Membership of Religions

From 1974 to 2005
Membership by Continents

 

Membership
of Religions and Christianity, in the world and in the USA
 Religion of famous and influential people: Christians of each denomination, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Freemasons.

From 1974 to 2005

  1974 1980 1994 1995

                   2005                    

  millions        
Christians

968

 999 1,900 1,900 2,100

    Catholic

552 581 1,100 1,000  

    Protestant

324 338 469 466  

    Orthodox

92 79 174 218  

Other Christians

     200 276  

Muslims

 513 587 1,033 1,100 1,300

Hindus

 516 476 764 781 900

Buddhists

 224 255 339 324 376

Chinese Folk

    149 225 394

Taoists

31 31 ? ?  

Confucianists

276 158 6 5  

Tribal  Religions

    99 112  
Sikhs     10 19 23

Jews

14.4 14.3 13.5 14.4 14

Shintoists

63 57 3.4 2.8 4

Baha'is

    6 6 7

Jains

    4 5 4,2

Spiritists

       10 15

Other Religionists

    21 2  
Atheists       219 219

Non-Religious

    129 842 881
           
World Population

3,788

4,300 5,660 5,706 6,394

From: Encyclopedia Britannica, Books of the Year
and http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

 

MEMBERSHIP BY CONTINENTS

1995

  Europe Asia Africa America Oceania
           

Christian:

 552 307 348 697 24
Catholics 270 90 122 476 8

Protestants

 111 44 135 163 14

Orthodox

 165 15 30 7 0.7

Other

 8 158 61 49 0.7

Jew

 2.5 4.3 0.2 7 0.09

Muslim

 32 760 300 7 0.4

Hindu

 2 775 2 2 0.3

Buddhist

 2 321 0.4 2 0.2

Chinese Folk

 0.1 225 0.1 0.2 0.01

Ethnic

 1 37 73 2 0.1

Sikh

 0.5 18 0.04 0.5 0.007

Shinto

 0.001 3 0 0.002 0.001

Baha'i

 0.09 3 0.2 0.1 0.07

Jain

 0.002 5 0.006 0.008 0.001

Atheist

 40 174 0.5 5 0.6

No Religion

 94 701 3 40 3

 

          
Population 727 3,457 728 775 29

Encyclopedia Britannica, Book of the Year, 1996 (Rounded figures)
 

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