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reportJun 17, 2024

Appendix A: Sources

This appendix lists the survey sources used to measure religious switching, importance of religion and daily prayer for adults in 102 countries and territories. ‘Religion and Spirituality in East Asian Societies’ (this report; fieldwork in 2023) Hong KongJapanSouth KoreaTaiwanVietnam Various U.S. surveys (fieldwork in 2022-2023)[10. numoffset=”10″ For the United States, figures on religious switching were calculated […]
reportFeb 26, 2025

Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off

After years of decline, the U.S. Christian share now shows signs of leveling off. The new Religious Landscape Study explores trends in identity, beliefs and practices.
reportJun 9, 2025

10. Religion in Europe

Christians are still a majority in Europe but disaffiliation thinned the Christian population from 2010 to 2020.
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 […]
short readsJul 29, 2024

4 facts about religion and diversity in Taiwan

Buddhists, the religiously unaffiliated and Daoists each make up about a quarter of Taiwan’s adult population.
reportNov 14, 2023

Kirsten Lesage

Kirsten Lesage is a Research Associate on Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life team, specializing in international survey research. Her research explores religious identities, beliefs and practices around the world. She has worked on surveys examining ‘religious switching’ in 36 countries, religion and spirituality in East Asian societies, and religious tolerance. Kirsten holds a doctorate in developmental psychology from the […]
reportJun 17, 2024

2. Religion as a way of life

Many in the region are unaffiliated, but most feel a connection to the “way of life” of a religious tradition or spiritual philosophy.
reportAug 19, 2024

The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants

The globe’s 280 million immigrants shape countries’ religious composition. Christians make up the largest share, but Jews are most likely to have migrated.
short readsSep 29, 2022

Religious ‘switching’ patterns will help determine Christianity’s course in U.S.

Whether the U.S. will continue to have a Christian majority in 2070 will depend on many factors, including religious “switching.”
reportApr 13, 2023

Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith

Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, even as their share among Latino adults has steadily declined over the past decade. The share of Latinos who are religiously unaffiliated is now on par with U.S. adults overall.

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Appendix A: Sources

10. Religion in Europe

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

4 facts about religion and diversity in Taiwan

Kirsten Lesage

2. Religion as a way of life

The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants

Religious ‘switching’ patterns will help determine Christianity’s course in U.S.

Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith

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