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A decline of Christian affiliation in the Western world has been observed in the decades since the end of World War II.While most countries in the Western world were historically almost exclusively Christian, the post-World War II era has seen developed countries with modern, secular educational facilities shifting towards post-Christian, secular, globalized, multicultural and multifaith ...
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.
Reliable data on religious demography is difficult to obtain because an official nationwide census has not been conducted in decades. U.S. government estimates indicate a population of approximately 30.4 million, with Sunni Muslims comprising 80% of the population, Shia Muslims making up about 19%, and other religious groups comprising less than 1%.
The list of the worst countries for religious freedom is out — and Iran, China and North Korea are among the worst offenders. This comes from the U.S. Commission on International Religious ...
A WIN/Gallup International poll found that among the nations they questioned Thailand is the most religious country in the world, while China is the least.
Most high-income countries became less religious. [5]: 112 A sharp reversal of the global trend occurred from 2007 to 2019, when 43 out of 49 countries studied became less religious. This reversal appeared across most of the world. [5] The decline in belief was not confined to high-income countries and appeared across most of the world. [6]
Secular countries tend to be richer than religious ones. Now new research shows that it was secularisation which came first. Religious decline was the key to economic development in the 20th century
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .