[@excho]

I find it perplexing how soon people forgot that "Czech Republic" was pronounced with a K sound, and now somehow end up calling you guys "Czeczia". Kurwa, what is wrong with them Anglos?

[@shaun_rambaran]

These graphics were brilliantly done! Massive praise to your editing and graphic design teams, let alone whoever sat down and digested all of those numbers!

[@Mrbarentsberg]

Somali is the religous Muslims and its almost impossible to find a Cristian or other religion because the mosque is the only holy place in somali

[@AutoGamerZ_]

Small note: The latest gallup poll in the Netherlands was quite a while ago. More recent polls from the Dutch central bureau of statistics (2010-2015), Radboud University (2015) and Eurobarometer (2019) show a majority religiously unaffiliated here (50,1%, 67,8% and 52% respectively)

[@jesseberg3271]

It is important to point out that accurate numbers on religious identity in China are impossible, since the Government suppresses them. Not only is there Christianity and Islam in the country, there are also an unknown (but presumably large) number of people who still practice traditional religions in private.

[@muhammadHassan-kj1jy]

I agree 100%. I assume that the reason why they didnt colour china is because it is too difficult to tell

[@JH.K]

And the Chinese will export their religion too.

[@KRYMauL]

@@JH.K The Chinese religion were always exported they're literally Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. However, they don't try to press their religion on anyone because the Chinese only ever care about trade and seeing their piles of paper money go up because they invented it. EDIT: I’m talking about the main religions like Christianity in Europe. Unless you count Greece as where Christianity started because the early Bible was in Greek.

[@JH.K]

The growing Christian church in China will continue to grow and spread - with both it's good and it's bad.

[@4thzone697]

@@KRYMauL ah yes, the benevolent China myth. Ever so present is it.

[@BLUE-yu2on]

Lol I am from Estonia, I'm happy we actually got 1st place in something :D

[@ravikiran8730]

Firstonia

[@user-fje4ztx46no86]

Aren't you also world leading in government interaction digitalization? honestly, im quite jealous of that feature of your country. also also the non-religious stuff ofc. makes things a lot more grounded in reality. Keep doing whatcha doing, seems to work.

[@purplerabbit638]

Your e-residence scheme is also a first. You're also first in hot women too

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@purplerabbit638 "You're also first in hot women too" - this is debatable. Very...

[@ddc171]

@@purplerabbit638 Estonia can't top Ireland when it comes to women

[@jalili5326]

Love your channel, worldly affairs is so interesting

[@nurjahanbegum5746]

I'm from bangladesh & i can tell u that here everybody is religious

[@yilonmusk1189]

Same in Pakistan

[@mdahnaf7051]

As a Bangladeshi I can definitely agree with the fact that 100% of the population here is religious

[@Dondraper87104]

Bangladeshis in UAE here legit mostly dont care about religion 💀💀💀💀

[@randmht9976]

Everyone is a jihadi

[@nurjahanbegum5746]

@@randmht9976 do you even know what jihad means 😂😂

[@augustkasemaa3290]

Estonia represent 😎🇪🇪

[@Alpha-eg8ip]

Cool

[@WhyWorldSucks]

I want to escape from my country to yours. Do you guys take refugees who are fleeing religion? Edit: I was joking about taking refuge. Luckily I'm in a great shape, at least till now to seek refuge. But I am worried about the rising religious extremism in my country and all around the world. I would love to live in a country where religion matters the least.

[@zorbaz3940]

@@WhyWorldSucks lol they didn't take normal refugees high chance they will laugh at your request and throw it into trash, and if somehow they allow you to come what will they do? Send a plane to Iran? That is never happening

[@mursie100]

@@zorbaz3940 Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about!

[@WhyWorldSucks]

@@zorbaz3940 I'll take the plane myself. :3 No need to worry about it.

[@commorevpenguin9602]

5:46 When china takes the DPRK and Mongolia without anyone noticing.

[@ashketchum5466]

@@prateeksharma6706 CCP money

[@starmax1000]

it's just that there's no data on those countries, same with North Korea, Libya, Iceland, the Guyanas and so on...

