For those who don't already know, these are broad statistics about the "Big Five" World Religions; they are posted in chronological order of origin:
Hinduism: Between 750 million-1 billion; most are in India
Judaism: Approximately 20 million; most are in the United States (6-9 million), NOT Israel
Buddhism: Between 500-600 million; most are in China and Japan, and look VERY different from "original" or "Nikaya" Buddhism
Christianity: About 2 billion; 1.2 billion are Catholic, the rest are Orthodox and Protestant
Islam: About 1.7-1.9 billion; at its current rate of growth, it will overtake Christianity in numbers very soon
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