Updates

The World Religion database is updated twice a year, generally in January and July.

Middle East minority religions

01 Apr 2017

minority religions in Northern Africa and Western Asia

Population estimates and future projections for minority religions in Northern Africa and Western Asia (including the Middle East), have been updated and re-reconciled with UN population data for each country.

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Cities

01 Jan 2017

the UN's 1,785 Urban Agglomerations

The default listing of WRD cities now consists of the UN's 1,785 Urban Agglomerations each with over 300,000 population in 2015. The percentage of the majority religion and a listing of religions over 1 percent are shown for capital cities and every city over 1 million. An archive of 8,537 cities (level 1) and sub-cities (level 2) in 2010 down to 50,000 population is also available.

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Religions

All major world religions, available by geographic region and people groups.

Geography

Comprehensive country religious makeup, demographics, and trends.

Religious diversity

Religious Diversity Index (RDI) and counts of religions over 10%, over 5%, and over 0.5%.

Contextual data

Population data by country, plus socio-economic, health, environment, and gender indicators.

Censuses

Historical and current census data on religion by country.