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reportNov 29, 2022

4. Restrictions in the 25 most populous countries

CORRECTION (Dec. 19, 2025): Some of the text in Chapter 4 has been corrected with updated SHI figures for 2019. Germany is now described as experiencing a “modest decrease,” rather than a “large decline,” in its SHI score between 2019 and 2020. Refer to the errata page for details. More than 5 billion people – almost three-quarters of […]
short readsDec 12, 2023

China’s Christian population appears to have stopped growing after rising rapidly in the 1980s and ’90s

Between 2010 and 2018, the share of Chinese adults who identify with Christianity remained stable at about 2%.
featureNov 29, 2022

Restrictions on religion among the 25 most populous countries, 2007-2020

Among the 25 most populous countries, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Russia had the highest levels of overall restrictions on religion in 2018, while Japan, South Africa, Italy, Brazil and the United States had the fewest restrictions.
short readsJan 27, 2023

Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in a growing number of countries

Religiously unaffiliated people were harassed by governments, private groups or both in 27 countries in 2020.
reportMar 5, 2024

3. Median scores for government restrictions peak, social hostilities involving religion tick down in 2021

Government restrictions on religion, by region The global median score on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) rose from 2.8 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2021, the highest it’s been since Pew Research Center created the index in 2007. Both Europe and the Americas saw increases in their regional GRI scores, though their median scores remained […]
reportNov 29, 2022

1. Number of countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions falls for third straight year in 2020

CORRECTION (Dec. 19, 2025): Two charts and some of the text in Chapter 1 have been corrected with updated SHI figures for 2019. Refer to the errata page for details. Countries with the most extensive government restrictions All 198 countries and territories in the study had at least some government restrictions on religious activity in 2020, such […]
short readsMay 18, 2023

5 facts about Arabic speakers in the U.S.

The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. has risen from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 million in 2021.
reportSep 30, 2021

4. Restrictions on religion in the world’s 25 most populous countries in 2019

CORRECTION (Dec. 19, 2025): One chart and some of the text in this chapter have been revised to correct the SHI scores for some countries. China is now described as experiencing a “modest” decrease rather than a “small” decrease in its SHI score between 2018 and 2019. Refer to the errata page for details. One way to […]
data essayDec 21, 2022

Key Findings From the Global Religious Futures Project

The Global Religious Futures (GRF) project is jointly funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and The John Templeton Foundation. Here are some big-picture findings from the GRF, together with context from other Pew Research Center studies.
short readsSep 30, 2021

Key findings about restrictions on religion around the world in 2019

Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.

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4. Restrictions in the 25 most populous countries

China’s Christian population appears to have stopped growing after rising rapidly in the 1980s and ’90s

Restrictions on religion among the 25 most populous countries, 2007-2020

Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in a growing number of countries

3. Median scores for government restrictions peak, social hostilities involving religion tick down in 2021

1. Number of countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions falls for third straight year in 2020

5 facts about Arabic speakers in the U.S.

4. Restrictions on religion in the world’s 25 most populous countries in 2019

Key Findings From the Global Religious Futures Project

Key findings about restrictions on religion around the world in 2019

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