Countries and Currencies, Religions, Languages

Countries and Currencies, Religions & Languages | General Knowledge Series

Afghanistan

Religion: Islam (99%)
Currency: Afghani
Language: Afghan Persian (Dari), Pashto

Albania

Religion: Islam (70%)
Currency: Lek
Language: Albanian (Tosk) is official

Algeria

Religion: Islam (official)
Currency: Dinar
Language: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

Andorra

Religion: Roman Catholic
Currency: Euro
Language: Catalan (official), French

Angola

Religion: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism), traditional beliefs
Currency: Kwanza
Language: Portuguese (official), Bantu dialects

Antigua and Barbuda

Religion: Christianity
Currency: East Caribbean Dollar
Language: English (official), local dialects

Argentina

Religion: Roman Catholicism (official)
Currency: Argentine Peso
Language: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French

Armenia

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Dram
Language: Armenian (official), Russian, Yezidi

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Australia

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism
Currency: Australian Dollar
Language: English (official)

Austria

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam
Currency: Euro
Language: German (official)

Azerbaijan

Religion: Islam (93.4%), Russian Orthodox and others
Currency: Manat
Language: Azerbaijani (official), Lezgi, Russian

Bahamas

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Bahamian Dollar
Language: English (official), Creole

Bahrain

Religion: Islam
Currency: Bahraini Dinar
Language: Arabic (official), English, Persian

Bangladesh

Religion: Islam (83%), Hinduism (16%), others (1.0%)
Currency: Taka
Language: Bangla (official), English

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Barbados

Religion: Protestant (63.4%), Roman Catholic (4%)
Currency: Barbadian Dollar
Language: English (official)

Belarus

Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy (80%)
Currency: Belarusian Ruble
Language: Belarusian, Russian (official)

Belgium

Religion: Roman Catholicism (75%) Protestantism, Islam
Currency: Euro
Language: Dutch, French, German (all three official)

Belize

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Belizean Dollar
Language: English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna

Benin

Religion: 70% indigenous beliefs, Islam, Christians
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official)

Bhutan

Religion: Lamaistic Buddhism (75%)
Currency: Ngultrums
Language: Dzongkha (official), Tibetan and Nepali

Bolivia

Religion: Roman Catholicism (official)
Currency: Boliviano
Language: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara (all three official)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Religion: Islam, Orthodox Christianity
Currency: Convertible Mark
Language: Serbo-Croatian (official)

Botswana

Religion: Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Currency: Pula
Language: English (official), Tswana

Brazil

Religion: Roman Catholicism (73.6%), Protestantism (15.4%)
Currency: Real
Language: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

Brunei Darussalam

Religion: Islam 60% (official), Buddhism, Christianity
Currency: Brunei Dollar
Language: Malay (official), English, Chinese

Bulgaria

Religion: Christianity (82.6%), Islam (12.2%)
Currency: Lev
Language: Bulgarian (official), Turkish, Roman

Burkina Faso

Religion: Islam, Christianity
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official) More, Dyula

Burundi

Religion: Christianity (67%), indigenous belief (23%), Islam (10%)
Currency: Burundi Franc
Language: Kirundi French (both official)

Cambodia

Religion: Theravada Buddhism (official)
Currency: Riel
Language: Khmer (official), French, English

Cameroon

Religion: Indigenous belief (40%), Christianity (40%) Islam (20%)
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: English and French (both official)

Canada

Religion: Roman Catholicism (42.6%), Protestantism (23.3%)
Currency: Canadian Dollar
Language: English, French (both official)

Cape Verde

Religion: Roman Catholicism (official), Protestantism
Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo
Language: Portuguese (official), Crioulo

Central African Republic

Religion: Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Islam
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French, Sango, (both official)

Chad

Religion: Islam, Christianity
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French and Arabic (both official)

Chile

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Evangelical
Currency: Chilean Peso
Language: Spanish (official), English

China

Religion: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Islam
Currency: Renminbi
Language: Chinese or Mandarin

Colombia

Religion: Roman Catholicism (90%)
Currency: Colombian Peso
Language: Spanish (official)

Comoros

Religion: Islam (official), Roman Catholicism
Currency: Comorian Franc
Language: Comorian, Arabic, French (all official)

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Religion: Christianity, Islam
Currency: Congolese Franc
Language: French (official) English, Swahile, Kingwana, Kikongo

Congo, Republic of

Religion: Christianity (50%) Animisim (48%), Islam (20%)
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official), Lingala and Kikongo widely used

Costa Rica

Religion: Roman Catholicism (official)
Currency: Colon
Language: Spanish (official)

Cote d’Ivoire

Religion: Islam, Roman Catholicism, indigenous beliefs
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official), Dioula

Croatia

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam
Currency: Kuna
Language: Croatian (official)

Cuba

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Cuban Peso
Language: Spanish (official)

Cyprus

Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam
Currency: Euro
Language: Greek (official), Turkish, English

Czech Republic

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Koruna
Language: Czech (official)

Denmark

Religion: Evangelical Lutheranism (official)
Currency: Danish Krone
Language: Danish (official), Faeroese, English

Djibouti

Religion: Islam (94%), Christianity (60%)
Currency: Djiboutian Franc
Language: French, Arabic (both official)

Dominica

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: East Caribbean Dollar
Language: English (official), French patois

Dominican Republic

Religion: Roman Catholicism (95%)
Currency: Dominican Peso
Language: Spanish (official)

East Timor

Religion: Roman Catholicism (90%), Islam (4%)
Currency: Us Dollar
Language: Tetum, Portuguese (official), English, Indonesian

Ecuador

Religion: Roman Catholicism (95%)
Currency: Us Dollar
Language: Spanish (official), Amerindian languages

Egypt

Religion: Islam (official), Christianity
Currency: Egyptian Pound
Language: Arabic (official), English and French

El Salvador

Religion: Roman Catholicism (83%)
Currency: Salvadoran Colon
Language: Spanish (official)

Equatorial Guinea

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: Spanish, French (both official), pidgin English

Eritrea

Religion: Christianity, Islam
Currency: Nafka
Language: Afar, Arabia, Tigre and Kunama

Estonia

Religion: Estonian Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Methodism
Currency: Euro
Language: Estonian (official), German, Finnish

Ethiopia

Religion: Christianity, Islam
Currency: Birr
Language: Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali Arabic, English

Fiji

Religion: Methodism, Hinduism
Currency: Fijian Dollar
Language: English (official), Fijian, Hindustani

Finland

Religion: Lutheranism, Finnish Orthodoxy
Currency: Euro
Language: Finnish, Swedish (both official)

France

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam
Currency: Euro
Language: French (official)

Gabon

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official), Fang, Myene

Gambia

Religion: Islam (90%), Christianity (9%)
Currency: Dalasi
Language: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula

Georgia

Religion: Georgian, Orthodoxy, Islam
Currency: Lari
Language: Georgian (official), Russian, Aremenian

Germany

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam
Currency: Euro
Language: German (official)

Ghana

Religion: Christianity, Islam
Currency: Cedi
Language: English (official), Akan, Moshi-Dagomba

Greece

Religion: Greek Orthodox (98%), Islam
Currency: Euro
Language: Greek (official), English and French

Grenada

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: East Caribbean dollar
Language: English (official)

Guatemala

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Quetzal
Language: Spanish (official), Amerindian languages

Guinea

Religion: Islam (85%), Christianity (8%)
Currency: Guinean Franc
Language: French (official)

Guinea-Bissau

Religion: Islam, traditional beliefs
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: Portuguese (official), Criolo

Guyana

Religion: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam
Currency: Guyanese Dollar
Language: English (official), Amerindian dialects

Haiti

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Gourde
Language: French, Haitian Creole (both official)

Honduras

Religion: Roman Catholicism (97%)
Currency: Lempira
Language: Spanish (official)

Hungary

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Forint
Language: Hungarian (official)

