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To: e.Shubee
A List of the World's Most Popular Religions
Here's a listing of the most popular religions worldwide, based on the estimated number of adherents for that religion (or non-religion).

1) Christians - 2,116,909,552 which includes

1,117,759,185 Roman Catholics
372,586,395 Protestants
221,746,920 Orthodox
81,865,869 Anglicans
2) Muslims - 1,282,780,149
3) Hindus - 856,690,863
4) Buddhists - 381,610,979
5) Sikhs - 25,139,912
6) Jews - 14,826,102

And...

a) Others - 814,146,396
b) Non-Religious - 801,898,746
c) Atheists - 152,128,701

The source for this data is the 2005 CIA World Factbook.

11 posted on 05/17/2008 7:51:03 PM PDT by Hound of the Baskervilles ("Nonsense in the intellect draws evil after it." C.S. Lewis)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

I think that’s why they hate Catholics, they are afraid of our sheer numbers.


21 posted on 05/17/2008 8:30:51 PM PDT by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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