Notwithstanding the major religions, the UK Armed Forces has a number of Regular personnel with a variety of other religions (see Table below).
| Religion [1] | Naval Service [2] | Army | RAF |
| Baha’i | – | ¬ | – |
| Druid | ¬ | ¬ | 10 |
| Jainist | – | – | ¬ |
| Kirati | ¬ | 120 | ¬ |
| Pagan | 30 | 90 | 30 |
| Rastafarian | 40 | 160 | 20 |
| Spiritualist | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| Wicca | ¬ | 10 | ¬ |
| Zoroastrian (Parsee) | – | ¬ | – |
| Other Religions | 110 | 160 | 130 |
Notes:
- Figures are for 01 April 2018.
- Naval Service includes the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
- – = 0.
- ¬ = Less than 5.
- All figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and suppressed below 5 to prevent disclosure.
Reference
FOI 2018/13131 dated 15 November 2018.
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