Editing Southeast Asia (section)

===Religion===
{{See also|Buddhism in Southeast Asia|Hinduism in Southeast Asia|Islam in Southeast Asia|Shenism in Southeast Asia|Muslim Southeast Asia|Christianity in Asia}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Southeast Asia (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projection-table/2020/percent/all/|title=Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050|website=www.pewforum.org|date=18 May 2013 |access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221014350/https://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projection-table/2020/percent/all/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Islam]]
|value1 = 40.08
|color1 = Green
|label2 = [[Buddhism]]
|value2 = 28.41
|color2 = Gold
|label3 = [[Christianity]]
|value3 = 21.33
|color3 = Blue
|label4 = [[Chinese folk religion|Folk religion]]
|value4 = 4.16
|color4 = Red
|label5 = No religion
|value5 = 4.70
|color5 = Grey
|label6 = [[Hinduism]]
|value6 = 1.09
|color6 = Darkorange
|label7 = Other
|value7 = 0.23
|color7 = Purple
}}
Countries in Southeast Asia practice many different religions and the region is home to many world religions including Abrahamic, Indian, East Asian and Iranian religions. By population, [[Islam]] is the most practised faith with approximately 240 million adherents, or about 40% of the entire population, concentrated in [[Indonesia]], [[Brunei]], [[Malaysia]], [[Southern Thailand]] and in the [[Southern Philippines]]. Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world. Meanwhile, Islam is constitutionally the official religion in Malaysia and Brunei.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malaysia - Religion {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Malaysia/Religion |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.mfa.gov.bn/oman-muscat/SitePages/bruneiintroduction.aspx#:~:text=Islam%20is%20the%20official%20religion,been%20since%20the%2014th%20century. |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.mfa.gov.bn}}</ref> The majority of the Muslim population is Sunni, but there are also significant Shia populations in Thailand and Indonesia. A minority are Sufi or Ahmadiyya Muslims.

There are approximately 190-205 million Buddhists in Southeast Asia, making it the second-largest religion in the region. Approximately 28 to 35% of the world's Buddhists reside in Southeast Asia. [[Buddhism]] is predominant in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Singapore, and adherents may come from Theravada or Mahayana schools. Ancestor worship and [[Confucianism]] are also widely practised in Vietnam and Singapore. Taoism and Chinese folk religions such as Mazuism are also widely practised by the overseas Chinese community in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. In certain cases, they may include Chinese or local deities in their worshipping practises such as Tua Pek Kong, Datuk Keramat and many more.

[[Christianity]] is predominant in the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, East Malaysia, and Timor-Leste. The Philippines has the largest Roman Catholic population in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=5 facts about Catholicism in the Philippines|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/01/09/5-facts-about-catholicism-in-the-philippines/|access-date=5 July 2021|website=Pew Research Center|date=9 January 2015 |language=en-US|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625213623/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/01/09/5-facts-about-catholicism-in-the-philippines/|url-status=live}}</ref> Timor-Leste is also predominantly Roman Catholic due to a history of [[Indonesia]]n<ref name="Taylor, Jean Gelman 2003, p.381">{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Jean Gelman|title=Indonesia: Peoples and Histories|url=https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean|url-access=registration|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/indonesia00jean/page/381 381]|isbn=978-0-300-10518-6}}</ref> and Portuguese rule. In October 2019, the number of Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, in Southeast Asia reached 156 million, of which 97 million came from the [[Philippines]], 29 million from [[Indonesia]], 11 million from [[Vietnam]], and the rest from [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Timor-Leste]], [[Singapore]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Brunei]]. In addition, Eastern Orthodox Christianity can also be found in the region. In addition, Judaism is practised in certain countries such as in the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia due to the presence of Jewish diaspora. There is a small population of Parsis in Singapore who practise [[Zoroastrianism]], and [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] is also practised by very small population in Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand.

