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Countries With The Largest Hindus Population

 

     The largest Hindu population in the world is from India which constitutes about 79.28% of the India population. Nepal has the second highest country, with a population of about 23.5 million Hindus, which is about 81.30% of their country's population. It has the third highest population of around 14.4 million after Bangladesh.

     Hinduism is an Indian religion and religion, or way of life. It is the third largest religion in the world, with more than 1.25 billion followers, covering the world. 15–14% of the global population is known as Hindus. The word Hindu is a surname, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to eir religion as Sanatana Dharma. Hinduism established traditions associated with worship for the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva as creators, preservers and transformers.

Follows are the countries with the largest Hindu population in the world. These datas were given which were available on the Internet and in various articles.

India

India has the largest Hindu population in the world with 966.2 million as per Census 2011, which is about 79.28% of India's population. Other major religions in India includes Islam, Christianity and Sikhism, representing 14.23%, 2.30% and 1.72% of the population respectively. Hinduism originated on the banks of the Indus River in the north of India.

Nepal

There are 22.3 million Hindus in Nepal. Nepal has the largest Hindu population in the world in terms of population percentage. They have about 81.30% of their country’s population. To commemorate Hindu culture, Nepal organizes several festivals every year including the Great Dasein festival and Yomri Dand. Buddhism also has a strong presence in the country.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is the third country with the largest Hindu population in the world. It is the second most common religion in Bangladesh after Islam. There are 15.2 million Hindus in Bangladesh. Hinduism practiced in Bangladesh is similar to Hinduism practiced in India. The high rate of vegeterians in Bangladesh is often from the Hindu population, as dieting from carnivores is highly revered in Hinduism.

Pakistan

Pakistan has about 9 million population of Hindus community in their country whichs is nealy 8% of their country. However the Hindu population in Pakistan decreasing year by year.Hindu believers, and they mostly survived in the country when it was formally part of India. Pakistan emerged as a separate nation in 1948, declaring the creation of an Islamic state. This triggered the largest migration that Asia had ever seen with communities and families had to move from one country to another characterized by their religious faith.

Indonesia

There is about 4 million of hindu population in Indonesia which is about 1.7% of their country population. In the 1st century Hinduism comes through the traders, sailors, scholars, and prisests Indonesia also have largest population of Muslim in the world. An island in Indonesia dedicated to Hinduism with lots of Tempoles, Sculpts.

Largest Hindu Populations Countries Name

Rank

Country

Population    (in Million)

1

India

966.2

2

Nepal

22.3

3

Bangladesh

15.2

4

Pakistan

9

5

Indonesia

4

6

Sri Lanka

2.55

7

United States

2.3

8

Malaysia

1.7

9

United Kingdom

1.2

10

Myannmar

1.1

 

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