[@commorevpenguin9602]

@@starmax1000 Theres data on their borders.

[@starmax1000]

@@commorevpenguin9602 where exactly? and it couldve also just been overlooked by the TLDR peeps that were doing this, they didnt post a source for their data anyways so who knows

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

🇨🇳: we have a map showing its our inherent historical territory...😋

[@kdavidterry]

Great video but you are missing one crucial statistic, religiosity by age group. In general, younger people are less religious and with the correlation between the religion of a child effectively being the same as the religion of the parents, this will mean that fewer children will grow up with religious parents thus increasing the irreligiosity of the population.

[@plssubtome2329]

i agree but thats mainky for christianity. Islam for example is the youngest religion and most people who convert are young people

[@tinypenguinhk]

5:45 I highly doubt if “no religion” is really the dominant “religion”, since in East Asia many of us often get confused and claim to be non-religious while actually to some extent subscribing to the Folk Religion.

[@lukemars7726]

Ah!!Dear old uncle Sam, always finds a way to make things kinky .

[@ogribiker8535]

LOL

[@igkslife]

Don't kink shame us.

[@lukemars7726]

@@igkslife hey, its a joke

[@raghuvenkatesan6792]

@@igkslife lmao your profile name

[@igkslife]

@@raghuvenkatesan6792 ain't you something?

[@CP1871]

Estonians: "I see no Gods here. Well except us."

[@leonidzinatullin]

Weather like that would make you quite disappointed in any diety.

[@anurdaburmancitizen]

Czechs: same

[@johnl.7754]

Maybe the Norse religion will make a comeback with all the Vikings theme shows on tv

[@Shiranui115]

@@johnl.7754 I'd love to see stats on the growth of paganism. It's so spread out between different orgs and lots of solitary practicioners that it's hard to make a guess as a layman.

[@johnl.7754]

@@Shiranui115 of course many of the “followers” might be doing it as a fad or because it seems fun. From the tv shows it seems like the main way to go to heaven is to die in battle so hopefully no one takes it to the extreme 😁

[@MovieRiotHD]

One critical note: - Being unafilliated is definitely not the same as being atheist.

[@MovieRiotHD]

@d B Because an atheist is not convinced of the existence of God while the unafilliated can believe in a higher power but does not per se subscribe to rules (and traditions) set out by revelation. An atheist often has a much more scientific mindset while most unafilliated people do not know a lot about science per se.

[@peterlarbrant5048]

@@dime9398 all children are born atheist or unaffiliated. Then you are taught about or indoctrinated into a religion

[@americanliberal09]

Agreed. But too bad that there are certain types of atheists who still wanna believe that irreligion is synonymous with "atheism" most of the time.

[@MovieRiotHD]

@@americanliberal09 Yeah, most non-religious people are 'somethongists' and/or believe in 'the God of the flowers'. They believe there is a higher power but do not want to discover who he is. Some say that God is in everything from the flowers to the trees and the waters.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

I think it kinda depends whether you are thinking about things from a theological perspective or a sociological one. Sure, the spiritual beliefs of an 'unaffiliated' person may go beyond the definitions of atheism. But if what you care about is whether those people are likely to be influenced by religion on how they vote, how they identify politically, how they spend their sundays, or their views on social issues...etc. then the difference becomes slightly immaterial.

[@ayhemshaban9745]

As a libyan, I would say from experience that libya is one of the most religious countries..

[@manar3385]

I would think Yemen libiya and Somalia as well

[@owannn]

yeah there are so many mistakes in this video

[@Basediraqi]

Iraq to

[@seyitbahcvan4230]

As long as people don't mixed up religion and and politics, world will be better place. Peace 🕊️

[@arya6085]

Oh but they do

[@Wurfeln]

We hope so

[@sapphire2421]

They do because God gives them the right to. Which is the whole problem, the in a god which can allow everything without any repercussions because of its divinity, it's just a blank cheque to do anything.

