Major Religions around the World
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Major Religions around the World
The table and the pie chart gave the list religions around the world. We have divided it into two categories one is major religion and other is Medium Size Religion
Major Religion
| Religion | other name | Number of followers (in millions) | Cultural tradition | Founded |
| Christianity | 2,200 | Abrahamic religions | Middle East | |
| Islam | 1,703 | Abrahamic religions | Middle East | |
| Hinduism | 1,100 | Indian religions (Dharmic) | Indian subcontinent | |
| Buddhism | 488 | Indian religions (Dharmic) | Indian subcontinen |
Medium Size
The following are medium-sized world religions
| Religion | other name | Number of followers (in millions) | Cultural tradition | Founded |
| Taoism | Daoism | 12–173 | Chinese religions | China |
| Shinto | 100 | Japanese religions | Japan | |
| Falun Gong | 80–100 | Chinese religions | China, 20th century | |
| Sikhism | 30 | Indian religions (Dharmic) | Indian subcontinent, 15th century | |
| Judaism | 17 | Abrahamic religions | Levant (Middle East) | |
| Korean shamanism | Muism/Sinism/Shingyo | 5–15 | Korean religions | Korea |
| Caodaism | 5–9 | Vietnamese religions | Vietnam, 20th century | |
| Babi & Baha’i faiths | 5–7.3 | Abrahamic religions | Iran, 19th century | |
| Tenriism | 5 | Japanese religions | Japan, 19th century | |
| Jainism | 4.2 | Indian religions (Dharmic) | Indian subcontinent, 7th to 9th century BC | |
| Cheondoism | 3–4 | Korean religions | Korea, 19th century | |
| Hoahaoism | 1.5–3 | Vietnamese religions | Vietnam, 20th century | |
| Zoroastrianism. | 2.6 | are Parsees who now thought to live in the Middle East | ||
| African Traditional & Diasporic | 100 | |||
| Juche | 19 | |||
| Spiritism | 15 | Brazil |
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