Friday, July 18, 2025

World religions, by population

 The Pew research center has been keeping an eye on religious affiliations around the world. More than half of us are Christians or Muslims.  Only about two tenths of one percent of us are Jews. Their headline takeaway is the growing number of unaffiliated:

Nearly a quarter of the world’s population is religiously unaffiliated 

Nearly a quarter of the world’s population is religiously unaffiliated 

 

How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020
Muslims grew fastest; Christians lagged behind global population increase
  By Conrad Hackett, Marcin Stonawski, Yunping Tong, Stephanie Kramer, Anne Shi and Dalia Fahm 

Bar chart showing that Christians are the world’s largest religious group

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