Religion in Asia

A large majority of people in the world who practice a religious faith practice one founded in Asia.

Religions founded in Asia and with a majority of their contemporary adherents in Asia include:
Baha’i Faith (slightly more than half of all adherents are in Asia)
Buddhism (Japan,Sri Lanka, Korea, Singapore, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, India)
Hinduism (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, Bali)
Islam (Central, South, and Southwest Asia, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia)
Jainism (India)
Shinto (Japan)
Sikhism (India, Malaysia, Hong Kong)
Taoism (China, Vietnam, Singapore, and Taiwan)
Zoroastrianism (Iran, India, Pakistan)
Shamanism (Siberia)
Animism (Eastern India)

Religions founded in Asia that have the majority of their contemporary adherents in other regions include:
Christianity (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Armenia, Georgia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, India and the Philippines)
Judaism (slightly fewer than half of its adherents reside in Asia; Israel, Iran, India, Syria.)