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.
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How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020
Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed.
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How do South Asians view other countries in the region?
We asked adults in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka how they view other South Asian countries. Only Sri Lanka receives more positive than negative ratings from the other three publics.
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Negative views of Israel, Netanyahu continue to rise among Americans – especially young people
Views of Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu have grown more negative among U.S. adults, with majorities under 50 in both parties rating them poorly.
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1. Factors driving religious change, 2010-2020
Read how demographic factors – age composition, life expectancy and fertility rates – and religious switching changed the global religious landscape.
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Methodology
This Pew Research Center study calculates Religious Diversity Index (RDI) scores for countries, territories and world regions based on the distribution of seven religious categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, adherents of all other religions (an umbrella category) and people with no religious affiliation. The underlying estimates of the size of religious populations were previously […]
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12. Religion in the Middle East and North Africa
Every religious group grew in count in the Middle East and North Africa – a Muslim-majority region – between 2010 and 2020.
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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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Which countries have the most – and fewest – public holidays?
Across 190 members of the United Nations we analyzed, the typical country will observe 13 public holidays in 2026.
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14. Religion in sub-Saharan Africa
Most people in sub-Saharan Africa are Christian. Christians and Muslims grew rapidly in number in the region from 2010 to 2020.