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Religious demographics and Religions by country
Religions by country

Note that the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will show dual figures; those are the percentage of people who believe in God and the percentage of nominal adherents who celebrate traditional religious holidays although not professing belief in God: Cultural Jews and Cultural Christians as found mainly in Western Europe and Nor...
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Religious demographics and Religions by country
Religions by country

Note that the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will show dual figures; those are the percentage of people who believe in God and the percentage of nominal adherents who celebrate traditional religious holidays although not professing belief in God: Cultural Jews and Cultural Christians as found mainly in Western Europe and Nor...
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Four largest religions




















































World Religions
Four largest religions Adherents % of World Population Wikipage
World Population 6.671 billion Figure used by individual articles
Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 		 1.637 billion - 1.923 billion 24.54% - 28.82% Christianity by country
Christianity by country

File:Christian distribution.pngThe following table pertains to Christianity by country, notably population statistics....
 
Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 		 1.450 billion - 1.514 billion 21.74% - 22.70%% Islam by country
Islam by country

Islam is the world's Major religious groups after Christianity with over 1.0-1.8 billion adherents, comprising 20-25% of the world population while most estimates figures that there are 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide....
 
Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 		 489 million - 1.512 billion 7.33% - 22.67% Buddhism by country
Buddhism by country

Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Shamanism, Shinto, and Taoism often have beliefs comprised of a mix of religious ideas....
 
Hinduism
Hinduism

'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
 		 965 million - 971 million 14.47% - 14.55% Hinduism by country
Hinduism by country

The percentage of Hinduism population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006. Other sources used were CIA Factbook and adherents.com....
 
Total 4.541 billion - 5.920 billion 68.08% - 88.74%


The table above is compiled from the relevant Wikipedia pages listing Religions by Country. Please note that although figures are an approximation there are many sources. Please see individual pages (Linked in Table) for details.

The numbers of adherents to organised religions in the world is difficult to accurately ascertain. Therefore figures and estimates are included from multiple sources to show the reader the problem in compiling such statistics.

Adherents.com Estimates


says "Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number."

Religion Adherents
Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 2.1 billion
Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 1.5 billion
Secularism
Secularism

Secularism is the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs.In one sense, secularism may assert the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters...
/irreligious
Irreligion

File:Irreligion map.pngFile:Religion in the world.PNGFile:Believers - Religion map 2005.svgFile:Religious importance.pngIrreligion is an absence of religion, indifference to religion, or hostility to religion....
/agnostic/atheism
Atheism

Atheism is the absence or rejection of belief in deity, or the explicit view that Existence of God.Many list of atheists are Skepticism of all supernatural beings and cite a lack of empiricism evidence for the existence of deities....
 1.1 billion
Hinduism
Hinduism

'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
 900 million
Chinese traditional religion 394 million
Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 376 million
Primal-indigenous
Animism

Animism is a philosophical, religious or spiritual idea that souls or spirits exist not only in humans and animals but also in plants, rock s, natural phenomena such as thunder, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the natural environment, a proposition also known as hylozoism in philosophy....
 300 million
African traditional/diasporic 100 million
Sikhism
Sikhism

Sikhism , founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak and ten successive Sikh Gurus in fifteenth century Punjab region, is the Major religious groups organized religion in the world....
 23 million
Juche
Juche

The Juche Idea is the official state ideology of North Korea and the political system based on it. The doctrine is a component part of Kimilsungism, the North Korean term for Kim Il-sung's family regime....
 19 million
Spiritism
Spiritism

Spiritism is a Christian philosophy doctrine, established in France in the mid-nineteenth century.Spiritism, or French spiritualism, is based on Spiritist Codification written by French people educator Hypolite L?on Denizard Rivail under the pseudonym Allan Kardec reporting s?ances in which he observed a series of phenomena that could be o...
 15 million
Judaism
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 14 million
Bahá'í Faith
Bahá'í Faith

The 'Bah?'? Faith' is a monotheism religion founded by Bah?'u'll?h in nineteenth-century Persian Empire#Persia and Europe , emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind....
 7 million
Jainism
Jainism

Jainism is one of the oldest Indian religions that originated in India. Jains believe that every soul is divine and has the potential to achieve God-consciousness....
 4.2 million
Cao Dai
Cao Dai

Cao ??i is a relatively new, syncretism, monotheistic religion, officially established in Tay Ninh, southern Vietnam, in 1926. ??o Cao ??i is the religion's shortened name, the full name is ??i ??o Tam K? Ph? ?? ....
 4 million
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster, after whom the religion is named. The term Zoroastrianism is in general usage, essentially synonymous with Mazdaism, i.e., the worship of Ahura Mazda, exalted by Zoroaster as the supreme divine authority....
 2.6 million
Tenrikyo
Tenrikyo