No individual Southeast Asian country is religiously homogeneous. Some groups are protected ''de facto'' by their isolation from the rest of the world.<ref name=indigenous >{{cite news|first1=Euan|last1=McKirdy|first2=Sugam|last2=Pokharel|date=21 November 2018|title=North Sentinel Island tribespeople believed to have killed trespassing US 'missionary'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/asia/andaman-nicobar-us-missionary-killed-intl/index.html|access-date=6 January 2022|website=CNN|language=en|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112071854/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/asia/andaman-nicobar-us-missionary-killed-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the world's most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia, Hinduism is dominant on islands such as [[Bali]]. Christianity also predominates in the rest of the part of the Philippines, [[New Guinea]], [[Flores]] and [[Timor]]. Pockets of Hindu population can also be found around Southeast Asia in Singapore, Malaysia, etc. [[Garuda]], the [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] who is the mount (''vahanam'') of [[Vishnu]], is a national symbol in both Thailand and Indonesia; in the Philippines, gold images of Garuda have been found on [[Palawan]]; gold images of other Hindu gods and goddesses have also been found on [[Mindanao]]. [[Balinese Hinduism]] is somewhat different from Hinduism practised elsewhere, as [[animism]] and local culture is incorporated into it. Meanwhile, Hindu community in Malaysia and Singapore are mostly South Indian diaspora, hence the practices are closely related to the Indian Hinduism. Additionally, Sikhism is also practised by significant population especially in Malaysia and Singapore by North Indian diaspora specifically from Punjab region. Small population of the Indian diaspora in the region are Jains and can be found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Christians can also be found throughout Southeast Asia; they are in the majority in Timor-Leste and the Philippines, Asia's largest Christian nation. In addition, there are also older tribal religious practices in remote areas of [[Sarawak]] in East Malaysia, Highland Philippines, and Papua in eastern Indonesia. In Burma, Sakka ([[Indra]]) is revered as a ''[[nat (spirit)|Nat]]''. In Vietnam, Mahayana Buddhism is practised, which is influenced by native animism but with a strong emphasis on [[veneration of the dead|ancestor worship]]. Vietnamese folk religions are practised by majority of population in Vietnam. Caodaism, a monotheistic syncretic new religious movement, is also practised by less than one percent of the population in Vietnam. Due to the presence of Japanese diaspora in the region, the practice of  Shinto has growingly made appearance in certain countries such as in Thailand.

The religious composition for each country is as follows: Some values are taken from the ''[[CIA World Factbook]]'':<ref>{{cite web|title=Field Listing – Religions|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html|publisher=CIA Factbook|access-date=24 February 2007|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220203407/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=175 | Country
! Religions
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|{{flag|Brunei}}
|'''Islam''' (81%), Buddhism, Christianity, others (indigenous beliefs, etc.)
|-
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|'''Buddhism''' (97%), Islam, Christianity, Animism, others
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|'''Islam''' (87%), Protestantism (7.6%), Roman Catholicism (3.12%), Hinduism (1.74%), Buddhism (0.77%), Confucianism (0.03%), others (0.4%)<ref name='indoCIA'>{{Citation|title=Indonesia|date=29 December 2021|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413004319/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RELIGION">{{cite web|url=https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|title=Statistik Umat Menurut Agama di Indonesia|publisher=[[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia)|Ministry of Religious Affairs]]|date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903221250/https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|archive-date=3 September 2020|access-date=24 September 2020|language=id}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Laos}}
|'''Buddhism''' (67%), Animism, Christianity, others
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|'''Islam''' (61.3%), Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Animism
|-
|{{flag|Myanmar|name=Myanmar (Burma)}}
|'''Buddhism''' (89%), Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Animism, others
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|'''Roman Catholicism''' (80.6%), Islam (6.9%-11%),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncmf.gov.ph|title=National Commission on Muslim Filipinos|website=ncmf.gov.ph|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119145842/http://www.ncmf.gov.ph/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Evangelicals (2.7%), {{lang|tl|Iglesia ni Cristo|italic=no}} (Church of Christ) (2.4%), Members Church of God International (1.0%), Other Protestants (2.8%), Buddhism (0.05%-2%),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/country.php?country_id=55|title=World Buddhist Directory – Presented by BuddhaNet.Net|author=BuddhaNet|website=buddhanet.info|access-date=23 October 2014|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313170431/https://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js|url-status=live}}</ref> Animism (0.2%-1.25%), others (1.9%)<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Philippine Statistical Yearbook |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2015%20PSY%20PDF.pdf |website=psa.gov.ph |publisher=Philippine Statistical Authority |access-date=26 July 2020 |date=Oct 2015 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011010131/https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2015%20PSY%20PDF.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|'''Buddhism''' (31.1%), Christianity (18.9%), Islam (15.6%), Taoism (8.8%), Hinduism (5%), others (20.6%)
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|'''Buddhism''' (93.5%), Islam (5.4%), Christianity (1.13%), Hinduism (0.02%), others (0.003%)
|-
|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|'''Roman Catholicism''' (97%), Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
| '''[[Vietnamese folk religion]]''' (45.3%), '''Buddhism''' (16.4%), Christianity (8.2%), Other (0.4%), Unaffiliated (29.6%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/table-religious-composition-by-country-in-percentages/|title=Table: Religious Composition by Country, in Percentages|date=18 December 2012|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518013537/http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/table-religious-composition-by-country-in-percentages/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}