Hinduism in the West

Hinduism in the West
Total population
	c. 6.8 million ; (0.49% of the population)
Regions with significant populations
United States	3,369,976
United Kingdom	1.066.894
Canada	828,195
Australia	684,002
Italy	223.000
Netherlands	180,000
France	150,000
Germany	130,000
New Zealand	123,534
Spain	75,000
Switzerland	50,000
Denmark	40,000
Ireland	33,043
Portugal	19,471
Mexico	12,601
Belgium	10,000
Religions
	Hinduism; Notable Individuals; Followed mostly by converted and ; immigrant Hindus identified as; American Hindus, ; European Hindus, ; Australian Hindus, ; British Hindus ; etc.
Scriptures
	Bhagavad Gita and Vedas
Languages
	Sacred language:; Sanskrit; Predominant spoken languages:; English; Dutch; French; German; Italian; Russian; Spanish; and other official languages; Hindi and its dialects; Bengali; Gujarati; Kannada; Kashmiri; Konkani; Maithili; Malayalam; Marathi; Nepali; Punjabi; Pashto; Sindhi; Tamil; Telugu; Indian Languages; Balinese; Cham; Indonesian; Javanese; Malay; Caribbean Hindustani; Caribbean English; Mauritian Creole; Fiji Hindi and other Asian languages (among diaspora);

The reception of Hinduism in the Western world began in the 19th century, at first at an academic level of religious studies and antiquarian interest in Sanskrit.

^ "Hindu by country". globalreligiousfuture.org.
^ "ISCKON followers in the western world". krishna.org.
^ Johnson, Todd M.; Grim, Brian J. (2013). The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography (PDF). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

Total population

c. 6.8 million (0.49% of the population)^[1]^[2]
Regions with significant populations
United States	3,369,976
United Kingdom	1.066.894
Canada	828,195
Australia	684,002
Italy	223.000
Netherlands	180,000
France	150,000
Germany	130,000
New Zealand	123,534
Spain	75,000
Switzerland	50,000
Denmark	40,000
Ireland	33,043
Portugal	19,471
Mexico	12,601
Belgium	10,000
Religions
Hinduism Notable Individuals Followed mostly by converted and immigrant Hindus identified as American Hindus, European Hindus, Australian Hindus, British Hindus etc.
Scriptures
Bhagavad Gita and Vedas
Languages
Sacred language:^[3] Sanskrit Predominant spoken languages: English Dutch French German Italian Russian Spanish and other official languages Hindi and its dialects Bengali Gujarati Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Marathi Nepali Punjabi Pashto Sindhi Tamil Telugu Indian Languages Balinese Cham Indonesian Javanese Malay Caribbean Hindustani Caribbean English Mauritian Creole Fiji Hindi and other Asian languages (among diaspora)