Tenrikyo , is a panentheism Shinshukyo. Tenrikyo is estimated to have about 2 million followers world-wide with 1.5 million of those in Japan....
 2 million
Neo-Paganism 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism 800,000
Rastafari Movement
Rastafari movement

The Rastafari movement is a monotheism, Abrahamic religions, new religious movement that accepts Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as the incarnation of God, called Jah or Jah Rastafari....
 600,000
Scientology
Scientology

Scientology is a Scientology beliefs and practices created by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics....
 500,000


By proportion


Christians


Countries with the greatest proportion of Christians
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 from Christianity by country
Christianity by country

File:Christian distribution.pngThe following table pertains to Christianity by country, notably population statistics....
 (as of 2007):

  1. 100% (Roman Catholic 100%)
  2. 99% (Roman Catholic 99%)
  3. 99% (Eastern Orthodox 86.8%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, Protestant 7.5%)
  4. 98.7% (mostly Orthodox)
  5. 98.3% (Orthodox 97.0%, Roman Catholic 1.0%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant and Pentecostal 0.3%)
  6. 98.2% (mostly Eastern Orthodox)
  7. 98% (Roman Catholic)
  8. 98% (Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%)
  9. 97% (Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 16%, other Christian 3%)
  10. 96.9% (Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%)
  11. 96.3% (Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other 15.2%)
  12. 96.1% (mostly Ukrainian Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant)
  13. 96% (mostly Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic)
  14. 95% (mostly Roman Catholic)
  15. 94.7% (mostly Roman Catholic)
  16. 94.5% (mostly Roman Catholic 90%)
  17. 94% (Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% )
  18. 94% (mostly Roman Catholic)
  19. 94% (mostly Roman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%,)
  20. 93.6% (Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%)


Muslims

Countries with the greatest proportion of Muslims
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 from Islam by country
Islam by country

Islam is the world's Major religious groups after Christianity with over 1.0-1.8 billion adherents, comprising 20-25% of the world population while most estimates figures that there are 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide....
 (as of 2007):
  1. 99.9% (mostly Sunni)
  2. 99.9% (mostly Sunni)
  3. 99.8% (mostly Sunni)
  4. 99.41% (mostly Sunni)
  5. 99% (80% Sunni, 19% Shi'a)
  6. 99% (mostly Sunni)
  7. 99% (85% Sunni, 15% Shi'a)
  8. 99% (65-70% Sunni, 30-35% Shi'a)
  9. 98.7% (mostly Sunni)
  10. 98% (mostly Shi'a)
  11. 98% (mostly Sunni)
  12. 98% (mostly Sunni)
  13. 97% (mostly Sunni)
  14. 97% (60-65% Shi'a, 32-37% Sunni)
  15. 96% (75-80% Sunni, 20-25% Shi'a)
  16. 95% (mostly Sunni)
  17. 94% (mostly Sunni)
  18. 94% (mostly Sunni)
  19. 93.4% (75% Shi'a, 18% Sunni)
  20. 92.66% (mostly Ibadi)


Remarks: Although Islam is the state religion of most Middle Eastern countries, and in these particular countries, legal citizens must be Muslim, this list excludes Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
 where 100% of national citizens must be Muslims, because there are large numbers of non-Muslims there (mostly Hindu
Hinduism in Arab states

There are many Hinduism in Arab states, many due to the migration of Indian labourers to the Petroleum-rich states around the Persian Gulf.For example, about 60% of the Indian community in Dubai and the Northern United Arab Emirates are blue collar workers who live in labour camps, according to the Consulate General of India in Dubai....
 and Christian
Christianity in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia allows Christians to enter the country as temporary workers, but does not allow them to practice their faith. Foreign Christians generally only worship in secret within private homes....
; as well as Buddhist, Sikh
Sikh

Sikh is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit ' "disciple, learner" or ' "instruction"....
 and Jewish minorities). So the total Muslim population in Saudi Arabia is around 25 million (20 million native Saudi citizens with 1.5 million Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
is, 1 million Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
is, 1 million Egyptians
Egyptians

Egyptians is the name of the nationality and Mediterranean North African ethnic group native to Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to the Geography of Egypt, dominated by the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the Cataracts of the Nile to the Mediterranean Sea and enclosed by desert both to the Easte...
, 600,000 Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
ns, 250,000 Palestinians, and significant Muslim numbers among 1.6 million India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
ns, 150,000 Lebanese
Lebanese people

The Lebanese people are a Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
, as well as 100,000 Eritrea
Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the Country of Eritrea, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast....
ns) or only about 90% of the total population. Some other Gulf countries
Gulf countries

Persian Gulf Countries are mainly the main oil rich countries in the Middle East which are all concentrated on Asia side not in North Africa. Persian Gulf Countries are mainly Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, sometimes Yemen is included....
 such as Bahrain
Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
, Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
, Qatar
Qatar

Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
 and United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
 are also excluded due to their large number of non-Muslim foreign immigrants.

