20.12.12

Of Religions in the World....


Hinduism is the third largest religion of the world after Christianity and Islam and 97 per cent of all Hindus live in three Hindu-majority countries - India, Nepal and Mauritius, according to a study.
India, which accounts for majority of world's Hindus, is also home to almost all the major religions of the world, aPew research said.
Pew demographic study— based on analysis of more than 2,500 censuses, surveys and population registers— finds 2.2 billion Christians (32 per cent of the world's population), 1.6 billion Muslims (23 per cent), 1 billion Hindus (15 per cent), nearly 500 million Buddhists (7 per cent) and 14 million Jews (0.2 per cent) around the world as of 2010.
In addition, more than 400 million people (6 per cent) practice various folk or traditional religions, including African traditional religions, Chinese folk religions, Native American religions and Australian aboriginal religions.

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