Buddhism is the majority religion in Mongolia and its society is traditionally dominated by the schools of Mongolian Buddhism and by Mongolian shamanism, the ethnic religion of the Mongols. As per the national census of 2020, 51.7% of Mongolians identify as Buddhists and 2.5% as followers of the Mongol shamanic tradition.
Non-Christian faiths account for 5%, and the remaining 40.6% are classified as unaffiliated, which can mean agnostic, atheist, or “nothing in particular.”
Islam in Mongolia is the religion of 105,500 people as of the 2020 census, corresponding to 3.2% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 42,859 or 1.3% of the population and the remaining 0.7% are followers of other religions.
Religion percentage in Mongolia
Religion | Percentage |
Buddhism | 51.70% |
No religion | 40.60% |
Islam | 3.20% |
Mongolian shamanism | 2.50% |
Christianity | 1.30% |
Other | 0.70% |
Source: 2020 Census