World Religion Database: field definitions

Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).

Table Field Description
country Undernourishment prevalence Prevalence of undernourishment. Primary source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (via World Bank).
country Urban % Number of urbanites as a percentage of the country's population.
country Urban growth rate The annual growth rate of the urban population. Primary source: United Nations 2022.
country Urban PM2.5 mean Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted). Primary source: Brauer et al. (2017) via World Bank.
country Urban Pop Number of urbanites (town and city dwellers) in this country.
country Wealth per capita Individual net worth, per person in 2018, expressed in US dollars (official exchange rates). Defined as the marketable value of financial assets plus non-financial assets (principally housing and land) less debts. Primary source: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2018.
country Zoroastrian % Number of Zoroastrians as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in Persia in BC 1200 by the prophet Zoroaster teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda, now followed by Parsis in India and a large underground presence in Iran, Afghanistan, et alia.
country Zoroastrians Number of Zoroastrians in this country's population. Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in Persia in BC 1200 by the prophet Zoroaster teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda, now followed by Parsis in India and a large underground presence in Iran, Afghanistan, et alia.
ethnicity Ethnic family Ethnicity summarized into 71 families.
ethnicity Ethnic region Ethnicity summarized into 13 regions.
ethnicity Ethnicity The 'ethnic' component of ethno-linguistic peoples.
ethnicity Ethnicity code The Ethnicity code for the ethnicty or ethnocultural family of this people group. First letter identifies the ethnic region, followed by the number of the ethnic family.
ethnicity Ethnicity ID Unique identifier (primary key) used by the database to identify the ethnicity or ethnocultural family of this people group.
ethnicity Ethnicity Pop Population in base year (2020).
ethnicity Ethnicity Pop 1900 Population in 1900.
ethnicity Ethnicity sort Temporary number assigned to the culture by the database for the purpose of sorting the ethnicity and culture hierarchy.
ethnicity Note Main constituent cultures, additional peoples, tribes, languages, alternative names, archaic names or synonyms (in parentheses) for this culture.
glossary For wrd Glossary terms available for WRD subscribers.
glossary glossary definition glossary definition.
glossary Glossary ID Unique identifier (primary key) used by the database.
glossary glossary item glossary item.
language Christians Christians speaking this language as their mother-tongue.
language Country count Country count.
language Language ISO Language name.
language Language code Three letter ISO 639-3 language code.
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Religions

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