Updates

The populations of every religion in every country are freshly reconciled following the (delayed) biennial revision of population data produced by the UN: (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision).

This WCD update provides the latest reconciliation of statistics on Christian denominations and world religions together with projections to 2050.

The UN's next revision is scheduled for March 2024 with Urban Prospects now slated for the end of 2024.

The 2019 revision of population data from the UN Population Division has been incorporated into WRD and reconciled with religious affiliation data in every country.

While the UN's 2021 revision is also now imminent, the significant demographic effects of COVID-19 are unlikely to be seen until at least the 2023 revision.

Update: The UN has pushed back the date of the next population revision from June 2021 to March 2022, with Urban prospects now not planned until 2023.