1. 5 world religions and their founder
Buddhism- The Buddha (Gautama Buddha)
Islam – Muhammad (Muhammad in Abdulah)
Judaism- Moses- prophet
Catholicism- Pope Francis
Christianity- (also Protestantism) Jesus of Nazareth
Marmonisim- (The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latterday Saints) Joseph Sith, Jr.
2. Christianity (31.1%)
Christianity is currently the world`s largest religion. It`s one
of the three Abrahamic religions. Which trace their lineage to the
Hebrew patriarch Abraham and its practiced by approximately 2.4
billion people worldwide. Christianity is a monotheistic religion
based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who lived from 4
BCE to between 30 and 63 CE. The Christian holy book is the
Bible. Some non- Christian religions, such as Islam and Judaism
also value the Bible.
3. Islam (21.9%)
Islam is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.
Approximately 1.9 billion people in the Middle
East and around the world practice Islam. The
Islamic religion centers on the teachings of
Mohammad, who lived from 570 CE to 632 CE.
Mohammed`s teachings are collected in the Quran
the Muslim holy book.
4. Non – Religious (15.6 %)
1.2 billion around the world practices no particular
religion and consider themselves atheists, agnostic, or
unaffiliared.
Hinduism (15.2 %)
Hinduism is the oldest religion still practiced.
Around 1.16 billion people around the world
practice Hinduism.
Hinduism is a polytheistic belief system with
many gods and goddesses. Reincarnation is a
central idea of Hindu philosophy. Hinduism also
believes in karma the idea that people`s actions
are rewarded and punished in future lives.
5. Buddhism (5.06%)
Approximately, 506 million people around the
world practice Buddhism.
Buddhist beliefs are based on the teachings of
Siddharta Gautama, the Buddha, who lived in the
5th century CE Buddhism like Hinduism, originated
in India and believes in the ideas of Karma and
reincarnation. The goal of Buddhism is to achieve
freedom from the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
6. Chinese Traditional Religion (5%)
“ Chinese Traditional Religion” comprises a wide range of
beliefs and practices of the Han Chinese people. It`s
practiced by some 394 million people around the world.
Individual beliefs and practices can be drawn from
Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism
7. African Traditional Religious (1.2%)
There are many traditional African religions, and they
are quite diverse. However, many traditional African
religions share certain characteristics. Approximately
100 million people practice a traditional African
religions are animistic and or polytheistic. Many
traditional African religions transmit knowledge orally
rather than through scripture.
8. Sikhism (0.3 %)
Sikhism originated in the Punjab area of the Indian
Subcontinent, near the end of the 15th century CE. There
are around 26 million Sikhs around the world.
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion that believes in the
equality of all humankind and the importance of stirving
for justice and prosperity for an. The Sikh scripture is
Guru Granth.
9. Spiritism (0.19 %)
Spritism, not to be confused with Spiritualism,
believes in the unity of Science, Philosophy, and
Religion. Spiritism was founded in France in 1850,
by Hippolyte Leon Denizard Rivail, also known as
Allan Kardee.
Approximately 15 million people worldwide practice
spiritism.
10. Judaism (0.18 %)
Around the world, some 14 million people practice Judaism,
Judaism is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion that originated with
the Hebrew in the Middle East. It`s the ethnic religion practiced by
the Jewish People.
Judaism dates to the fifth century BCE, and is the world`s oldest
monotheistic religion.
Three important scriptures of Judaism are the Torah (the first five
book of the Bible) the Talmud, which is the origin of Rabbinic law,
and the Midrash, which is an exegesis (study and commentary) of
religious texts.
11. Baha`i (0.7 %)
Five million people around the world practice
the Baha` i faith. Baha`i is relatively new
religion that developed in Iran in the 19th
Century. The two main teachings of Baha`i and
the Baha`u’ Han are the essential worth of all
religious and the equality of all people.
