Religion in Qatar

Qatar is an Islamic state with several religious minorities, like other Arab Persian Gulf countries, which have massive non-citizen migrant worker populations. The official state religion is Sunni Islam. The religious community is made up of Sunni and Shi’a Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and small groups of Buddhists and Baha’is. Muslims form 65.5% of the Qatari population, followed by Christians at 15.4%, Hindus at 14.2%, Buddhists at 3.3% and the rest 1.9% of the population follow other religions or are unaffiliated. Qatar is also home to numerous other religions mostly from the Middle East and Asia.

The country has also hosted numerous interfaith dialogue conferences.