Buddhists

Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 from Buddhism by country
Buddhism by country

Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Shamanism, Shinto, and Taoism often have beliefs comprised of a mix of religious ideas....
 (as of 2007):
  1. 98% (mostly Theravada with traditional animist)
  2. 97% (mostly Lamaistic, Hindu 2%, other 1%)
  3. 96% (mostly Mahayana with Shinto, Japanese 3%, Christian 0.8%, Muslim 0.1%)
  4. 95% (mostly Theravada, Muslim 3%, Christian and other 2%)
  5. 95% (Theravada, Muslim 4%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.3%)
  6. 94% (mostly Tibetan, Muslim 5%, Christian and other 1%)
  7. 93% (mostly "Triple religion", Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%)
  8. 90% (mostly "Triple religion", Christian and others 10%)
  9. 90% (Theravada with traditional animist, Christian 4%, Muslim 4%, other)
  10. 85% ("Triple religion", Christian 8%, Cao Dai 3%, Atheist and other 3.5%)
  11. 85% ("Triple religion", Christian 8%, Atheist or other 7%)
  12. 80% ("Triple religion", Atheist 12.5%, Christian 4%, Muslim 1.5%)
  13. 70% (Theravada, Hindu 15%, Christian 7.9%, Muslim 7.1%)
  14. 64.5% (Mahayana with Confucianist, Atheist 33.5%, other 2%)
  15. 61% ("Triple religion", Muslim 14.9%, Christian 14.6%, Hindu 4%, other)
  16. 50% (Mahayana with Confucianist, Christian 30%, other 1%)
  17. 22% (Muslim 60.3%, "Triple religion", Christian 9%, Hindu 6.3%, other 2.4%)
  18. 14% (Muslim 67%, "Triple religion", Christian 10%, other 9%)
  19. 11% (Hindu 81%, Tibetian Buddhist, Muslim 4%, other 4%)
  20. 7.5% (mostly Chinese Buddhism)


Remarks: "Triple religion" (or "Chinese-Mahayana Buddhism" or "Far East Asian Buddhism") is the mixture of Mahayana Buddhism, with Taoism
Taoism

Taoism refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. These traditions have influenced East Asia for over two thousand years and some have spread to the West....
 and Confucianism
Confucianism

Confucianism is a China Ethics and Philosophy developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius . It focuses on human morality and right action....
. Because officially atheist Communist governments still rule a number of traditionally Buddhist countries, and because Buddhists often practice other traditional East Asian religions, the figures could be much higher in these regions. Mahayana Buddhism in Far East Asian countries has a very wide meaning. That is why in such countries as China, Japan, Vietnam, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are often all considered at once. This is referred to as a "Triple religion", with Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
 in the center, Laozi
Laozi

Laozi was a Chinese philosophy of Ancient history China and is a central figure in Taoism . Laozi literally means "Old Master" and is generally considered an honorific....
 in the left, and Confucius
Confucius

This articles talks about a Chinese thinker and social philosopher. For a food company in China with its brand name "Master Kong", please refer to Tingyi Holding Corporation....
 in the right. In some regions, such as Japan, belief systems vary with differing emphasis on Shintoism, as well as Ancestor Worship
Ancestor worship

Ancestor worship or ancestor veneration is a practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and/or possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living....
. As such, the Buddhist population is difficult to gauge exactly, but is often nominal. See Buddhism by country
Buddhism by country

Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Shamanism, Shinto, and Taoism often have beliefs comprised of a mix of religious ideas....
 and Irreligion
Irreligion

File:Irreligion map.pngFile:Religion in the world.PNGFile:Believers - Religion map 2005.svgFile:Religious importance.pngIrreligion is an absence of religion, indifference to religion, or hostility to religion....
 for more.

