Updates

The functionality of the WCD website has been completely re-written and is now based on Power BI. This allows users to interact visually with the underlying data through maps and charts while still being able to see and export the data as tables.

Selection of where in the world (which country or region), which religions or traditions, and for what years data should be displayed, are now available by clicking on the charts and drop down lists.

(For a limited time subscribers can click here to access an archived version of the previous website).

The populations of every religion in every country are freshly reconciled following the (delayed) biennial revision of population data produced by the UN: (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision).

This WCD update provides the latest reconciliation of statistics on Christian denominations and world religions together with projections to 2050.

The UN's next revision is scheduled for March 2024 with Urban Prospects now slated for the end of 2024.