Our Methodology. To compile the list of the 8 most educated religions in the world, we looked at various data sources. First, we used the CIA World Factbook to identify the eight most widely ...

The remainder of the population belongs to folk or traditional religions (2%) or to other religions considered as a group (10%). According to the new index, the United States has a moderate level of ...

Our 2010 estimates of the size of religious groups differ from the 2010 estimates we published in previous reports, including “The Global Religious Landscape” (2012), “The Future of World Religions: ...

Most of the world's 1.2 billion Hindus are in Asia, and at least 80 percent of them live in India — 966 million. Buddhists fill up South East Asia. Christians are a negligible group except in the ...

World population projected to peak at 10.3 billion in 2080s, U.N. says Additionally, the global life expectancy is beginning to climb again post-COVID pandemic, and is now 73.3 years of age.

The Parliament of the World's Religions is about to begin in Chicago. The first Parliament took place in 1893 and is considered the beginning of the modern interfaith movement.