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iv. World population by religion

Religion Number % of World Population

1 Christians 2,173,180,000 31%
2 Muslims 1,598,510,000 23%

3 No Religion affiliation 1,126,500,000 16%
4 Hindus 1,033,080,000 15%

5 Buddhists 487,540,000 7%

6 Folk Religionists 405,120,000 6%
7 Other Religions 58,110,000 1%
8 Jews 13,850,000 0.2%

According to a recent study (based on the 2010 world
population of 6.9 billion) by The Pew Forum, there are:
·2,173,180,000 Christians (31% of world
population), of which 50% are Catholic, 37% Protestant,
12% Orthodox, and 1% other.
·1,598,510,000 Muslims (23%), of which 87-90% are
Sunnis, 10-13% Shia.
·1,126,500,000 No Religion affiliation (16%):
atheists, agnostics and people who do not identify with any
particular religion. One-in-five people (20%) in the United
States are religiously unaffiliated.
·1,033,080,000 Hindus (15%), the overwhelming
majority (94%) of which live in India.
·487,540,000 Buddhists (7%), of which half live in
China.
·405,120,000 Folk Religionists (6%): faiths that are
closely associated with a particular group of people,
ethnicity or tribe.
·58,110,000 Other Religions (1%): Baha'i faith,
Taoism, Jainism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Tenrikyo, Wicca,
Zoroastrianism and many others.

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