Major Religions of the World

Islam: 1.5 billion   Christianity:   Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion   Hinduism: 900 million   Chinese traditional religion: 394 million   Buddhism: 376 million   primal-indigenous: 300 million   African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million   Sikhism: 23 million   Juche: 19 million   Spiritism: 15 million   Judaism: 14 million   Baha'i: 7 million   Jainism: 4.2 million   Shinto: 4 million   Cao Dai: 4 million   Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million   Tenrikyo: 2 million   Neo-Paganism: 1 million   Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand   Rastafarianism: 600 thousand   Scientology: 500 thousand

The Classical World Religions List There are twelve classical world religions. This is the list of religions described most often in surveys of the subject, and studied in World Religion classes (some of them more for historical rather than contemporary reasons): Islam Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Confucianism Hinduism Jainism Judaism Shinto Sikhism Taoism Zoroastrianism The "World's Major Religions" list published in the New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference is typical of world religion lists which are functionally-oriented, yet still strongly classical (New York: Prentice Hall, 1993; pg. 271): Islam Baha'i Buddhism Confucianism Hinduism Judaism Orthodox Eastern Church Protestantism Catholicism Shinto Taoism