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{{legend|#062A87|Protestantism}}

{{legend|#0774F1|Eastern Orthodoxy}}

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This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012

Pew Research Center report.{{citation |author=Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life |date=December 2012 |title=The Global Religious Landscape: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Major Religious Groups as of 2010 |publisher=Pew Research Center |url=https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/01/global-religion-full.pdf |access-date=20 September 2016}} The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State.

World

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!Religion

!Population

!Percentage

Christianity

|2,172,804,407

|31.51%

Islam

|1,598,145,602

|23.18%

Unaffiliated

|1,125,764,242

|16.33%

Hinduism

|1,032,750,475

|14.98%

Buddhism

|488,087,716

|7.08%

Folk religion

|404,663,436

|5.87%

Other

|58,789,445

|0.85%

Judaism

|13,653,580

|0.20%

World

!6,895,806,200

!100.00%

Africa

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Americas

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Asia

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Europe

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Oceania

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See also

Notes

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References

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  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030923220753/http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_82.html#614 Adherents.com]}} World Religions Religion Statistics Geography Church Statistics
  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4385768.stm BBC News's Muslims in Europe: Country guide]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070601020457/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ CIA FactBook]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130715084239/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/ Religious Intelligence]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131112150057/http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/ The University of Virginia]
  • [https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/ The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2007]
  • [https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/ The US State Department's Background Notes]
  • [http://thedhamma.com/buddhists_in_the_world.htm Vipassana Foundation's Buddhists around the world]
  • [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/ World Statesmen]
  • [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sc1.html Catholic Hierarchy's Its Bishops and Dioceses, Current and Past]

External links

  • [http://www.worldreligions.psu.edu/maps-introduction.htm Geographical Distribution of Major World Religions] (showing regional variations inside the same country)

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