Hindus

Countries with the greatest proportion of Hindus
Hinduism

'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
 from Hinduism by country
Hinduism by country

The percentage of Hinduism population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006. Other sources used were CIA Factbook and adherents.com....
 (as of 2007):

  1. 81%
  2. 80.5%
  3. 50%
  4. 33%
  5. 33%
  6. 27.4%
  7. 22.5%
  8. 15%
  9. 15%
  10. 12%
  11. 10.5%
  12. 7.2%
  13. 6.7%
  14. 6.3%
  15. 6.25%
  16. 4%
  17. 3%
  18. 2.3%
  19. 2.02%
  20. 2%; 2%; 2%


Remarks: Most of the Hindu percentage in the Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
 countries represents large numbers of foreign workers from the Indian sub-continent, although Islam is the state religion of most Middle Eastern countries and legal citizens in these particular countries must be Muslim. Most governments of these countries prohibit the public practice of non-Muslim religions but recognize the right of non-Muslims to worship in private.

Jews

Countries with the greatest proportion of Jews
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 (as of 2007):
  1. 76.2% (Muslim 16.1%, Christian 2.1%)
  2. 11.09% (Muslim 83.54%, Christian 4.73%)
  3. 3% (Christian 52%, Muslim 45%)
  4. 3% (Christian 90%)
  5. 2.5% (Christian 78%, Buddhist 2%, Muslim 1%)
  6. 2.1% (Christian 88.3%, Muslim 4%, Hindu 1.8%)
  7. 1.71% (Christian 77.95%)
  8. 1.3% (Christian 92.3%)
  9. 1.1% (Christian 77.1%, Muslim 2%, Buddhist 1.1%)
  10. 1% (Christian 83.3%, Muslim 10%, Buddhist 1.2%)
  11. 1% (Christian 96%)
  12. 0.8% (Christian 79%, Muslim 1.5%)
  13. 0.8% (Christian 75%)
  14. 0.75% (Christian 65% - 68%, Atheist 30% - 34%)
  15. 0.5% (Christian 78%, Muslim 10 - 14%, Buddhist 1.1% - 1.45%)
  16. 0.5% (Christian 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Buddhist 1.2%, Hindu 1%)
  17. 0.45% (Christian 63.9%, Buddhist 2.1%, Muslim 1.7%, others)
  18. 0.3% (Christian 29% - 51%, Atheist 41% - 50%, Muslim 5.5% - 5.8%)
  19. 0.25% (Christian 68%, Non-Religious 25.5%, Muslim 3.9%, Buddhist 1%)
  20. 0.22% (Christian 88.6%, Muslim 9.9%, Atheist 0.7%)


Bahá'ís

Countries with the greatest proportion of Bahá'ís
Bahá'í Faith

The 'Bah?'? Faith' is a monotheism religion founded by Bah?'u'll?h in nineteenth-century Persian Empire#Persia and Europe , emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind....
 (as of 2000):
  1. 9.22%
  2. 6.09%
  3. 5.86%
  4. 4.70%
  5. 4.33%
  6. 3.72%
  7. 3.25%
  8. 2.98%
  9. 2.78%
  10. 2.73%
  11. 2.37%
  12. 2.09%
  13. 1.95%
  14. 1.88%
  15. 1.84%
  16. 1.70%
  17. 1.61%
  18. 1.61%
  19. 1.53%
  20. 1.50%


Sources: Year 2000 Estimated Baha'i statistics from: David Barrett, World Christian Encyclopedia, 2000; Total population statistics, mid-2000 from Population Reference Bureau and The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004.

By population


Christians

Largest Christian populations (as of 2007):

  1. 234,889,159
  2. 169,109,476
  3. 103,265,846
  4. 98,964,426
  5. 84,246,490
  6. 56,709,186
  7. 56,032,677
  8. 54,012,466
  9. 52,874,076
  10. 50,588,528
  11. 47,131,322
  12. 46,026,058
  13. 43,515,786
  14. 42,572,167
  15. 41,938,720
  16. 38,021,300
  17. 37,883,811
  18. 36,977,511
  19. 35,066,269
  20. 28,792,702


Muslims

Largest Muslim populations (as of 2007):

  1. 207,000,105
  2. 159,799,666
  3. 151,402,065
  4. 132,446,365
  5. 72,301,532
  6. 70,047,060
  7. 67,515,582
  8. 64,089,571
  9. 33,723,418
  10. 32,999,884
  11. 31,571,023
  12. 27,565,551
  13. 26,674,649
  14. 25,095,899
  15. 24,564,924
  16. 24,446,452
  17. 22,008,225
  18. 19,827,778
  19. 19,792,885
  20. 17,383,272


