Hinduism by country

Hinduism has approximately 1.2 billion adherents worldwide (15-16% of world's population). Nepal (82%) and India (80.3%) are countries with Hindus being the majority of their respective populations, while Mauritius (an island nation in African continent) have (48.5%) population as followers of Hindu religion. Along with Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.2%), Hinduism is one of the three major religions of the world by percentage of population. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world after Christianity and Islam.
Presently, India and Nepal are the two Hindu majority countries. Most Hindus are found in Asian countries. The countries with more than 5,000 Hindu residents and citizens include (in decreasing order) – India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia (especially in Bali, which is 84% Hindu), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, United States, Myanmar, Thailand, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Mauritius, Suriname and the Caribbean (West Indies).
There are significant numbers of Hindu enclaves around the world, with many in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Hinduism is also practised by the non-Indic people like Balinese of Bali island (Indonesia), Tengger and Osing of Java (Indonesia) and Balamon Chams of Vietnam, Ghanaian Hindus in Ghana, Chinese Malaysians, Orang Asli of Malaysia and Butuanon people of Philippines.
Background.
Hinduism is a heterogeneous religion and consists of many schools of thought. Hinduism has no traditional ecclesiastical order, no centralised religious authorities, no governing body, no prophets; Hindus can choose to be polytheistic, monotheistic, pantheistic, monistic, agnostic, humanist or atheistic. Estimates of Hinduism by country reflects this diversity of thought and way of life.
Demographic estimates.
Demographic estimates of Hindu population by country has been published by the Pew Research Center in 2012, as well as US State Department's "International Religious Freedom Report 2006.
By total number, India has the most Hindus. With percentage, Nepal has the largest percentage of Hindu population in the world followed by India and Mauritius. The Hindu population around the world as of (2020) is about 1.2 billion (making it as world's third largest Religion after Christianity and Islam), of which nearly around 1.1 billion hindus lives in India (making the nation with highest concentration of Hindus) as 94% of world's hindus live in this country. As per as statistical study, there are an estimated 100 million Hindus who lived outside of India. Only two countries in the world, in 2010, had a majority of its population as Hindus – Nepal and India. In Mauritius, Hindus comprise 48.5% i.e a plurality of its population in 2011 census. Bangladesh, Fiji, Bhutan, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sri Lanka have very large and influential Hindu minorities.
By country.
Sources used for the table below include the US State Department, the CIA World Factbook adherents.com, Pew Research Center. and as identified.
By region.
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Hindu in a region (Hindus in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Hindu percentage compared to the total Hindu population of the world (Hindus in the region * 100/total Hindu population of the world).
"(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East)."
Projections.
In 2015, the Pew Research Center projected that Hindus will continue to make up 15% of the world's population through 2050. They predict that the following ten countries will have the most Hindus in 2050: