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Statistics Portugal made available, in November 2023, an anonymized microdata file for public use with a sample of 5% of the responses to the 2021 Census. The question on religion had a very high response rate, of 97.5%.These data show that the percentage of Catholics is higher among women (83.1%) than
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.
After having decreased by 2.27% by 2018, the total population of Portugal started to grow again, mainly sustained by growing immigration and slightly increasing birth rates. [5] [6] By 2023, the total population had already surpassed the 2009 peak. Portugal is a fairly linguistically and religiously homogeneous country.
There is a community of Nepalis living and working in Portugal. They are one of the fastest growing expatriates and immigrants in Portugal. Most of them reside in Lisbon. As of 2019, 1,287 Nepalis acquired the Portuguese citizenship, making them the ninth biggest nationality in Portugal. [4]
Buddhism is thinly spread throughout Europe, and the fastest growing religion in recent years [114] [115] with about 3 million adherents. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] In Kalmykia , Tibetan Buddhism is prevalent.
In 2013, the book The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography wrote, "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Bahaʼi was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least ...
A Pew Research Center Study shows that 10% of all Europeans could be members of the Muslim faith by 2050.
According to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Hinduism (1.52%) is one of the six fastest-growing religions in the world, with high birth rates in India being cited as the major reasons of the Hindu population growth. [291] Hinduism is a growing religion in countries such as Ghana, [292] Russia, [293] and the United States.