Map of religions in Europe. <br>Legend:
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<p>The map shows Predominant religious confession by country based on assumptions as facts are not Available or have been ignored. Countries currently with irreligious majorities ((Netherlands, Czech Republic, Estonia, East Germany) are not shown as such. Areas were catholics outnumber protestants (Aberdeen) (refer 2011 census outcomes) in Scotland, (Liverpool) in England are not shown as such. Areas were orthodox outnumber protestants are not shown as such. This map relects the 1950-ish situation.
For a few countries subnational entities havd been considered :
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<ul><li>Russia: Tatarstan, North Caucasus, Kalmykia, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Russia" class="extiw" title="w:Islam in Russia">w:Islam in Russia</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Islam_in_Russia.png" title="File:Islam in Russia.png">File:Islam in Russia.png</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Kalmykia" class="extiw" title="w:Buddhism in Kalmykia">w:Buddhism in Kalmykia</a></li>
<li>Ukraine: ethnic Poles in western Ukraine, see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church</a></li>
<li>Romania: Hungarian minority in Transylvania, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Romania" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Romania">w:Religion in Romania</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ROreligion.png" class="extiw" title="w:File:ROreligion.png">w:File:ROreligion.png</a></li>
<li>Hungary: Protestant minority concentrated in the Debrecen region, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Hungary" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Hungary">w:Religion in Hungary</a></li>
<li>Latvia: Catholic minority concentrated in the Latgalia region, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Latvia" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Latvia">w:Religion in Latvia</a></li>
<li>Bulgaria: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_Muslims" class="extiw" title="w:Bulgarian Muslims">w:Bulgarian Muslims</a> in southern Bulgaria, and Muslim majority in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razgrad_Province" class="extiw" title="w:Razgrad Province">w:Razgrad Province</a>, see also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Bulgaria" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Bulgaria">w:Religion in Bulgaria</a></li>
<li>Former Yugoslavia:
<ul><li>Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniak and Catholic minorities, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" class="extiw" title="w:Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina">w:Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina">w:Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li>
<li>ethnic Albanian Muslim majority in Kosovo and adjacient parts of Central Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanians_in_Montenegro" class="extiw" title="w:Albanians in Montenegro">w:Albanians in Montenegro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanians_in_the_Republic_of_Macedonia" class="extiw" title="w:Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia">w:Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanians_in_Central_Serbia" class="extiw" title="w:Albanians in Central Serbia">w:Albanians in Central Serbia</a></li>
<li>Serbs (Orthodox) in Kosovo, see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Religious_map_of_Kosovo_2011.GIF" title="File:Religious map of Kosovo 2011.GIF">File:Religious_map_of_Kosovo_2011.GIF</a>.</li>
<li>Serbs (Orthodox) in Croatia, see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Census_2011.png&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="File:Census 2011.png (page does not exist)">File:Census_2011.png</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Albania: Catholic majorities in Shkodër and Lezhë, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Albania" class="extiw" title="w:Roman Catholicism in Albania">w:Roman Catholicism in Albania</a>. Historical(?) Orthodox majority in southern Albania, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodoxy_in_Albania" class="extiw" title="w:Orthodoxy in Albania">w:Orthodoxy in Albania</a>.</li>
<li>Germany: predominant confession situation for the year 1618 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HolyRomanEmpire_1618.png" title="File:HolyRomanEmpire 1618.png">File:HolyRomanEmpire 1618.png</a> recent census 2011 results have been ignored</li>
<li>Switzerland: predominant confession by canton, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Switzerland" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Switzerland">w:Religion in Switzerland</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karte_Religionen_der_Schweiz_2008.png" title="File:Karte Religionen der Schweiz 2008.png">File:Karte Religionen der Schweiz 2008.png</a></li>
<li>Northern Ireland: Protestant majority in the east, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Northern_Ireland" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Northern Ireland">w:Religion in Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irland_protestants_1861-1991.gif" class="mw-redirect" title="File:Irland protestants 1861-1991.gif">File:Irland protestants 1861-1991.gif</a></li></ul><p>parts of Asia shown on map:
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<ul><li>Iran: Sunni Islam in Iranian Kurdistan, see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iran_ethnoreligious_distribution_2004.jpg" title="File:Iran ethnoreligious distribution 2004.jpg">File:Iran ethnoreligious distribution 2004.jpg</a></li>
<li>Iraq: Sunni majorities in Iraqi Kurdistan and western Iraq (not shown: slight Christian majorities in the counties of Tel Kaif and Al-Hamdaniya). See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Iraq" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Iraq">w:Religion in Iraq</a></li>
<li>Syria: Shia Alawis along the coast in Latakia province, Druze communities in southwestern Syria</li>
<li>Lebanon: Shia/Sunni/Christian distribution, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Lebanon" class="extiw" title="w:Religion in Lebanon">w:Religion in Lebanon</a></li>
<li>Armenia/Azerbaijan: Armenian Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh, Islam in Nakhchivan</li></ul>
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