[@mominansare948]

People from diverse countries know the importance of separation of church and state, but people from more homogeneous countries struggle with this concept. This is why immigration needs to increase on a global scale to maintain peace.

[@realShikha885]

Say this to islamist And they will accuse you of blasphermy

[@viky02fly]

In India many are cultural Hindus not practicing Hindus because it's very important to us to protect our cultural civilizational heritage

[@trabacula2000]

True

[@user-kc3vq5zw5y]

You prodect cows warship culture 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ajarofmayonnaise3250]

@@user-kc3vq5zw5y and you worship a cube lol

[@hishamalaker491]

Hinduism us a ethno-religion it's only mostly indians who are religiously Indu, while with islam you have Arabs, turks, Persians, Malayans, etc and with christianity you have Europeans, Americans, Latin Americans and huge minorities in Arab countries and majorities in Central and South of Africa.

[@mr.incogniton9478]

@@hishamalaker491 dont give a sh*t about those 2 religions our country our religion.

[@yann1ck666]

I believe Bangladesh and Sri lanka were mixed up at around 1:08. Sri Lanka is the island nation, while Bangladesh is the one located at the Ganges delta, bordering India and Myanmar

[@sidkings]

Well observed. 👍🏽

[@me-low-key]

4:53 Ah Yes! Every one knows how much Catholic is Tunisia, and of course the map doesn't forget to remind us how much influence the Orthodox church has over Jordan.

[@ayoubte4651]

German is the official language so

[@Duck-wc9de]

if people in portugal ask if people believe in something, they say yes, but if they ask if they believe in the catholic God or practice catholicism, most of them say no. that is why, in these types of surveys, Portugal always seems more Catholic than it really is. and a large percentage of the "religious" are agnostic. and often the supernatural being they speak of is the "universe" or "destiny"

[@parthbonde2106]

That is actually the case in many places.

[@KRYMauL]

That sound more like Spinoza who called the universe "God" because he was a Jew and wanted to see the change in his Orthodox Judaism.

[@mohammedsalimahmed5230]

From my experience, it's quite rare to find someone who's genuinely religious and legit God fearing.

[@chrisbuesnell3428]

@@mohammedsalimahmed5230 Should people be afraid of god

[@icarojose6316]

I think they should, you would be afraid of the law if you were breaking it. And according to the Bible, God morals standards are so high, that even the sin we commit in our thoughts displease God. We can only go to heaven from his mercy, not by our own actions, our actions are just a prove to ourselves of how much invested we are in this relationship with God, it’s not a bribe to go to heaven.

[@Ellipsis115]

You missed the best religion - Jedi

[@gtubbs6974]

The Jedi are a failure. At the height of their power they failed to notice Darth Sidious and allowed the Sith to rise.

[@kittenzrulz2314]

@@gtubbs6974 They are also the villains. First what good have they done other than undermining a functioning democracy and kidnapping kids for their ranks? And the "bad" thing the empire does is blow up a planet inhabited by just rebels.

[@pratikshinde4229]

Relegion with no god is fucking jedi

[@handokovska]

yoda and king faisal already discuss about that...

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

@@kittenzrulz2314 War on Terror must be won at all costs. The rise of jedi terrorism must be stopped in all corners of the galaxy.

[@brahimhassan2083]

Who is the most religious country? Estonia: you guys have religion?!

[@DaarShnik]

Islam has things working in it's favour 1. Higher birth rate 2. No Religion Switching allowed in most Islamic countries 3. But Other religions switching to Islam is allowed I think Islam will rule over the world one day.

[@DGoldy303]

That's bad. Hopefully that won't happen!

[@chraman169]

Islam is growing rapidly, it's also growing in the west and especially in the east (Korea, Japan) by conversions despite everyone facing pressure not to accept Islam and muslims are encouraged to leave their religion. Islam is fascinating!

[@DGoldy303]

@@chraman169 If that is really happening then I say we need a crusade!

[@nabilian_2003]

@@DGoldy303 try then boi

[@halalpolice7544]

Islam use to rule the world already without being the majority so obviously it will rule again.