Iceland

Religion: Evangelical Lutheranism (official)
Currency: Krona
Language: Icelandic (official)

India

Religion: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism
Currency: Rupee
Language: Hindi, English (both official)

Indonesia

Religion: Islam (88%), Christianity, Hinduism
Currency: Rupiah
Language: Bahasa Indonesian (official), English, Dutch

Iran

Religion: Islam (official), Christianity
Currency: Rial
Language: Farsi (official), Turkic, Kurdish

Iraq

Religion: Islam (official) (97%)
Currency: Dinar
Language: Arabic (official)

Ireland

Religion: Roman Catholicism (88.4%)
Currency: Euro
Language: Irish (Gaelic), English (both official)

Israel

Religion: Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Currency: New Israeli Sheqel
Language: Hebrew, Arabic (both official)

Italy

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Italian (official), German, French

Jamaica

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Jamaican Dollar
Language: English (official), Creole

Japan

Religion: Shintoism, Buddhism
Currency: Yen
Language: Japanese (official)

Jordan

Religion: Islam (92%)
Currency: Jordanian Dinar
Language: Arabic (official), English

Kazakhstan

Religion: Islam, Christianity
Currency: Tenge
Language: Kazakh (official), Russian

Kenya

Religion: Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Islam
Currency: Kenyan Shilling
Language: English, Kiswahili (both official)

Kiribati

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Australian Dollar
Language: English (official), Gilbertese

Krea, North

Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism
Currency: Won
Language: Korean (official)

Korea, South

Religion: Christianity, Buddhism
Currency: Won
Language: Korean (official)

Kuwait

Religion: Islam (official)
Currency: Dinar
Language: Arabic (official), Persian, English

Kyrgyzstan

Religion: Islam, Russian Orthodox
Currency: Som
Language: Kirghiz, Russian (both official)

Laos

Religion: Buddhism, animism
Currency: Kip
Language: Lao (official), French, English, Vietnamese

Latia

Religion: Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Latvian (official), Lithuanian, Russian

Lebanon

Religion: Islam, Christianity
Currency: Lebanese Pound
Language: Arabic (official), French Armenian, English

Lesotho

Religion: Christianity (official), indigenous beliefs
Currency: Loti
Language: Sotho, English (both official), Zulu, Xhosa

Liberia

Religion: Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam
Currency: Liberian Dollar
Language: English (official)

Libya

Religion: Islam (97%)
Currency: Dinar
Language: Arabic (official), Italian, English

Liechtenstein

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Swiss Franc
Language: German (official), Alemannic dialect

Lithuania

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Litas
Language: Lithuanian (official), Russian, Polish, Belarusian

Luxembourg

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Luxembourgian, French, German

Macedonia

Religion: Serbian Orthodoxy, Islam
Currency: Denar
Language: Macedonian (official), Albaniana, Turkish Serbo-Croatian

Madagascar

Religion: Indigenous beliefs, Christianity Islam
Currency: Malagasy Ariary
Language: Malagasy, French (both official)

Malawi

Religion: Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Islam
Currency: Kwacha
Language: English, Chewa (both official)

Malaysia

Religion: Islam (official), Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Christianity
Currency: Ringgit
Language: Malay (official), Chinese, Indo-European languages

Maldives

Religion: Islam (official)
Currency: Rufiyaa
Language: Divehi (official), English

Mali

Religion: Islam (official), indigenous beliefs
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official), Bambara widely spoken

Mata

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Maltese and English (both official)

Marshall Islands

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Us Dollar
Language: Marshallese, English (both official)

Mauritania

Religion: Islam (100%)
Currency: Ouguiya
Language: Arabic (official), Fulani, Soninke, Wolof (all national)

Mauritius

Religion: Hinduism, Christianity, Islam
Currency: Rupee
Language: English (official), Hindi, Creole, French, Urdu

Mexico

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Peso
Language: Spanish (official)

Micronesia, Federated States of

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Us dollar
Language: English (official), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean

