State religion

==Former confessional states==
''Note: This only includes states that abolished their state religion themselves, not states with a state religion that were conquered, fell apart or otherwise disappeared.''

===Buddhism===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Country
! Denomination
! Disestablished
|-
| [[Kingdom of Laos|Laos]]
| [[Theravada Buddhism]]
| 1975<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.bloomsburyprofessional.com/rep/files/laos-constitution-1947-1949-englishx.pdf|title=Laos Constitution 1947/1949}}</ref>
|-
| [[Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)|Siam]]
| [[Theravada Buddhism]]
| [[Constitution of Thailand#1932 constitution|1932]]
|-
| [[Tokugawa Shogunate]]
| [[Buddhism in Japan|Japanese Buddhism]]
| 1868
|-
|}

===Hinduism===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Country
! Disestablished
|-
| [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
| 2008 (''de facto'')<ref name="Nepal Trouw">{{Cite news |title=Nepal scheidt hindoe en staat |trans-title=Nepal separates Hindu and state |author=ANP |work=[[Trouw]] |date=15 September 2015 |access-date=24 March 2023 |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nepal-scheidt-hindoe-en-staat~b5a1e16f/ |language=nl}}</ref><br />2015 (''de jure'')<ref name="Nepal Trouw"/>
|- 
|}

===Islam===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Country
! Denomination
! Disestablished
|-
| [[Sudan]]
| [[Sunni Islam]]
| [[2019–2026 Sudanese transition to democracy#Religion/state separation and recognition of diversity (September 2020)|2020]]<ref name="Atit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/south-sudan-focus/sudans-government-agrees-separate-religion-and-state |title=Sudan's Government Agrees to Separate Religion and State |author=Michael Atit |work=Voice of America |date=4 September 2020 |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tunisia]]
| [[Sunni Islam]]
| [[2022 Tunisian constitutional referendum|2022]]<ref name="auto"/>
|-
| [[Turkey]]
| [[Sunni Islam]]
| [[Turkish Constitution of 1924#Amendments|1928]]{{efn|The [[Turkish Constitution of 1924]] was amended for the first time on 10 April 1928, including removing ''inter alia'' Article 2 and the provision of "Religion of the Turkish state is Islam".<ref>beykent.edu.tr, [http://kampus.beykent.edu.tr/Paylasim/Dosyalar/Anayasalar_129807210772392500.pdf TC Anayasaları, 1921, 1924, 1961 ve 1982 Anayasalarını karşılaştırılması] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224041757/http://kampus.beykent.edu.tr/Paylasim/Dosyalar/Anayasalar_129807210772392500.pdf |date=24 February 2020 }} {{in lang|tr}}</ref>}}
|}

===Shamanism===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Denomination
! Disestablished
|-
| [[Silla]]
| [[Korean Shamanism]]
| 527 CE
|}

===Shinto===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Denomination
! Disestablished
|-
| [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
| [[State Shinto]]
| [[Constitution of Japan|1947]] (''de facto'')<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=sjintô |encyclopedia=[[Encarta]] Encyclopedie [[Winkler Prins]] |date=2002 |publisher=Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum |language=nl}}</ref>
|}