Demographics of Vietnam - Religions

Religions

According to some sources, the dominate religion in Vietnam is Buddhism which accounts for more than 85% of the population. The second largest religion is Christianity, which makes 8% of the population:

• Buddhism, 85%
  • Secular/triple religion, 80%
  • Hoa Hao, 3%
  • Theravada Buddhism, 2%
• Christianity, 8%
  • Roman Catholic, 7%
  • Protestant, 1%
• Cao Dai, 3%
• Other religions, 4%

In contradictory, some other sources such as the CIA World Factbook state that more than 80% of the people claim to be atheists. Buddhists and Christians account more than two third of the remaining 20%. In this account, Vietnam is one of the most atheist countries in the world:

• Atheism, 80.8%
• Buddhism, 9.3%
• Christianity, 7.2%
  • Roman Catholic, 6.7%
  • Protestant, 0.5%
• Hoa Hao, 1.5%
• Cao Dai, 1.1%
• And other religions