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World Population By Religious Affiliation by TruthHurts1(op): 11:05pm On Aug 31, 2025
World’s population by religion:

✝️ Christianity (2.38 billion)
☪️ Islam (1.91 billion)
- Unaffiliated (1.19 billion)
🕉️ Hinduism (1.16 billion)
☸️ Buddhism (507 million)
🪯 Sikhism (26 million)^
✡️ Judaism (14.6 million)
- Jainism (4.5 million)*
- Folk Religions (430 million)
- Other Religions (61 million)

Sources:

- World Population Review (2020)
- Statista (2020)^
- Census (2011)*
https://x.com/0xProvenance/status/1962228902946033992?t=du56vjg7YusejZNkulDKBA&s=19

Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by TruthHurts1(op): 11:08pm On Aug 31, 2025
According to 2025 projections from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's Center for the Study of Global Christianity:

✝️ Christianity: 2.65B
☪️ Islam: 2.06B
- Unaffiliated: 907M
🕉️ Hinduism: 1.13B
☸️ Buddhism: 538M
- Folk Religions: 743M (incl. Chinese folk & ethnoreligionists)
🪯 Sikhism: 31M
✡️ Judaism: 15M

Pew's 2020 data shows similar but lower figures (e.g., Christians 2.3B). Sources: Gordon-Conwell, Pew Research.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by DoctorStanley: 11:39pm On Aug 31, 2025
What does "unaffiliated" mean?
And what's the difference between "unaffiliated" and "other religions"?
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by PlutoChief: 8:21am On Sep 01, 2025
We are he unaffiliated they are talking about, all we practice is humanity and conscience, that's where our own church or mosque is.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by LegacyB: 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
DoctorStanley:
What does "unaffiliated" mean?
And what's the difference between "unaffiliated" and "other religions"?
Unaffiliated means not associated with any religion. That group might grow faster in the near future especially in Nigeria , given the religious recklessness we see today.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by shox: 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
I doubt that population of Muslims.

If so, that’s a serious concern .

If you know wassup
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Nobody: 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
Jewish with it's small population have so many millionaires
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by YeyeGbami: 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
How una dey know all these stats, make una no dey give us zobo. Aboru boye people nko?
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Amuluonyenaego: 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
Them say we no Dey marry two wives or more but we kept thriving, Jesus is the only way to heaven, period!
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Angelindisguise(f): 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
DoctorStanley:
What does "unaffiliated" mean?
And what's the difference between "unaffiliated" and "other religions"?
It should be persons who doesn't identify themselves with any religion.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by DenreleDave(m): 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
Christians & Muslims sha...

I hope they are truly Christian & Muslims and not jsut by church and Mosque
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by NOETHNICITY(m):
Though Islam is younger than most other major religions in terms of when it was defined through the Prophet Muhammad, it is projected to surpass them all by 2070. For Muslims, however, Islam is not new at all—it has been present since the very creation of the world
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by DMerciful(m): 8:23am On Sep 01, 2025
People who don't believe in religion like me but believe in God
DoctorStanley:
What does "unaffiliated" mean?
And what's the difference between "unaffiliated" and "other religions"?
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Kukutente23: 8:25am On Sep 01, 2025
The terrorists may try
But they will always fail
The gospel of Jesus triumphs over all
Hallelujah!!
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by slivertongue: 8:25am On Sep 01, 2025
DoctorStanley:
What does "unaffiliated" mean?
And what's the difference between "unaffiliated" and "other religions"?
The same question on my mind. To me they are one and the same, unaffiliated is a form religion too
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by pdppower: 8:25am On Sep 01, 2025
How did they get the number. Hope it's not by name as there are some people that bear Muslim names but are indeed Christians.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Kukutente23: 8:27am On Sep 01, 2025
NOETHNICITY:
Islam is projected to take the lead by 2070 notwithstanding Christianity is 600years older.
2070? I thought it was by 2000 before
Who shifted the date
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Ezeama400: 8:27am On Sep 01, 2025
NOETHNICITY:
Islam is projected to take the lead by 2070 notwithstanding Christianity is 600years older.
Leading only in the Middle East …

Xxxxxxxccccccc
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by erniok(m): 8:27am On Sep 01, 2025
Lies!!!! Who took this stats. Anybody pushes our anything theses days.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by MrDoGood(m): 8:28am On Sep 01, 2025
Where do they get this stats from?

One person go just sit and dish out tweet, then boom it's on FP because the x account is verified.

Smh
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by erniok(m): 8:29am On Sep 01, 2025
Kukutente23:
2070? I thought it was by 2000 before
Who shifted the date
Guy you got me laughing. So many projections and stats theses days.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Curious345: 8:30am On Sep 01, 2025
What religion do the Chinese follow because their religion is not reflected on this list
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by TenQ: 8:31am On Sep 01, 2025
DoctorStanley:
What does "unaffiliated" mean?
And what's the difference between "unaffiliated" and "other religions"?
Atheism
Agnostics
Humanist
Free thinkers
Satanists
etc
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Lukuluku69(m): 8:31am On Sep 01, 2025
ediko5:
Jewish with it's small population have so many millionaires
Because they Control so many stuff by Subterfuge.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Kennitrust(m): 8:33am On Sep 01, 2025
Islam, the last religion that came from nowhere is fighting hard to dominate the world.


Their dream will never see light
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Urgent1Million: 8:34am On Sep 01, 2025
Wuruwuru statistics!
This is how they dish out all sorts of data just to sway public opinion.
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by omoredia: 8:35am On Sep 01, 2025
Christianity is truely a religion of peace. Islam wey never reach anything see the wahala they are already causing sef
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by stuffs2002: 8:35am On Sep 01, 2025
Amuluonyenaego:
Them say we no Dey marry two wives or more but we kept thriving, Jesus is the only way to heaven, period!
Hahahaha....
Na Christian marry 2 wives pass plus multiple concubines
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Lukuluku69(m):
pdppower:
How did they get the number. Hope it's not by name as there are some people that bear Muslim names but are indeed Christians.
I wonder why they kept those names? I mean why keep the name Abdullah when your fellow Christians says it is the name of an Arab Idol?!

I would think a Christian ought to do a name change like most Muslims do when they reverted to Islam or am I missing something?

A name change is not Rocket Science and Documents can also be change to reflect that.

Or what do you think?
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by stuffs2002: 8:36am On Sep 01, 2025
omoredia:
Christianity is truely a religion of peace. Islam wey never reach anything see the wahala they are already causing sef
The safest countries in the world are Muslims countries
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Hmmmmm2024: 8:36am On Sep 01, 2025
NOETHNICITY:
Islam is projected to take the lead by 2070 notwithstanding Christianity is 600years older.
Israel is always there to reduce that population 🤣🤣🤣
Re: World Population By Religious Affiliation by Ewedegubbler: 8:36am On Sep 01, 2025
14 million Jews vs 1.9 billion alakubas.

We know the result
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