Saturday, December 1, 2007

Belief System Population's Of The World

Belief System Population's Of  The World
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_religions

1. Christianity: 2.1 billion, 33%
2. Islam: 1.5 billion, 20 %
3. Atheist, agnostics, humanists and other secularists: 1.1 billion, 14%
4. Hinduism: 900 million, 13%
5. Buddhism: 376 million, 6%
Total - 6 billion, 86%
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Tribal Religions, 300 million, 4%
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All the rest

Including:
Sikhs, 19 million, .39%
Jews, 14 million, .23%, 6.2 million in USA, 5.6 in Israel, 800,000 in Russia, 600,000 in France, in USA 42% Reform, 7% Orthodox;
                          http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/history/jewishbranches.htm
Spiritists, 13 million, .20%
Bahiais, 6 million, .12%
Confucianists, 5 million, .10%
Jains, 5 million, .07%
Shintoists, 3 million, .04%
Taoists, 3 million, .04%
Zoroastrians, 3 million .04%
Total - 71 million, less than 1%
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Mormans 13 million, 5.6 million in the USA, 50+% outside the USA, in 162 countries (62,000 missionaries in these countries)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_statistics#Africa
- 8 million English speakers
- 3.2 million Spanish speakers
- 800,000 Portugese
- 1.3 million speak languages other than English, Spanish & Portuguese

Major religious groups as a percentage of the world population in 2005 (Encyclopaedia Britannica).  In summary, religious adherence of the world's population is as follows: "Abrahamic": 53.5%, "Indian": 19.7%, irreligious: 14.3%, "Far Eastern": 6.5%, tribal religions: 4.0%, new religious movements: 2.0%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_religions
Predominant religions of the world, mapped by state

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