World Religions Ranked by Number of Adherents

(Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.)

1. Christianity: 2.1 billion
2. Islam: 1.5 billion
3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism: 900 million
5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
6. Buddhism: 376 million
7. primal-indigenous: 300 million
8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
9. Sikhism: 23 million
10. Juche: 19 million
11. Spiritism: 15 million
12. Judaism: 14 million
13. Baha’i: 7 million
14. Jainism: 4.2 million
15. Shinto: 4 million
16. Cao Dai: 4 million
17. Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
18. Tenrikyo: 2 million
19. Neo-Paganism: 1 million
20. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
21. Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
22. Scientology: 500 thousand

Source: http://www.adherents.com

World Religions By Country

This is a list I found referring to religions of this world by country. It is from: Infoplease.com

World Religions

Afghanistan	Islam (Sunni 80%, Shiite 19%), other 1%
Albania	Islam 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% (est.)
Algeria	Islam (Sunni) 99% (state religion), Christian and Jewish 1%
Andorra	Roman Catholic (predominant)
Angola	Indigenous 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda	Christian (predominantly Anglican and other Protestant; some Roman Catholic)
Argentina	Roman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Armenia	Armenian Apostolic 95%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi 1%
Australia	Roman Catholic 26%, Anglican 21%, other Christian 21%, Buddhist 2%, Islam 2%, other 1%, none 15% (2001)
Austria	Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 5%, Islam 4%, none 12% (2001)
Azerbaijan	Islam 93%, Russian Orthodox 3%, Armenian Orthodox 2%, other 2% (1995 est.)
Bahamas	Baptist 35%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 14%, Pentecostal 8%, Church of God 5%, Methodist 4%, other Christian 15% (2000)
Bahrain	Islam (Shiite and Sunni) 81%, Christian 9%
Bangladesh	Islam 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998)
Barbados	Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12%
Belarus	Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
Belgium	Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%
Belize	Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7%, Anglican 5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Mennonite 4%, Methodist 4%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 2%), none 9%, other 14% (2000)
Benin	indigenous 50%, Christian 30%, Islam 20%
Bhutan	Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
Bolivia	Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Islam 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%
Botswana	Christian 72%, Badimo 6%, none 21% (2001)
Brazil	Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 15%, Spiritualist 1%, none 7% (2000)
Brunei	Islam (official religion) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Orthodox 83%, Islam 12%, other Christian 1% (2001)
Burkina Faso	Islam 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Burundi	Roman Catholic 62%, indigenous 23%, Islam 10%, Protestant 5%
Cambodia	Theravada Buddhist 95%, others 5%
Cameroon	indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%
Canada	Roman Catholic 43%, Protestant 23% (including United Church 10%, Anglican 7%, Baptist 2%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, none 16% (2001)
Cape Verde	Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Central African Republic	indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant and Roman Catholic (both with animist influence) 25% each, Islam 15%
Chad	Islam 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7%
Chile	Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, small Jewish population
China	Officially atheist; Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%–4%, Muslim 1%–2% (2002 est.)
Colombia	Roman Catholic 90%
Comoros	Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%

God’s Word Versus Man’s Traditions

Why do we do the things we do?

Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:  “This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.  In vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”  Jesus, Mark 7:6-7

Some scholars, theologian and clergy believe the only way to understand the Bible is to have it explained to you by someone who has studied it.

Unfortunately, too many people subscribe to this belief.  All too often they listen to a priest, rabbi, or preacher tell them what the Bible says. And as if this was not bad enough,  they go even further into blindness by setting their own standard of morals and conduct.  They, in effect, become a god unto themselves.

The main problem with North America, and the world is that they have become a people who have deserted the Word of God, replacing it with their own “evolving”  moral code of diversity and tolerance. Now we see mainstream society accepted abortion, gay rights, pornography, false religions and every other immoral concept that has been devised in the heart of man.  “To each his own,” they say, and go merrily on their way, not coming close to understanding why our nation and world is in the condition that it is in.

There is a living God who oversees the affairs of men and nations.  This was true of Israel of the Old Testament and it true of the nations of the world today.  As a Bible oriented, moral and family value respecting nation we have become the greatest nation on the face of the earth.  This was also true of Old Testament Israel.  But like Israel, we have forsaken the commandments of God in favor of the traditions of man.  Is there any reason that we should not expect the same fate that befell Israel when they deserted the teachings of God?

It is time that America woke up and turned back to the faith and values that have made us great and condemn the immoral practices being legally practiced  in our nation today.  If we choose to live as heathens we cannot expect the blessings of the God of righteousness.