{"id":308647,"date":"2026-06-12T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=chart&#038;p=308647"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:58:43","slug":"restrictions-on-religion-in-the-worlds-25-most-populous-countries","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/restrictions-on-religion-in-the-worlds-25-most-populous-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Restrictions on religion in the world\u2019s 25 most populous countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller--freeform wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:308647,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/restrictions-on-religion-in-the-worlds-25-most-populous-countries\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/restrictions-on-religion-in-the-worlds-25-most-populous-countries\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:317477,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/20\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/restrictions_on_religion_in_the_worlds_25_most_populous_countries-308647-1781520356.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Restrictions on religion in the world\\u2019s 25 most populous countries&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Among the world&#039;s 25 most populous countries, India, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran and Indonesia had the highest levels of overall restrictions on religion (when considering both government restrictions and social hostilities). South Africa, the United States, Japan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom had the lowest levels. Scores on each 10-point index are for the calendar year 2023.&quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;Note: Countries in the upper right have the most restrictions and hostilities; those in the lower left have the least restrictions and hostilities. &quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Source: Pew Research Center analysis of external data. Refer to the Methodology for details. Population figures are UN Population Division estimates for 2020.&lt;br&gt; \\u201cMore Countries Had Elevated Levels of Social Hostilities Involving Religion in 2023\\u201d&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;PEW RESEARCH CENTER&quot;,&quot;tableData&quot;:{&quot;header&quot;:[&quot;Country&quot;,&quot;Year&quot;,&quot;Government Restrictions Index (GRI)&quot;,&quot;Social Hostilities Index (SHI)&quot;,&quot;2020 UN population estimate&quot;],&quot;rows&quot;:[[&quot;China&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;9.1&quot;,&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;1,426,106,093&quot;],[&quot;India&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;6.4&quot;,&quot;8.8&quot;,&quot;1,402,617,695&quot;],[&quot;United States&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;2.1&quot;,&quot;1.3&quot;,&quot;339,436,159&quot;],[&quot;Indonesia&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;7.9&quot;,&quot;6.0&quot;,&quot;274,814,866&quot;],[&quot;Pakistan&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;7.5&quot;,&quot;235,001,746&quot;],[&quot;Nigeria&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;9.0&quot;,&quot;213,996,181&quot;],[&quot;Brazil&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;2.3&quot;,&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;208,660,842&quot;],[&quot;Bangladesh&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;5.5&quot;,&quot;7.8&quot;,&quot;166,298,024&quot;],[&quot;Russia&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;7.7&quot;,&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;146,371,299&quot;],[&quot;Mexico&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;126,799,054&quot;],[&quot;Japan&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;1.3&quot;,&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;126,304,543&quot;],[&quot;Ethiopia&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;118,917,671&quot;],[&quot;Philippines&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;2.0&quot;,&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;112,081,264&quot;],[&quot;Egypt&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;7.7&quot;,&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;109,315,124&quot;],[&quot;Vietnam&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;7.3&quot;,&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;98,079,191&quot;],[&quot;Dem. Rep. Congo&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;95,989,998&quot;],[&quot;Iran&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;8.7&quot;,&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;87,723,443&quot;],[&quot;Turkey&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;86,091,692&quot;],[&quot;Germany&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;4.0&quot;,&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;83,628,708&quot;],[&quot;Thailand&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;71,641,484&quot;],[&quot;United Kingdom&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;67,351,861&quot;],[&quot;France&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;5.5&quot;,&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;65,905,277&quot;],[&quot;Tanzania&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;60,972,798&quot;],[&quot;South Africa&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;1.1&quot;,&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;60,562,381&quot;],[&quot;Italy&quot;,&quot;2023&quot;,&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;4.0&quot;,&quot;59,912,769&quot;]],&quot;footer&quot;:[]},&quot;isFreeformChart&quot;:true}\" data-wp-init--detect-web-share-support=\"callbacks.detectWebShareSupport\" data-wp-init--sync-table-height=\"callbacks.syncTableHeight\" data-wp-init--watch-chart=\"callbacks.watchChart\" data-wp-init--reset-tab-on-navigation=\"callbacks.resetTabOnNavigation\" data-png-url=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/restrictions_on_religion_in_the_worlds_25_most_populous_countries-308647-1781520356.png\" data-has-csv=\"true\" data-allow-data-download=\"true\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/restrictions-on-religion-in-the-worlds-25-most-populous-countries\/\" data-chart-url=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/restrictions-on-religion-in-the-worlds-25-most-populous-countries\/\" data-chart-title=\"Restrictions on religion in the world\u2019s 25 most populous countries\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-chart-builder-chart\" data-chart-view=\"chart\" data-allow-overlay=\"true\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__text-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:640px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__hr\" style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; max-width:640px;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/chart\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f-chart&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__title\" data-meta-field=\"title\">Restrictions on religion in the world\u2019s 25 most populous countries<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__subtitle\" data-meta-field=\"subtitle\">Among the world&#8217;s 25 most populous countries, India, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran and Indonesia had the highest levels of overall restrictions on religion (when considering both government restrictions and social hostilities). South Africa, the United States, Japan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom had the lowest levels. Scores on each 10-point index are for the calendar year 2023.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-chart-builder-freeform-chart has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=310420\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f9f4f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f9f4f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/Chapter4_25popscatter@2x.png?resize=480,557 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/Chapter4_25popscatter@2x.png?resize=782,908 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/Chapter4_25popscatter@2x.png?resize=950,1103 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"743\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/Chapter4_25popscatter@2x.