Religion
Facts on Religion
Learn the facts about religions around the world.
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33% of the people in the world are Christians.
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21% of the people in the world are Muslims.
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13% of the people in the world are Hindus.
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6% of the people in the world are Buddhists.
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2.3% of the people in the world are Atheists.
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0.4% of the people in the world are Sikhs.
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0.2% of the people in the world are Jewish.
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0.1% of the people in the world are Baha’is.
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12% of the people of the world are of other religions.
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12% of the people of the world are nonreligious.
Other Facts:
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•Brazil is the largest Catholic country in the world.
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•Women make us 56% of the adult born-again population.
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•Born-again Christians are more likely that the average adult to have volunteered their time to help their church in the past week (32% to 22%, respectively).
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•Nearly half of all Americans who received Jesus Christ as their Savior do so before reaching the age of 13 (43%), and two out of three born-again Christians (64%) made that commitment to Christ before their 18th birthday.
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•Approximately 69% of Americans believe that God is the all-powerful, all-knowing, perfect Creator who rules the world today.
Sources:
The World Factbook, www.barna.org, www.nationmaster.com