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More than 5 billion people \u2013 or three-quarters of the world\u2019s population \u2013 live in the planet\u2019s 25 most populous countries, including China, India and the United States. Looking at restrictions in these countries can give insight into how large segments of the world\u2019s population are affected by government restrictions and social hostilities involving religion, although not everyone within each country\u2019s borders is impacted equally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, among the 25 most populous countries, Egypt, India, Russia, Pakistan and Indonesia had the highest overall <\/strong>levels of both government restrictions and social hostilities involving religion. The countries in this group with the lowest overall scores were Japan, South Korea, South Africa, the Philippines and Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highest government <\/strong>restrictions <\/strong>among the most populous countries occurred in China, Iran, Russia, Egypt and Indonesia, with all ranking in the \u201cvery high\u201d category of restrictions. Meanwhile, the lowest-ranking countries were South Africa, Japan, the Philippines, Brazil and South Korea. These countries fell into the \u201clow\u201d category of government restrictions, with the exception of South Korea, which had a \u201cmoderate\u201d level of government restrictions on religion in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very populous countries with the highest levels of social hostilities <\/strong>involving religion were India, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh, with all five experiencing \u201cvery high\u201d levels of hostilities. Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and Iran had the lowest levels of social hostilities among the world\u2019s 25 most populous countries; all were either \u201clow\u201d or \u201cmoderate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some countries, levels of government restrictions roughly matched levels of social hostilities. For example, Egypt and Pakistan had \u201cvery high\u201d levels of both government restrictions and social hostilities in 2017, while Japan scored \u201clow\u201d on both indexes. In other cases, the two scores diverge sharply. China had the highest level of government restrictions among all 198 countries in the study in 2017, yet it had low levels of social hostilities. And Iran had the second-highest government restrictions score among all countries in 2017 \u2013 behind China \u2013 but experienced only \u201cmoderate\u201d levels of social hostilities involving religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, none of the 25 most populous countries experienced large changes (2.0 points or more) in Government Restrictions Index (GRI) scores. Two countries \u2013 Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 experienced modest increases (1.0 to 1.9 points) in GRI scores. Vietnam moved from \u201chigh\u201d to \u201cvery high,\u201d while the Democratic Republic of the Congo climbed from the \u201clow\u201d category to \u201cmoderate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to changes in Social Hostilities Index (SHI) scores, none of the most populous countries had large changes. However, five countries \u2013 Turkey, Iran, Japan, South Africa and Russia \u2013 had modest declines. Japan declined from \u201cmoderate\u201d to \u201clow\u201d levels of social hostilities involving religion, while South Africa\u2019s score went from \u201chigh\u201d to \u201cmoderate,\u201d and Russia moved from \u201cvery high\u201d to \u201chigh.\u201d Meanwhile, Ethiopia had a modest increase in its SHI score, shifting from \u201cmoderate\u201d to \u201chigh\u201d levels of hostilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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