Major World Religions Ranked by Number of Adherents
The following is the list of the world's major religions ranked by the number of believers adherent to them:
1. Christianity: 2.1 billion
2. Islam: 1.3 billion
3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism: 900 million
5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
6. Buddhism: 376 million
7. primal-indigenous: 300 million
8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
9. Sikhism: 23 million
10. Juche: 19 million
11. Spiritism: 15 million
12. Judaism: 14 million
13. Baha'i: 7 million
14. Jainism: 4.2 million
15. Shinto: 4 million
16. Cao Dai: 4 million
17. Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
18. Tenrikyo: 2 million
19. Neo-Paganism: 1 million
20. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
21. Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
22. Scientology: 500 thousand
[Source: Adherents]
[Via: Kottke]
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Posted by: zaratustra at May 25, 2007 02:46 AMThe number for non-religious is much too low, I think.
5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
6. Buddhism: 376 million
What about the other 1 billion Chinese? They obviously aren't in the non-religious category, since that totals out at 1.1 billion.
It's interesting but I'd like to know more about their methods.
Posted by: Craig at May 25, 2007 09:11 AMThe odd one out is Juche -- it really does have 19 million adherents.
Posted by: Steve Marshall at May 25, 2007 12:04 PMInteresting! Thanks for the info. There are some religions there which I didn't know even existed!
Posted by: sillybahrainigirl at May 25, 2007 03:13 PM