Source: Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2010.
According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2010, the major world religions are:
|
Christian |
2,292,454,000 |
|
Roman Catholics |
1,155,627,000 |
|
Protestants |
419,316,000 |
|
Independents* |
369,156,000 |
|
Orthodox |
274,447,000 |
|
Anglicans |
86,782,000 |
|
Marginal Christians |
34.912,000 |
|
Muslims** |
1,549,444,000 |
|
Hindus |
948,507,000 |
|
Nonreligious (agnostic) |
639,852,000 |
|
Buddhists |
468,736,000 |
|
Chinese folk religion |
458,316,000 |
|
Ethnoreligionist |
261,429,000 |
|
Atheists |
138,532,000 |
|
Neoreligionist |
64,443,000 |
|
Sikhs |
24,591,000 |
|
Jews |
14,641,000 |
*This term denotes members of Christian churches and networks that regard themselves as post-denominationalist and neo-apostolic and thus independent of historic, mainstream, organized, institutionalized, confessional, denominationalist Christianity.
** The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reported in October 2009 that the Muslim population now comprises about 1.57 billion adherents.
– Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2011.
According to the World Almanac and Book of Facts in 2011, the major world religions are:
|
Christian |
2,264,492,000 |
|
Roman Catholics |
1,142,604,000 |
|
Protestants |
412,969,000 |
|
Independents* |
361,279,000 |
|
Orthodox |
273,355,000 |
|
Anglicans |
85,360,000 |
|
Muslims |
1,523,212,150 |
|
Hindus |
935,460,000 |
|
Nonreligious (agnostic)* |
639,852,000 |
|
Buddhists |
483,821,000 |
|
Atheists* |
138,532,000 |
|
Chinese folk religionists |
454,579,800 |
|
Sikhs |
24,222,700 |
|
Jews |
14,549,000 |
*This term denotes members of Christian churches and networks that regard themselves as post-denominationalist and neo-apostolic and thus independent of historic, mainstream, organized, institutionalized, confessional, denominationalist Christianity. The world’s population is estimated at 6.985 billion people. The number of agnostic and atheist believers is estimated by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2010.
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