Major Religions of the World

(This information is from around 1990)

Religion                 North America                  World
Christians                241,147,000  (85.5%)     1,869,751,000  (33.5%)
--Roman Catholics          97,892,000  (34.7%)     1,042,501,000  (18.7%)
--Protestant               97,176,000  (34.5%)       382,374,000  ( 6.9%)
--Orthodox                  6,062,000  ( 2.1%)       173,560,000  ( 3.1%)
--Anglican                  7,404,000  ( 2.6%)        75,847,000  ( 1.4%)
--Other Christians         32,614,000  (11.6%)       195,470,000  ( 3.5%)
Muslims                     3,332,000  ( 1.2%)     1,014,372,000  (18.2%)
Nonreligious               24,718,000  ( 8.8%)       912,874,000  (16.4%)
Hindus                      1,285,000  ( 0.5%)       751,360,000  (13.5%)
Buddhists                     565,000  ( 0.2%)       334,002,000  ( 6.0%)
Atheists                    1,336,000  ( 0.5%)       241,852,000  ( 4.3%)
Chinese Folk Religionists     123,000  ( 0.0%)       140,956,000  ( 2.5%)
New-Religionists            1,439,000  ( 0.5%)       123,765,000  ( 2.2%)
Tribal-Religionists            41,000  ( 0.0%)        99,736,000  ( 1.8%)
Sikhs                         257,000  ( 0.1%)        19,853,000  ( 0.3%)
Jews                        6,850,000  ( 2.4%)        18,153,000  ( 0.3%)

Shamanists                      1,000  ( 0.0%)        10,854,000  ( 0.2%)
Confucians                     26,000  ( 0.0%)         6,230,000  ( 0.1%)
Baha'is                       370,000  ( 0.1%)         5,742,000  ( 0.1%)
Jains                           4,000  ( 0.0%)         3,927,000  ( 0.1%)
Shintoists                      1,000  ( 0.0%)         3,336,000  ( 0.1%)
Other Religions               491,000  ( 0.2%)        19,183,000  ( 0.3%)

Total Population          281,986,000 (100.0%)     5,575,954,000 (100.0%)