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World Wide Religions

 

The smaller religions might not be listed here.

 

Christianity: 2.1 billion


Roman Catholic Church: 1.05 billion
Eastern Orthodox Church: 240 million
African Initiated Church: 110 million
Pentecostalism: 105 million
Reformed  Presbyterian  Congregational  United: 75 million
Anglicanism  Episcopal Church: 73 million
Baptist: 70 million
Methodism: 70 million
Lutheran: 64 million
Jehovah's Witnesses: 14.8 million
Latter day Saints: 12.5 million
Seventh day Adventist Church: 12 million
Apostolic,  New Apostolic: 10 million
Restoration Movement: 5.4 million
New Thought,  Unity, Christian Science,: 1.5 million
Brethren : 1.5 million
Mennonite: 1.25 million
Friends, Quakers: 300,000


Islam: 1.5 billion


Sunni: 940 million
Shia: 120 million
Ahmadi: 10 million
Druze: 450,000

Hinduism: 900 million


Vaishnavism: 580 million
Shaivism: 220 million
Neo-Hindus and Reform Hindus: 22 million
Veerashaivas/Lingayats: 10 million


Chinese folk religion: 394 million


Buddhism: 376 million


Mahayana: 185 million
Theravada: 124 million
Vajrayana,  Tibetan: 20 million


Primal indigenous : 300 million
African traditional and diasporic: 100 million
Sikhism: 23 million
Juche  19 million
Spiritism: 15 million
Judaism: 14 million
Conservative: 4.5 million
Unaffiliated and Secular: 4.5 million
Reform: 3.75 million
Orthodox: 2 million
Reconstructionist: 150,000
Bahá'í Faith: 7 million
Jainism: 4.2 million, with significant branches as follows:
Svetambara (White clad): 4,000,000
Sthanakvasi: 750,000
Digambar (Sky clad): 155,000
Shinto: 4 million
Cao Dai: 4 million
Zoroastrianism: between 150,000-250,000
Tenrikyo: 2 million
Neopaganism: 1 million
Unitarian Universalism: 800,000
Rastafari: 600,000
Scientology: 500,000
 

Taoism is not considered a organized religion by it's followers.

 

 

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