WORLD RELIGIOUS POPULATION TABLES
1961 - 1994
(figures are millions)
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World Religious Population Text.

SOURCE DATA TABLE, 1961 - 70.
SOURCE DATA TABLE, 1971 - 80.
SOURCE DATA TABLE, 1981 - 84.
SOURCE DATA TABLE, 1985 - 94.

REVISED DATA TABLE, 1961 - 70.
REVISED DATA TABLE, 1971 - 80.
REVISED DATA TABLE, 1981 - 84.
REVISED DATA TABLE, 1985 - 94.

PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION 1961 - 70.
PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, 1971 - 80.
PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, 1981 - 84.
PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, 1985 - 94.

SOURCE DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1961 - 1970.
                      1961       1962       1963       1964       1965       1966       1967       1968       1969       1970   
World population    3060.800   3150.000   3218.000   3220.000   3285.000   3356.480   3419.420   3551.560      0.000   3631.800  
World Religious     2915.380   2983.490   3138.360   3178.160   3244.260   3335.750   3391.850   2540.200      0.000   2661.120  
Total Christain      904.330    916.370    993.060    950.550    961.110    969.590    977.380    924.270      0.000    985.360  
   Roman Catholic    550.350    558.220    571.930    584.490    590.040    595.470    600.770    580.470      0.000    566.770  
   Eastern Orthodox  137.030    138.510    140.780    142.060    143.400    144.830    146.080    125.680      0.000    123.880  
   Protestant        216.940    219.640    220.350    224.060    227.670    229.290    230.540    218.120      0.000    294.710  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                12.790     12.870     13.020     13.120     13.240     13.380     13.540     13.540      0.000     14.490  
Moslem               433.740    437.280    445.950    455.780    465.240    478.880    474.310    493.010      0.000    471.340  
Zorostrain             0.140      0.142      0.145      0.145      0.150      0.150      0.150      0.138      0.000      0.125  
Shinto                51.000     59.790     78.630     67.160     67.760     69.120     70.340     69.660      0.000     60.130  
Taoist                50.050     50.060     51.310     51.310     52.330     53.360     54.320     54.320      0.000     51.283  
Confuscian           300.290    334.550    342.580    350.840    357.860    365.010    371.580    371.590      0.000    304.600  
Buddhist             153.310    155.260    158.690    161.860    165.090    168.390    171.760    176.920      0.000    301.440  
Hindu                335.800    340.840    386.680    395.190    408.680    416.860    424.380    436.740      0.000    472.360  
Others/None          673.920    676.010    728.310    732.210    752.800    805.010    834.060    940.329      0.000    898.044  
Index

SOURCE DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1971 - 1980.
                      1971       1972       1973       1974       1975       1976       1977       1978       1979       1980   
World population    3706.000   3779.000      0.000   3852.300      0.000   4123.960      0.000   4288.570   4414.720   4495.000  
World Religious     2729.900   2605.240      0.000   2558.380      0.000   2614.090      0.000   2578.050   2578.620   2585.050  
Total Christain     1024.110    967.790      0.000    954.770      0.000    983.620      0.000    998.770    997.500    997.780  
   Roman Catholic    577.630    551.950      0.000    540.700      0.000    566.690      0.000    580.910    579.560    580.060  
   Eastern Orthodox  123.630     91.580      0.000     88.650      0.000     72.820      0.000     79.460     76.440     74.170  
   Protestant        323.290    324.260      0.000    327.510      0.000    344.120      0.000    338.400    341.500    343.550  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                13.990     14.440      0.000     14.350      0.000     15.030      0.000     14.320     14.340     14.680  
Moslem               528.880    513.170      0.000    538.210      0.000    576.160      0.000    587.340    589.140    592.160  
Zorostrain             0.180      0.181      0.000      0.230      0.000      0.234      0.000      0.264      0.271      0.276  
Shinto                60.080     63.150      0.000     60.160      0.000     55.160      0.000     57.160     57.150     58.150  
Taoist                51.880     31.370      0.000     30.400      0.000     31.120      0.000     31.290     31.290     30.290  
Confuscian           305.460    275.900      0.000    186.100      0.000    174.190      0.000    158.140    156.070    154.080  
Buddhist             267.660    223.660      0.000    249.880      0.000    260.680      0.000    254.840    254.870    256.390  
Hindu                477.660    515.580      0.000    524.270      0.000    517.900      0.000    475.940    477.990    481.240  
Others/None          901.980   1098.180      0.000   1216.874      0.000   1427.391      0.000   1624.748   1747.806   1820.050  
Index

