Religion in Trinidad and Tobago (2011 census)[1]
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Religion in Trinidad and Tobago, which is a multi-religious country, is classifiable as follows:
According to the 2011 census, the largest religious group was Christianity, with 55.2 percent of the population. This included Protestant Christians (with Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Evangelicalism Evangelicals, Pentecostals, Shouter or Spiritual Baptists, and other Baptists) as well as Roman Catholics. Hindus accounted for 18.2 percent; Muslims for 5.0 percent. There was an Afro-Caribbean syncretic faith, the Orisha faith (formerly called Shangos), with 0.9 percent, and Rastafaris with 0.3 percent. The "Other Religions" category accounted for 7.0 percent, and "None/not shared" for 13.3.[2]
The fastest-growing groups were a host of American-style Evangelical and fundamentalist churches thought of as Pentecostal by Trinidadians. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the largest form of Mormonism) had also expanded its presence in the country in the 1980s and 1990s.[3] It reported 3,524 members in 9 congregations in 2019.[4]
According to the 2011 Census, 33.4% of the population was Protestant (including 12.0% Pentecostal, 5.7% Anglican, 4.1% Seventh-day Adventist, 2.5% Presbyterian or Congregational, 1.2% Baptist, and 0.1% Methodist), 21.6% Roman Catholic, 18.2% Hindu and 5.0% Muslim. A small number of individuals subscribed to traditional Caribbean religions with African roots, such as the Spiritual Baptists (sometimes called Shouter Baptists) (5.7%) and Orisha devotees (0.1%). Smaller groups included Jehovah's Witnesses (1.5%) and the "unaffiliated" (2.2%). There is also a small Buddhist community.[5]