[@com.phantom342]

"SCREW YOU, MOM! I'M A JEDI NOW!"

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Pastafarian 🍝

[@intelligentsia9493]

Cute

[@jamerican_bae]

Fun fact: Jamaica has the most churches per square mile

[@user-uf2df6zf5w]

And it has one of the highest murder rates in the world. So the effectivness of the church infrastructure there remains questionable.

[@KamySpammy]

@@user-uf2df6zf5w not christian, but that is a little out of context since people who practice a religion vs say they are a religious person are different. In this case it is true that the church has played a role in things it says its not apart of but keeps doing over and over again. Hell, I live in Canada and just recently they found 215 bodies of dead children, and even more recently 700 more all of which were killed because of the residential school system (you can search it up for more info), and surprisingly the schools were run by nuns under guess what, the church. The church liked expanding their religion on to people in the past, and almost each time it has failed with thousands dead, sometimes it could transform people into Christians, but at the cost of their life i.e forcing people to change faith and when they dont they f their life up like when they took kids form their families in Canada saying it was for "education" but in reality they were just transforming the next generation of the indigenous people, so when the previous generation died the rest would be chrsitian

[@lioness5838]

Ur first name's Indian. Are u of Indian origin?Asha means hope in sanskrit.

[@jamerican_bae]

@@lioness5838 as far as I know, no but it is possible somewhere down the line lol. There are many people of Indian descent in Jamaica and non-Indians with the name Asha are not out of place although not necessarily that common

[@_d--]

Poland: hold my cross

[@Anna-jr8gu]

Very interesting!!!

[@VicharB]

Very interesting.

[@MayankJairaj]

priests everywhere: business is boomin' !

[@WhyWorldSucks]

At the end of the day, they are the one who will benefit from this trend.

[@renzeusoya5828]

Not in North America and Europe, however.

[@ThePussukka]

It's not necessarily about money, more about purpose, religion gives purpose to people and a lot of religious people give purpose to priests. (I myself am atheist)

[@snare5903]

@Imbesat Except for that time when preachers created the Taliban or the other countless examples...

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

​@Imbesat Yeah that's surely why Iranian people live in a fake democracy where the clergy is all-powerful to the point it can filter out presidential candidates.

[@cosmicdonkey3473]

This was fascinating - you made statistics much more interesting that school often does!

[@jh5401]

I love the way the map showed the no data countries in grey AND without borders, it felt very clear to me, for some reason

[@turan2815]

a very educational video 👍

[@commemorative]

*"Chechia"* I had a heart attack I thought Russia released chechnya

[@senantiasa]

Me too! I thought "Chechnya? In the middle of Europe???"

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

@@senantiasa When immigrants start bringing their own country's soil with them...😋 UN🇺🇳: umm, are they legally still on their own soil?

[@colejones6312]

Hopefully one day they will be as well as the rest of the distinct cultures and regions confined within Russia.

[@senantiasa]

@@colejones6312 Why? Even the democracy-and-referendum-loving West don't want to give up Basque, Catalonia, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Frisian Land, Northern Italy, Greenland, etc.

[@commemorative]

@@senantiasa The difference is that many of those areas aren't different ethnically, but im too lazy to check that.

[@Abhisat_mlg]

Mongolia:- Am I a joke to you? LMAO

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

WHY THE DUCK IS AFRICA SO CHRISTIAN?

[@bruh-cf1tc]

@@adrianafamilymember6427 colonialism

[@DD-cr8xi]

@@bruh-cf1tc conversion of poor which happens in many countries

[@bruh-cf1tc]

@@DD-cr8xi ?

[@falsevacuum4667]

While level of observance is very difficult to measure, it would be interesting to see a further division between "culturally identify", "active observer/practicer", and "deeply devout".

[@xSoccerFreak7]

You said Islam is mostly found in the Middle East and North Africa but that’s only true if you look at land masses. Most people who practice Islam though live in Southern Asia and the pacific islands

[@MrLEGONinja888]

What happened to mongolia. Did the Qing dynasty re-establish itself.

[@TLDRnewsGLOBAL]

We just greyed out the countries which we didn't have data for; including China and Mongolia. You'll notice that other countries have been greyed out including neighbouring Guyana and Suriname in South America. As they weren't relevant we just greyed them out and removed borders to avoid confusion & the perception that they were included in the scale - Jack

[@thepickle5214]

They support all the Chines claims.

[@user-jb6mq7kw7q]

@@TLDRnewsGLOBAL Yet it seems in the process you have created more confusion. Hope the future videos will make this more clearer.

[@joshuaswart8211]

@@user-jb6mq7kw7q Honestly, I thought it was pretty clear. I think it was the best option.

[@Charlietolemy]

@@TLDRnewsGLOBAL your video has missed alot of important information such as conversion rates etc.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

USA: 69% Nice.

[@libr250]

man of culture I see

[@GuzziHeroV50]

There are a LOT of people who say they are muslim but are actually unaffiliated and afraid to say so.

[@arsh9362]

Yeah but it applies to all other religions too. And in china, North Korea all religions are suppressed....but these statistics give you rough picture atleast

[@ranjeetsharma4209]

That's not true

[@GuzziHeroV50]

@@ranjeetsharma4209 Apostasy ( give up religion ) is sentenceable by death in many muslim countries.

[@halalpolice7544]

@@GuzziHeroV50 Which country and proof Plz?

[@ranjeetsharma4209]

@@GuzziHeroV50 Oh please stop lying Mabey there are some cases but they gay people that's why.

[@akshayds10]

HINDU + SIKH + BUDDHIST +. JAINS ❤️❤️ WE THE DHARMIK PEOPLE 😅🙏🏻

[@gavinmurray3378]

Loved this! More please!

[@AlvarVaara]

I love these kinds of videos. Keep going👍

[@pritpala]

No their twice the amount of Jews surprisingly, but Sikhs don't have their own country, nor having much political power and influence like Jews have, plus the religious is very new with it officially becoming a religion just over 320 years ago despite the founder being born just over 550 years back.

[@Asa...S]

Is there anything like this (not a KZbin video of course, but some paper) from 40 years ago, predicting what the percentages of different religions would be now. Were they accurate?

[@darkd3062]

As a Bangladeshi i can confirm. Religion does matter for us in life and after death. 🙂

[@NerdinessD]

your country is overpopulating pleaase don't have children

[@Flashbackpika]

I'm A Muslim from Pakistan ❤️ Love and respect for everyone

[@zorbaz3940]

Same

[@lingesh2773]

Do you think non muslims will go to Haven? Im not asking about what your religion says. But I'm asking your personal opinion. "Will non muslims go to Haven?"

[@SYD_EA]

​@@lingesh2773 my religion says no and yes. It depends on the circumstances and whatever my religion says will be my opinion because my opinion is not greater than gods opinion

[@akhtarhameed360]

@@lingesh2773 if you or any non muslims want to go heaven then accept islam

[@altunaze6127]

@@lingesh2773 If they believe One God and his prophets, yes

[@tankart3645]

I believed that Estonia was even less religious. I mean you can count everyone there who believes in a religion on your hand.

[@Alan-it5is]

I'm from Estonia and you're pretty right

[@rjfaber1991]

They went with the number of people who are members of an organised religion, and a lot of organised religions make it such hassle to 'unsubscribe', as it were, that people would rather stay a member but just never turn up. I think that skews the figures very significantly in a lot of countries, particularly in Europe.

[@tankart3645]

@@Alan-it5is sama

[@bagaskaraiqbal7a]

@@Alan-it5is do you think most of these religious populations are orthodox christians from Russian ethnicity? I’ve seen several churches in Tallinn but rarely knows any Estonian friends who go.

