The Worlds Major Religions Changes

In the last half century...

Confucianism & Taoism decrease 13%

350,600,000
305,000,000

Judaism decrease 4%
15,630,000
15,000,000

Christianity increase 47%
682,400,000
1,000,000,000

Eastern Orthodox decrease 36%
144,000,000
092,000,000

Protestant increase 57%
206,900,000
324,000,000

Catholic increase 70%
331,500,000
565,000,000

Buddhism increase 63%
150,180,000
245,000,000

Hinduism increase 117%
230,150,000
500,000,000

Shintoism increase 152%
25,000,000
63,000,000

Islam increase 235%
209,020,000
700,000,000

Growth rates taken between

World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1935

and
Readers Digest Almanac and Yearbook 1983
 1970-1985[23] 1990-2000[24][25] 2000-2005[26]

3.65% - Bahá'í
2.65% - Zoroastrianism 1.84% - Islam
Faith

2.74% - Islam 2.28% - Bahá'í Faith 1.70% - Bahá'í Faith

2.34% - Hinduism 2.13% - Islam 1.62% - Sikhism

1.67% - Buddhism 1.87% - Sikhism 1.57% - Hinduism

1.64% - Christianity 1.69% - Hinduism 1.32% - Christianity

1.09% - Judaism 1.36% - Christianity

1.09% - Buddhism