What are the top 5 world religions, numerically speaking?
Here’s a listing of the most popular religions worldwide, based on the estimated number of adherents for that religion (or non-religion). 1) Christians – 2,116,909,552 (which includes 1,117,759,185 Roman Catholics, 372,586,395 Protestants, 221,746,920 Orthodox, and 81,865,869 Anglicans) 2) Muslims – 1,282,780,149 3) Hindus – 856,690,863 4) Buddhists – 381,610,979 5) Sikhs – 25,139,912 source: http://geography.about.com/…/popularreligion.htm And another site says this: # Christianity: 2.1 billion # Islam: 1.3 billion # Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/ Atheist: 1.1 billion # Hinduism: 900 million # Chinese traditional religion: 394 million http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.