Moldova

Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Currency: Leu
Language: Romanian (official), Russian

Monaco

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: French (official), English, Italian

Monolia

Religion: Tantric Buddhism
Currency: Tugrik
Language: Khalkha Mongolian, Turkish, Russian, Chinese

Monenegro

Religion: Eastern Orthodox, Islam, Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Serbian (official), Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian

Morocco

Religion: Islam (official) (98.7%), Christianity, Judaism
Currency: Dirham
Language: Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French

Mozambique

Religion: Indigenous beliefs, Christianity, Islam
Currency: Metical
Language: Portuguese (official), Bantu, Swahili

Myanmar

Religion: Buddhism, Islam, Christianity
Currency: Kyat
Language: Burmese (official)

Namibia

Religion: Christianity, indigenous religious
Currency: Namibian Dollar
Language: English (official), Afrikaans (Bantu), German.

Nauru

Religion: Christianity (official)
Currency: Australian Dollar
Language: Nauruan (official), English

Nepal

Religion: Hinduism (official), Buddhism, Islam
Currency: Nepalese Rupee
Language: Nepali (official) and 20 other languages

Netherlands

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Euro
Language: Dutch (official), English

New Zealand

Religion: Christianity
Currency: New Zealand Dollar
Language: English and Maori (both official)

Nicaragua

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Cordoba Oro
Language: Spanish (official), English, indigenous Indian languages

Niger

Religion: Islam (80%), indigenous beliefs
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official), Hausa, Arabic.

Nigeria

Religion: Islam, Christianity, animism
Currency: Naira
Language: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba

Norway

Religion: Evangelical Lutheranism (official)
Currency: Norwegian Krone
Language: Norwegian (official)

Oman

Religion: Islam (official) (75%), Hinduism
Currency: Omani Rial
Language: Arabic (official), English Balochi, Urdu

Pakistan

Religion: Islam (97%)
Currency: Rupee
Language: Urdu (official), Balochi, Pushto, Sindhi, Brahvi, Punjabi

Palau

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Us Dollar
Language: Palauan, Sonsorolese- Tobian, English (all official)

Panama

Religion: Roman Catholicism (85%), Protestantism
Currency: Balboa
Language: Spanish (official), English

Papua New Guinea

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Kina
Language: English (official), Tok Pisin, Motu, indigenous languages

Paraguay

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Guarani
Language: Spanish, Guarani (both official)

Peru

Religion: Roman Catholicism (official)
Currency: New sol
Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (all official)

Philippines

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Islam
Currency: Philippine Peso
Language: Pilipino, English (both official)

Poland

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy
Currency: Zloty
Language: Polish (official)

Portugal

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Portuguese (official)

Qatar

Religion: Islam (official)
Currency: Qatari Riyal
Language: Arabic (official), English

Romania

Religion: Romanian Orthodoxy
Currency: Leu
Language: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German.

Russian Federation

Religion: Christianity, Islam
Currency: Ruble
Language: Russian (official)

Rwanda

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam
Currency: Rwandan Franc
Language: Rwanda, French, English (all official)

Saint Kitts –Nevis

Religion: Protestantism
Currency: East Caribbean Dollar
Language: English (official)

Saint Lucia

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: East Caribbean Dollar
Language: English (official), French patois

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Religion: Protestantism
Currency: East Caribbean Dollar
Language: English (official), French patois

Samoa

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Tala
Language: Samoan and English (both official)

San Marino

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Italian (official)

Sao Tome´ and Principe

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Dobra
Language: Portuguese (official), Creole dialects

Saudi Arabia

Religion: Islam (100%)
Currency: Saudi Riyal
Language: Arabic (official)

Senegal

Religion: Islam (94%), Christianity
Currency: Cfa franc
Language: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo

Serbia

Religion: Serbian Orthodox, Islam
Currency: Serbian Dinar
Language: Serbo-Serbian (official)

Seychelles

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Seychelles Rupee
Language: English, French (both official)

