Religion > Religions > A note: Countries Compared

In response to Barbarajean and chutney:

The largest religious groups in the world are:
<ul>
<li><a href=/encyclopedia/Christian>Christianity</a> (including catholic, protestant, orthodox, pentecostal, evangelical etc): 2.1 billion adherents (31.5% of the worlds population)</li>
<li><a href=/encyclopedia/Islam>Islam</a> (including Shi'ite, Sunni etc): 1.3 billion adherents (19.5%)</li>
<li>Non-Religious (including secular, agnostic, atheist, those not affiliated with any formal religion etc): 1.1 billion (16.5%)</li>
<li><a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Hinduism>Hinduism</a> : 900 million adherents (13.5%)</li>
<li>Traditional indigenous religions (including African tribal and diasporic): 400 million (6.0%)</li>
<li>Chinese traditional religions (including <a href=/encyclopedia/Taoism>Taoism</a> and <a href=/encyclopedia/Confucianism>Confucianism</a>, and
traditional nonscriptural religious observance.
: 394 million adherents (5.9%)</li>
<li><a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Buddhism>Buddhism</a>: 376 million adherents (5.6%)</li>
<li><a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sikhism>Sikhism</a>: 23 million (0.34%)</li>
<li><a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Judaism>Judaism</a>: 14 million (0.21%)</li>
</ul>
Other religions account for 60 million people (0.91%).

<p>It is important to note that definitions of religions and adherence vary and religious statistics are influenced by many factors including official government position and perceived benefits / detriments of belonging to a particular religion.</p>

<p>For information on the religions in each country see the <a href=/red/graph/rel_rel&ob=ws>religions</a> page in the <a href=/cat/Religion>religion</a> category.</p>