Saturday, April 12, 2008

Religions of the world

  • Christians 33.32% (2.1 billion)
    • Roman Catholics 16.99%,
    • Protestants 5.78%,
    • Orthodox 3.53%,
    • Anglicans 1.25%
  • Muslims 21.01%, (1.5 billion)
  • Hindus 13.26%, (900 million)
  • Buddhists 5.84%, (376 million)
  • Sikhs 0.35%, (23 million)
  • Jews 0.23%, (14 million)
  • Baha'is 0.12%, (7 million)
  • other religions 11.78%, (see below)
  • non-religious 11.77%, (combined with atheists, 1.1 billion)
  • atheists 2.32% (combined with atheists, 1.1 billion)

[Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/xx.html]


OTHER religions broken down:

Jainism: 4.2 million
Shinto: 4 million
Cao Dai: 4 million
Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
Tenrikyo: 2 million
Neo-Paganism: 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
Scientology: 500 thousand

[Source: http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html]

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