Sierra Leone

Religion: Islam, indigenous beliefs, Christianity
Currency: Leone
Language: English (official), Krio

Singapore

Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity
Currency: Singapore Dollar
Language: English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil (all official)

Slovakia

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodoxy
Currency: Euro
Language: Slovak (official)

Slovenia

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Slovene (official), Serbo- Croatian

Solomon Islands

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Solomon Islands Dollar
Language: English (official)

Somalia

Religion: Islam (official)
Currency: Somali Shilling
Language: Somali, Arabic (both official), Italian, English

South Africa

Religion: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam
Currency: Rand
Language: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu

South Sudan

Religion: Indigenous beliefs, Christianity
Currency: South Sudanese Pound
Language: English (Official)

Spain

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Castilian Spanish (official), Catalan, Galician and Basque

Sri Lanka

Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam
Currency: Sri lanka Rupee
Language: Sinhala, Tamil (both official), English

Sudan

Religion: Islam
Currency: Sudanese Pound
Language: Arabic (official), Nubian

Suriname

Religion: Hinduism, Christianity, Islam
Currency: Surinamese Guilder
Language: Dutch (official), English, Sranan, Hindi

Swaziland

Religion: Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Currency: Lilangeni
Language: Swazi, English (both official)

Sweden

Religion: Lutheranism (official)
Currency: Swedish Krona
Language: Swedish (official)

Switzerland

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Swiss Franc
Language: German, French, Italian (all three official)

Syria

Religion: Islam, Christianity
Currency: Syrian Pound
Language: Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic Circassian, French

Taiwan

Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism
Currency: New taiwan Dollar
Language: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese Fukien and Hakka dialects

Tajikistan

Religion: Islam
Currency: Tajik Ruble
Language: Tajik (official)

Tanzania

Religion: Islam, Christianity
Currency: Tanzanian Shilling
Language: Swahili, English (both official)

Thailand

Religion: Buddhism (official), Islam
Currency: Baht
Language: Thai (official), English

Togo

Religion: Indigenous beliefs, Christianity, Islam
Currency: Cfa Franc
Language: French (official), Ewe, Mina, Dagonba Kabye

Tonga

Religion: Free Wesleyanism, Roman Catholicism
Currency: Pa’ angq
Language: Tongan, English (both official)

Trinidad and Tobago

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Islam
Currency: Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
Language: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese

Tunisia

Religion: Islam (98%), Christianity
Currency: Tunisian Dinar
Language: Arabic (official), French

Turkey

Religion: Islam (99%), Christianity
Currency: Turkish Lira
Language: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic

Turkmenistan

Religion: Islam, Eastern Orthodoxy
Currency: Turkmen Manat
Language: Turkmen (official), Russian

Tuvalu

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Tuvaluan Dollar
Language: Tuvalu, English

Uganda

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam
Currency: Ugandan Shilling
Language: English (official), Swahili

Ukraine

Religion: Christianity, Judaism, Islam
Currency: Hryvina
Language: Ukrainian (official), Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian

United Arab Emirates

Religion: Islam (official) (96%), Christianity, Hinduism
Currency: Emirian Dirham
Language: Arabic (official), English, Persian, Urdu, Hindi

United Kingdom

Religion: Christianity, Islam, Judaism
Currency: Pound Sterling
Language: English (official), Welsh Scottish Gaelic

United States of America

Religion: Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Islam
Currency: Us Dollar
Language: English (predominant), Spanish

Uruguay

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Currency: Uruguayan Peso
Language: Spanish (official)

Uzbekistan

Religion: Islam, Russian Orthodoxy
Currency: Som
Language: Uzbek (official), Russian, Tajik

Vanuatu

Religion: Christianity
Currency: Vatu
Language: English and French (official), Bislama

Vatican City

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Euro
Language: Italian, Latin

Venezuela

Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: Bolivar
Language: Spanish (official), some 25 Indian dialects

Vietnam

Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism
Currency: New Dong
Language: Vietnamese (official), French, English, Chinese, Khmer

Yemen