Largest religious group in the world
Largest religious group in the world
CHRISTIANITY IS THE MOST LARGEST RELIGIOUS GROUP IN THE WORLD AS A REPORT IN 2022-2023-2024-2025-2026. CHRISTIANS CONTAINS ABOUT 32% OF THE WORLD POPULATIONS. ISLAM IS THE SECOND MOST POPULATED RELIGIOUS GROUP IN THE WORLD.
Initially, Christians had a simple dichotomy of world beliefs: Christian civility versus foreign heresy or barbarity. In the 18th century, "heresy" was clarified to mean Judaism and Islam; along with paganism, this created a fourfold classification which spawned such works as John Toland's Nazarenus, or Jewish, Gentile, and Mahometan Christianity, which represented the three Abrahamic religions as different "nations" or sects within religion itself, the "true monotheism."
Largest religious group in the world
Daniel Defoe described the original definition as follows: "Religion is properly the Worship given to God, but 'tis also applied to the Worship of Idols and false Deities.
Largest religious group in the world
Largest religious groups
| Religion | Followers (billions) | Cultural tradition | Founded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christianity | 2.5 | Abrahamic religions | Middle East | |
| Islam | 1.8 | Abrahamic religions | Arabia (Middle East) | |
| Hinduism | 1.2 | Indian religions | Indian subcontinent | |
| Buddhism | 0.5 | Indian religions | Indian subcontinent | |
| Folk religion | 0.4 | Regional | Worldwide |
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