[@Alan-it5is]

@@bagaskaraiqbal7a I think majority of people who go to churches are still estonians but russians are the next one. I would say it's 55% estonians and 45% russians

[@patriciaa4451]

The more developed countries are some of the least religious. I'm in Kenya and while I'm glad to have freedom of religion there's still social stigma against being atheist. I'm just relieved as a woman that I'm not in a predominantly Muslim country.

[@halalpolice7544]

Wrong America is 69% religious. Idk how they’re not developed country

[@SoJoever]

@@halalpolice7544 it’s because of Christianity being a toxic religion, but it’s rates will hopefully decline in the future

[@mr.p215]

@@SoJoever well to be honest, the other big religions aren't any less toxic.

[@nipoone6109]

@@SoJoever Christianity's prevalence in Europe and the US was the cause of many charities to be founded. It has bad points but it certainly isn't toxic.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

@@halalpolice7544 69% is high for a developed country but low compared with the rest of the world. I'd say Japan and China have similar numbers if the definition of religion would be a bit broader. But as always, it messes up all the numbers if you count the Chinese.

[@teedeww5049]

I mean its cool and all but just remember that we all must love each other , stay safe

[@bootypluderer]

words of wisdom

[@NTLyesYT]

0:45, quite a big error there : Tunisia is majority Muslim...

[@TLDRnewsGLOBAL]

Good spot, I've pinned a comment correcting that error - Jack

[@NTLyesYT]

@@TLDRnewsGLOBAL Thank you for correcting this :D! I guess I missed Jordan, I was too surprised seeing Tunisia as Christian XD!

[@DoubleAAce]

@Beholdthehandbeholdthenail nerd too long didn’t read

[@midzocsgo4998]

@Beholdthehandbeholdthenail ???

[@NTLyesYT]

@Beholdthehandbeholdthenail Ahh, Islamophobia :D! What could we expect less from a comment section of a video talking about religion (: ...

[@rameshjignesh1976]

U should also have mentioned the fact that india's muslim population is just a little lesser than pakistan's(if not same) and that the Indian christian population is almost as much as the UK's

[@aaronstanley6914]

good to know thanks for the lesson,

[@jasdeepsingh7874]

Muslim population in India is bigger than Pakistan’s Muslim population.

[@rishuyadav4410]

@@jasdeepsingh7874 Some Region of land was separated from India because of Islam vs Hindu Clash. But What did we got? Nothing.

[@englishexpert1989]

@@jasdeepsingh7874 - No

[@stelkr]

It would be better to include the percentage numbers in the graphs next time. Just a friendly suggestion.

[@zsomi5968]

I live in Hungary and there aren't as many Christians as they say, a lot of us say they are religious because that's the tradition but it doesn't really affect our lives

[@Pegaroo_]

May the force be with you, always.

[@sionsmedia8249]

2:40 and 4:15 This difference is because the first poll only asked "Is religion important in your life". So while only 27% of the UK says religion is important for them, many are still relgious. This difference in how important religion is for people could just be an effect of liberalisation and equal freedom of relgion in many western countries, so while many people are religious people just accept that, the diversity of relgion (including non religious) so they view the importance of it differently.

[@tihulk7421]

Why did u label tunisia as Christian, they are 99 percent muslim

[@lamichael8659]

pretty sure on accident, they did jordan wrong too

[@just_1478]

what's wrong with Libya??

[@tihulk7421]

@@just_1478 Libya is wartorn rn because of a civil war

[@just_1478]

@@tihulk7421 unlucky Libya, thanks for the answer though

[@tihulk7421]

@@just_1478 np

[@emile6351]

Fun fact: Lebanon is the most religiously diversed country with 18 recognised religions

[@emile6351]

@@revenger211 hahahahaha you're right

[@mrsplashmanjr1285]

Wow I did not know that it's a lot of religions for such a small country

[@smit17xp]

Technically, Hinduism is not even a religion. Hindu word itself is foreign word used by middle easterners to describe people living beyond HinduKush mountains

[@prakhar_katiyar]

Yes, it is just a way of life.

[@krateproductions4872]

No, it describes the people who lived near the Indus river.

