Americans Remain Critical of China
About eight-in-ten Americans report an unfavorable view of China, and Chinese President Xi Jinping receives similarly negative ratings.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About eight-in-ten Americans report an unfavorable view of China, and Chinese President Xi Jinping receives similarly negative ratings.
Baha’is, Jains, Sikhs, Daoists and other groups that Pew Research Center classified as “other religions” combined – grew globally by 12% from 2010 to 2020.
Israelis broadly agree that the U.S. is helpful in the work toward lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and that Iran is harmful.
This section describes the methods used to estimate religious composition at the country level, regionally and globally; our procedures for measuring religious groups’ demographic characteristics and their religious “switching” rates; as well as methodological challenges that we considered in some countries. The final section lists the 201 countries and territories that make up each of […]
Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more concentrated than that.
Americans generally say the U.S. is respected and that it’s economy and military are powerful, but they think its global influence is getting weaker.
Religiously unaffiliated people are underrepresented among migrants, making up 13% of migrants but 23% of the global population.
Countries that lost their Christian majorities all saw growing percentages of religiously unaffiliated people.
There were many events, meetings and announcements that occurred shortly before and during our fieldwork period that may have impacted how people perceive China and its president. We highlight a few prominent events here that were relevant across multiple countries and directly relate to the questions included in our survey.
Hindus, Muslims and the unaffiliated each make up about a quarter or more of the Asia-Pacific population. These groups all grew there from 2010-2020.
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