---
title: "Appendix B: Data sources by country"
description: "General sources and archives Demographic and Health Surveys. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Implemented by ICF. http://www.dhsprogram.com/. European Social Survey. Led by the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys. City University, (London) in partnership with the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), GESIS (Germany), NSD (Norway), and SCP and the University of Amsterdam [&hellip;]"
date: "2019-12-12"
authors:
  - name: "Travis Mitchell"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/12/12/appendix-b-data-sources-by-country-3/"
categories:
  - "Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project"
---

# Appendix B: Data sources by country

### [][]General sources and archives

Demographic and Health Surveys. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Implemented by ICF. [http://www.dhsprogram.com/](http://www.dhsprogram.com/).

European Social Survey. Led by the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys. City University, (London) in partnership with the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), GESIS (Germany), NSD (Norway), and SCP and the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). [http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/](http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/).

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, International (IPUMS). Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota. [https://international.ipums.org/international/](https://international.ipums.org/international/).

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Developed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). [https://mics.unicef.org/](https://mics.unicef.org/).

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### []Other demographic data sources

Pew Research Center. 2016. “Religion and Education Around the World.” [https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/12/13/religion-and-education-around-the-world/](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/12/13/religion-and-education-around-the-world/).

Pew Research Center. 2017. “The Changing Global Religious Landscape.” [https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2017/04/05/the-changing-global-religious-landscape/](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2017/04/05/the-changing-global-religious-landscape/).

Pew Research Center. 2015. “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050.” [https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/).

World Economic Outlook database. 2015. International Monetary Fund. [https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2015/02/weodata/download.aspx](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2015/02/weodata/download.aspx).

World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision. United Nations Population Division. [https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/](https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/).

### []Data sources by country

**Afghanistan:** Demographic and Health Survey 2015

**Albania:** Living Standards Measurement Survey 2012

**Algeria:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012-2013

**Angola:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016

**Armenia:** Population and Housing Census of the Republic of Armenia 2011, IPUMS subset

**Austria:** European Social Survey 2016

**Bangladesh:** Population and Housing Census 2011, IPUMS subset

**Barbados:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

**Belgium:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Belize:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2015-2016

**Benin:** Fourth Population and Habitation Census 2013, retrieved from IPUMS

**Botswana:** Census 2011

**Brazil:** XII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2010, IPUMS subset

**Bulgaria:** European Social Survey 2012

**Burkina Faso:** Demographic and Health Survey 2010

**Burundi:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017

**Cambodia:** Demographic and Health Survey 2014

**Cameroon:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Canada:** National Household Survey 2011, retrieved from IPUMS

**Central African Republic:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

**Chad:** Demographic and Health Survey 2014-2015

**China:** Chinese General Social Survey 2013-2014

**Comoros:** Demographic and Health Survey 2012

**Costa Rica:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

**Croatia:** European Social Survey 2010

**Cyprus:** European Social Survey 2012

**Czech Republic: **European Social Survey 2016

**Democratic Republic of the Congo:** Demographic and Health Survey 2013-2014

**Denmark:** European Social Survey 2014

**Dominican Republic:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Egypt:** Demographic and Health Survey 2014

**El Salvador:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Estonia:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Ethiopia:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016

**Finland:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**France:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Gabon:** Demographic and Health Survey 2012

**Gambia:** Demographic and Health Survey 2013

**Germany:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Ghana:** Population and Housing Census 2010, IPUMS subset

**Greece:** European Social Survey 2010

**Guatemala:** Demographic and Health Survey 2015

**Guinea:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016

**Guinea-Bissau:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Guyana:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Haiti:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017

**Honduras:** Demographic and Health Survey 2012

**Hungary:** European Social Survey 2017

**Iceland:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**India:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016

**Indonesia:** Population Census 2010, retrieved from IPUMS

**Iran:** National Population and Housing Census 2011, retrieved from IPUMS

**Iraq:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2018

**Ireland:** Census of Population of Ireland 2011, IPUMS subset

**Israel:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Italy:** European Social Survey 2017

**Ivory Coast:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016

**Jamaica:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

**Japan:** Japanese General Social Survey 2012

**Jordan:** Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018

**Kazakhstan:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010-2011

**Kenya:** Demographic and Health Survey 2014

**Kosovo:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2013-2014

**Kyrgyzstan:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Laos:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017

**Lesotho:** Demographic and Health Survey 2014

**Liberia:** Demographic and Health Survey 2013

**Lithuania:** European Social Survey 2016

**Madagascar:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016

**Malawi:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2013-2014

**Maldives:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017

**Mali:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2015

**Mauritania:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2015

**Mexico:** Population and Housing Census 2011, IPUMS subset

**Moldova:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

**Mongolia:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2013-2014

**Montenegro:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2013

**Mozambique:** Demographic and Health Survey 2011

**Namibia:** Demographic and Health Survey 2013

**Nepal:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016

**Netherlands:** European Social Survey 2016

**Niger:** Demographic and Health Survey 2012

**Nigeria:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016-2017

**North Macedonia:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

**Norway:** European Social Survey 2016

**Pakistan:** Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018

**Palestinian territories:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Panama:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2013

**Papua New Guinea:** Census 2011

**Paraguay:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016

**Peru:** Demographic and Health Survey 2010-2013

**Philippines:** Census of Population and Housing 2010, retrieved from IPUMS

**Poland:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Portugal:** Censos 2011: XV Receseamento Geral da População; V Receseamento Geral da Habitação, IPUMS subset

**Puerto Rico:** Puerto Rico Community Survey 2010, IPUMS subset

**Republic of the Congo:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014-2015

**Romania:** Population and Housing Census 2011, retrieved from IPUMS

**Russia:** European Social Survey 2017

**Rwanda:** Fourth Population and Housing Census 2012, retrieved from IPUMS

**Sao Tome and Principe:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Senegal:** Demographic and Health Survey 2017

**Serbia:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Sierra Leone:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017

**Slovakia:** European Social Survey 2012

**Slovenia:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Somalia:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

**South Africa:** General Household Survey 2015

**South Korea:** Korean General Social Survey 2014-2016

**Spain:** European Social Survey 2017

**St. Lucia:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

**Suriname:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

**Swaziland:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

**Sweden:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Switzerland:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**Taiwan:** Taiwan Social Change Survey 2016

**Tajikistan:** Demographic and Health Survey 2017

**Thailand:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2015-2016

**Timor-Leste:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016

**Togo: **Demographic and Health Survey 2013

**Trinidad and Tobago:** Population and Housing Census 2011, retrieved from IPUMS

**Tunisia:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011-2012

**Turkey:** Family Structure Survey 2016

**Uganda:** Demographic and Health Survey 2016

**Ukraine:** European Social Survey 2012

**United Kingdom:** European Social Survey 2016-2017

**United States:** General Social Survey 2010-2016

**Vietnam:** Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2013-2014

**Yemen:** Demographic and Health Survey 2013

**Zambia:** Census of Population and Housing 2010, IPUMS subset

**Zimbabwe:** Demographic and Health Survey 2015