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short readsJul 8, 2024

In some countries, immigration accounted for all population growth between 2000 and 2020

In 14 countries and territories, immigration accounted for more than 100% of population growth during this period.
reportDec 18, 2024

3. Median scores for government restrictions and social hostilities stay the same in 2022

In 2022, global median scores on the Center’s Government Restrictions and Social Hostilities Indexes mirrored 2021. But some regions saw change since 2021.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.

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In some countries, immigration accounted for all population growth between 2000 and 2020

3. Median scores for government restrictions and social hostilities stay the same in 2022

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

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

Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in a growing number of countries

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.

Key Findings From the Global Religious Futures Project

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