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
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Vietnam
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