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    Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology

    Our typology sorts the public into nine groups based on their political and cultural values, not their party – painting a picture of American politics with far more than two colors.

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    How religion declines around the world

    Religion in a country tends to decline in three transitional stages that unfold across generations, a new paper using Center data proposes.

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    The changing face of Congress in 7 charts

    The 119th Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse in history, and it includes the nation’s first openly transgender legislator at the federal level.

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    2. How important should religion be for a country’s leader?

    When asked about their national leader’s connection to religion, people are generally more likely to say it is very important to have a leader of their country who stands up for people with their religious beliefs than to have a leader whose religious beliefs are the same as their own, or to have a leader […]

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    2. Global migration change, 1990-2020

    Migration outpaced global population growth by 83% to 47% from 1990-2020. Buddhist and Muslim migrants more than doubled in number during this time.

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    Dataset of Global Religious Composition Estimates for 2010 and 2020

    This dataset provides estimates of the number of people of all ages in seven categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, people who belong to other religions and those who are religiously unaffiliated. The “other religions” category includes Baha’is, Daoists (also spelled Taoists), Jains, Shintoists, Sikhs, Wiccans, Zoroastrians and many small groups, some of which can […]

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    1. Migrants living in each region

    Migrants tend to move to regions where their religion is common, but some regions also see large influxes of migrants from minority religious groups.

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    3. Muslim population change

    Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing and second-largest religious group. In the Middle East-North Africa region, they make up 94% of the population.