Religions
- Islam: 99.7% of the total population
- Sunni Muslim: 80-89%
- Shi'a Muslim: 10-19%
- Other: less than 1%
- Sikhism: In the thousands
- Hinduism: In the thousands
- Zoroastrianism: Unknown
- Christianity: In the thousands
- Judaism (one known individual: Zablon Simintov)
- Buddhism: Unknown
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