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Top ten religions by number of adherents:

1. Christianity - around 2,107,000,000, with 1,106,000,000 of those in the Roman Catholic sect, 370,000,000 Protestant, 218,000,000 Eastern Orthodox.

2. Islam - around 1,283,000,000 followers, 1,065,000,000 of whom are Sunni and 205,000,000 are Shi'ite.

3. Hinduism - around 851,000,000 adherents.

4. Chinese universism (folk religion) - about 402,000,000 followers.

5. Buddhism - about 375,000,000 followers, with 142,000,000 being of the Theravada sect, 210,000,000 in Mahayana, and 22,000,000 in Tantrayama (which is also called Lamaism).

6. Tribal religions or ethnoreligions - about 253,000,000 people.

7. Sikhism - around 25,000,000 adherents.

8. Juche - about 19,000,000 followers.

9. Judaism - about 15,000,000 followers.

10. Spiritism - around 15,000,000 adherents.

You also might want to note that somewhere around 767,000,000 people say they are atheists, agnostics, have no religion, are freethinkers, etc.

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ReligionMembersPercentageChristianity2.1 billion33.0%Islam1.5 billion21Hinduism900 million14Buddhism376 million6Sikhism23 million0.36Judaism14 million0.22Bahai7 million0.1Confucianism6.3 million0.1Jainism4.2 million0.1Shintoism4 million0.0
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by percentage of World Population the top 5 are

Christianity _ between 29 and 32 per cent (%)

Islam _ between 20 and 25 per cent

No religion _ between 16 and 20 per cent

Hinduism _ approx 14%

Buddhism _ approx 7%

these results come from when people are actually asked 'What is your religion?'

between 16-20% of respondents said they were not religious

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1. Christianity

2. Baha'i faith

3. Christianity

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"ISLAM" the world's most spreading religion.

"CHRISTIANITY" is the second world's most spreadding religion.

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The most wide spread religion is Christianity with over 2,116,909,552 supporters.

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Christianity

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