tallman33

Lalaguayaba

As with the majority of former Spanish colonies, it is a Roman Catholic dominated country, with pockets of other religions.

Demographics of Panama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

religion in panama - Google Search

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trave

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themark

Is Islam very big in Panama? What percentage of the population practices Islam?

Lalaguayaba

Try reading my post above; the link to demographics has a nice list of percentages...but since you seemed to miss that the first time, here it is again:

Demographics of Panama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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lee

Roman Catholic almost 80%, Protestant up to 12%, Muslims 4.4%, Baha'i 1%, Buddhists 1%, Jews 0.4%, Hindu 0.2%

I never saw many Muslims in Central or South America. There are many Muslims in Europe though and it's starting to be a problem for some.

expatplayer

Are there any atheists? Do they even get counted?

Lalaguayaba

Of course there are atheists, but it is not a religion, thus does not usually get counted as such. I find that many ppl will say they are a religion, but that they don't practice. So you find a lot of Catholics who never go to church--that is really prevalent.

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Charlez

Yeah, it also depends what you define an atheist to be. As there's also agnostic people, and some people think it's the same thing...

Anyway, as previously said, just because they claim to be of that religion doesn't mean they actually follow it thoroughly, they might of just grown up with it, but no longer take it seriously.

nuaeman

yes I think your opinion is right..
many people does not contribute with their religions, just on the name only

lee

It's well known that the US is more religious than Europe... but South America in my opinion is very Catholic.. and most people do seem to practice their religion. I was wondering if when you are born... does it say your religion on your birth certificate in Panama?

abhishek_513

mostly there is roman catholic...some smaller are Mormons and there are few more like Muslims and all

patty

This is a nice topic. I am not surprised that Roman Catholics dominates the religion there since it is a Spanish colony before. What is important is that people should have a close spiritual relationship with God.