Updates

The World Religion database is updated twice a year, following research cycles.

Provincial survey results

01 Jul 2010

124 surveys and censuses have been added

Analyzed results from a further 124 surveys and censuses have been added:

92 Demographic and Health Surveys (1986 - 2008)
32 Censuses (from Egypt 1907 to Ethiopia 2007)

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Religious Freedom and Provincial religion data

01 Apr 2010

a set of indexes of religious freedom, and Religions Over 1 Percent by province

The new Religious Freedom page adds a set of indexes of religious freedom, listed by country and by province. The indexes represent an average of data from the ARDA and the Pew Forum covering the period 2000-2007.

Also this quarter a new field "Religions Over 1 Percent" now provides WRD best estimates of the major religions in every province of the world (available for adding to any province query). This quarter also sees Hong Kong and Macau added as countries, while several smaller countries have been removed, resulting in a list of 232 countries even more closely aligned with the underlying UN population demographics.

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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.