How religious is your state?
Southern states are among the most highly religious states in the U.S., while those in New England are among the least devout.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Southern states are among the most highly religious states in the U.S., while those in New England are among the least devout.
Nearly half of the countries and territories in the world have laws or policies penalizing blasphemy, apostasy or defamation of religion.
While the number of Americans who do not identify with a religion grows at a rapid pace, 68% of them say they believe in God or a universal spirit.
Young adults are more likely than other age groups to say they are not affiliated with a religion.
Muslims in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia are unanimous in their belief in only one God and the Prophet Muhammad
A majority of U.S. Muslims (57%) say Islam can be understood in more than one way; globally, views among Muslims trend in the opposite direction.
Christianity is the dominant religion in the Americas, with 86% of the population, or 804,070,000 people identified as Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or some other Christian religious faith.
Two-thirds say they think it’s important that a president have strong religious beliefs.
A plurality of Asian Americans say they are Christians, though Asian Americans are more religiously diverse than the U.S. population as a whole
Nearly a third (32%) of the world’s total population of 6.9 billion people live in countries which experienced a substantial rise in either government restrictions on religion or social hostilities involving religion betweenmid-2006 and mid-2009.
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