[@smit17xp]

@@krateproductions4872 Bro, Indus river is beyond HinduKush mountains for people living in persia, arab ..etc

[@indiafirst3676]

@@smit17xp People living to the east of Indus River and Sindh that's what Arabs/Persians/Greeks called Hindus.

[@olek6525]

Taiwan is such a beautiful mix of many belief systems, as well as languages and cultures.

[@zanemarshall9765]

You mean east China the rightful government of China?

[@theplutonimus]

Lol a beautiful mix of cultures and many languages you mean Han Chinese and Chinese which subjugated the original Austronesian people

[@olek6525]

@@theplutonimus *it’s Austronesian people. And yes, the Taiwanese Indigenous people are still fighting for their rights and trying to revive their culture. The democratic government is making significant progress to undo the harm caused by previous regimes. Today, Indigenous culture is rightfully becoming a part of the new Taiwan identity.

[@theplutonimus]

@@olek6525 Ah yes, I meant Austronesian, But I couldn't find the word. But yes, Taiwan is definitely a very democratic government and includes all people. Didn't get the language part tho. Only has 4-5 main languages

[@Doochos]

So many temples. And 711s. And scooters.

[@marcuscarana9240]

If you notice, at 4:56, the Philippines, that small country that's very dark blue near Australia at the top. It's the only highly religious Christian country because our country was a colony of Spain which introduced Catholicism for over three hundred years. Also we are a poor country so the trend that poorer countries are more religious also applies here. That's why we're dark blue in this map.

[@DjKryx]

I like to say, from my experience, the least the people are religious (i differentiate between religious and an believer, i know a lot of people that believe in Jesus and God but are opposed to the religious institution), the more relaxed they are in terms of interaction and communication. This might be an result of a survivalship bias, as i the people i surrounds myself with and interact with are not completely randomly chosen, but this is what i noticed.

[@EverettBurger]

Religion may be dropping in the west, but dogma seems to be steady.

[@AtharvaChawathe]

Who's dogma (Insert AMOGUS theme music here)

[@chraman169]

rising actually

[@AtharvaChawathe]

@@HowDoIStartPlaying u sus😳

[@caroline10081]

until dogma meets karma. Or does dogma never catch the karma it is chasing? I'm confused.

[@kerelasfinest4496]

Christianity as a religion ultimately evolves to civilization. 🙏🏼

[@strawmansadvocate3036]

Would be interested to see trends in how increased access to technology, particularly the internet, changes the prevalence of religion, especially if we looked at different generations

[@millevenon5853]

Yeah. 15% of South Africans here are not religious. Same percentage in Botswana and rising. Botswana and South Africa are two most advanced nations in Africa. As more countries get richer over time. The non religious population will rise even more

[@icarojose6316]

The most advanced a society gets, more niilist it becomes. Less children, more divorce, less friends, more sex partners, higher depression, more suicidal and less religious. It’s like the money futhers us from happiness even though we look for money as a way to achieve happiness.

[@tediouz85]

I find it interesting that there was no data for Papua New Guinea. It's a very strongly Christian country. Everyone I met there assumed I was a Christian missionary at first. I guess whatever source just didn't bother looking into PNG. No complaint, but I always find stats from that region interesting.

[@abood.7795]

Yeah good point but maybe there wasn't a survey conducted

[@novacaine_]

The amount of people who aren't active participants in their faith would be interesting... I would bet alot of people barely followed the tenets of their religion and ascribe to more secular beliefs

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

Average age of EU is 43 and Africa is 18 ...these numbers will mostly play itself out in Africa

[@simonherrera284]

Just a quick comment. Xinjiang isn't the region with the most Muslims in China, the Huei ethnic group is much larger than the Uyghurs.

[@drewthecommenter6324]

Anyone else thought there was something on the left of their screen at 7:30 and tried to scratch it off?

[@momojafar9385]

Suni Muslims are actually the largest religious group since Christianity has so many different sects. However, very interesting video.

[@florianmerten7348]

embarrassing results for the vatican

[@redsable6119]

They should be use to it by now...

