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Religion in Qatar (2022)[1][2]

  Islam (official) (65.5%)
  Christianity (15.4%)
  Hinduism (14%)
  Buddhism (3%)
  Other religions/Unaffiliated (2%)

Qatar is an Islamic state with multi-religious minorities like most of the Persian Gulf countries with waves of migration over the last 30 years. The official state religion is Sunni Islam. The community is made up of Sunni and Shi’a Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and small groups of Buddhists and Baha’is.[3] Muslims form 65.5% of the Qatari population, followed by Christians at 15.4%, Hindus at 14.2%, Buddhists at 3.3% and the rest 1.9% of the population follow other religions or are unaffiliated. Qatar is also home to numerous other religions mostly from the Middle East and Asia.[4]

The country has also hosted numerous interfaith dialogue conferences.

  1. ^ "Population By Religion, Gender And Municipality March 2020". Qatar Statistics Authority.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Global Religious Landscape was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Qatar". rpl.hds.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  4. ^ "Religious Composition by Country" (PDF). Global Religious Landscape. Pew Forum. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

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