Saturday, June 02, 2007
Major Religions of the World
Via adherents.com, we get today's random data point: Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents:
Top 22 Earth Religions
Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1.3 billion
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
Hinduism: 900 million
Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
Buddhism: 376 million
primal-indigenous: 300 million
African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
Sikhism: 23 million
Juche: 19 million
Spiritism: 15 million
Judaism: 14 million
Baha'i: 7 million
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
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I think he missed the Druze; somewhere between half a million and a million of them in Lebanon. Everyone forgets them, which depending on the political situation can be a bad mistake.
Posted by: dsquared | Jun 4, 2007 2:45:41 AM