SOURCE DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1971 - 1980.
                      1981       1982       1983       1984   
World population    4680.530   4721.890   4763.080   4842.050  
World Religious     2532.520   2559.820   2554.860   2548.080  
Total Christain     1028.170   1056.690   1062.960   1061.710  
   Roman Catholic    606.790    621.640    627.560    628.990  
   Eastern Orthodox   67.860     65.640     62.630     58.950  
   Protestant        353.510    369.410    372.750    373.770  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                16.820     17.320     17.050     16.930  
Moslem               548.080    555.280    553.590    554.700  
Zorostrain             0.257      0.246      0.250      0.251  
Shinto                38.140     33.050     32.040     32.050  
Taoist                25.000     20.560     20.060     20.060  
Confuscian           168.620    163.130    158.120    150.890  
Buddhist             249.570    250.950    249.620    247.590  
Hindu                457.880    462.590    461.160    463.820  
Others/None         2054.399   2067.632   2112.958   2197.129  
Index

SOURCE DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1985 - 1994.
                      1985       1986       1987       1988       1989       1990       1991       1992       1993       1994   
World population    4944.000   5055.000   5143.000   5333.000   5400.000   5450.000   5500.000      0.000      0.000   5800.000  
World Religious     4923.330   4997.610   5071.880   5201.420   5292.180   5385.330   5480.010      0.000      0.000   5716.420  
Total Christain     1619.270   1644.400   1669.520   1711.900   1758.780   1783.660   1833.020      0.000      0.000   1927.950  
   Roman Catholic    900.540    926.190    951.840    971.700    995.780   1010.350   1025.590      0.000      0.000    968.020  
   Eastern Orthodox  326.550    332.020    337.480    351.220    363.290    368.210    373.700      0.000      0.000    395.870  
   Protestant        158.350    160.060    161.770    163.620    166.940    168.680    170.420      0.000      0.000    217.950  
   Anglician          69.600     69.970     70.340     71.210     72.980     73.840     74.420      0.000      0.000     70.530  
   Other Christian   164.220    156.150    148.080    154.140    159.790    162.580    188.430      0.000      0.000    275.580  
Jewish                17.980     18.080     18.170     17.360     17.400     17.620     17.820      0.000      0.000     14.120  
Moslem               840.220    860.390    880.550    924.610    935.000    950.730    971.330      0.000      0.000   1099.630  
Zorostrain             0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Shinto                 3.427      3.460      3.380      3.210      3.100      3.160      3.220      0.000      0.000      2.840  
Taoist                 0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Confuscian             5.641      5.910      6.190      5.820      5.800      5.920      6.030      0.000      0.000      5.250  
Buddhist             307.420    309.630    311.840    311.440    303.000    309.130    314.940      0.000      0.000    323.890  
Hindu                647.890    655.700    663.500    689.200    705.000    719.270    732.810      0.000      0.000    780.550  
Others/None            0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Nonreligious         805.900    836.330    886.760    869.510    866.000    884.470    876.230      0.000      0.000    841.550  
Atheists             220.540    225.120    229.710    231.840    233.000    236.810    240.310      0.000      0.000    219.920  
Chinese folk         202.760    187.520    172.280    170.240    180.000    183.650    187.110      0.000      0.000    225.140  
New Religionists     109.500    110.710    111.910    126.820    138.000    140.790    143.420      0.000      0.000    121.300  
Tribal religionists   97.480     94.760     92.040     90.810     92.010     94.000     96.580      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Sikhs                 16.160     16.600     17.190     17.740     18.100     18.460     18.800      0.000      0.000     19.160  
Shamanists            13.140     12.760     12.380     10.700     10.100     10.300     10.490      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Baha'is                4.564      4.630      4.690      5.070      5.300      5.400      5.520      0.000      0.000      6.100  
Jains                  3.370      3.410      3.560      3.580      3.650      3.720      3.790      0.000      0.000      4.890  
Other religionists     0.000      8.220      8.220     11.570     17.940     18.270     18.590      0.000      0.000      1.920  
Ethnic religionists    0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000    111.780  
Mandeans               0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.044  
Parsees                0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.189  
Spiritualists          0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000     10.190  
Index

