Religion Map Of World
You may click on one of eight religious groupings listed in the menu to examine its relative prevalence in each country.
Religion map of world. There are many smaller or less well known religions. To see the full resolution version just click on it. The great majority of these fall under twelve classical religions baha i buddhism christianity confucianism hinduism islam jainism judaism shinto sikhism taoism and zoroastrianism. The west bank shown.
This map of world religion throws light on different religions being followed in the world and in which part of the world a religion is practiced in majority. These twelve religions are the most prominent spiritual traditions that still exist. In indian culture different religious philosophies were traditionally respected as academic differences in pursuit of the same truth. Thought it should also.
However due to how much or how little different religions are represented in different communities. Maps of world religions. In world cultures there have traditionally been many different groupings of religious belief. An 1883 map of the world divided into colors representing christians buddhists hindus mohammedans and pagans.
The map features brief descriptions of each religious grouping and bar graphs that reflect the percentage of a country s population associated with each grouping. The great majority of these fall under 6 largest popular religions. Detailed map of the world s religions. Boundaries are based on natural earth august 2011 modified to match provinces in the world religion database.
The religious groupings are in alphabetical order. Explore religious beliefs around the world through an interactive map that displays the religions that are the most prevalent in each country around the world. Islam is the 2nd biggest confession after christianity 22 5 of the world population. The world s religious account for 83 percent of the global population.
Israel is the world s only majority jewish state 75 with 18 muslim. World religion data in this dataset is from the world religion database the map shows the percentage of the majority religion by provinces states and also included in the database is christian percentage by provinces states. The incredibly detailed map of the world s religions above was created by reddit user scolbert08. The map of africa and is dominated by the world s two largest religions.
Christianity is the largest religion in the world 32 8 of the world population. The world s faithful account for 83 of the global population. Hinduism is the 3rd most widespread.