Updates

The World Religion database is updated twice a year, generally in January and July.

Future of the Global Muslim Population

01 Oct 2011

Pew Forum reports on Islam

Data has been added from "The Future of the Global Muslim Population" report by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

The data includes the Muslim percentage of each country for 1990 and 2000 as well as Pew projections for 2010-2030.

See also the full report
at the Pew research website.

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Provinces and Population

01 Jul 2011

1. WRD has been updated to reflect the latest population revision from the United Nations.
2. The world's provinces have been updated with many hundreds of changes to borders and hence the religious makeup.
3. Southern Sudan is added as the world's latest country, with independence from July 9th.

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Religions

All major world religions, available by geographic region and people groups.

Geography

Comprehensive country religious makeup, demographics, and trends.

Religious diversity

Religious Diversity Index (RDI) and counts of religions over 10%, over 5%, and over 0.5%.

Contextual data

Population data by country, plus socio-economic, health, environment, and gender indicators.

Censuses

Historical and current census data on religion by country.