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Some academics studying the subject have divided religions into three broad categories: world religions, a term which refers to transcultural, international faiths; Indigenous religions, which refers to smaller, culture-specific or nation-specific religious groups; and new religious movements, which refers to recently developed faiths. [5] One ...
The 10 Largest Religions in the World. After millennia of passing down knowledge through rich oral and written traditions, each of the world’s major religions has carried ambitious philosophies through countless eras.
Lists of the populations of the world’s religions as of 2020 reveal a varied collection of religious traditions old and new, big and small, centrally organized and diffuse. The data is presented first without and then with specific sects of the most populous religions, and a broad analysis follows.
85 entries are listed here. It is simply impossible to list all varieties of religion 1 as we as a species have created an almost infinite variety of religious and transcendental ideas. Items in lower case italics are classes of religion and not actual religions.
This entry is an ordered listing of religions by adherents, starting with the largest group, and sometimes includes the percentage of the total population. The core characteristics and beliefs of the world's major religions are described below.
World religions. Symbols commonly associated with six of the religions labelled "world religions": clockwise from the top, these represent Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Christianity.
Distribution of world religions by country/state, and by smaller administrative regions for the largest countries (2012 data): % Christian population. % Islam population. % all other religions but Judaism.
The top five major religions in the world are Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. What is the most popular religion in the world? The most popular religion in the world is Christianity.
The most widely recognized world religions are Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. According to the Pew Research Center, more than eight in ten people, or about 85% of the world’s population, identify with a religious group.
The ReligionFacts "Big Religion Chart" is our attempt to summarize all the complexities of over 40 {article1615|religions, worldviews, and belief systems} in tiny little boxes on a quick-reference comparison chart. Yes, this is impossible.