How Americans Feel About Religion’s Influence in Government and Public Life
A growing share of U.S. adults say religion is gaining influence, but most still want churches to stay out of politics, a 2026 survey finds.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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5 facts about religion in the Philippines
Nearly all Filipinos believe in God, most pray daily and 92% identify as Christian, with Catholics as the majority.
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5 facts about Buddhists in the United States
Today, there are millions of Buddhists in the United States, including many who were born to Buddhist families and others who converted into the religion.
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How religion declines around the world
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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Why some Americans have left Catholicism, while others stay
Read about how Americans who were raised Catholic experienced religion as kids, as well as their reasons for staying in or leaving the faith.
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5 facts about religion in Nigeria
As of 2020, Muslims made up a majority of Nigeria’s total population (56.1%), while Christians made up 43.4%.
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Why some Americans have left Protestantism, while others stay or join
Find out why US adults who were raised Protestant stay in or leave the faith, and how they experienced religion as kids. Also discover why others join.
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3. What do ‘nones’ think is religion’s impact on society?
Negative views of religion’s influence on society are fairly common among religious “nones,” which include atheists and agnostics, in the 22 countries we analyzed.
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10. Religion in Europe
Christians are still a majority in Europe but disaffiliation thinned the Christian population from 2010 to 2020.
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9. Religion in Asia and the Pacific
Hindus, Muslims and the unaffiliated each make up about a quarter or more of the Asia-Pacific population. These groups all grew there from 2010-2020.
