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2010: the Chinese Spiritual Life Survey directed by the Purdue University's Center on Religion and Chinese Society concluded that many types of Chinese folk religions and Taoism are practised by possibly hundreds of millions of people; 56.2% of the total population or 754 million people practised Chinese ancestral religion [note 5], but only 16 ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Surveys on religion in China conducted in the years 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011 by the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) of the Renmin University found that people self-identifying as Christians were, respectively for each year, 2.1%, 2.2%, 2.1% and 2.6% of the total population. [110]
To secure its hold on power, the Communist Party is tightening its control over all faiths in China. Here's everything you need to know:When did the crackdown begin? Religious repression has ...
Public worship ceremony at the Temple of Shennong-Yandi, in Suizhou, Hubei. According to a survey of religion in China in the year 2010, the number of people practicing some form of Chinese folk religion is near to 950 million (70% of the Chinese), [44] of which 173 million (13%) practice some form of Taoist-defined folk faith. [44]
According to a survey published in 2010 there are approximately 40 million Protestants in China. [2] As of 2019, Fenggang Yang, a sociologist of religion at Purdue University, estimated that there are around 100 million Protestant Christians in China. [3] Other estimates place the number of Protestant Christians at around 40–60 million [4]
Reports and publications about religious freedom in China from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - includes annual reports from 2003–present and other documents; United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Republic of China: International Religious Freedom Report 2007.
Based on United Nations and Chinese government statistics, it was estimated in 1987 that by 2000 the population 60 years and older (the retirement age is 60 in urban areas) would number 127 million, or 10.1% of the total population; the projection for 2025 was 234 million elderly, or 16.4%.