REVISED DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1961 - 1970.
                      1961       1962       1963       1964       1965       1966       1967       1968       1969       1970   
World population    3060.800   3150.000   3218.000   3220.000   3285.000   3356.480   3419.420   3551.560   3591.680   3631.800  
World Religious     2915.380   2983.490   3138.360   3178.160   3244.260   3335.750   3391.850   3480.529   3519.847   3559.164  
Total Christain      904.330    916.370    993.060    950.550    961.110    969.590    977.380   1031.763   1080.018   1128.935  
   Roman Catholic    550.350    558.220    571.930    584.490    590.040    595.470    600.770    637.076    639.141    641.429  
   Eastern Orthodox  137.030    138.510    140.780    142.060    143.400    144.830    146.080    176.568    184.462    192.796  
   Protestant        216.940    219.640    220.350    224.060    227.670    229.290    230.540    218.120    256.415    294.710  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                12.790     12.870     13.020     13.120     13.240     13.380     13.540     13.540     14.015     14.490  
Moslem               433.740    437.280    445.950    455.780    465.240    478.880    474.310    538.478    535.644    533.249  
Zorostrain             0.140      0.142      0.145      0.145      0.150      0.150      0.150      0.138      0.132      0.125  
Shinto                51.000     59.790     78.630     67.160     67.760     69.120     70.340     69.660     64.895     60.130  
Taoist                50.050     50.060     51.310     51.310     52.330     53.360     54.320     54.320     52.801     51.283  
Confuscian           300.290    334.550    342.580    350.840    357.860    365.010    371.580    371.590    338.095    304.600  
Buddhist             153.310    155.260    158.690    161.860    165.090    168.390    171.760    189.557    253.923    318.372  
Hindu                335.800    340.840    386.680    395.190    408.680    416.860    424.380    481.048    505.943    531.043  
Others/None          673.920    676.010    728.310    732.210    752.800    805.010    834.060    730.423    674.379    616.944  
Index

REVISED DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1971 - 1980.
                      1971       1972       1973       1974       1975       1976       1977       1978       1979       1980   
World population    3706.000   3779.000   3815.650   3852.300   3988.130   4123.960   4206.265   4288.570   4414.720   4495.000  
World Religious     3631.880   3703.420   3739.337   3775.254   3908.367   4041.481   4122.140   4202.798   4326.426   4405.100  
Total Christain     1186.747   1150.208   1164.229   1179.030   1215.579   1252.976   1284.406   1316.758   1341.225   1368.244  
   Roman Catholic    661.655    645.576    649.792    654.253    677.587    701.179    719.152    737.395    747.458    759.655  
   Eastern Orthodox  202.242    180.372    189.597    199.356    203.226    207.686    223.999    240.962    252.267    265.039  
   Protestant        323.290    324.260    325.885    327.510    335.815    344.120    341.260    338.400    341.500    343.550  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                13.990     14.440     14.395     14.350     14.690     15.030     14.675     14.320     14.340     14.680  
Moslem               599.694    593.379    615.811    638.787    668.794    699.408    717.276    735.820    751.287    768.725  
Zorostrain             0.180      0.181      0.206      0.230      0.232      0.234      0.249      0.264      0.271      0.276  
Shinto                60.080     63.150     61.655     60.160     57.660     55.160     56.160     57.160     57.150     58.150  
Taoist                51.880     31.370     30.885     30.400     30.760     31.120     31.205     31.290     31.290     30.290  
Confuscian           305.460    275.900    231.000    186.100    180.145    174.190    166.165    158.140    156.070    154.080  
Buddhist             286.870    245.238    260.811    276.483    284.547    292.718    292.679    292.756    295.903    300.664  
Hindu                543.845    589.484    601.773    614.291    619.517    624.986    612.912    601.096    612.575    625.528  
Others/None          583.134    740.070    758.569    775.413    836.441    895.663    946.421    995.209   1066.316   1084.459  
Index

