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Religions
Ranked by
Adherents
And to think we all commonly share one thing in
common; Earth.
Last modified 6 September 2002.
(Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly
for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive
number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.)
- Christianity:
2 billion
- Islam: 1.3
billion
- Hinduism: 900
million
- Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist:
850 million
- Buddhism: 360
million
- Chinese traditional
religion: 225 million
- primal-indigenous:
150 million
- African Traditional
& Diasporic: 95 million
- Sikhism: 23
million
- Juche: 19 million
- Spiritism: 14
million
- Judaism: 14
million
- Baha'i: 6
million
- Jainism: 4
million
- Shinto: 4
million
- Cao Dai: 3
million
- Tenrikyo: 2.4
million
- Neo-Paganism:
1 million
- Unitarian-Universalism:
800 thousand
- Rastafarianism:
700 thousand
- Scientology:
600 thousand
- Zoroastrianism:
150 thousand
Numbers taken from calculations found at http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html
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