Religion Facts

According to ReligionFacts

Religions or worldviews with over a million adherents.

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Religion	Population	Religious text	Type	Holiest city	Founded
Christianity	2 billion	Bible	Abrahamic	Jerusalem/Vatican City (Catholicism only)	Levant, 1st century
Islam	1.3 billion	Quran	Abrahamic	Mecca	Mecca around 610
Atheism	1.1 billion	none	N/A	none	N/A
Hinduism	900 million	Vedas	Dharmic	Varanasi	Around 1700–1100 BCE, North India
Chinese folk religion	394 million		Taoic
Buddhism	360 million	Tripiṭaka	Dharmic	Bodh Gaya,	5th century BCE, India
Sikhism	23 million	Guru Granth Sahib	Dharmic	Amritsar,	Around 1490, Punjab, North India
Taoism	20 million	Tao Te Ching	Taoic		Around 500 BCE, China
Judaism	14 million	Tanakh	Abrahamic	Jerusalem	Around 1500 BCE
Spiritism	11 million	none	New religious movement		1850s
Falun Gong	10 million	Zhuan Falun, writings by Master Li	Taoic		1992, China
Bahá'í	5-7 million	Aqdas	Abrahamic	Acre	Iran , in 1844
Cao Dai	4-6 million	Caodai canon	Taoic	Tay Ninh	Vietnam
Confucianism	4-6 million	Analects	Taoic	Qufu	China 551–478 BC
New Age	5 million	N/A	New religious movement	none	19th century
Jainism	4 million	Mahavira	Dharmic	Palitana
Shinto	3-4 million	Kojiki etc.	Taoic	Ise, Mie	N/A
Wicca	1-3 million	none	New religious movement	none	1920s
Deism	Unknown	none	N/A	none	Ancient history