User:Ekrub-ntyh/State religion

Christian countries
The following states recognize some form of Christianity as their official religion (by denomination):

Roman Catholic
Jurisdictions which recognize Catholicism as their official religion:


 * Argentina
 * Bolivia
 * Costa Rica
 * El Salvador
 * Haiti
 * Liechtenstein
 * Malta
 * Monaco
 * Some cantons of Switzerland
 * Vatican City

Eastern Orthodox
Jurisdictions which recognize one of the Eastern Orthodox Churches as their official religion:


 * Cyprus
 * Greece

Lutheran
Jurisdictions which recognize a Lutheran church as their official religion:
 * Denmark
 * Iceland
 * Norway

Anglican
Jurisdictions that recognise an Anglican church as their state religion:


 * England - Church of England

Reformed
Jurisdictions which recognize a Reformed church as their official religion:


 * Some cantons of Switzerland

Islamic Countries
Countries which recognize Islam as their official religion:


 * Afghanistan
 * Algeria
 * Bahrain
 * Bangladesh
 * Brunei
 * Iran
 * Iraq
 * Jordan
 * Kuwait
 * Libya
 * Malaysia
 * Maldives
 * Mauritania
 * Morocco
 * Oman
 * Pakistan
 * Qatar
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Somalia
 * Tunisia
 * United Arab Emirates
 * Yemen

States which recognize specifically Sunni Islam as their official religion:


 * Algeria
 * Saudi Arabia (as state-sanctioned religion)
 * Somalia

States which recognize specifically Shia Islam as their official religion:


 * Iran (as state-sanctioned religion)

Buddhist Countries
Countries which recognize Buddhism as their official religion:


 * Bhutan (Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism)
 * Cambodia (Theravada Buddhism)
 * Kalmykia, a republic within the Russian Federation (Tibetan Buddhism - sole Buddhist entity in Europe)
 * Thailand (Theravada Buddhism)
 * Tibet Government in Exile (Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism)