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[9] [10] According to a statistical study, an estimated 100 million Hindus live outside of India. [11] In 2010, only two countries in the world had a majority of their population as Hindus – Nepal and India. [12] In Mauritius, 48.14 percent of the population were Hindu, according to the 2015 census. [13]
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
[73] [74] [75] A sense of Hindu identity and the term Hindu appears in some texts dated between the 13th and 18th century in Sanskrit and Bengali. [74] [76] The 14th- and 18th-century Indian poets such as Vidyapati, Kabir, Tulsidas and Eknath used the phrase Hindu dharma (Hinduism) and contrasted it with Turaka dharma .
Pages in category "Hinduism by country" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Apart from India, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.3 billion [1] Hindu population lives, Hindu Temples are found across the world, on every continent. In the Indian Subcontinent, thousands of modern and historic temples are spread across Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
List of presidents of India: the heads of state of India; List of prime ministers of India: the heads of government of India; List of Hindu empires and dynasties; List of heads of state and government of Chinese descent; List of Jewish heads of state and government; List of current heads of state and government
Hinduism is the largest religion in South Asia with about 1.2 billion Hindus, forming just under two-thirds of South Asia's population. [a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [23] South Asia has the largest population of Hindus in the world, with about 99% of all global Hindus being from South Asia. [24]
Country Region Population Status India Asia 1,367,703,110 [1]: Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English.Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India.