Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Religion
Religious Statistics:
(all numbers are approximate)
World Population: 6.8 billion
Christianity: 2.3 billion adherents; 30% of world population
Islam: 2.2 billion adherents; 29% of world population
Hinduism: 1 billion adherents; 15% of world population
Non-Religious (agnostic, atheist, secular humanist): 750 million adherents; 11% of world population*
Buddhism (includes mixes with Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Animism, and other folk beliefs; Buddhism alone would be closer to 400 million; secular Buddhism can include up to 1.5 billion): 680 million adherents; 9% of world population
Sikhism: 30 million adherents
Judaism (including secular Jews): 14.5 million adherents
Baha’i: 7 million adherents
Jainism: 4.2 million adherents
*As of 2007, The United States does not figure in the top twenty countries with the greatest proportion of irreligious people. The top five are: Japan (averaged 76%), Sweden (averaged 65.5%), Denmark (averaged 61.5%), Macau (averaged 60.9%), and Czech Republic (averaged 57.5%).
An older (2005), but nicely detailed chart:
An Approximation of Percentages ca. 2011:
A chart adding the break downs in Canada and the United States:
A Chart also dating from 2011:
Religiosity, 2006-8:
Prevailing religions, per country:
Religious Statistics
Images: The Koran (left), religious symbols (center), Bhutanese mandala (right)