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Apr 16, 2020 · Updated on April 16, 2020. In the last 100 years, the number of Christians in the world has quadrupled from about 600 million in 1910 to well past 2 billion presently. Today, Christianity remains the world's largest religious group.
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This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities. It also includes the percentage of nonreligious and atheistic populations.
Jan 12, 2024 · By 2050, 4 out of every 10 Christians in the world will live in sub-Saharan Africa. Christian denominations experiencing the fastest growth are Evangelicals and Pentecostals. By 2050, Pentecostals could account for roughly one-third of the 3.3 billion Christians .
In 1900, virtually 100% of the world’s population was religious, but by 2020 this figure had fallen to 88.5%. However, hidden in this 120-year trend is a profound turn-around in the religious composition of the world’s population.
Dec 21, 2022 · The globe’s 280 million immigrants shape countries’ religious composition. Christians make up the largest share, but Jews are most likely to have migrated.
Dec 22, 2020 · This year it includes details on some of the most frequently asked questions in quantifying mission and global Christianity: the number of missionaries worldwide, global access to the gospel, and the burgeoning Pentecostal/Charismatic movement.
Apr 5, 2017 · Christians were the largest religious group in the world in 2015, making up nearly a third (31%) of Earth’s 7.3 billion people. Muslims were second, with 1.8 billion people, or 24% of the global population, followed by religious “nones” (16%), Hindus (15%) and Buddhists (7%).
