World Religious And Their History

Religion Date Founded Sacred Texts Members % of World
Christianity 30 CE The Bible 2,015 million 33% (dropping)
Islam 622 CE Qur’an & Hadith 1,215 million 20% (growing)
No religion * No date None 925 million 15% (dropping)
Hinduism 1,500 BCE The Veda 786 million 13% (stable)
Buddhism 523 BCE The Tripitaka 362 million 6% (stable)
Atheists No date None 211 million 4%
Chinese folk rel. 270 BCE None 188 million 4%
New Asian rel. Various Various 106 million 2%
Tribal Religions Prehistory Oral tradition 91 million 2%
Other Various Various 19 million <1%
Sikhism 1500 CE Guru Granth Sahib 16 million <1%
Judaism No consensus Torah, Talmud 18 million <1%
Shamanists Prehistory Oral Tradition 12 million <1%
Spiritism 7 million <1%
Confucianism 520 BCE Lun Yu 5 million <1%
Baha’i Faith 1863 CE Most Holy Book 4 million <1%
Jainism 570 BCE Siddhanta, Pakrit 3 million <1%
Shinto 500 CE Kojiki, Nohon Shoki 3 million <1%
Zoroastrianism No consensus Avesta 0.2 million <1%