Major religious groups (English Wikipedia)

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Pippa Norris; Ronald Inglehart (6 January 2007). Sacred and Secular, Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge University Press. pp. 43–44. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
Salem, Mohamed Omar; Foskett, John (January 2018) [Published in print in 2009]. "Religion and religious experiences". In Cook, Chris; Powell, Andrew; Sims, Andrew (eds.). Spirituality and psychiatry. Cambridge: Royal College of Psychiatrists. p. 236. ISBN 9781108609074. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

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Sly, Liz (16 November 2008). "'This is one of the world's oldest religions, and it is going to die.'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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The results have been studied and found "highly correlated with other sources of data", but "consistently gave a higher estimate for percent Christian in comparison to other cross-national data sets." Hsu, Becky; Reynolds, Amy; Hackett, Conrad; Gibbon, James (9 July 2008). "Estimating the Religious Composition of All Nations". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 47 (4): 678. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00435.x.
Allison, Christine (20 September 2016) [20 July 2004]. "YAZIDIS i. GENERAL". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_1252. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
Clark, Stephen R. L. (1990). "World Religions and World Orders". Religious studies. 26 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1017/S0034412500020199. ISSN 0034-4125. JSTOR 20019386. S2CID 170963021.

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Staff (May 2007). "The List: The World's Fastest-Growing Religions". Foreign Policy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

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Blagov, Sergei (31 July 1999). Religion vs Restrictions and Persecution (Speech). International Association for Religious Freedom World Congress. Vancouver. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

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"Christianity 2015: Religious Diversity and Personal Contact" (PDF). gordonconwell.edu. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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Barrett, David; Johnson, Todd (2001). "Global adherents of the World's 19 distinct major religions" (PDF). William Carey Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2006.

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Statistician, Howard Steven Friedman; Teacher, health economist for the United Nations; University, Columbia (25 April 2011). "5 Religions with the Most Followers". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

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Grim, Brian J (2012). "Rising restrictions on religion" (PDF). International Journal of Religious Freedom. 5 (1): 17–33. ISSN 2070-5484. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

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Allison, Christine (20 September 2016) [20 July 2004]. "YAZIDIS i. GENERAL". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_1252. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

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"Jewish Population of the World". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

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Clark, Stephen R. L. (1990). "World Religions and World Orders". Religious studies. 26 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1017/S0034412500020199. ISSN 0034-4125. JSTOR 20019386. S2CID 170963021.

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Hoskins, Janet Alison (February 2012). "What Are Vietnam's Indigenous Religions?" (PDF). Kyoto University: Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016.

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"Inside the Voodoo Rituals of Haiti". Culture. 7 July 2004. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

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"The Global Religious Landscape". The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research center. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

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"Why Muslims are the world's fastest-growing religious group". Pew Research Center. 6 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
"Folk Religionists". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
Lugo, Luis; Cooperman, Alan (18 December 2012). Other Religions (Report). Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. p. 9. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

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Self-reported figures from North Korea (South Korean followers are minimal according to census): "Religious Intelligence UK report". Religious Intelligence. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2009.

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Clark, Stephen R. L. (1990). "World Religions and World Orders". Religious studies. 26 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1017/S0034412500020199. ISSN 0034-4125. JSTOR 20019386. S2CID 170963021.

