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| Religion |
Denominations |
Sacred Text(s) |
Estimated Adherents |
| Baha'ism |
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Kitabla-Aqdas, Haft Wadi, Bayan, al-Kalimat al-Maknnah |
7 503 000 |
| Buddhism |
Therevada, Mahayana, Tantrism |
Tripitaka |
372 974 000 |
| Chinese Universists |
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398 106 300 |
| Christianity |
Anglican, Baptist, Church of Christ, Lutheran, Methodist,
Mormon, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic,
Seventh-Day Adventist, Unitarian |
Bible, Book of Mormon (Mormon denomination only) |
2 069 883 000 |
| Confuciansim |
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The Analects, Su Ching, Shi Ching, Li Chi, I Ching, Lu |
6 425 300 |
| Hinduism |
Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti |
Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharveda |
837 262 000 |
| Islam (Muslim) |
Sunni, Shi'ah, Sufi, Ismaili |
Koran, Hadith |
1 254 222 000 |
| Jainism |
Digambara, Swetabara |
Siddhanta, Pakrit texts |
4 413 700 |
| Judaism |
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Torah, Talmud |
14 551 000 |
| Sikhism |
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Guru Granth Sahib |
24 295 200 |
| Shintoism |
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Kojiki, Nohon Shoki |
2 680 300 |
| Spiritism |
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12 732 600 |
| Taoism |
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Tao Te Ching |
2 695 600 |
| Zoroastrians |
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Avesta |
2 733 900 |
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