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-310420 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/chart\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f-chart&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note cb__note--note\" data-meta-field=\"note\">Note: Countries in the upper right have the most restrictions and hostilities; those in the lower left have the least restrictions and hostilities. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note cb__note--source\" data-meta-field=\"source\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of external data. Refer to the Methodology for details. Population figures are UN Population Division estimates for 2020.<br> \u201cMore Countries Had Elevated Levels of Social Hostilities Involving Religion in 2023\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\" data-meta-field=\"tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__hr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0px; max-width:640px;\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- register a callback on this div to see if the native share is supported -->\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal__overlay\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"share-modal__overlay-b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--web-share-supported=\"state.webShareSupported\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-chart-view=\"share\"\n\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- TODO: I would like to be able to use the social share block here. Need to modify it to work with the share modal. -->\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal\" id=\"share-modal-b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--web-share-supported=\"state.webShareSupported\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-chart-view=\"share\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-modal__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-modal__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"share-modal__title\">Share this chart<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"share-modal__close\" aria-label=\"Close Share Modal\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.hideModal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dashicons dashicons-no-alt\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-modal__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal__button share-modal__button--twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.shareTwitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.shareTwitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share on X<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal__button share-modal__button--facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.shareFacebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.shareFacebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share on Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-table\" data-chart-view=\"table\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\" id=\"b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f-table\" style=\"max-width:640px;\">\t\t\t<hr style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 640px;\">\n\t\t\t<div data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/chart\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f-chart&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__title\" data-meta-field=\"title\">Restrictions on religion in the world\u2019s 25 most populous countries<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__subtitle\" data-meta-field=\"subtitle\">Among the world&#8217;s 25 most populous countries, India, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran and Indonesia had the highest levels of overall restrictions on religion (when considering both government restrictions and social hostilities). South Africa, the United States, Japan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom had the lowest levels. Scores on each 10-point index are for the calendar year 2023.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-chart-builder-table__inner\" style=\"max-width: 640px !important; margin-bottom: 0; overflow: auto;\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table is-scroll-on-pc is-scroll-on-mobile chart-builder-data-table has-sans-serif-font-family has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout is-sticky-first-column\"><thead><tr><th style=\"width:150px\">Country<\/th><th style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\">Year<\/th><th style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\">Government Restrictions Index (GRI)<\/th><th style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\">Social Hostilities Index (SHI)<\/th><th style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\">2020 UN population estimate<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">China<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">9.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">0.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">1,426,106,093<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">India<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">6.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">8.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">1,402,617,695<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">United States<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">2.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">1.3<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">339,436,159<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Indonesia<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">7.9<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">6.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">274,814,866<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Pakistan<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">7.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">7.5<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">235,001,746<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Nigeria<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">4.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">9.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">213,996,181<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Brazil<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">2.3<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">208,660,842<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Bangladesh<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">5.5<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">7.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">166,298,024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Russia<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">7.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">3.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">146,371,299<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Mexico<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">4.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">126,799,054<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Japan<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">1.3<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">2.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">126,304,543<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Ethiopia<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">4.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">2.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">118,917,671<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Philippines<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">2.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">2.9<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">112,081,264<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Egypt<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">7.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">7.