Major World Religions Ranked by Number of Adherents

The following is the list of the world’s major religions ranked by the number of believers adherent to them:

1. Christianity: 2.1 billion
2. Islam: 1.3 billion
3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism: 900 million
5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
6. Buddhism: 376 million
7. primal-indigenous: 300 million
8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
9. Sikhism: 23 million
10. Juche: 19 million
11. Spiritism: 15 million
12. Judaism: 14 million
13. Baha’i: 7 million
14. Jainism: 4.2 million
15. Shinto: 4 million
16. Cao Dai: 4 million
17. Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
18. Tenrikyo: 2 million
19. Neo-Paganism: 1 million
20. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
21. Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
22. Scientology: 500 thousand

[Source: Adherents]
[Via: Kottke]

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5 thoughts on “Major World Religions Ranked by Number of Adherents”

  1. most unexpected is the number of the secular/agnostic/non religious/atheist …

  2. The number for non-religious is much too low, I think.

    5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million

    6. Buddhism: 376 million

    What about the other 1 billion Chinese? They obviously aren’t in the non-religious category, since that totals out at 1.1 billion.

    It’s interesting but I’d like to know more about their methods.

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