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%.
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Between 2010 and 2018, the share of Chinese adults who identify with Christianity remained stable at about 2%.
Based on formal religious identity, China is the least religious country in the world – with just 10% of Chinese adults self-identifying with a religion.
Religiously unaffiliated people were harassed by governments, private groups or both in 27 countries in 2020.
Whether the U.S. will continue to have a Christian majority in 2070 will depend on many factors, including religious “switching.”
Incidents against Jewish people in 2020 ranged from verbal and physical assaults to vandalism of cemeteries and scapegoating for the pandemic.
With Diwali celebrations underway, here are some facts about Hindus around the world.
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
Jews ages 18 to 29 are just as likely as those 65 and older to say they attend religious services at least monthly (22% each).
Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
The American Jewish population, like other religious groups, is in flux. Still, 88% of U.S. adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish.
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