Buddhists

Largest Buddhist populations (as of 2007):

  1. 1,057,481,510
  2. 122,336,154
  3. 72,473,003
  4. 61,814,742
  5. 42,636,562
  6. 24,522,395
  7. 21,258,751
  8. 16,947,992
  9. 15,029,613
  10. 14,648,421
  11. 13,296,109
  12. 6,391,558
  13. 6,282,371
  14. 6,022,799
  15. 5,460,683
  16. 3,179,197
  17. 2,781,888
  18. 2,774,679
  19. 2,346,940
  20. 2,276,932


Hindus

Largest Hindu populations (as of 2007):

  1. 909,542,254
  2. 23,410,450
  3. 15,797,076
  4. 4,693,880
  5. 3,327,787
  6. 3,138,947
  7. 1,563,741
  8. 1,204,560
  9. 944,352
  10. 625,441
  11. 607,762
  12. 549,973
  13. 369,137
  14. 354,458
  15. 333,901
  16. 303,163
  17. 300,667
  18. 253,801
  19. 237,737
  20. 262,120


Jews

Largest Jewish populations (as of 2007):

  1. 6,214,247
  2. 5,278,274
  3. 753,382
  4. 636,303
  5. 414,283
  6. 306,876
  7. 210,977
  8. 202,538
  9. 149,602
  10. 94,978
  11. 93,290
  12. 88,994
  13. 67,823
  14. 60,180
  15. 54,350
  16. 54,073
  17. 52,285
  18. 32,780
  19. 30,728
  20. 30,060


Bahá'ís

Largest Bahá'í populations (as of 2005):

  1. 1,716,148
  2. 753,423
  3. 463,151
  4. 356,133
  5. 308,292
  6. 269,246
  7. 255,775
  8. 229,522
  9. 224,596
  10. 162,443
  11. 144,243
  12. 141,072
  13. 140,593
  14. 97,078
  15. 80,683
  16. 79,044
  17. 78,658
  18. 66,546
  19. 64,758
  20. 64,286
Source: Year 2000 Estimated Baha'i statistics from: David Barrett, World Christian Encyclopedia, 2000; Total population statistics, mid-2000 from Population Reference Bureau

Lists by country

  • Religions by country
    Religions by country

    Note that the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will show dual figures; those are the percentage of people who believe in God and the percentage of nominal adherents who celebrate traditional religious holidays although not professing belief in God: Cultural Jews and Cultural Christians as found mainly in Western Europe and Nor...
  • Buddhism by country
    Buddhism by country

    Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Shamanism, Shinto, and Taoism often have beliefs comprised of a mix of religious ideas....
  • Hinduism by country
    Hinduism by country

    The percentage of Hinduism population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006. Other sources used were CIA Factbook and adherents.com....
  • Islam by country
    Islam by country

    Islam is the world's Major religious groups after Christianity with over 1.0-1.8 billion adherents, comprising 20-25% of the world population while most estimates figures that there are 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide....
  • Judaism by country or Jewish population
    Jewish population

    Jewish population refers to the number of Jews in the world. Precise figures are difficult to calculate because the definition of "Who is a Jew" remains a source of controversy....
  • Roman Catholicism by country
    Roman Catholicism by country

    Roman Catholicism by country...
  • Protestantism by country
    Protestantism by country

    The following is a list of Protestants by country. For the purposes of this list, "Protestant" includes the following denominations: Assemblies of God, Anglican/Episcopalian , Baptist, Church of God, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregational church, Calvinist, Holiness movement, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Pentecostal, Pr...
  • Christianity by country
    Christianity by country

    File:Christian distribution.pngThe following table pertains to Christianity by country, notably population statistics....
  • Irreligion by Country
    Irreligion

    File:Irreligion map.pngFile:Religion in the world.PNGFile:Believers - Religion map 2005.svgFile:Religious importance.pngIrreligion is an absence of religion, indifference to religion, or hostility to religion....


See also

  • World Population
    World population

    The world population is the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of March 2009, the world's population is estimated to be about 6.76 1,000,000,000 ....
  • Religion
    Religion

    A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
  • List of religions by age
  • Bahá'í statistics
    Bahá'í statistics

    Statistical estimates of the worldwide Bah?'? Faith population are difficult to judge. The religion is almost entirely contained in a single, organized, hierarchical community, but the Bah?'? population is spread out into almost every country and ethnicity in the world, being recognized as the second-most geographically widespread religion af...


Sources

  • [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ The World Factbook of CIA]


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