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CRAIN'S MINI WORLD ATLAS -- RELIGIONS


RELIGIONS of the WORLD - STATISTICS
Data from Wikipedia, listed in order of estimated number of adherents.

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Cultural Tradition Religious Category Number of Followers Date of Origin Main Regions Covered
Abrahamic religions
3.6 billion		 Christianity 1.9-2.1 billion[2] 1st c. Worldwide except Northwest Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and parts of Central, East, and Southeast Asia.
Islam 1-1.3 billion[2] 7th c. Middle East, Northern Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, Western Africa, Indian subcontinent, Malay Archipelago with large population centers existing in Eastern Africa, Balkan Peninsula, Russia, Europe and China.
Judaism 14.5 million[2] 1300 BCE Israel and Jewish diaspora (meaning mostly North America and Europe)
Bahá'í Faith 7.4 million[2] 19th c. Dispersed worldwide with no major population centers
Rastafari movement 700,000[3] 1930s Jamaica, Caribbean, Africa
Indian religions
1.4 billion		 Hinduism 828 million[2] Varies by tradition Indian subcontinent, Fiji, Guyana and Mauritius
Buddhism 364 million[2] c. 500 BCE Indian subcontinent, East Asia, Indochina, regions of Russia.
Sikhism 23.8 million[2] 15th c. Indian subcontinent, Australasia, Northern America, Southeast Asia, the United Kingdom and Western Europe.
Jainism 4.3 million[2] c. 800 BCE India, and East Africa
Far Eastern religions Taoism Varies[4] Spring and Autumn Period (722 BC-481 BC) China and the Chinese diaspora
Confucianism China, Korea, Vietnam and the Chinese and Vietnamese diasporas
Ethnic/tribal
Chinese folk religions Varies[4] Varies by tradition China
Shinto traditions Varies by tradition Japan
African traditional and diasporic religions 100 million[5] Varies by tradition Africa, Americas
Other ethnic religions 300 million[5] Varies by tradition India, Asia
Other
each over 500 thousand
Juche 23 million[6] 1955 North Korea
Chondogyo 3 million[7] 1812 Korea
Tenrikyo 2 million[8] 1832 Japan, Brazil
Cao Đài 2 million[9] 1925 Vietnam
Ahl-e Haqq 1 million[10] 14th century Iraq, Iran
Seicho-No-Ie 800,000[8] 1929 Japan
Yazidism 700,000[11] 12th century or older mainly Iraq
Unitarian-Universalism 630,000[12] 1961 United States, Europe

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