Map Of World By Religion

World religion data in this dataset is from the world religion database the map shows the percentage of the majority religion by provinces states and also included in the database is christian percentage by provinces states.

Map of world by religion. A global poll informs that 59 world population is religious 23 are not religious and 13 are atheists. Boundaries are based on natural earth august 2011 modified to match provinces in the world religion database. Map showing the relative proportion of christianity red and islam green in each country as of 2006. The modern meaning of the phrase world religion putting non christians at the same level as christians.

Another important thing to note is that while christianity is divided between catholicism. Sikhs are not ubiquitous worldwide in the way that adherents of larger world religions are and they remain primarily an ethnic religion. For example in large parts of british columbia the most common answer on the census is no religion but the intensity of that feeling varies widely. World map showing the percentages of people who regard religion as non important according to a 2002 pew survey religions of the world mapped by distribution.

But they can be found in many international cities and have become an especially strong religious presence in the united kingdom and canada. Because showing every religion practiced around the world is very difficult the map shows instead the dominant religion in each country. The incredibly detailed map of the world s religions above was created by reddit user scolbert08. The map of africa and is dominated by the world s two largest religions.

You may click on one of eight religious groupings listed in the menu to examine its relative prevalence in each country. Today some 2 05 billion people roughly one third of the world s population belong to a christian denomination. Spiritism cuba 10 3 jamaica 10 2 brazil 4 8 suriname 3 6. The west bank shown.

It shows what the biggest religion is by census area in each country along with its level of support. The map features brief descriptions of each religious grouping and bar graphs that reflect the percentage of a country s population associated with each grouping. To see the full resolution version just click on it. The polygons are mainly from natural earth ne 10m admin 1 states provinces shp dated 8 august 2011 which had 3 560 polygons.

The religious groupings are in alphabetical order. This map of world religion throws light on different religions being followed in the world. The world religion map shows the distribution of the world major religions. Over the last few thousand years these religious groups have shaped the course of history and.

Hinduism buddhism christianity judaism and islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Christianity has spread to all five inhabited continents over the course of its history. Israel is the world s only majority jewish state 75 with 18 muslim. Religions around the globe christianity remains the dominant religion in europe and on the american continents where a number of primal religions have survived in both the northern and southern hemispheres albeit only in isolated sparsely populated non.