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Global Restrictions on Religion

Religious Restrictions in the 50 Most Populous Countries

This chart shows how the world’s 50 most populous countries and selected others score in terms of both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion. Countries in the upper right have the most restrictions and hostilities. Countries in the lower left have the least.

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