In 2022, around 31.6 percent of the global population were identify as Christian. Around 25.8 percent of the global population identify as Muslims, followed by 15.1 percent of global populations as Hindu.
Share of global population affiliated with major religious groups in 2022, by religion
Overview - Based on the 2010 Pew Research Center report, GCS data and the selected metrics,
an estimation of religions has been conducted for the period of 2011 to 2022
Approach - Over 200 countries from 6 different regions have been selected in order to identify their
population's religions
- The number of births, death, net migration, and fertility rate index data from 2011 onwards
have been determiuned for christians, muslims, unaffiliated, hindus, buddhists, jews, folk and
other religions
KPIs used Population,
Birth Rate,
Death rate,
Net Migration,
Fertility rate index
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