REVISED DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1981 - 1984.
                      1981       1982       1983       1984   
World population    4680.530   4721.890   4763.080   4842.050  
World Religious     4586.919   4627.452   4667.818   4745.209  
Total Christain     1426.417   1483.810   1520.089   1550.034  
   Roman Catholic    798.375    825.515    844.031    858.373  
   Eastern Orthodox  274.522    288.885    303.288    317.891  
   Protestant        353.510    369.410    372.750    373.770  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                16.820     17.320     17.050     16.930  
Moslem               739.856    763.103    778.344    797.315  
Zorostrain             0.257      0.246      0.250      0.251  
Shinto                38.140     33.050     32.040     32.050  
Taoist                25.000     20.560     20.060     20.060  
Confuscian           168.620    163.130    158.120    150.890  
Buddhist             297.215    302.101    304.417    306.179  
Hindu                612.153    627.136    636.278    649.817  
Others/None         1262.459   1216.992   1201.161   1221.605  
Index

REVISED DATA TABLE, POPULATION, 1985 - 1994.
                      1985       1986       1987       1988       1989       1990       1991       1992       1993       1994   
World population    4944.000   5055.000   5143.000   5333.000   5400.000   5450.000   5500.000   5600.000   5700.000   5800.000  
World Religious     4923.330   4997.610   5071.880   5201.420   5292.180   5385.330   5480.010   5558.813   5637.616   5716.420  
Total Christain     1619.270   1644.400   1669.520   1711.900   1758.780   1783.660   1833.020   1864.663   1896.307   1927.950  
   Roman Catholic    900.540    926.190    951.840    971.700    995.780   1010.350   1025.590   1006.400    987.210    968.020  
   Eastern Orthodox  326.550    332.020    337.480    351.220    363.290    368.210    373.700    381.090    388.480    395.870  
   Protestant        158.350    160.060    161.770    163.620    166.940    168.680    170.420    186.263    202.107    217.950  
   Anglician          69.600     69.970     70.340     71.210     72.980     73.840     74.420     73.123     71.827     70.530  
   Other Christian   164.220    156.150    148.080    154.140    159.790    162.580    188.430    217.480    246.530    275.580  
Jewish                17.980     18.080     18.170     17.360     17.400     17.620     17.820     16.587     15.353     14.120  
Moslem               840.220    860.390    880.550    924.610    935.000    950.730    971.330   1014.097   1056.863   1099.630  
Zorostrain             0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Shinto                 3.427      3.460      3.380      3.210      3.100      3.160      3.220      3.093      2.967      2.840  
Taoist                 0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Confuscian             5.641      5.910      6.190      5.820      5.800      5.920      6.030      5.770      5.510      5.250  
Buddhist             307.420    309.630    311.840    311.440    303.000    309.130    314.940    317.923    320.907    323.890  
Hindu                647.890    655.700    663.500    689.200    705.000    719.270    732.810    748.723    764.637    780.550  
Others/None         1270.654   1312.540   1366.460   1367.640   1384.100   1412.220   1413.730   1388.168   1362.605   1337.043  
Nonreligious         805.900    836.330    886.760    869.510    866.000    884.470    876.230    864.670    853.110    841.550  
Atheists             220.540    225.120    229.710    231.840    233.000    236.810    240.310    233.513    226.717    219.920  
Chinese folk         202.760    187.520    172.280    170.240    180.000    183.650    187.110    199.787    212.463    225.140  
New Religionists     109.500    110.710    111.910    126.820    138.000    140.790    143.420    136.047    128.673    121.300  
Tribal religionists   97.480     94.760     92.040     90.810     92.010     94.000     96.580     64.387     32.193      0.000  
Sikhs                 16.160     16.600     17.190     17.740     18.100     18.460     18.800     18.920     19.040     19.160  
Shamanists            13.140     12.760     12.380     10.700     10.100     10.300     10.490      6.993      3.497      0.000  
Baha'is                4.564      4.630      4.690      5.070      5.300      5.400      5.520      5.713      5.907      6.100  
Jains                  3.370      3.410      3.560      3.580      3.650      3.720      3.790      4.157      4.523      4.890  
Other religionists     0.000      8.220      8.220     11.570     17.940     18.270     18.590     13.033      7.477      1.920  
Ethnic religionists    0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000     37.260     74.520    111.780  
Mandeans               0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.015      0.029      0.044  
Parsees                0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.063      0.126      0.189  
Spiritualists          0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      3.397      6.793     10.190  
Index

PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, REVISED DATA TABLE, 1961 - 1970.
                      1961       1962       1963       1964       1965       1966       1967       1968       1969       1970   
World population    3060.800   3150.000   3218.000   3220.000   3285.000   3356.480   3419.420   3551.560   3591.680   3631.800  
World Religious       95.249     94.714     97.525     98.701     98.760     99.382     99.194     98.000     98.000     98.000  
Total Christain       29.546     29.091     30.860     29.520     29.258     28.887     28.583     29.051     30.070     31.085  
   Roman Catholic     17.981     17.721     17.773     18.152     17.962     17.741     17.569     17.938     17.795     17.661  
   Eastern Orthodox    4.477      4.397      4.375      4.412      4.365      4.315      4.272      4.972      5.136      5.309  
   Protestant          7.088      6.973      6.847      6.958      6.931      6.831      6.742      6.142      7.139      8.115  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                 0.418      0.409      0.405      0.407      0.403      0.399      0.396      0.381      0.390      0.399  
Moslem                14.171     13.882     13.858     14.155     14.163     14.267     13.871     15.162     14.913     14.683  
Zorostrain             0.005      0.005      0.005      0.005      0.005      0.004      0.004      0.004      0.004      0.003  
Shinto                 1.666      1.898      2.443      2.086      2.063      2.059      2.057      1.961      1.807      1.656  
Taoist                 1.635      1.589      1.594      1.593      1.593      1.590      1.589      1.529      1.470      1.412  
Confuscian             9.811     10.621     10.646     10.896     10.894     10.875     10.867     10.463      9.413      8.387  
Buddhist               5.009      4.929      4.931      5.027      5.026      5.017      5.023      5.337      7.070      8.766  
Hindu                 10.971     10.820     12.016     12.273     12.441     12.420     12.411     13.545     14.087     14.622  
Others/None           22.018     21.461     22.632     22.739     22.916     23.984     24.392     20.566     18.776     16.987  
Index

PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, REVISED DATA TABLE, 1971 - 1980.
                      1971       1972       1973       1974       1975       1976       1977       1978       1979       1980   
World population    3706.000   3779.000   3815.650   3852.300   3988.130   4123.960   4206.265   4288.570   4414.720   4495.000  
World Religious       98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000  
Total Christain       32.022     30.437     30.512     30.606     30.480     30.383     30.536     30.704     30.381     30.439  
   Roman Catholic     17.854     17.083     17.030     16.983     16.990     17.003     17.097     17.194     16.931     16.900  
   Eastern Orthodox    5.457      4.773      4.969      5.175      5.096      5.036      5.325      5.619      5.714      5.896  
   Protestant          8.723      8.581      8.541      8.502      8.420      8.344      8.113      7.891      7.735      7.643  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                 0.377      0.382      0.377      0.373      0.368      0.364      0.349      0.334      0.325      0.327  
Moslem                16.182     15.702     16.139     16.582     16.770     16.960     17.053     17.158     17.018     17.102  
Zorostrain             0.005      0.005      0.005      0.006      0.006      0.006      0.006      0.006      0.006      0.006  
Shinto                 1.621      1.671      1.616      1.562      1.446      1.338      1.335      1.333      1.295      1.294  
Taoist                 1.400      0.830      0.809      0.789      0.771      0.755      0.742      0.730      0.709      0.674  
Confuscian             8.242      7.301      6.054      4.831      4.517      4.224      3.950      3.687      3.535      3.428  
Buddhist               7.741      6.489      6.835      7.177      7.135      7.098      6.958      6.826      6.703      6.689  
Hindu                 14.675     15.599     15.771     15.946     15.534     15.155     14.571     14.016     13.876     13.916  
Others/None           15.735     19.584     19.880     20.129     20.973     21.719     22.500     23.206     24.154     24.126  
Index

PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, REVISED DATA TABLE, 1981 - 1984.
                      1981       1982       1983       1984   
World population    4680.530   4721.890   4763.080   4842.050  
World Religious       98.000     98.000     98.000     98.000  
Total Christain       30.476     31.424     31.914     32.012  
   Roman Catholic     17.057     17.483     17.720     17.727  
   Eastern Orthodox    5.865      6.118      6.367      6.565  
   Protestant          7.553      7.823      7.826      7.719  
   Anglician           0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
   Other Christian     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Jewish                 0.359      0.367      0.358      0.350  
Moslem                15.807     16.161     16.341     16.466  
Zorostrain             0.005      0.005      0.005      0.005  
Shinto                 0.815      0.700      0.673      0.662  
Taoist                 0.534      0.435      0.421      0.414  
Confuscian             3.603      3.455      3.320      3.116  
Buddhist               6.350      6.398      6.391      6.323  
Hindu                 13.079     13.281     13.359     13.420  
Others/None           26.973     25.773     25.218     25.229  
Index

PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, REVISED DATA TABLE, 1985 - 1984.
                      1985       1986       1987       1988       1989       1990       1991       1992       1993       1994   
World population    4944.000   5055.000   5143.000   5333.000   5400.000   5450.000   5500.000   5600.000   5700.000   5800.000  
World Religious       99.582     98.865     98.617     97.533     98.003     98.813     99.637     99.265     98.906     98.559  
Total Christain       32.752     32.530     32.462     32.100     32.570     32.728     33.328     33.298     33.269     33.241  
   Roman Catholic     18.215     18.322     18.507     18.221     18.440     18.539     18.647     17.971     17.319     16.690  
   Eastern Orthodox    6.605      6.568      6.562      6.586      6.728      6.756      6.795      6.805      6.815      6.825  
   Protestant          3.203      3.166      3.145      3.068      3.091      3.095      3.099      3.326      3.546      3.758  
   Anglician           1.408      1.384      1.368      1.335      1.351      1.355      1.353      1.306      1.260      1.216  
   Other Christian     3.322      3.089      2.879      2.890      2.959      2.983      3.426      3.884      4.325      4.751  
Jewish                 0.364      0.358      0.353      0.326      0.322      0.323      0.324      0.296      0.269      0.243  
Moslem                16.995     17.021     17.121     17.338     17.315     17.445     17.661     18.109     18.541     18.959  
Zorostrain             0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Shinto                 0.069      0.068      0.066      0.060      0.057      0.058      0.059      0.055      0.052      0.049  
Taoist                 0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000  
Confuscian             0.114      0.117      0.120      0.109      0.107      0.109      0.110      0.103      0.097      0.091  
Buddhist               6.218      6.125      6.063      5.840      5.611      5.672      5.726      5.677      5.630      5.584  
Hindu                 13.105     12.971     12.901     12.923     13.056     13.198     13.324     13.370     13.415     13.458  
Others/None           25.701     25.965     26.569     25.645     25.631     25.912     25.704     24.789     23.905     23.052  
Nonreligious          16.301     16.545     17.242     16.304     16.037     16.229     15.931     15.441     14.967     14.509  
Atheists               4.461      4.453      4.466      4.347      4.315      4.345      4.369      4.170      3.977      3.792  
Chinese folk           4.101      3.710      3.350      3.192      3.333      3.370      3.402      3.568      3.727      3.882  
New Religionists       2.215      2.190      2.176      2.378      2.556      2.583      2.608      2.429      2.257      2.091  
Tribal religionists    1.972      1.875      1.790      1.703      1.704      1.725      1.756      1.150      0.565      0.000  
Sikhs                  0.327      0.328      0.334      0.333      0.335      0.339      0.342      0.338      0.334      0.330  
Shamanists             0.266      0.252      0.241      0.201      0.187      0.189      0.191      0.125      0.061      0.000  
Baha'is                0.092      0.092      0.091      0.095      0.098      0.099      0.100      0.102      0.104      0.105  
Jains                  0.068      0.067      0.069      0.067      0.068      0.068      0.069      0.074      0.079      0.084  
Other religionists     0.000      0.163      0.160      0.217      0.332      0.335      0.338      0.233      0.131      0.033  
Ethnic religionists    0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.665      1.307      1.927  
Mandeans               0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.001      0.001  
Parsees                0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.001      0.002      0.003  
Spiritualists          0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.000      0.061      0.119      0.176  
Index
© jwhughes 1997
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