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">109,315,124<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Vietnam<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">7.3<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">2.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">98,079,191<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Dem. Rep. Congo<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">3.2<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.9<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">95,989,998<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Iran<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">8.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">5.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">87,723,443<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Turkey<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">6.3<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.3<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">86,091,692<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Germany<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">4.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">83,628,708<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Thailand<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">4.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">71,641,484<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">United Kingdom<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">3.2<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">2.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">67,351,861<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">France<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">5.5<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">65,905,277<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Tanzania<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">4.2<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">60,972,798<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">South Africa<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">1.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">1.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">60,562,381<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Italy<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:75px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">2.9<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right;width:125px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">59,912,769<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__download-data-button-hr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__download-data-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.downloadData\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.downloadData\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"has-sans-serif-font-family\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\tDownload data as .csv\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/chart\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f-chart&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note cb__note--note\" data-meta-field=\"note\">Note: Countries in the upper right have the most restrictions and hostilities; those in the lower left have the least restrictions and hostilities. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note cb__note--source\" data-meta-field=\"source\">Source: Pew Research Center analysis of external data. Refer to the Methodology for details. Population figures are UN Population Division estimates for 2020.<br> \u201cMore Countries Had Elevated Levels of Social Hostilities Involving Religion in 2023\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\" data-meta-field=\"tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<hr style=\"margin: 10px 0px 0px; max-width: 640px;\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons\" style=\"max-width:640px;\"><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons__tabs\"><button class=\"view-button view-button--chart\" data-chart-view=\"chart\" data-chart-id=\"b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Chart<\/button><button class=\"view-button view-button--table\" data-chart-view=\"table\" data-chart-id=\"b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Data<\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons__actions\"><button class=\"view-button view-button--download-image\" data-chart-id=\"b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.downloadImage\">Download Image<\/button><button class=\"view-button view-button--share\" data-chart-view=\"share\" data-chart-id=\"b52b284d-432b-4f70-bef2-77dfb6bf5c6f\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Share<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":317477,"template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","design_slug":"PF_26.06.15_Restrictions16","canonical_parent_id":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"footnotes":"","_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0},"categories":[],"chart_type":[2934],"datasets":[],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"class_list":["post-308647","chart","type-chart","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"label":false,"post_parent":0,"word_count":305,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/restrictions-on-religion-in-the-worlds-25-most-populous-countries\/","_embeds":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Restrictions on religion in the world\u2019s 25 most populous countries","description":"CountryYearGovernment Restrictions Index (GRI)Social Hostilities Index (SHI)2020 UN population estimateChina20239.10.11,426,106,093India20236.48.81,402,617,695United States20232.11.3339,436,159Indonesia20237.96.0274,814,866Pakistan20237.17.5235,001,746Nigeria20234.69.0213,996,181Brazil20232.34.7208,660,842Bangladesh20235.57.8166,298,024Russia20237.73.8146,371,299Mexico20234.44.7126,799,054Japan20231.32.6126,304,543Ethiopia20234.12.6118,917,671Philippines20232.02.9112,081,264Egypt20237.77.1109,315,124Vietnam20237.32.698,079,191Dem. Rep. Congo20233.24.995,989,998Iran20238.75.887,723,443Turkey20236.34.386,091,692Germany20234.04.483,628,708Thailand20234.64.471,641,484United Kingdom20233.22.867,351,861France20235.54.765,905,277Tanzania20234.24.460,972,798South Africa20231.11.860,562,381Italy20232.94.059,912,769","og_title":"Restrictions on religion in the world\u2019s 25 most populous countries","og_description":"","schema_type":"WebPage","noindex":false,"canonical_url":"","primary_terms":[],"custom_schema":[],"og_image":317477,"indexnow_submitted_at":null,"gsc_index_status":{"verdict":"NEUTRAL","coverage_state":"URL is unknown to Google","robotstxt_state":"ROBOTS_TXT_STATE_UNSPECIFIED","indexing_state":"INDEXING_STATE_UNSPECIFIED","last_crawl_time":null,"page_fetch_state":"PAGE_FETCH_STATE_UNSPECIFIED","crawled_as":"","mobile_verdict":"VERDICT_UNSPECIFIED","mobile_issues":[],"rich_results_verdict":"","rich_results_issues":[],"inspection_link":"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/inspect?resource_id=sc-domain:pewresearch.org&id=QSJWi8zFMbzM_83jWn3oqQ&utm_medium=link&utm_source=api","fetched_at":1781531931}},"prepublish_checks":{},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chart\/308647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chart"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chart"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chart\/308647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316745,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chart\/308647\/revisions\/316745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308647"},{"taxonomy":"chart_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chart_type?post=308647"},{"taxonomy":"datasets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/datasets?post=308647"},{"taxonomy":"level_of_effort","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level_of_effort?post=308647"},{"taxonomy":"primary_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/primary_audience?post=308647"},{"taxonomy":"information_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/information_type?post=308647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}