World Religions (2005)

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Religions of the world with the most adherents as reported by the World Christian Database.

Complete List

RankingReligionAdherentsPercent
8Atheists 151,548,030 2.4
12Bahai's 7,614,998 0.1
6Buddhists 378,809,103 5.9
5Chinese Universists 404,922,244 6.3
1Christians 2,135,782,815 33.1
13Confucianists 6,470,714 0.1
7Ethno-Religionists 256,340,652 4.0
3Hindus 870,047,346 13.5
14Jains 4,588,432 0.1
10Jews 15,145,702 0.2
2Muslims 1,313,983,654 20.4
4Non-Religious 768,598,424 11.9
15Shintoists 2,789,098 0.0
9Sikhs 25,373,879 0.4
11Spiritists 13,030,538 0.2
15Taoists 2,733,859 0.0
15Zoroastrians 2,647,523 0.0


Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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