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WORLD POPULATION Pie-chart

Religion	Date Founded	Sacred Texts	Membership ₅	% of World ₆
Christianity	30 CE	The Bible	2,039 million	32% (dropping)
Islam	622 CE	Qur'an & Hadith	1,226 million	19% (growing)
Hinduism	1,500 BCE with truly ancient roots	Bhagavad-Gita, Upanishads, & Rig Veda	828 million	13% (stable)
No religion (Note 1)	-	None	775 million	12% (dropping)
Chinese folk rel.	270 BCE	None	390 million	6%
Buddhism	523 BCE	The Tripitaka & Sutras	364 million	6% (stable)
Tribal Religions, Shamanism, Animism	Prehistory	Oral tradition	232 million	4%
Atheists	No date	None	150 million	2%
New religions.	Various	Various	103 million	2%
Sikhism	1500 CE	Guru Granth Sahib	23.8 million	<1%
Judaism	Note 3	Torah, Tanach, & Talmud	14.5 million	<1%
Spiritism			12.6 million	<1%
Baha'i Faith	1863 CE	Alkitab Alaqdas	7.4 million	<1%
Confucianism	520 BCE	Lun Yu	6.3 million	<1%
Jainism	570 BCE	Siddhanta, Pakrit	4.3 million	<1%
Zoroastrianism	600 to 6000 BCE	Avesta	2.7 million	<1%
Shinto	500 CE	Kojiki, Nohon Shoki	2.7 million	<1%
Taoism	550 BCE	Tao-te-Ching	2.7 million	<1%
Other	Various	Various	1.1 million	<1%
Wicca	800 BCE, 1940 CE	None	0.5 million?	<1%

Religion	Place of worship	Title of local leader
Christianity	Church, Cathedral, Temple, Mission	Pastor, priest, minister
Islam	Mosque	Imam
No religion *	None	None
Hinduism	Temple	Priest
Buddhism	Temple	Monk
Atheists	None	None
New Asian religion	Various	Various
Tribal Religions, Animism	In nature	Shaman
Judaism	Synagogue	Rabbi
Sikhism	Gurdwaras	Granthi (professional reader)
Shamanists	In nature	Shaman
Confucianism	Temple, Shrine, Seowon	Unknown
Baha'i Faith	House of worship	Usually a lay leader
Jainism	Temple	Priest, Pandit
Shinto	Temple	Priest
Wicca	Circle, Grove	Priestess, Priest, Wiccan
Zoroastrianism	Atash Behram, Agiyari, Prayer rooms	Mobed, Dastur