Worldwide, more than eight-in-ten people identify with a religious group. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life estimates that there are 5.8 billion religiously affiliated adults and children around the globe, representing 84% of the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion.

Explore the report using the table of contents to the right or the resources below.

Quick Links:

Full Report  

By Religion, in Order of Size: 

• Christians 
• Muslims 
• Religiously Unaffiliated 
• Hindus 
• Buddhists 
• Folk Religionists 
• Other Religions 
• Jews 

PDFs  

• Full Report (10 MB, 81 pages)  
• Religious Composition by Country table (92 KB, 6 pages)  
• Appendix A: Methodology (180 KB, 17 pages)  
• Appendix B: Data Sources by Country (80 KB, 13 pages)  

Sortable Data Tables:

Religious Composition by Country

See the religious breakdown of each country by percentages and numbers.

This report is part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project.