Updates

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

World Population Prospects
01 Oct 2017

The 2017 revision of population data from the UN Population Division has been incorporated


The 2017 revision of population data from the UN Population Division has been incorporated into WRD and reconciled with religious affiliation data in every country.


Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2017
01 Jul 2017

presents 2017 data from the WRD together with scholarly articles featuring religious demography


The latest edition of the Yearbook of International Religious Demography presents 2017 data from the WRD together with scholarly articles featuring religious demography in Botswana, Protestantism in Guatemala, life satisfaction in Japan, fertility rates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the movement of Muslims from the Middle East to Europe.


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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.

Archive

A repository of historical data, including surveys.