Religion World Statistics



Main Religions

Religion world statistics reveal that the four main religions of the world are Christian, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism

  • Christian : 2.1 billion followers, originated in 1st century.

  • Islam: 1.5 billion followers, originated in 7th century.

  • Hinduism: 1.4 billion followers, originated 2500 BC or before.

  • Buddhism: .5 billion followers, originated 500 BC.

    Abrahamic Religions

  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Bahai Faith
  • Rastafari Movement

    Dharmic Religions

  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism
  • Sikhism
  • Jainism

    Far Eastern Religions

  • Taoism
  • Shinto
  • Confucianism

    Folk Religions

  • North American
  • South and Central American
  • African
  • European
  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • Australian

    Others

  • Adventist
  • Aglipayan
  • Ahl-e Haqq
  • Ahmadiyya
  • Albanian Orthodox
  • Anglican
  • Animist
  • Armenian Apostolic
  • Armenian Catholic
  • Armenian Evangelical
  • Armenian Georgian
  • Armenian Orthodox
  • Ayyavazhi

  • Badimo
  • Baptist
  • Brethern
  • Bulgarian/Orthodox

  • Calvinist
  • Caldean
  • Calvinistic Methodist
  • Caodaist
  • Chen Tao
  • Christian Fellowship Church
  • Christian Free Wesleyan Church
  • Charismatic
  • Chondogyo
  • Church of God
  • Church of Ireland
  • Church of Melanesia
  • Church of Nazarene
  • Church of Scotland
  • Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu
  • Church in Wales
  • Congregational
  • Coptic

  • Druidism
  • Druze
  • Dutch Reformed

  • Eastern Orthodox
  • Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo
  • Ethiopian Orthodox
  • Evangelical Alliance
  • Evangelical Lutheran
  • Evangelical Methodist
  • Evangelical Protestant
  • Evangelical

  • Gnosticism
  • Greek Catholic
  • Greek Orthodox

  • Ibadi
  • Iglesia ni Cristo
  • Ismailis
  • I-Kuan Tao

  • Jehovah's Witness
  • Jeungism

  • Kimbanguist
  • Kirant

  • Lamaistic Buddhist
  • Latter Day Saints
  • London Missionary Society
  • Lutheran
  • Lutheran Church of Iceland

  • Manichaeism
  • Maronite Mahayan
  • Melkite
  • Methodist
  • Mennonite
  • Modekngei
  • Mormon
  • Moravian
  • Mozambique

  • New Apostolic
  • Nusayri-Alawi

  • Orthodox

  • Parsi
  • Pentecostal
  • Presbyterian

  • Reformate
  • Reykjavik Free Church
  • Roman Catholic
  • Russian Orthodox

  • Samaritanism
  • Santeria
  • Scientology
  • Scottish Episcopal Church
  • Seicho-No-Ie
  • Serbian Orthodox
  • Shaktism
  • Shaivism
  • Spiritualist
  • Shrauta
  • Smarta
  • Sufis
  • Syrian Orthodox
  • Seicho-No-le
  • Syncretic Christian

  • Tenrikyo
  • Theravada Buddhist

  • United Church
  • Unitarium Universalism
  • Ukranian Orthodox
  • Ukranian Greek Catholic
  • Ukranian Autocephalus Orthodox

  • Vaishnavism

  • Wahhabis

  • Yazidism
  • Yezidi

  • Zionist Christian
  • Zorastrianism

    This list will be updated as information becomes available.

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