Compare world religions across adherents, beliefs, practices, and history.
Tradition | Adherents↓ | Countries | Founded | Prayers/Day | Fasting Days/Yr | Sacred Texts | Monotheistic | Afterlife |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christianity | 2.4B | 157 | 30 CE | — | 40 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Islam | 1.9B | 180 | 610 CE | 5 | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sunni Islam | 1.5B | 180 | 632 CE | 5 | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Catholicism | 1.3B | 180 | 30 CE | — | 60 | 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hinduism | 1.2B | 102 | 1500 BCE | — | — | 4 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Protestantism | 800M | 180 | 1517 CE | — | — | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Buddhism | 535M | 187 | 528 BCE | — | — | 5 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Vaishnavism | 500M | 80 | 1500 BCE | — | — | 4 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Shaivism | 300M | 80 | 1500 BCE | — | — | 4 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Mahayana Buddhism | 280M | 50 | 100 CE | — | — | 3 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pentecostalism | 279M | 180 | 1901 CE | — | — | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eastern Orthodoxy | 260M | 95 | 1054 CE | — | 200 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shia Islam | 230M | 50 | 632 CE | 5 | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Theravada Buddhism | 160M | 12 | 300 BCE | — | — | 1 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sufism | 80M | 100 | 700 CE | 5 | 30 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sikhism | 26M | 140 | 1499 CE | 3 | — | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Seventh-day Adventism | 22M | 209 | 1863 CE | — | — | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Daoism | 18M | 35 | 400 BCE | — | — | 5 | ✗ | ✓ |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 17M | 190 | 1830 CE | — | 12 | 4 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Judaism | 15M | 134 | 1500 BCE | 3 | 26 | 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tibetan Buddhism | 14M | 25 | 750 CE | — | — | 2 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Taoism | 12M | 50 | 500 BCE | — | — | 3 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Zen Buddhism | 12M | 50 | 600 CE | — | — | 2 | ✗ | ✗ |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 9M | 180 | 1872 CE | — | — | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ashkenazi Judaism | 8M | 80 | 500 CE | 3 | 26 | 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bahá'í | 8M | 190 | 1844 CE | 3 | 19 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Confucianism | 6M | 15 | 500 BCE | — | — | 4 | ✗ | ✗ |
| Jainism | 4M | 65 | 599 BCE | — | — | 4 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Shinto | 4M | 12 | 0 CE | — | — | 2 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sephardic Judaism | 3M | 40 | 500 CE | 3 | 26 | 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kabbalah | 2M | 30 | 1200 CE | 3 | 26 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zoroastrianism | 0M | 16 | 1500 BCE | 5 | — | 1 | ✓ | ✓ |
Oldest Religion
Hinduism
Founded 1500 BCE
Most Adherents
Christianity
2.4B people
Most Countries
Seventh-day Adventism
Present in 209 countries
Longest Scripture
Buddhism
1,700,000 words