11. Religion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Most people in the Latin America-Caribbean region are Christian. The region’s unaffiliated population grew rapidly since 2010.
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Most people in the Latin America-Caribbean region are Christian. The region’s unaffiliated population grew rapidly since 2010.
We asked people in three dozen countries how they see religion’s role in society, government and national identity.
Americans who go to religious services tend to worship at places where most other congregants and senior leaders share their race or ethnicity. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Across the 36 countries surveyed, people’s views on the importance of religion to national identity vary widely. Large shares in middle-income countries say being a member of the historically predominant religion in their country is very important to truly sharing the national identity – for example, to being truly Filipino or truly Nigerian. In high-income […]
In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed – two more than 2021.
Read how Pew Research Center revised our estimates to reflect methodological advances, incorporate newly available data, and allow comparison across measures in this report.
Seven-in-ten Muslim Americans say they think discrimination against Muslims has risen in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Read about how adults’ average number of kids vary by religious group, and how many parents pray with their kids, opt for a religious education and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Migrants tend to move to regions where their religion is common, but some regions also see large influxes of migrants from minority religious groups.
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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