World religions beliefs and lifestyles beliefs lifestyle buddhists buddhists believe in an ultimate reality not a god, and buddha is not a prophet, rather a teacher of gods. A report on the size and distribution of the worlds muslim population pdf. Christianity is the worlds biggest religion, with over 2. Indeed, in recent years, christians have had a disproportionately large share of the worlds. Universal religions include christianity, islam, and various forms of buddhism.
The bric countries brazil, russia, india and china, generally regarded as the four major emerging economies expected to dominate in the 21st century, are all. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Click on the name of the country or dependency for current estimates live population clock, historical data, and. For buddhists, being born human offers an opportunity for emancipation from the endless. Understanding the worlds religions can be led by ministers, laypersons, or a combination.
What are the most widely practiced religions of the world. The worlds religions in figures wiley online books. New map of the worlds religious populations explore. Demography is the study of how human populations change over time and space. The demography of religions and their changing distribution in the. Major world religions populations pie chart statistics list. The worlds religions in figuresis strongly recommended for any library with a focus on religion, sociology or world politics.
Improperly sourced material may be challenged and removed. It even has new material on the 1999 parliament of the worlds religions. The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the worlds major religions, as well as by. List of countries by muslim population religionwiki. Hinduism is generally considered the worlds oldest organized religion, and is the third largest religion in the world. A third report, the future of the global muslim population. Yet, instead of other individuals feels you need to instil in yourself that you are reading the worlds religions 4th edition, by william a young not as a result of that factors.
The worlds religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor huston smith tales of wonder, is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the worlds predominant faiths, including hinduism, buddhism, confucianism, taoism, judaism, christianity, islam, as well as regional native traditions. Spirituality 2000 as a guide for which religions i wanted to cover. Confucianism, taoism, jainism, shinto and zoroastrianism. The share of the worlds christians living in subsaharan africa will rise from 24% in 2010 to 38% in 2050. Experiencing the worlds religions provides a clear and compelling account of the worlds foremost religious traditions. Large communities of muslims are also found in china, eastern europe, and russia. As you will see the pie chart only mentions percentages of the worlds population whose religiously related selfadmission places them in each category. It is a branch of human geography related to population geography, which is the examination of the spatial distribution of human populations. In recent years, 33% of the worlds babies were born to christians, which is slightly greater than the christian share of the worlds population in 2015 31%. The worlds religions, revised and updated huston smith. Data is based off the pew forum on religion and public life. Distribution of the worlds major religions as of 2010 are pew forum. Why muslims are rising fastest and the unaffiliated are shrinking as a share of the worlds population. Christianity is one of three monotheistic, abrahamic religions.
The report offers the most uptodate and fully sourced estimates. These are some of the key findings of mapping the global muslim population. World population percentage by country as of 2017 this is a list of countries and dependent territories by population. Most people in the world follow one of the religions listed in the table below.
The current us census bureau world population estimate in june 2019 shows that the current global population is 7,577,400 people on earth, which far exceeds the world population of 7. Countries in the world by population 2020 this list includes both countries and dependent territories. India is home to the largest percentage of all hindus 94%, followed by nepal 2% and. This pie chart is based on statistics listing peoples selfadmitted adherence to one of the major world religions, or to other faiths, or to people stating that they are of no religion. According to a 2009 demographic study, islam has 1. The world is full of people following different religions and beliefs and from which some religions came into existence only a few years ago while on the other hand, some popular religions have existed for the thousands of years.
Many forms of hinduism recognize a single major deity, brahman, and see a variety of gods and goddesses as expressions of a supreme god that can all be worshipped in many different ways. This big religion chart is our attempt to summarize the major religions and belief systems of the world buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, judaism, and dozens more into a quickreference comparison chart. List of countries and dependencies by population wikipedia. Download pdf the worlds religions 4th edition, by william a young. This will be reflected in the slower growth of religions heavily concentrated in the region. A more recent world religions statistics page is now available here. Meanwhile, the asiapacific region is expected to have a declining share of the worlds population 53% in 2050, compared with 59% in 2010. Included is the name of the religion, the approximate date of its origin, its main sacred or ethical texts if any and its estimated numerical strength both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the worlds population. To get a better idea of the numerical population size statistics please consult the following list of the major world religions. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the iso standard iso 31661. Christian share of the worlds population in 2015 31%.
Muslims make up the only major religious group projected to increase faster than the worlds. Please help improve this article by adding missing citation information so that sources are clearly identifiable. In the united states today, people of almost all backgrounds are accessible because temples of nearly all the worlds religions can be found in most large cities. It presents more than twenty religions and spiritual paths and hundreds of articles, quotations, sacred text, and prayers. Other large religions include islam 20%, hinduism %. World religions fact sheet formatted teaching tolerance. It explores the lively interaction between dreaming and religion, tracing the. Population growth projections, 20102050 pew research center. This is a list of religious populations by number of adherents and countries. All of these religions have their own religious books and believe in life after death. Worldwide, more than eightinten people identify with a religious group. Reading it at least twice and reflecting on it will increase your understanding.
If all nonreligious people formed a single religion, it would be the worlds third largest. More than 70 percent of the worlds population identify with one of these five religions around the world. These religions attempt to gain worldwide acceptance and appeal to all types of people, and they actively look for new members, or converts. Woodward department of religious studies arizona state university upper saddle river, new jersey 07458. The united states comes in third with just under 325 million residents. While it is possible to find commonalities in different religions across history, people, languages, and cultures, it is also true that religion encompasses a dizzying array of rituals, practices, doctrines, sacred spaces, and personalities. This revised and updated edition provides sympathetic. Geographers study how populations grow and migrate, how people are distributed around the world, and how these distributions change over time. Read the appropriate material in huston smiths book and in this study guide well in advance of the session. This article needs more complete citations for verification. Major world religions populations pie chart statistics list this pie chart is based on statistics listing peoples selfadmitted adherence to one of the major world religions, or to other faiths, or to people stating that they are of no religion. Citations should include title, publication, author, date, and for paginated material the page numbers.
Just in time for our new year, the pew forum has released a longawaited map of the worlds religious populations. Not surprisingly, the largest countries in the world in terms of population are china and india, with both countries now having populations of well over a billion. Beginning around 1900 comparative religion writers in england began to take note of the sikhs which had begun to immigrate there from india part of the british empire at the time. Although hinduism is the third largest world religion, its breadth is confined to one primary region of the world south asia. Islam is the worlds second largest religion after christianity. Pdf the religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations. Several templates are available to assist in formatting. While the relatively young christian population of a region like subsaharan africa is projected to grow in the decades ahead, the same cannot be said for christian populations everywhere. The five major world religions are christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism and judaism. In 2050, christianity will still be the worlds largest religious group, with around a third of the worlds population adhering to its various denominations. Islam is the predominant religion in the middle east, in northern africa, and in some parts of asia. With an attractive narrative and extremely efficient footage from spherical the globe, the textual content material conveys the vitality and richness of the worlds religions.
This region includes countries like afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, india, iran, maldives, nepal, pakistan, and sri lanka. Global religious populations, 19102010 the worlds religions in. Click on the name of the country or dependency for current estimates live population clock, historical data, and projected figures. The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the worlds major. View table of contents for the worlds religions in figures. These two religions together cover the religious affiliation of more than half of the worlds population. Five smaller or more localized religionsphilosophies brought the list of world religions to ten. Which is the worlds fastest growing major religion. Ethnic religions appeal to a single ethnic group or.
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