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Mozambique

According to the most recent census (2007) there are: Catholic 28.4%, Protestant 27.7% (Zionist Christian 15.5%, Evangelical Pentecostal 10.9%, Anglican 1.3%), Muslim 17.9%, other 7.2%, none 18.7% (see World Fact book). Therefore I changed the colour of Mozambique accordingly. Gugganij (talk) 10:10, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Papua New Guinea

According to the census and World Fact book the huge majority in Papua New Guinea identify themselves as Christians. Therefore I changed the colour accordingly. Gugganij (talk) 10:10, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Botswana

According to the census and the International Religious Freedom Report 2010 70% identify themselves as Christians, with the majority to Protestant denominations. Gugganij (talk) 10:10, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

United Kingdom

Can someone explain why the UK is marked as mixed Catholic/Protestant? Are we classifying the Church of England as semi-Catholic? Roman Catholics in the UK only make up about 10% of the population.

I concur I feel it should be changed --Lemonade100 (talk) 18:28, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I agree. According to the wikipedia entry on Australia, the ratio for religions only is ~1.70 which is greater than, not less than 1.5 = 60/40. --Marshallsumter (talk) 00:34, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Actually the church of england, and anglican church. Are semi catholic. They are a mixture of catholic and protestant. Intentionally a middle, and cannot be classified as protestant only. In fact they should only be classified as a separate thing, which is neither roman catholic or orthodox or protestant, but anglican. They are much more catholic than protestant.

Puerto Rico

According to The World Factbook Puerto rico is a Catholic country (85%), Protestant and other account 15%, the color should be changed.--21:30, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Agreed, although Puerto Rico is not a country, is is a territory of the United States, it should still be reflected as catholic since it beats the 60/40 ration needed for a solid color of religion in regards to the map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by B. M. L. Peters (talk • contribs) 05:50, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Japan

I can understand Bhuddism in Japan, but what is the other color? It seems greenish (Islam?), but there's little or no Islam people in Japan. Shinto naturalistic beliefs are widespread, though.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Japan

Bmulckhu (talk) 15:44, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

The colored stripes in Japan appear to be those associated with Mahayana Buddhism, not Islam. --AFBorchert (talk) 17:39, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes indeed, but what about the darker color? It seems green to me... 21:59, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Data?

Is there any source for the data used in this map ? FredD (talk) 10:49, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Vietnam

Why is Vietanm the same color as China? Vietnamese people certainly don't believe in Chinese religion, whatever that is in the first place. --188.99.191.161 18:49, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Northern Ireland

According to the 2011 Northern Ireland census, Protestantism is numbered at 48.4% and Catholicism is numbered at 45.1. Based on this I believe it is fair to show that within the religion map, the same way the split is shown in Germany for example. B. M. L. Peters (talk) 05:54, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Mixing ethnicity and religion

This map is absolutely unacceptable as it is mixing the concepts of religion and ethnicity for no good reason. It furthermore promotes the false concept and impression that the People’s Republic of China is homogeneous in terms of ethnicity and religion. It also fails to show Taiwan as a separate entity with Buddhism and Taoism being prevalent.

There is a high probability this work is 50 Cent propaganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party