WORLD RELIGIONS Status of World Religions 3112021 Major

WORLD RELIGIONS Status of World Religions 3/11/2021

Major Religions of the World • • • 1. Christianity: 2 billion 2. Islam: 1. 3 billion 3. Hinduism: 900 million 4. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million 5. Buddhism: 360 million 6. Chinese traditional religion: 225 million 7. Primal-indigenous 190: million 8. Sikhism: 23 million 9. Yoruba religion 20 million 10. Juche 19 million 11. Spiritism: 14 million 3/11/2021

Major Religions of the World • • • 12. Judaism: 14 million 13. Baha’I: 6 million 14. Jainism: 4 million 15. Shinto: 4 million 16. Cao Dai: 3 million 17. Tenrikyo: 2. 4 million 18. Neo-Paganism: 1 million 19. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand 20. Scientology: 750 thousand 21. Rastafarianism: 700 thousand 22. Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand 3/11/2021

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Religious Change – 20 th Century Religion 1900 Pop. Christians Muslims Nonreligious Hindus Buddhists Chinese Tra. Ethnic Rel. Other 558, 056, 300 200, 102, 200 2, 923, 300 203, 033, 300 127, 159, 000 450, 000 106, 339, 600 21, 364, 000 3/11/2021 % 2000 Pop. % Pop 34. 5% 1, 973, 000 32. 5% 12. 4% 1, 279, 000 21. 1%. 2% 938, 000 15. 5% 12. 5% 820, 000 13. 5% 7. 8% 400, 000 6. 6% 27. 8 383, 000 6. 3% 6. 6% 176, 000 2. 9% 1. 3% 95, 000 1. 6%

Major World Religions % of World Population 1900 -2000 3/11/2021

Majority of Hindus 3/11/2021

Majority of Buddhists 3/11/2021

Primary Locations of Muslims 3/11/2021

Primary Location of Christians 3/11/2021

Global religion Map 3/11/2021

Unevangelized Areas 3/11/2021 10/40 Window

Top 10 Unevangelized Countries Unevangelized Population (in millions) 1 India 344, 000 2 China 262, 000 3 Pakistan 144, 000 4 Indonesia 68, 600, 000 5 Iran 48, 700, 000 6 Thailand 34, 100, 000 7 Algeria 32, 900, 000 8 Morocco 30, 900, 000 9 Bangladesh 30, 000 10 3/11/2021 Afghanistan 26, 000 Majority of the Unevangelized World

Map of World Religions 3/11/2021

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Distribution of Evangelicals – 2000 Mission Frontiers, December 2001, p. 31 Continent Evangelical Pop. % Cont. Africa 116, 076, 000 27. 6% 14. 8% North America 93, 813, 000 22. 3% 30. 3% Latin America 55, 000 13. 1% 10. 6% Europe 17, 275, 000 4. 1% 2. 4% 135, 000 32. 1% 3. 6% 4, 765, 000 1. 1% 15. 2% Asia Pacific 3/11/2021