[@invictidomini6846]

5:37 who brought back the Qing empire

[@TLDRnewsGLOBAL]

We just greyed out the countries which we didn't have data for; including China and Mongolia. You'll notice that other countries have been greyed out including neighbouring Guyana and Suriname in South America. As they weren't relevant we just greyed them out and removed borders to avoid confusion & the perception that they were included in the scale - Jack

[@kawaiilotus]

@@TLDRnewsGLOBAL What about Libya? Why was that left out? Not attacking just curious.

[@dr.winner2516]

@@kawaiilotus No data for it

[@ohheylads]

I'm surprised by how calm people are in the comment section lol

[@quartermaster2809]

ran into some fights here but yeah mostly its calm god damn

[@Flazerie]

But the reply section...

[@himmatgadhavi172]

Love to Gujarat India 🥰🇮🇳 jai hind 🥰🇮🇳

[@krishprayan]

why ??

[@qsal305]

@@krishprayan Why not >:(

[@emptystuff1593]

Really surprised about Japan, I had to check. They have so many temples, and they seem to be actively religious.

[@theStormWeaver]

Japan is weird. They are very active in religious observance but often do not report themselves as religious. If I remember rightly it's something like +80% identify as non-religious but also +80% report regularly visiting shrines and temples. That math don't add up unless you realize different people have different ideas of what being religious means.

[@senantiasa]

@@vottoduder So is it maybe like putting up a Christmas tree in your house despite not believing in God/Bible? Some people who don't understand Western culture might look at a Christmas tree and consider it to be a shrine or some sort of medium for worship instead of a celebration of tradition/culture.

[@blitzgen905]

Idk why but even if you are atheist in Japan you go to shrines and stuff

[@rishuyadav4410]

@@blitzgen905 facts

[@seiwarriors]

Well, Japan has a religion and there are many normal people who follow that slightly which is Shinto because most of their temples are from Shinto. South Korea has a rise in Christianity and Hong kong is mainly Buddhist. So yes maybe the countries don't have to say that they have a major religion or an exclusive one and have more atheists but they still do have religion there and people who do practise there.

[@MatherfuckingKing]

When visiting Japan, I was a bit surprised since there were Shinto shrines on every corner, so after speaking with some people, I found out they mostly don't really think of Shinto as a religion anymore. They still follow some customs but it's more from the folk perspective, like we in the west traditionally celebrate Christmas, even if we are not religious. They also celebrate it in Japan with some, from our perspective, weird customs, and there it's mostly devoid of religious meaning.

[@Azusashusband]

​@KrunoKing korea is in a bit of a similar situation. While Christianity is popular (but it's actually declining now) it's folk religion, buddhism, and Confuciusism that are so ingrained in Korean culture if those aspects were added it would more be like 90% of Koreans are "religious". For example Korea still has many Confucius and buddhist habits in everyday life and most of them know their founding myth (folk religion), their own gods, mythological creatures, etc. (Like the worship of Mt. Baekdu and tje Heavenly Lake that's a golk religion thing). Similar to how Japanese feel about shintoism

[@mariolis]

I think the numbers of religious affiloation from countries that dont allow for religious freedom ought to be taken with a grain of salt

[@halalpolice7544]

America is 69% religious. You telling me pple force anyone?

[@mariolis]

@@halalpolice7544 i mean countries that report numbers in the 90s...

[@halalpolice7544]

@@mariolis it’s good that you changed your first opinion. Bc we all know it’s totally nonsense

[@mariolis]

@@halalpolice7544 i didnt change my opinion It is a fact that most countries in the 90s and even in the 80s dont have religious freedom, the true numbers are likely lower than the reported ones And , in a similar way, secular countries that prosecute religion ( such as China ) the numbers arw probably higher than reported I dont understand what about my opinion is garbage accoarding to your standards

[@muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018]

2:58 just realized China and Mongolia are in the sane country. For a map video, you can't even do that.

[@zylnexxd842]

He put grey on Countries with no data