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The major religions of the world can be considered to fall into logical groupings, as can be be found in various articles here and elsewhere.
Abrahamic religions are by far the biggest group, and these consist primarily of the Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism religions. All the religions in this group are related by their belief in Abraham and their strict belief in a monotheistic divine entity. Today, around 3.4 billion people are followers of Abrahamic religions and are spread widely around the world apart from the regions around the Middle-East, South-East Asia and China.
Dharmic religions are a family of religions having a theology and philosophy centered on the concept of Dharma. All Dharmic religions have their roots in India, and they are of the most influence across the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and South East Asia. The main Dharmic religions are Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, and there is a close interrelationship between them.
Category includes a wide range of beliefs, without specifically adhering to a religion. The category also includes humanism, deism, pantheism, freethought, and Juche.
Hinduism: 900 million (Began: approximately 1500 BC/BCE or 15th century BC/BCE however some aspects of it trace its history to 2600 BC/BCE or 26th century BC/BCE)
Vaishnavism: 580 million
Shaivism: 220 million
Neo-Hindus and Reform Hindus: 22 million
Veerashaivas/Lingayats: 10 million
Chinese folk religion: 394 million
Not a single organized religion, includes elements of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and traditional nonscriptural religious observance (also called "Chinese traditional religion").
Buddhism: 376 million (Began: 6th century BC/BCE)
Mahayana: 185 million
Theravada: 124 million
Lamaism (Vajrayana/Tibetan): 20 million
Primal indigenous: 300 million
Not a single organized religion, includes a wide range of primarily Asian traditional or tribal religions, including Shamanism and Paganism.
African traditional and diasporic: 100 million
Not a single organized religion, this includes several traditional African beliefs and philosophies such as those of the Yoruba, Ewe (vodun) and the Bakongo. These three religious traditions (especially that of the Yoruba) have been very influential to the diasporic beliefs of the Americas such as condomble, santeria and voodoo. The religious capital of the Yoruba religion is at Ile Ife.
Sikhism: 23 million (Began: 1500s AD/CE) Spiritism: 15 million (Began: mid-19th century AD/CE)
Not a single organized religion, includes a variety of beliefs including some forms of Umbanda.
Judaism: 14 million (Began: 13th century BC/BCE)
Conservative: 4.5 million
Unaffiliated and Secular: 4.5 million
Reform: 3.75 million
Orthodox: 2 million
Reconstructionist: 150,000
Bahá'í Faith: 7 million (Began: 19th century AD/CE) Jainism: 4.2 million (Began: 6th century BC/BCE)
Svetambara: 4 million
Sthanakvasi: 750,000
Digambara: 155,000
Shinto: 4 million (Began: 300 BC/BCE)
This number states the number of actual self-identifying practicing primary followers of Shinto; if everyone were included who is considered Shinto by some people due to ethnic or historical categorizations, the number would be considerably higher — as high as 100 million.
Cao Dai: 4 million (Began: 1926 AD/CE) Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million (Began: ca. 6th century BC/BCE)
Parsis: 110,000
Gabars: 20,000
Falun Gong: 2.1 million* (Began: 1992 AD/CE)
Not necessarily considered a religion by adherents or outside observers. No membership or rosters, thus the actual figure of practitioners is impossible to confirm.
Tenrikyo: 2 million (Began: 1838 AD/CE) Neopaganism: 1 million (Began: 20th century AD/CE)
A blanket term for several religions like Wicca, Asatru, Neo-druidism, and many reconstructionist religions
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