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Pippa Norris; Ronald Inglehart (6 January 2007). Sacred and Secular, Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge University Press. pp. 43–44. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
Pew Research Center (19 December 2002). "Among Wealthy Nations U.S. Stands Alone in its Embrace of Religion". Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2006.
adherents.com (28 August 2005). "Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents". adherents.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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unstats.un.org (6 January 2007). "United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics". United Nations Statistics Division. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
"The Global Religious Landscape". The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research center. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"Christianity 2015: Religious Diversity and Personal Contact" (PDF). gordonconwell.edu. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
"Christianity 2015: Religious Diversity and Personal Contact" (PDF). gordonconwell.edu. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
"Why Muslims are the world's fastest-growing religious group". Pew Research Center. 6 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
"Major Religions Ranked by Size". Adherents.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Japan: International Religious Freedom Report 2006". Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; U.S. Department of State. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
Wenzel-Teuber, Katharina (2012). "People's Republic of China: Religions and Churches Statistical Overview 2011" (PDF). Religions & Christianity in Today's China. 2 (3). Translated by David Streit: 34. ISSN 2192-9289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"Inside the Voodoo Rituals of Haiti". Culture. 7 July 2004. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
"Sikhism". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
"Jewish Population of the World". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
"Tabela 2102: População residente por situação do domicílio, religião e sexo". sidra.ibge.gov.br. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
Johnson, Todd M.; Grim, Brian J. (2013). The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography (PDF). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
Grim, Brian J (2012). "Rising restrictions on religion" (PDF). International Journal of Religious Freedom. 5 (1): 17–33. ISSN 2070-5484. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
"Jainism". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
Self-reported figures from North Korea (South Korean followers are minimal according to census): "Religious Intelligence UK report". Religious Intelligence. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
Hoskins, Janet Alison (February 2012). "What Are Vietnam's Indigenous Religions?" (PDF). Kyoto University: Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016.
Blagov, Sergei (31 July 1999). Religion vs Restrictions and Persecution (Speech). International Association for Religious Freedom World Congress. Vancouver. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"宗教年鑑" [Yearly Report on Religion] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
"The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 12 December 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
International Community, Baháʼí (1992). "How many Baháʼís are there?". The Baháʼís. p. 14. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
Barrett, David A. (2001). World Christian Encyclopedia. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-19-507963-0. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
Barrett, David; Johnson, Todd (2001). "Global adherents of the World's 19 distinct major religions" (PDF). William Carey Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2006.
Staff (May 2007). "The List: The World's Fastest-Growing Religions". Foreign Policy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
"Abraham, Father of the Middle East". www.dangoor.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
"The Religions of the Indian Subcontinent Stretch Back for Millennia". About.com Education. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
Neusner, Jacob (7 October 2009). World Religions in America, Fourth Edition: An Introduction. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9781611640472. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
Neusner, Jacob (7 October 2009). World Religions in America, Fourth Edition: An Introduction. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9781611640472. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
"Classification of religions". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
Statistician, Howard Steven Friedman; Teacher, health economist for the United Nations; University, Columbia (25 April 2011). "5 Religions with the Most Followers". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
Abulafia, Anna Sapir (23 September 2019). "The Abrahamic religions". www.bl.uk. London: British Library. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
Allison, Christine (20 September 2016) [20 July 2004]. "YAZIDIS i. GENERAL". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_1252. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
Glaser, Daryl; Walker, David M. (12 September 2007). Twentieth-Century Marxism: A Global Introduction. Routledge. ISBN 9781135979744. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
Masuzawa, Tomoko (26 April 2012). The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226922621. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
Masuzawa, Tomoko (26 April 2012). The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226922621. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
Masuzawa, Tomoko (26 April 2012). The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226922621. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
Masuzawa, Tomoko (26 April 2012). The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226922621. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

worldcat.org

Wenzel-Teuber, Katharina (2012). "People's Republic of China: Religions and Churches Statistical Overview 2011" (PDF). Religions & Christianity in Today's China. 2 (3). Translated by David Streit: 34. ISSN 2192-9289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
Grim, Brian J (2012). "Rising restrictions on religion" (PDF). International Journal of Religious Freedom. 5 (1): 17–33. ISSN 2070-5484. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
Allison, Christine (20 September 2016) [20 July 2004]. "YAZIDIS i. GENERAL". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_1252. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
Clark, Stephen R. L. (1990). "World Religions and World Orders". Religious studies. 26 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1017/S0034412500020199. ISSN 0034-4125. JSTOR 20019386. S2CID 170963021.

worldvaluessurvey.org

worldvaluessurvey.org (28 June 2005). "World Values Survey". worldvaluessurvey.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2006.