presently, how much of the world's population are theists??

Question

and of that,, how many are christians??

please give me websites if u can,, and no wikipedia!!
KcT :)

Answer 1

If I remember correctly, it's about 84% religious, 16% nonreligious.
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

ReligiousTolerance.org has a pie chart showing the number of nonreligious at 12.7% in 2000. http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm

According to Adherents.com's FAQ, "between 87.6 to 92.2% of the world's population professes belief in God, deities or similarly understood Higher Power." http://www.adherents.com/adh_faq.html#God

Answer 2

Christianity: 2 billion

Islam: 1.3 billion

Hinduism: 900 million

Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/... 850 million

Buddhism: 360 million

Chinese traditional religion: 225 million

primal-indigenous: 150 million

African Traditional & Diasporic: 95 million

Sikhism: 23 million

Juche: 19 million

Spiritism: 14 million

Judaism: 14 million

Baha'i: 6 million

Jainism: 4 million

Shinto: 4 million

Cao Dai: 3 million

Tenrikyo: 2.4 million

Neo-Paganism: 1 million

Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand

Rastafarianism: 700 thousand

Scientology: 600 thousand

Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand

Answer 3

Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1.3 billion
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
Hinduism: 900 million
Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
Buddhism: 376 million
primal-indigenous: 300 million
African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
Sikhism: 23 million
Juche: 19 million
Spiritism: 15 million
Judaism: 14 million
Baha'i: 7 million
Jainism: 4.2 million
Shinto: 4 million
Cao Dai: 4 million
Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
Tenrikyo: 2 million
Neo-Paganism: 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
Scientology: 500 thousand

Answer 4

Roughly 2/3 of the world believe in a Diety or Dieties (Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Shiks, American Indians, Afrikanni, Suffi, Ba'Hai), roughly 90% of the world has a Religious or other Philosophical belief (that adds Buddishsts) that may or may not include a diety.

Only 5-8% of the world is TOTAL non-believer or DENIST (Atheist).

The rest "decline to state."

Answer 5

This isn't your answer- but here's a quote from Richard Dawkins:

"...about 40 percent of the population of Britain, according to a recent survey, believe in a supernatural God, whereas about 95 percent of the American public do. ... But there's no difference ... in the scientists of the countries. In both cases, among scientists the number of people who believe in a supernatural being is low."

It is also not unreasonable to believe that there are a sizeable percentage of the 95% of americans that live in the religious world, go to church, and are members of their religious communities- that given the opportunity, would not believe in a supernatural diety. But- it would be too uncomfortable for them to admit it to their family and friends.

Answer 6

i think there are 2.1 billion christians, but that is by survey, so many don't really practice.
As far as theists, add the 1.2 or so billion Muslims, handful of Jews and other misc. religions. Then it depends on whether you count Hindus and Buddhists as "theists" or not.

Answer 7

Go to:

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

Aah Fooey! Taa beat me to it.

Answer 8

athiests 0% christians probably 80% the rest maybe other religions or agnostic...no such thing though as athiests

Answer 9

have you visited religoustolerance.com I don't know if you will find your answer there but it is veryinteresting nonetheless