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short readsJun 10, 2025

Islam was the world’s fastest-growing religion from 2010 to 2020

From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people.
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.
reportMar 26, 2025

Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses.
reportMar 5, 2024

Globally, Government Restrictions on Religion Reached Peak Levels in 2021, While Social Hostilities Went Down

In 2021, government restrictions on religion – laws, policies and actions by state officials that limit religious beliefs and practices – reached a new peak globally. Harassment of religious groups and interference in worship were two of the most common forms of government restrictions worldwide that year.
reportJun 9, 2025

15. Why we revised our estimates for 2010

Read how Pew Research Center revised our estimates to reflect methodological advances, incorporate newly available data, and allow comparison across measures in this report.
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 readsJun 26, 2025

Globally, 1 in 10 adults under 55 have left their childhood religion

The share of people who retain their childhood religious identity in adulthood varies across religious categories.
short readsJul 29, 2025

The number of Christian-majority countries fell between 2010 and 2020

Countries that lost their Christian majorities all saw growing percentages of religiously unaffiliated people.
short readsMar 5, 2024

Key findings about religious restrictions around the world in 2021

The most common kinds of government restrictions on religion in 2021 included harassment of religious groups and interference in worship.
press releaseApr 2, 2025

En todo el mundo, muchas personas abandonan las religiones de su infancia

Este comunicado de prensa se ha traducido del inglés original al español. En muchos países del mundo, una quinta parte o más de todos los adultos ha abandonado el grupo religioso en el que se criaron. El cristianismo y el budismo han experimentado pérdidas especialmente grandes debido a este “cambio de religión”, mientras que un […]

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Islam was the world’s fastest-growing religion from 2010 to 2020

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

Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions

Globally, Government Restrictions on Religion Reached Peak Levels in 2021, While Social Hostilities Went Down

15. Why we revised our estimates for 2010

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

Globally, 1 in 10 adults under 55 have left their childhood religion

The number of Christian-majority countries fell between 2010 and 2020

Key findings about religious restrictions around the world in 2021

En todo el mundo, muchas personas abandonan las religiones de su infancia

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