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There are millions, possibly billions of religions out there, but the US government defines 21 recognized religions, having 500,000 or more documented adherents (although some of them are actually hundreds or thousands of individual sects lumped together):
1.Christianity 2.1 billion
2.Islam 1.3 billion
3.Secular/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist 1.1 billion
4.Hinduism 900 million
5.Buddhism 708 million
6.Chinese folk religion 394 million
7.Primal indigenous ("Pagan") 300 million
8.African traditional and diasporic 100 million
9.Sikhism 23 million
10.Juche 19 million
11.Spiritism 15 million
12.Judaism 14 million
13.Bahá'í Faith 7 million
14.Jainism 4.2 million
15.Shinto 4 million
16.Cao Dai 4 million
17.Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
18.Tenrikyo 2 million
19.Neo-Paganism 1 million
20.Unitarian Universalism 800,000
21.Rastafari movement 600,000

2006-08-01 09:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

No. It would be impossible. b/c some people have created their own religions (some even with followers), that have not been recognized by the gov. or recorded in a "master list of religions"

2006-08-01 09:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by mjboog2 4 · 0 0

Only one, according to what you believe. I put no religion down, but I only follow my own. This question is like how many raindrops does it take to fill a lake.

2006-08-01 09:17:42 · answer #3 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0 0

there are many religions that change from day to day, so it would be hard to keep track
there are definitely at least 3 religions out there (Islam, Christianity and Judaism)
thatz all i know

2006-08-01 09:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

from encyclopedia 2001 just Christians have 33800 denominations.

2006-08-01 09:14:43 · answer #5 · answered by PicassoInActions 3 · 0 0

Too many to count!!!

2006-08-01 09:13:25 · answer #6 · answered by Help??? 2 · 0 0

This should help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions

2006-08-01 09:18:47 · answer #7 · answered by aethermanas 3 · 0 0

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